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McAfee ranks highly in AV-Test report
McAfee Mobile Security received the highest score on the most recent mobile security test by independent testing lab AV-Test putting it at the top of the list of 26 security companies included in the report. In addition, McAfee is announcing that McAfee Mobile...
WD launches new storage association
WD, a Western Digital company, has announced that it has founded the Storage Products Association (SPA) with other hard drive companies to promote the merits and value of rotating magnetic storage technologies, as well as to make consumers and professionals aware of...
Financial inclusion key to higher savings
Absa uses banking technology to expand financial inclusion for a greater savings pool with over 4-million cell phone banking customers of which half are entry level banking customers. As principal sponsor of the 6th African Microfinance Conference taking place at the...
DNA Bill closer to becoming law
The so-called “DNA Bill”, the Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Bill, has been adopted by the National Assembly’s oversight committee, paving the way to it being signed into law. Speaking to the committee last week, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa says the...
Smartphone sales overtake feature phones
Worldwide mobile phone sales to end-users totalled 435-million units in the second quarter of 2013, an increase of 3,6% from the same period last year, according to Gartner – and smartphone sales overtook feature phones for the first time. Smartphone sales to...
Bitcoin-like attacks set to escalate
The recent attacks on Bitcoin apps are an indication of the kind of mobile security breaches users can expect to see in the future. Applications using the same function to generate random numbers for security could be compromised affecting millions of users British IT...
MTN adds subscribers, data grows
MTN has increased its subscribers by 6,5%, to 201,5-million, during the six months ended 30 June. Reported revenue for the six months increased 9,8%, despite being negatively impacted by the tariff cuts in both Nigeria and South Africa. MTN Nigeria continued to show...
Parliament adopts African energy plan
Members of Parliament from the Portfolio Committee on Energy and their counterparts from the Pan African Parliament have developed an action plan on how legislators can play a role in ensuring that as many Africans as possible have access to affordable and sustainable...
Consumer security opportunities in BYOD
Consumer adoption and willingness to pay for antivirus software on mobile devices is low, according to Gartner. Gartner believes that high consumer use of personal mobile devices for work purposes means security providers have an opportunity to assist enterprise bring...
Office for Android available in SA
Microsoft’s Office for Android is available on the Google Play store in South Africa from today. The app is available at no extra charge for Office 365 subscribers, who can now use and share all of their Office documents on a variety of smartphone platforms: Windows...
Payroll software subscriptions help SMBs
Start-up and SME businesses with Internet access are now able to buy an affordable automated desktop payroll software solution on a subscription basis with a low monthly payment that avoids the usual initial outlay costs. Internet technology enables the software to be...
BlackBerry 9720 smartphone released
For customers that want a smartphone that’s built for a communications-centric experience, BlackBerry have introduced the new BlackBerry 9720 smartphone. Designed for a premium look and available in a variety of vibrant colors, the new BlackBerry 9720 smartphone takes...
HP speeds delivery of application services
HP has announced the next generation of its data centre automation, orchestration and cloud management software, which is designed to enable enterprise IT to rapidly deliver services on a massive scale - on premises or via the cloud - to meet changing enterprise...
McAfee ranks highly in AV-Test report
McAfee Mobile Security received the highest score on the most recent mobile security test by independent testing lab AV-Test putting it at the top of the list of 26 security companies included in the report. In addition, McAfee is announcing that McAfee Mobile...
WD launches new storage association
WD, a Western Digital company, has announced that it has founded the Storage Products Association (SPA) with other hard drive companies to promote the merits and value of rotating magnetic storage technologies, as well as to make consumers and professionals aware of...
Financial inclusion key to higher savings
Absa uses banking technology to expand financial inclusion for a greater savings pool with over 4-million cell phone banking customers of which half are entry level banking customers. As principal sponsor of the 6th African Microfinance Conference taking place at the...
DNA Bill closer to becoming law
The so-called “DNA Bill”, the Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Bill, has been adopted by the National Assembly’s oversight committee, paving the way to it being signed into law. Speaking to the committee last week, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa says the...
Smartphone sales overtake feature phones
Worldwide mobile phone sales to end-users totalled 435-million units in the second quarter of 2013, an increase of 3,6% from the same period last year, according to Gartner – and smartphone sales overtook feature phones for the first time. Smartphone sales to...
Bitcoin-like attacks set to escalate
The recent attacks on Bitcoin apps are an indication of the kind of mobile security breaches users can expect to see in the future. Applications using the same function to generate random numbers for security could be compromised affecting millions of users British IT...
MTN adds subscribers, data grows
MTN has increased its subscribers by 6,5%, to 201,5-million, during the six months ended 30 June. Reported revenue for the six months increased 9,8%, despite being negatively impacted by the tariff cuts in both Nigeria and South Africa. MTN Nigeria continued to show...