Goodbye Ubuntu 11.04
Dear Ubuntu users, the time has come to say goodbye to the Natty Narwhal release of the popular Ubuntu operating system, Ubuntu 11.04, as on October 28th it will reach end of life. Announced last year, on Thursday, April 28th, 2011, Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) was the first Ubuntu release to bring the powerful […]
It’s Official: The Era of the Personal Computer Is Over
As a signpost on the road to the so-called Post-PC Era we’ve been hearing about for so many years, this one is pretty hard to argue with: As of this year, personal computers no longer consume the majority of the world’s memory chip supply. And while it may not come as a terrible surprise to […]
Get back to the basics
One of the surest signs that South Africa is failing its children is the latest rankings of our education system on a global survey as 140th out of 144 countries. Even Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Swaziland beat us to it. Shamefully, Yemen, Haiti and Burundi are our soulmates in topping the charts of mediocrity. Let’s take […]
Alarm as high number of motorists chat on move
AN alarming number of Port Elizabeth motorists are guilty of talking on their cellphones while driving – which is almost as dangerous as drinking and driving. And the worst offenders are women.In a survey over a five-day period in the city last month, more than 7000 drivers were spotted tapping out messages or chatting on […]
Smartphone apps track users even when shut down
Some smartphone apps collect and transmit sensitive information stored on a phone, including location, contacts, and Web browsing histories, even when the apps are not being used by the phone’s owner, according to two researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “It seems like people are no longer in control of their own privacy,” said […]