Better earnings for Pinnacle

Pinnacle Technology Holdings is expecting earnings for the six months ended 31 December to be significantly higher than the previous year. The company issued a trading statement regarding the anticipated interim headline earnings per share (HEPS) and earnings per...

Google announce financial results

Google has announced financial results for the quarter and the fiscal year ended 31 December, 2012. “We ended 2012 with a strong quarter,” says Larry Page, CEO of Google. “Revenues were up 36% year on year, and 8% quarter on quarter. “And we...

Data set to dominate 2013

Mobile operators have identified data growth as a key driver in 2013, with the focus falling on smartphones that are used to access social media platforms.  In an interview with News24, Richard Boorman, Vodacom Group executive and head of corporate communications,...

Wintel set to lose PC lead

Canalys’ latest forecasts paint a bleak picture of the state of the industry for the majority of PC hardware vendors. Combined shipments of desktops, netbooks and notebooks showed a year-on-year decline of around 10% in the fourth quarter of 2012, as consumers...

Atari files for bankruptcy

 The world’s oldest computing gaming company, Atari, has filed for insolvency. The companies have co-ordinated to request filings for Book 6 procedures in France and Chapter 11 protection in the United States. The company has been informed by its main shareholder and...

FTTP will ease network strain

CipherWave, a niche specialist IT company based in Midrand, is introducing fibre broadband connectivity to the premises (FTTP) with the lowest contentions and prices currently available on the market. The offering is a bold move as it provides high value to business...