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Parking made easy

When the sensor detects the presence of a vehicle in a parking bay, a signal is sent to the back office computer and to the hand-held units carried by parking marshals.

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Here’s how MTN, Vodacom, Cell C, and Telkom could end up making (possibly rather a lot of) money out of Huawei’s Android crisis

South Africa`s big cellphone operators could end up making money â€` potentially, and over time, rather a lot of money â€` thanks in part to the chaos the United States unleashed this week when its trade restrictions cast doubt over whether Hua ...

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China warns foreign tech firms after Huawei ban

China has reportedly summoned global technology companies for talks to warn they could face dire consequences if they co-operate with the Trump administration’s ban on sales of key American technology to Chinese companies.

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7 mobile security threats you should take seriously in 2019

Mobile malware? Some mobile security threats are more pressing. Every enterprise should have its eye on these seven issues this year.

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`Home affairs official who defaced birth certificate acted improperly,` says Mkhwebane

Mkhwebane found the child had SA citizenship because his father was South African and said that home affairs had erred by not investigating the complaint. Home affairs has two weeks to reinstate the ID number of a four-year- old child born in ...

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Why Telkom will not yet invest in 5G â€` and when 5G will be available at Cell C, Vodacom, MTN, and Rain

• Telkom says 5G will cost a lot more in South Africa than 4G â€` and it has no plans to launch the technology in South Africa. • 5G promises to be more reliable and up to be 20 times faster than 4G. • Rain, Vodacom, and MTN all plan to ...

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This is what likely caused Facebook’s outage - and why SA banks should be concerned

• SA technology analyst Arthur Goldstuck believes outages at the cybercrime company Cloudflare were likely to blame for Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram`s network issues. • He believes Cloudflare`s DNS servers went down which affected cer ...

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Analysis: All you need to know about debt review

review is not a one size fits all solution and the debt counsellor must apply his mind to the individual solution required for each consumer. Debt review is a process that should be addressed by a duly registered debt counsellor (DC). Debt r ...

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A Chinese company reportedly created a photo with such high resolution, you can zoom from thousands of metres away to see people`s facial expressions

You might call this the pinnacle of high-resolution images. It is the brainchild of a setup called Jinkun Tech, or Bigpixel Technology Vorporation, and it was taken from atop the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai.

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The banker bros who bankrupted Mozambique

In December, the US Department of Justice indicted three former Credit Suisse bankers for their role in bringing Mozambique’s economy to its knees. State-owned entities drowning in billions of dollars in debt, bloated infrastructure projects, ...

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UK now becoming a target for the microchipping craze, we assess its feasibility as a business tool

Microchips are a fact of modern life. They are in our washing machines and coffee makers, our cars, credit cards, even our cats and dogs.

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SA launches Africa’s most advanced nanosatellite

South Africa has successfully launched into space the continent’s most advanced nanosatellite to date â€` the ZACube-2. The ZACube-2 will provide cutting edge remote sensing and communication services to South Africa and the region. “This s ...

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Cabinet approves extension of Lesotho permits

Cabinet at its meeting on Wednesday approved the extension of the Lesotho Special Permits (LSP) by another four years. The Department of Home Affairs introduced a Lesotho Special Permit in 2015 and the current dispensation expires on 31 December ...

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Japanese government plans to hack into citizens` IoT devices

Japanese government wants to secure IoT devices before Tokyo 2020 Olympics and avoid Olympic Destroyer and VPNFilter-like attacks. The Japanese government approved a law amendment on Friday that will allow government workers to hack into people ...

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Race to register visa partner Home Affairs

Johannesburg - Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says his department is working around the clock to ensure the registration of a public-private partnership for visa facilitation services occurs timeously. He was responding to a written pa ...