Users fear spying, cover webcams

At least 14% of users in South Africa cover up their webcams because they fear cyber-spies could be monitoring them via their computers, according to a study by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International. In some countries, this figure is even higher: 40% of Chinese...

Massive SAP growth on cloud, HANA

SAP again delivered strong growth in the cloud and a solid overall revenue performance for the third quarter. With non-IFRS cloud subscriptions and support revenue increasing 41% (42% at constant currencies) SAP is the fastest growing enterprise cloud company at...

Disappointing performance for IBM

IBM has announced third-quarter 2014 net income from continuing operations was $3,5-billion compared with $4,1-billion in the third-quarter of 2013, a decrease of 17%. Operating (non-GAAP) net income from continuing operations was $3,7-billion, as compared with...

OpenWeb cuts uncapped shaped ADSL prices again

OpenWeb has launched its new uncapped shaped ADSL packages, claiming one of the lowest prices in the market today. OpenWeb CEO Keoma Wright says response to the move has been incredible. “For many people finding the right home ADSL package in South Africa can be a...
Siding Spring hurls past Mars

Siding Spring hurls past Mars

Satellites observing Mars took shelter behind the Red Planet yesterday (19 October 2014) while observing a close comet flyby. Comet C/2013 A1, also known as comet Siding Spring, passed within about 139 500km of Mars – less than half the distance between Earth...