NASA decodes black hole rhythm

Astronomers have uncovered rhythmic pulsations from a rare type of black hole, 12-million light-years away, by sifting through archival data from NASA’s Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellite. The signals have helped astronomers identify an unusual midsize...

Icasa to adopt LRIC+ for pricing

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has announced that it has adopted the Long-Run Incremental Cost Plus (LRIC+) as the cost standard for the bottom-up and top-down modelling to determine the cost of mobile and fixed wholesale voice call...

Global Think Test open to all participants

Kaspersky Lab and Mensa are inviting Internet users to take part in a special challenge, with the help of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and Formula One racing team Scuderia Ferrari. The Global Think Test is made up of a series of online brain games, quizzes and...

Huge buys local IP to reduce access costs

Huge Software has acquired intellectual property which will enable it to manufacture a fixed cellular router at a significant discount to the current cost of purchasing similar equipment. Huge Telecom provides a full outbound and inbound telephony service over a GSM...

Telkom to enforce Fair Usage Policy

Telkom’s Internet service provider (ISP) will enforce its Fair Usage Policy (FUP), a move it says is in the spirit of enhancing the Internet experience for all users. Telkom ISP has always had a FUP in place but has, till now, exercised much leniency in terms of...