Mobiles grow as desktops continue decline

According to the latest IDC forecast, detachables, convertibles, and ultraslim notebooks will continue their expansion and are expected to account for approximately 40% of the total PC and tablet market in Western Europe by 2020. IDC projects continued double-digit...

CITES ‘fails to protect lions’, says Born Free

Born Free Foundation believes CITES has failed to adequately address one of the main threats to African lions in its decision to reach a compromise agreement on controlling the trade in lion parts and products, but failing to deal with trade from captive bred lions....

More international tourists come to SA

International tourist arrivals worldwide grew by 4% between January and June 2016 compared to the same period last year. Meanwhile, destinations worldwide received 561-million international tourists (overnight visitors), 21-million more than in 2015, according to the...

CITES won’t legalise rhino horn trade

Born Free Foundation has welcomed a decision by delegates at CITES to reject Swaziland’s proposal to sell off its rhino horn. The proposal, which would have enabled Swaziland to sell just over 300kg of stockpiled rhino horn, followed by around 20kg each year...

Kaspersky tool combats MarsJoke

Users that have suffered from Polyglot ransomware, also known as MarsJoke, can now restore their files thanks to a decryption tool developed by Kaspersky Lab. The Polyglot Trojan has been propagating via spam emails containing a malicious attachment packed in a...

Arrests reported in bank fraud case

It is believed the Japanese police have arrested 92 people involved in the R300-million fraud incident against Standard Bank credit card holders in May. Sources have revealed to a Japanese newspaper that an international syndicate had hacked the bank’s system to...