Gaming PCs, ultrathins, Chromebooks boost sales

Gaming PCs, ultrathin notebooks and Chromebooks provided bright spots in an otherwise soft Q4 2017 Christmas season for PC sales across Western Europe, according to data published by Context. Volume sales of Enthusiast and VR-ready gaming PCs from Western...

Technology to optimise cancer treatment

Gauteng Health Department, in an attempt to fast-track the diagnosis of patients suffering from cancer, has launched an advanced oncology facility at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital (GDMAH) in Ga-Rankuwa, Tshwane. At a cost and investment of R36-million, the...

Semiconductor revenue set for 7,5% growth in 2018

Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to total $451-billion in 2018, an increase of 7,5% from $419-billion in 2017, according to Gartner. This represents a near doubling of Gartner’s previous estimate of 4% growth for 2018. “Favourable market...

Mobile banking spurs Capitec growth

Smartphone app transactions now outstrip those undertaken in Capitec’s physical branches — and this has helped result in operational savings of R180-million ($12,5-million) last year. The bank, which signs up around 120 000 new clients a month, has taken...

Job seekers were selective in 2017

The number of vacancies that job-seekers applied for in 2017 were the same as, if not slightly lower than, 2016. This is according to Careers24’s review of recruitment and job seeker statistics, which reveals that a total off 680 000 searches were made on...

Q-KON deploys world-first regional node

In what it believes to be a world first, specialist service provider and systems integrator Q-KON has successfully deployed a satellite regional node solution to provide critical primary and backup communication for a financial VSAT network in Swaziland. Q-KON...