UCT places among the top universities
The University of Cape Town (UCT) remains the best university in Africa and has been ranked in the top 1.3% of universities in the world by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR). Released on 13 May, the CWUR placed UCT at 271st position in their 2024 Global...
Google debuts AI search enhancements
The Google I/O 2024 developer conference held earlier this week (14 May 2024) showcased some of Google's announcements for transforming the search experience through AI. The key announcements include: Gemini 1.5 Pro and Gemini 1.5 Flash Google announced the...
The far-reaching impact of cable theft
Cable theft is a form of organised crime that has had a significant impact on businesses, communities, and the economy. The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry estimates that cable theft costs the South African economy between R5-billion and R7-billion a...
Top SA scholars honoured
Forty-three of the country's leading scholars and scientists have been inaugurated as Members of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf). New members are elected each year by the full existing membership in recognition of scholarly achievement and are drawn...
Gates Foundation commits up to $120m to Covid drug access
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a commitment of up to $120-million to accelerate access to the investigational antiviral drug molnupiravir for lower-income countries as part of its Covid-19 response effort. The funding will be allocated based on...
Business composability essential for enterprises
Enterprises must embrace business composability to thrive through disruption in 2022 and beyond, according to Gartner's annual global survey of CIOs and technology executives. Business composability is the mindset, technologies, and set of operating capabilities that...
Apple debuts new MacBooks, chips, AirPods, HomePods
Apple has launched its new MacBook Pro powered by its new chips, the M1 Pro and M1 Max. The new MacBook Pro includes a Liquid Retina XDR display, a wide range of ports for advanced connectivity, a 1080p FaceTime HD camera, and an improved audio system. The new devices...
Are South Africa’s IP laws keeping up with technology innovation?
Constituting a world first in a field that has traditionally been hostile to "artificially intelligent" inventors, South Africa's patent office granted a patent in July 2021 to an invention created by an AI system. The invention that received the go-ahead is for a...
Covid-19 led to an increase in depressive and anxiety disorders in women
A study by a team of international researchers has found that the Covid-19 pandemic has led to an increase in depressive and anxiety disorders in women more than men. According to the co-author of the study, Charles Shey Wiysonge, honorary professor of epidemiology...
Massive growth ahead for gaming PC market
Global shipments of gaming PCs and monitors continue to grow faster than their parent markets driving the entire industry's value to record highs and, according to data from MajoresApuestas.com, the global gaming PC market is expected to hit $60-billion value by 2025...
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Mobile workers affect network security
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McAfee releases Data Centre Suite
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Beyond Retail 2013 a success
UCS Solutions’ annual Beyond Retail 2013 conference gave retail executives a unique preview of their industry’s future. The event was attended by more than 140 delegates from leading retailers including: Shoprite; Massmart; Dis-Chem; Pick ‘n Pay; Woolworths and...
Gumtree launches virtual showroom
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Get ready for software defined everything
The buzz around software defined storage, networking and security are sparking new concerns in businesses. Grant Vine, Technical director at Cybervine IT Solutions, explains what they mean and what they could lead to. The terms software defined storage (SDS), software...
Kaspersky Lab patents new technology
Kaspersky Lab has announced that it has obtained a patent for a system and method of correcting antivirus records. Patent No. 2487405 issued by Rospatent, the Russian patent office, covers a mechanism that helps to make security systems significantly easier to use...
The end-user is key to ECM success
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EOH acquires 100% of Sybrin
EOH announced the acquisition of 100% of Sybrin for an undisclosed sum. Sybrin is a specialised developer of software for the Financial Services and other industry sectors. Some of Sybrin’s products include workflow software, payment, imaging and document management...
Project managers for big data projects
Big data is on almost everybody’s mind at the moment, with IT departments wrestling with ever increasing volumes of both structured and unstructured data. But despite big data’s place as a mainstream IT phenomenon, the bulk of big data projects still fail, as...
Steps towards security for SMEs
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