Aug 21, 2013
Astronomers using ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, have obtained a vivid close-up view of material streaming away from a newborn star. By looking at the glow coming from carbon monoxide molecules in an object called Herbig-Haro 46/47 they have...
Aug 20, 2013
Booming demand for low-priced 7,x-inch products helped shipments of panels used in media tablets to more than double in the first quarter, according to a new report entitled Tablet PC Touch Panel Shipment Database from information and analytics provider HIS. Global...
Aug 19, 2013
As hackers have shifted their goals from disruption and notoriety to financial and intellectual property theft, the tactics they use have changed accordingly. The malware used today is increasingly target specific and stealthy, often evading signature-based defences....
Aug 16, 2013
A vast majority (83%) of South African companies believe that using big data will help them to improve their decision-making; however, most organisations are battling to implement a technology that will take advantage of this. EMC yesterday released the findings of a...
Aug 15, 2013
Although almost all marketers make use of social media – ranging from branded Facebook and Twitter accounts to blogs, forums and paid ad placements – more of these campaigns fail than succeed. Forrester forecasts that US marketers alone will spend $4,8-billion...
Aug 14, 2013
The so-called “DNA Bill”, the Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Bill, has been adopted by the National Assembly’s oversight committee, paving the way to it being signed into law. Speaking to the committee last week, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa says the...
