City of London Police focus on cybercrime

Cybercrime plays a huge part in fraud offence numbers today, with seven out of 10 scams now Internet-related, according to the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau. The complex and alien nature of such crimes however, means that they are not only difficult to combat,...

Cell C’s Daily Data offering boosts data

Cell C has released a new range of exceptionally priced Daily and Nite data offerings, which will be available to all prepaid and hybrid customers immediately. “Our strategic objective is to offer an enjoyable customer experience and exceptional value when using the...

MTN first with HD voice in SA

MTN has become the first operator in South Africa to launch Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband (AMR-WB) technology, which is more commonly referred to as high definition voice (HD voice). HD voice is available across MTN’s 3G network nationally. MTN customers can benefit...
BYOD security lags in SA

BYOD security lags in SA

South African employees are using their own devices at work – but in many cases their employers haven’t yet implemented security measures. With the Cisco Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast estimating that there will be 98-million...

Polio mutation breaches vaccine protection

Thanks to effective vaccination, polio is considered nearly eradicated. However, scientists of the University of Bonn, together with colleagues from Gabon, are reporting alarming findings: a mutated virus that was able to resist the vaccine protection to a considerable extent was found in victims of an outbreak in the Congo in 2010.

3D printing not ready for mainstream uptake

3D printing is evolving rapidly, although many technologies are still five to 10 years away from mainstream adoption. Consumer adoption will be outpaced by business and medical applications that have more compelling use cases in the short term, according to Gartner....