Feb 14, 2013
Women are hoping to get unconventional Valentine’s Day gifts from their admirers today. This is according to a survey by Kalahari.com, which found that, while some of South Africa’s connected shoppers hope to receive flowers or chocolates (14%); close to 20% say they...
Feb 13, 2013
Retailers, and especially e-commerce sites, came under increasing attack from hackers during 2012, with cybercriminals targeting customers’ private information in order to steal directly from them. This is one of the findings of a Trustwave Global Security...
Feb 12, 2013
There will soon be more than 54-million mobile users in South Africa, and traffic over mobile networks will increase by about 58% every year. According to the Cisco Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast for 2012 to 2017, in the Middle East and...
Feb 11, 2013
NASA’s Curiosity rover has, for the first time, used a drill carried at the end of its robotic arm to bore into a flat, veiny rock on Mars and collect a sample from its interior. This is the first time any robot has drilled into a rock to collect a sample on...
Feb 8, 2013
The high rate of unemployment in South Africa continues to exacerbate already high levels of over-indebtedness in the country, says Credit Ombud, Manie van Schalkwyk. He was commenting on the release of Stats SA’s latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey, which shows an...
Feb 7, 2013
A recent hack on the SABC news site is being touted as part of the opening salvo in an Anonymous attack on South African sites known as Operation South Africa (#OpSAfrica). Although it’s unclear whether the operation is being carried out by Anonymous or a local...
