Careless sharing leaves devices vulnerable

According to a survey carried out jointly by B2B International and Kaspersky Lab, 41% of South African respondents who share an Internet-enabled device with their relatives, colleagues or friends do not take any precautions to protect their information. They see no...

Facebook back up …

South Africans woke up this morning to the discovery that Facebook and Instagram have crashed – and they’ve turned to Twitter to talk about it. With #facebookdown trending on Twitter, users took to the social media platform to share their frustration, and often...

Energy detected beyond Milky Way

Wits scientists are part of a multinational team of astronomers working on the High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) telescopes that have again demonstrated its excellent capabilities in searching for high-energy gamma rays. In the latest discovery, HESS found three...

SA moves beyond 1m domain names

South Africa’s central domain name registry last week announced it has registered more than 1-million active .za domains. The ZA Central Registry (ZACR) confirms that the tally of registered, active domain names ending in .za was 1 001 464 on Friday (23 January). The...

Vox Telecom sale is off, investors commit

Vox Telecom late last week confirmed that investors have taken the local ICT company off the market, having completed an exploratory process that started in July 2014. “The decision by our investors to re-invest in our business is a strong signal to the market, that...

SA-developed toilets offer dignity to all

The greenest school in Gauteng is the modest establishment at Orefile Primary School in Olievenhoutbosch. It is now the site of a breakthrough toilet installation that provides flush sanitation with minimal water usage – and it’s all designed, developed and...