The SABC has suspended its acting chief technology officer, Gelfand Kausiyo, due to what it calls “allegations of misconduct”. Kausiyo has been acting in the position since November, having been appointed to the post following the resignation of Richard Waghorn as head of the crucial portfolio late last
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The ZA Tech Show crew focuses its conversation this week on what are likely to be the big areas of tech news in 2012. Simon Dingle is back from CES in Las Vegas, joined by Sam Beckbessinger, TechCentral’s Craig Wilson and Ben Kelly, to discuss the future of television, an overview of the Consumer Electronics Show in
Online social networking is “broken”, Google+ is Google’s attempt to fix this, and the service will change fundamentally all of the Internet giant’s products, from search to YouTube. These are the key messages to come out of a recent Q&A session between TechCentral and Google+ chief of staff Matt Waddell
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) was forced to “pause” market trading on Tuesday between 10.39am and roughly midday on account of problems with international links between it and its London-based trading engine. Similar problems affected the JSE on a number of occasions
Lulama Mokhobo has been appointed the SABC’s new group CEO, communications minister Dina Pule said on Monday. The appointment, for five years, is with immediate effect. Mokhobo, who replaces acting CEO Robin Nicholson at the troubled
The theft of R42m from the SPost Office’s financial institution, Postbank, was condemned by parliament’s communications portfolio committee on Monday. Portfolio chairman Eric Kholwane said the bank’s security network needed to be tightened to prevent such a “hi-tech cyber heist”. He appreciated
Worldwide spending on retail banking technology will increase by US$3,6bn, or 3,2%% in 2012 and will reach $135bn in the next five years, according to Ovum. This is despite the economic problems plaguing the world economy. Ovum says banks in emerging economies in the Asia-Pacific region will grow
Google’s sub-Saharan Africa office has reacted with dismay to allegations of fraud by its Kenyan operations, vowing to get to the bottom of the matter. The Mail & Guardian reported on Friday that Kenya’s largest mobile business directory Mocality, which has more than 170 000 listings and helps to
Gesture- and voice-activated user interfaces emerged as significant trends at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week. At the start of the show, the CEA, organisers of the event, claimed 2012 would be the “year of the interface”. According to the organisation, companies want to make
Chip-maker Intel, which has struggled historically in the mobile phone semiconductor market, last week unveiled a number of advancements across its smartphone business, including a deal with Motorola Mobility and a new handset by Lenovo based on the company’s new Intel Atom processor platform