Autonomy founder charged with fraud

Mike Lynch, the founder of Autonomy, faces a $250 000.00 fine if charges of fraud brought against him are proved. The US government has filed fraud charges relating to the $11,1-billion acquisition of Autonomy by HP in 2011. The acquisition of the UK software giant...

EFF takes protests to Vodacom

Vodacom and the EFF are at loggerheads again, with the political party’s supporters trashing Vodacom stores in retaliation for perceived slights against its leaders. The issue at hand is an image of EFF leaders Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu projected during the...
NASA set to commercialise moon landings

NASA set to commercialise moon landings

NASA has opened bidding for delivery services to the lunar surface, with nine US companies eligible for Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contracts. The companies will be able to bid on delivering science and technology payloads for NASA, including payload...

Tencent, NetEase see huge gaming growth

Combined international mobile games revenue for Tencent and NetEase grew by 382% from January through mid-November 2018, compared to the 2017 calendar year. The companies’ combined international revenues rose from $78-million in 2017 to $376-million in the same...

Holiday shopping prompts spike in attacks

Black Friday and Cyber Monday saw an increase in online sales activity – but there was also a massive spike in account takeovers and refund fraud. This is according to CyberInt Research, which reveals that threat actor “chatter” indicated a 200%...

Wearables set for 25% growth

Gartner forecasts that worldwide shipments of wearable devices will reach 225-million in 2019, an increase of 25,8% from 2018. End-user spending on wearable devices is forecast to reach $42-billion in 2019. Of that, $16,2-billion will be on smartwatches. “At the...