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Technology: Tool for Growth

Sep 29th, 2008 | By Wellington Chadehumbe | Category: Opinion, Technology

At times technology can appear trivial and flippant - as if it’s more about gadgets and gizmos for yuppies than anything else.
If so, is there a case for significant investment in the development of domestic technology while SA is concerned with weighty issues like poverty alleviation and growth?
The answer lies in thinking about development and [...]



VoIP Is Now Legal in Zimbabwe ? Econet International Calling Card

Sep 26th, 2008 | By Robert Ndlovu | Category: Technology

It may appear that some sense has finally been knocked into telecommunications regulation body of Zimbabwe POTRAZ ? If developments at Econet wireless are anything to go by, VoIP is now legal in Zimbabwe. Or Is it ?
VoIP – Voice Over Internet Protocol is the sending of voice calls over Internet Protocol as opposed [...]



Biomass Energy for Zimbabwe - Energy From Human and Animal Waste ?

Sep 10th, 2008 | By Robert Ndlovu | Category: Technology

What is biogas ? Biogas typically refers to a gas produced by the biological breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen . One type of biogas is produced by anaerobic (without air) digestion or fermentation of biodegradable materials such as biomass manure or sewage ,municipal waste and energy crops.
Background?
According to a Herald [...]



My quick thoughts on Google Chrome

Sep 3rd, 2008 | By Asher Tarivona Mutsengi | Category: Technology

I’ve just been using Chrome for a few hours and thought I’d dash off some quick thoughts.
First: it is fast as you-know-what. It feels super-responsive, so much so that I first thought it must be a trick. The tabs almost seem to click themselves; the autocomplete is so speedy that I thought it was reading [...]



Thieves set up data supermarkets

Aug 10th, 2008 | By Metro Staff Writer | Category: Technology

Web criminals are stepping back from infecting computers themselves and creating “one-stop shops” which offer gigabytes of data for a fixed price.
Speaking at InfoSecurity Europe, security firm Finjan said it had seen thousands of such online services.
Experts at the conference said web fraud was skyrocketing and called for police to urgently address the problem.
Security guru [...]



Net address bug worse than feared

Aug 10th, 2008 | By Metro Staff Writer | Category: Technology

A recently found flaw in the internet’s addressing system is worse than first feared, says the man who found it.
Dan Kaminsky made his comments when speaking publicly for the first time about his discovery at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas.
He said fixes for the flaw in the net’s Domain Name System (DNS) had [...]



Hi-tech thieves target Olympics

Aug 10th, 2008 | By Metro Staff Writer | Category: Technology

The start of the Olympics has proved irresistible to cyber criminals, say security firms.
The volume of junk e-mail messages with an Olympic theme spiked prior to the opening ceremony, said Symantec.
The malicious messages try to trick people into visiting fake sites or opening booby-trapped e-mail attachments, say other firms.
Some messages falsely claim users have won [...]