Industry must help shape broadband policy
Minister of Communications, Yunus Carrim, has invited industry to get involved in the formulation of South Africa’s broadband policy, which he is hoping to have approved before the end of the year. The ministry convened a workshop to report-back to stakeholders and...Journalist loses in hacker challenge
A journalist who challenged white hat hackers to see how vulnerable he was got more than he bargained for when they gathered information about his banking details, got on to his social networks and remotely shut down his laptop and iPhone. Adam Penenberg from the...African Android, iPhone users get BBM
BBM, the mobile instant messaging platform from BlackBerry, is now available as a free download on the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store in Africa, giving Android and iPhone users across the continent access to the popular mobile social network. The launch...HPC enters the mainstream
High performance computing (HPC) around the world is being used to analyse big data, as well as to drive the move towards cloud computing. These are among the findings of the latest International Data Corporation (IDC) worldwide study of high performance computing...UWC signs Open Access declaration
The University of the Western Cape (UWC) has signed the Berlin Declaration to Open Access in the Sciences and Humanities. “Universal and equitable access to information is vital for the social, cultural, economic and personal development of individuals and communities...