September launch for Xbox One console
Microsoft’s Xbox One will be launched in South Africa in September 2014. This was confirmed yesterday by distributor Westcon-Comztek. Touted as more than just a gaming console, the Xbox One promoted by Microsoft as the ultimate all-in-one entertainment system built...Technology to help make the roads safer
University of Cape Town researcher, Dr Rahul Jobanputra, says the alarming number of road traffic fatalities in South Africa moved him to focus his recent PhD study on alternative ways of making the country’s roads safer. His thesis, An Investigation into the...Schools get biometric attendance systems
The Department of Basic Education is equipping 24 000 schools with biometric clocking devices in a bid to solve the challenge of teacher absenteeism, highlighting the growing trend for organisations to utilise realtime statistics to improve efficiencies and security....EOH lights up 10Gbps on new fibre network
Telecommunications company EOH Network Solutions has established one of the first 10Gbps services to go live over the recently-deployed FibreCo network between Gauteng and Cape Town. While the FibreCo project will support new initiatives for EOH, it will not replace...Telcos work together to improve access
Following a high-level meeting at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, senior leaders from eight major mobile operator groups, serving 551-million mobile connections across Africa and the Middle East, plan to co-operate on network infrastructure sharing initiatives...