General Tech

3 ways cyberattacks can cause disaster for your IT infrastructure

Cyber security issues aren’t limited to paranoid whispers within the tech community. President Barack Obama and his administration identified cyber security as one the…

Edward Snowden: we all need to fight government surveillance [SXSW]

In a rare appearance, and via Google Hangout from Russia where he has been granted political asylum, Edward Snowden urged thousands of tech enthusiasts…

Looking for an IT manager? Don’t go chasing unicorns

Unicorns exist — or do they? It seems as if many medium-sized organisations do think so, looking at their list of expectations versus what…

Two sides of the same coin: does Mt. Gox reflect a broken Bitcoin industry?

Now that Mt. Gox, once the largest cryptocurrency exchange, has collapsed, skeptics have seen fit to throw punches at the Bitcoin currency — but…

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Ah, the Oscars. The latest Academy Awards show was a spectacle filled with pizza, celeb selfies and the return of Pharrell’s mega hat —…

10 pieces of consumer tech that have transformed PR over the past decade

While we may not yet have the hover boards, flying cars and self-lacing shoes promised in 80s cult movie Back To The Future, the…

Video is not all that when it comes to online content consumption

A recent study from nRelate, a platform that specialises in content discovery, revealed that 76% of Americans are more interested in related article links…

7 ways to stop tech from being a pain in the neck

Most of us suffer from it — and most of us don’t take it seriously. Yet back pain costs a fortune in terms of…

Killing passwords and whistleblowing hackers: top stories you need to read

Passwords are safe. Hackers have nefarious motives. App design is the next cash cow. All Microsoft’s hopes rest on Windows 8. Apple is practically…

Now that it’s got more than a billion to burn, what could Baidu buy?

Chinese search giant Baidu recently got a whole lot richer when it raised US$1.5-billion in its first ever bonds issue. And it’s going to…

Online security: if you’re dumb, you must suffer

I’ve just finished reading Matt Honan’s (Wired Senior Editor) exhaustive, but very good piece, Kill the Password: Why a String of Characters Can’t Protect…

Inbox zero: Could your company really survive without email?

Twelve months ago, Thierry Breton, CEO of Atos, which has over 80 000 employees in 42 countries, set out an 18-month plan to ban…

Dumb TVs and social influencers: top tech stories you have to read

Hackers are dangerous. TV is smart. Social influence algorithms are invulnerable to cheaters. Education involves classrooms and lecturers. Or does it? This edition of…

Cooking online: 8 resources to inspire your inner chef

Some people can cook, some can’t. Online cooking sites, as the crow flies, are plentiful. Doing a search on Google will provide you with…

Life under Google and lies on Twitter: 5 top stories you have to read

Google is greedy. Twitter lies. Colour is simple. Data is boring. Processing power is all that’s important. Well, maybe. This instalment of top tech…

Plotting Google glass and dying ereaders: 4 tech stories you have to read

We’ve probably all dreamed about waking up and putting on a pair of augmented reality glasses. But what should the team at Google include…

Are smartphones turning people into workaholics?

Research in Britain has found that our all-encompassing magical devices are “doing us in” by adding an average of two hours work per day….

How efficiently is your business using its tech resources?

For most of us, it’s impossible to consider doing our work without the internal systems that communicate, organise and report on our efforts. Impossible…

Online tracking: how you can reduce and stop being tracked

We’ve spoken about the tracking that happens in the background while you are surfing the web a couple of times this year. The most…

Unfriendly Facebook and Apple’s PR machine: top stories you need to read

Ever thought that even though ereaders have supposedly “revolutionised” the publishing industry, an ebook on your Kindle looks pretty much the same as its…

Big Data: 4 things you need if you’re going to mine it effectively

With all the talk of “Big” data from vendors and their sale forces, consultants excited by new opportunities and business people grappling with whether…

From Kim Dotcom to the rise of dumb phones: top stories you have to read

Did you ever think that the humble dumb phone may be the source of future innovation in emerging markets? Did you know that there’s…

TCL South Africa Unveils 2025 Mini LED TV Range with Wide Viewing Angles

RIP Skype Microsoft Pulls the Plug on a Digital Pioneer

SITA pushes back as Home Affairs eyes IT exit

EmpowaEntrepreneurs 2025 Targets Africa’s High-Growth Founders and Investors

French No-Code Pioneer Tinkso Secures Strategic Investment from SA Entrepreneur Henk Pretorius

IBM Think 2025: Enterprise Gen AI Moves Beyond the Hype

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV