Durban to get own namespace
The application for an exclusive Internet namespace for Durban (under the dotDurban domain) has passed the initial evaluation phase of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
Click here to read more...Joburg broadband network switches on July 1
The City of Joburg Broadband Project will go live on 1 July 2013 after a 3-year rollout project and BWired will operate the network for 12 years.
Click here to read more...Dot.Africa comes to Durban
The Africa Domain Name System (DNS) Forum will be held on 12 - 13 July 2013 in Durban, South Africa. The event aims to establish a platform for the DNS community across Africa and to advance the domain name industry and domain name registrations on the continent.
Click here to read more...Paying the toll for VoIP fraud
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One of the last arguments against VoIP is that it is susceptible to fraud. But, ROB LITH, Business Development Director at Connection Telecom believes that breaching VoIP security is more complex than hacking an analogue telephone system.
Click here to read more...Spam stays steady
According to Kaspersky Lab’s spam report, in Q1 2013, the amount of spam in e-mail traffic grew slightly (+0.53 percentage points) and averaged 66.55%. The increase in the proportion of emails with malicious attachments was also small, reaching 3.3%, while the share of phishing e-mails fell 4.25 times to 0.0004%.
Click here to read more...Mr Ananzi bows out
Mark Buwalda, managing director of Ananzi, South Africa’s first local search engine has resigned after working at the company for over 15 years.
Click here to read more...Make your keywords work
There are thousands of words and phrases you can pay for via Pay Per Click (PPC) and optimise through SEO, but only the most relevant of them will really work hard for you, says MICHAEL WALKER, search and analytics director at digital media consultancy, Acceleration Media.
Click here to read more...FNB makes top ten sites in Africa
A recent survey by Alexa has revealed that FNB was the only banking website in the top 10 sites in Africa and was the most popular banking website on the continent.
Click here to read more...Your password peril
Most online social services require a password to gain access to them, but according to research by Kaspersky Lab, many users stick to a favourite or easy to guess password, which is used across all of these accounts, making users very vulnerable to online attacks.
Click here to read more...Cloud fuels Space Apps Challenge
CloudSigma, an international cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider, will provide free, compute resources for 2013’s NASA Space Apps Challenge participants.
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