Have a Pretoria-based attorney and his partners invented a technology that could help change the world? Corrie de Jager believes his company, Hydrox Holdings, has developed a process that represents a “major step forward in unlocking the hydrogen era”. De Jager says the
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Next Wednesday, a week from now, Canada’s Research in Motion (RIM) will launch its new BlackBerry smartphones and its completely redesigned operating system, BlackBerry 10 (BB10) in one of the biggest product unveilings in the technology industry in years. For RIM, everything is riding on
The ANC is trying to deflect attention away from the fact that millions have been siphoned out of state-owned enterprises, including Telkom, for a series of The New Age newspaper’s business breakfasts, Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Wednesday. “[Telkom’s involvement] was
A hundred years after being popularised, the humble wristwatch is being reinvented for the smartphone era. Several exciting initiatives, including Pebble, a crowd-funded project that has raised more than US$10m, are set to emerge this year. Imagine lounging on
Lack of certainty around the encryption and access control mechanisms to be used for digital terrestrial television, along with how millions of set-top boxes will be subsidised for poorer households, looks set to throw South Africa even further off track
Mapping is one of fastest-growing areas in companies’ IT expenditure. Three-quarters of large companies and two-thirds of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) expect to spend more of their budgets on digital mapping services this year. These are just some of the findings
Communications minister Dina Pule has placed her director-general, Rosey Sekese, on “special leave”, potentially igniting a new round of turmoil in the troubled government department. Pule’s spokesman, Siya Qoza, confirmed the move on Monday morning after the Sunday Times carried
Communications department director-general Rosey Sekese has been placed on “special leave” by minister Dina Pule, apparently after having misled parliament’s portfolio committee on communications about her performance contract on two separate occasions last year. While there has been
Despite the relatively small number of fixed-line Internet connections and the still relatively high cost of mobile data, South Africa now has three music streaming services vying for consumers’ attention. And this is before the launch of Microsoft’s Xbox Music, expected soon. TechCentral
Expect to see a lot of machines like Hewlett-Packard’s new Envy X2 tablet/laptop hybrid on sale this year. It’s a form factor both Microsoft and PC makers are keen to bring to the market as they fight off the threat posed by Apple’s iPad and inject new energy and innovation into the PC business. It’s