Translation in realtime looms
Near-realtime translation of a Skype call has been demonstrated, and the facility will be available as a downloadable app before the end of this year. Gurdeep Pall, corporate vice-president of Skype and Lync at Microsoft, writes in his corporate blog how he...Towards a true self-driving car
To accelerate innovation toward a future of autonomous vehicles, Intel has announced the availability of a family of hardware and software products – as well as additional investments and advanced technology research – aimed at helping the car evolve to...Server shipments up, revenue down
Server shipments across the globe grew by 1,4% in the first quarter of 2014, says Gartner – although server revenue has declined by 4,1% when compared to the previous year. “The first quarter of 2014 produced relatively weak growth on a global level with a...Absenteeism costs SA R12bn
Absenteeism costs South African employers R12-billion every year, according to figures from Statistics South Africa. And there is a clear link between employee health, productivity and absenteeism, says Occupational Care South Africa (Ocsa). The organisation provides...Commercial GPS turns 25
The commercial global positioning system (GPS) is 25 years old this week. It was just a quarter of a century ago that President Ronald Reagan opened up military technology for commercial use, resulting in the first GPS devices shipping to retailers on 25 May 1989. The...