VMware increases revenues for Q1

Virtualisation and cloud infrastructure vendor VMware has announced that revenues for the first quarter of 2013 were $1,19-billion, an increase of 13% from the first quarter of 2012.  Operating income for the first quarter was $160-million, a decrease of 26% from the...

LG improves phone figures

LG Electronics (LG) Seoul Korea has reported a solid first-quarter performance due to a resurging handset business which shipped 10,3-million smartphones between January and March, the highest for LG since it entered the smartphone race.  Better-than-expected...

Cell C launches 2013 girl child campaign

Cell C is gearing up for the 11th instalment of the Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work Day campaign, which takes place on Thursday, 30 May. Companies are now encouraged to polish their plans in support of this sustainable project, which aims to expose girl children in...

SA traffic fine site hacked

South African road users trying to pay traffic fines online this morning were stymied by a Bangladeshi hacker group. The Automatic Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Web site has been hacked by the Bangladeshi 3xp1r3 Cyber Army. Vehicle owners looking to...

Apple surprises with Q2 results

Apple has announced better-than-expected financial results for its fiscal 2013 second quarter ended 30 March 2013. The company posted quarterly revenue of $43,6-billion and quarterly net profit of $9,5-billion, or $10,09 per diluted share. These results compare to...

SAIRR comes out against new Bill

The Licensing of Businesses Bill of 2013 (the Bill), recently gazetted by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), will need an army of bureaucrats to implement, says the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) in a submission made to the DTI last week. ...