Oct 28, 2013
A journalist who challenged white hat hackers to see how vulnerable he was got more than he bargained for when they gathered information about his banking details, got on to his social networks and remotely shut down his laptop and iPhone. Adam Penenberg from the...
Oct 28, 2013
BBM, the mobile instant messaging platform from BlackBerry, is now available as a free download on the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store in Africa, giving Android and iPhone users across the continent access to the popular mobile social network. The launch...
Oct 28, 2013
High performance computing (HPC) around the world is being used to analyse big data, as well as to drive the move towards cloud computing. These are among the findings of the latest International Data Corporation (IDC) worldwide study of high performance computing...
Oct 28, 2013
The University of the Western Cape (UWC) has signed the Berlin Declaration to Open Access in the Sciences and Humanities. “Universal and equitable access to information is vital for the social, cultural, economic and personal development of individuals and communities...
Oct 28, 2013
MTN Zakhele, South Africa’s largest empowerment scheme in the telecommunications industry, will begin restricted trading of its ordinary shares from 25 November 2013 on an online trading platform and a dedicated call centre. Existing MTN Zakhele ordinary shareholders...
Oct 28, 2013
Approximately 30% of users have received bogus e-mails claiming to come from banks. The fraudsters often use fake notifications from banks in order to trick users into handing over account credentials and giving away access to their money, according to the Kaspersky...
