F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
‘Zuckered’ and ‘Gangnam Style’ are part of Collins Dictionary’s words of 2012
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IE flaw might allow people to track your mouse clicks
If those ads you get when you’re browsing creep you out a little bit and seem a little too personal then a recent discovery…
We might worry about online privacy, but we’re doing nothing about it
When someone mentions online privacy we always get a little bit worried. We talk about how important it is to keep our private details…
FBI, NASA, others hit in massive hack attack
Hacktivist group GhostShell has taken credit for a massive hacking operation that affected the sites of the FBI, NASA and the Federal Reserve, Interpol…
Facebook, democracy part ways as voting falls far short of threshold
Facebook is no longer a democracy. Late yesterday, the social network’s billion or so users lost the ability to vote on changes on the…
SA school kids lobby for free Wikipedia
A group of South African learners are lobbying operators in that country to provide them with free access to Wikipedia. The open source encyclopedia…
Syrian rebels build tank, include PlayStation controller for turret
So you’ve taken part in a couple of hackathons, maybe you’ve built something the people there thought was impressive. We’ll wager you’ve never hacked…
South Korea volunteers wage all out war…on porn
In South Korea, a volunteer army is fighting what may be the most futile war imaginable. All they’re armed with is their computers and…
Google scraps free Apps, changes focus to subscriptions
If your business uses Google Apps, listen up. The internet giant will no longer be offering a free version of the service as it…
SA broadband doubles in two years as mobile data costs plummet
In any emerging market country, getting people online is vital. Studies by the likes of Ericsson have concluded that for every 10 percentage point…
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