Altech CEO takes pay freeze, no bonus

Altech Group CEO Craig Venter has decided to forego his bonus for the 2012/13 financial year. “The board appreciates Mr Venter’s decision, as it clearly demonstrates that he continues to place the interests of all stakeholders above short-term considerations,” says...

Cable theft disrupts Telkom service

Theft of a major copper cable in the City Deep exchange area has resulted in the disruption of Telkom services. During the early hours of 4 May 2013, cable thieves cut and stole three metres of 2 400 pair main cable in a manhole on the corner of Heidelberg road and...

Display figures bode well for notebooks

US manufacturers Dell and Hewlett-Packard substantially increased their orders for notebook panel displays in February to meet upcoming shipment targets, which helped to boost overall notebook panel shipments the same month, according to an IHS LCD Shipment Database...

Adobe drops boxed products

Adobe is to move away from boxed products entirely, and will make its Creative Suite – to be known as Creative Cloud – available only on a subscription model. The company has said it will not release new versions of the packaged suite, which includes InDesign,...

Aerial ballet show from Mango

Mango and the Johannesburg-based SA Mzansi Ballet (SAMB) company will collaborate in a world-first ballet performance at the Swartkops Air Show outside Pretoria/Tshwane on Saturday 11 May 2013.  A Mango new-generation Boeing 737-800, skippered by Presidential Baobab...
IBM debuts atomic movie

IBM debuts atomic movie

Scientists from IBM have unveiled the world’s smallest movie, made with one of the tiniest elements in the universe: atoms. Named A Boy and His Atom, the Guinness World Records-verified movie used thousands of precisely placed atoms to create nearly 250 frames of...