HDD revenue set to decline
Facing a relentless onslaught from tablets, smartphones and solid state drives (SSD), global hard disk drive (HDD) market revenue in 2013 will decline by about 12% this year, according to an IHS iSuppli Storage Space market brief from information and analytics...Virgin Mobile offers free SMS deal
Virgin Mobile South Africa has launched a free SMS promotion for all prepaid customers. Prepaid customers will receive free SMSes whenever they recharge, which can be used to text anyone, on any network at anytime. Prepaid customers will receive free SMSes whenever...Anonymous: SA attacks claimed
A recent hack on the SABC news site is being touted as part of the opening salvo in an Anonymous attack on South African sites known as Operation South Africa (#OpSAfrica). Although it’s unclear whether the operation is being carried out by Anonymous or a local...8m PCs freed in botnet takedown
Microsoft and Symantec have brought down a global cybercrime operation, the Bamital botnet, but shutting down the servers at the heart of the botnet. PCs infected by the malware that linked them to the botnet were temporarily unable to search the Web, and the software...CTI offers free tablets for students
CTI Education Group will become the first higher education institution in South Africa to offer its students tablet computers loaded with prescribed textbooks, at no extra cost. More than 2 000 who will start their degree studies at CTI in January will receive the new...