Social users exposed to cybercrooks

Only a small number of respondents to a recent Kaspersky Lab/B2B International survey understand the risks associated with active use of social networks. At greatest risk are those who use mobile devices to access social networking sites. The survey shows that...

XDSL upgrades fibre at no extra cost

Internet service provider (ISP) XDSL is upgrading all its fibre broadband customers to dedicated Internet connectivity – that’s Internet at full capacity of a user’s fibre broadband connection, whether 25Mbps or 100Mbps – at no additional cost. XDSL’s Dedicated...

SA team holds its own at SunGard codeathon

A team of South African developers has scooped the second place award in the SunGard Global Coder Cup, held in London. On 12 September, 11 teams from seven countries met at London’s Emirates Stadium to participate in the final championship round of SunGard’s second...

Altron warns on earnings decline

Allied Electronics (Altron) has issued a trading statement warning shareholders that earnings for the financial half-year ended 31 August 2014 will be substantially lower than last year. The company states that Altron TMT (comprising Altech and Bytes’...

Net 1 UEPS responds to NCA release

Following a press release from the National Credit Regulator, Net 1 UEPS Technologies has issued the following statement: Net 1 UEPS Technologies has responded to the press release issued by the South African National Credit Regulator (NCR) on September 22, 2014. In...