Sep 9, 2016
McAfee, the security company that was bought by Intel and rolled into Intel Security over three years ago, has been spun out again and renamed McAfee. The move is the result of an agreement between Intel and TPG, under which the two parties will establish a new,...
Sep 9, 2016
By 2020, 21-billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices will be in use worldwide. Of these, close to 6%will be in use for industrial IoT applications. However, IT organizsations have issues identifying these devices and characterising them as part of current network...
Sep 9, 2016
The Innovation Hub’s OpenIX has launched a challenge with Gelvenor Textiles, a South African fabric engineering company, to identify innovative entrepreneurs for joint product and market development. The challenge calls on SMMEs and research groups, preferably...
Sep 9, 2016
Wildlife charity Born Free Foundation has welcomed the findings of new genetic analysis published in the journal “Current Biology” that has unexpectedly found giraffes are not one species, but four. The collaborative research team – supported by the...
Sep 9, 2016
Apple needs the iPhone 7 to be a major success because it is the main driver of growth for the whole company. According to a study by Ian Fogg, head of mobile analysis at IHS Technology, direct revenues for the iPhone represented 57% of total Apple revenue in the...
Sep 9, 2016
A group of 30 civil society organisations have written an open letter to the Ministers of Public Enterprises, Energy, Environmental Affairs, and Health, expressing their alarm at recent statements and actions by Eskom management. This relates particularly to...
