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It’s ‘final testing’ time for Sim City’s fabled offline mode

“Almost there Mayors” tweeted Sim City, signifying that yes, the time for offline city building is nigh. Update 10 is in final testing. Almost…

iOS 7.1 makes iPhone 4 faster, fitter, happier

Well, nothing can make hardware happier, but we’ll be happier, and that’s what counts. Is everything old, new again? According to independent tests run…

Xbox One has stellar February sales, still narrowly beaten by PS4

Slowly, the Xbox One begins to creep up to the sales of Sony’s PS4, which has beaten Microsoft’s console in sales month after month….

Analogue Nt is the hot as hell, aluminium NES made with love

The best NES emulator isn’t Jnes, VirtualNES or Nestopia. No sir, it’s precision fabricated from a solid block of aircraft grade aluminium and it’s…

Xbox gamer Stallion83 first to get 1-million Achievement Points

Some of us try in vain to get 10 000 gamer points on Xbox Live. Imagine getting a cool million? One man has done…

20W: a cheap-as-chips South African-made, solar-powered Android PC

Two things computers, smartphones and tablets rely on most are power and the internet. That’s expensive. This South African-made Android desktop computer only uses…

Raspberry Pi gains Wolfson Audio Card, sound good?

Here’s something for the eager Raspberry Pi modder. From today, online store Element 14 will sell the Wolfson audio card add-on for the Raspberry…

A 1TB flash drive from Kingston? Yours for US$3 500 [CES]

The 4K TV seems to have dominated a CES that is very much run-of-the-mill. Outside of Nvidia’s astonishing Project Shield and the frankly mind-blowing…

6 reasons why Alcatel is relevant again [CES]

With CES 2013 starting today in Vegas, manufacturers have been pushing the envelope with new products since the new year. Funny enough, the major…

Tactus’ Mighty morphing screen is the best idea to ever hit our smartphones [CES]

Here’s the best thing to come out of CES 2013 so far. A screen called the “Morphing tactile surface” from Tactus is the physical…

Firefox OS for mobile gathers speed [CES]

As mobile computing rolls into ever unknown and exciting futures, Firefox steps up and delivers a decent look at its upcoming mobile OS. Mozilla…

Steam Box unveiled at CES 2013

Steam, the gaming platform developed by Valve, has unveiled the “Steam Box” (not the official name but pretty cool), that would allow PC gaming…

Two new and cheap HP ‘Sleekbooks’ outed at CES

First, Ultrabooks. Now, Sleekbooks. Yes sir, from the floor of CES 2013 comes the (not so new) Sleekbook. For the uninitiated, Sleekbooks, announced last year…

Nvidia takes on the big guys with its own gaming console

Nvidia, the Santa Clara, California based company is better known for its graphics processing units (GPUs) specifically GeForce. Not content with just filling up…

Upgraded SuperSpeed USB 3.0 has mind-blowing 10GB data transfer rate

iRadar uses social networking to warn of speed traps

One of the coolest, most devious gadgets to come from this year’s International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), is the Cobra iRadar. While traffic officers…

OpenCL reveals Kindle Fire’s true potential

The Kindle Fire has already proven itself to be a decent tablet, even in the shadow of the iPad and Android powered competitors. But…

Gorilla Glass 3 polished up at CES 2012

Put your trust in the Gorilla The most important part of our devices, namely the screen, is getting even tougher with the introduction of…

Exynos vulnerability patch start rolling out for Samsung Galaxy S3

A security issue that leaves certain Samsung devices, powered by the Exynos processor, vulnerable to hacking has been patched. The patch was released today…

‘Lightest and most efficient’ solar chargers developed for military use

Alta Devices is one of two US startups that have been producing lightweight solar charging devices for a few years now. While breaking some…

Tech predictions for 2013: Apple’s ‘iTV’

With 2012 done and dusted, our attention turns to the upcoming year and what innovation the major players will bring to the table. One…

Ubuntu’s now a mobile OS and destined for Android phones come 2014

Mark Shuttleworth’s legacy will extend to the mobile sphere as Ubuntu looks to release a “full PC” version for Android phones. Memeburn, our big…

Leap Motion motion control tech will come bundled with new Asus PCs

If you’ve been drooling over Leap Motion but haven’t coughed up the cash to pre-order the device, don’t worry — soon, there will be…

GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

GTA 6 Is Officially Coming in 2026: The New Date, the Delays and the South African Reality Check

The Gaming Gear South Africans Are Actually Buying This December

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