In 2004, Bill Gates pronounced usernames and passwords dead. Gates, a man consistently thinking ahead of the crowd, was right. Most of us — including our employers and the online services we rely on — just haven’t caught up yet. Gates’s statement came at a time when the devastatingly simple consumer-focused
Power utility Eskom on Wednesday called on consumers to switch off geysers, pool pumps and all non-essential appliances from 6pm to 8pm to prevent the need for power cuts. “The power system is severely constrained today and will
Apple has become the benchmark against which other notebook, tablet and smartphone manufacturers are being compared. It’s not that Apple makes the most technically superior products – although sometimes it does. Rather, it’s
Investors in fibre telecommunications infrastructure should not expect the sort of returns that South Africa’s big operators have come to enjoy. Instead, they should be satisfied with the returns traditionally enjoyed by providers of
SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng will appeal against a court ruling that he be suspended, his lawyer said on Tuesday. “That notice of appeal is in the process of being served on the lawyers of the Democratic Alliance
Fast-growing JSE-listed Adapt IT has acquired 100% of the equity of AspiviaUnison, a cloud telecommunications service provider, in a deal worth as much as R200m. The Durban-based Adapt IT will acquire all intellectual property and technology
Two men and a woman have been arrested for allegedly committing two mall robberies last week in Gauteng, police said on Tuesday. “The three suspects … were arrested in Yeoville, Johannesburg in a crime intelligence-driven operation
The public protector will be wasting funds by taking the SABC court judgment on review with regard to her constitutional powers, the ANC said on Monday. “It is curious that an institution that recently complained to parliament of
About 3 000 shacks in the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality will get solar power for lighting and charging cellphones, Eastern Cape officials said on Tuesday. “The first phase is expected to consist of approximately 3 000 installations
You can smell the genius in the air. And there’s a hint of coffee there, too. The university students taking part in Siemens’ Cyber Junkyard 2014 have conceptualised and built automated machines to address a need in the industries that they
