TV sales set to decline again in 2013

The global television market is projected to decline for the second year in a row by the end of 2013, with shipments in virtually every quarter this year lower than the same time a year ago, according to a new report from IHS. Worldwide TV shipments for the first...

Jasco aims to raise R57,6m

Jasco Electronics is aiming to raise R57,6-million through a rights offer, to fund the final stage of the group’s three-year turnaround strategy. The board has announced a rights offer of 72-million ordinary shares at 80 cents per share amounting to R57,6-million. The...

Is your smartphone violating your privacy?

The average smartphone sends out hundreds of thousands of pieces of information every day, giving away its location and unique identity to advertising agencies around the world. The findings come from a special Channel 4 News investigation in the UK, which used a...

Malware, spam and phishing on the rise

Attacks that employ a variety of malicious programs, phishing attacks and spam remain the cyber-threats most frequently encountered by companies, with the volume of malicious attacks and spam increasing substantially in 2013 when compared to 2012. These are the...

Retailers run DDoS risks

Retailers around the world are at risk of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks over the festive season and into the new year. Prolexic, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services, has announced the results of a survey of...

Neotel targets SMMEs with wireless broadband

Neotel has launched NeoBroadband Omni – a wireless broadband service aimed at small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs), with both capped and uncapped options. Abid Qadiri, chief of business solutions and excellence at Neotel says that NeoBroadband Omni has...