Articles by Gabriella Mulligan

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Wed, March 13th, 15:31 · Gabriella Mulligan

Google awards Schmidt US$6 million bonus

Google is to award chairman Eric Schmidt a US$6 million bonus, as a number of top executives receive hefty cash rewards following a successful financial year. → Read more
Wed, March 13th, 14:06 · Gabriella Mulligan

Google to pay Street View fine

Google has agreed to pay a US$7 million fine for having collected private data from individuals’ Wi-Fi networks in the US, through its Street View mapping cars. → Read more
Wed, March 13th, 09:33 · Gabriella Mulligan

Further e-voting discussion necessary – IEC

The Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) concluded a two-day engagement seminar on e-voting by saying further extensive discussion of the issues surrounding its implementation was necessary. → Read more
Tue, March 12th, 15:33 · Gabriella Mulligan

Cable cuts cause Telkom outage

Telkom experienced disruptions to its service today, as cable theft left customers in the Pretoria area unconnected. → Read more
Tue, March 12th, 14:53 · Gabriella Mulligan

Microsoft shares Kinect code

Microsoft has made its Kinect for Windows code available on an open source licence, making it easy to reuse while also inviting public interaction and feedback on samples. → Read more
Tue, March 12th, 09:56 · Gabriella Mulligan

Cardinals tweet farewell to followers

Cardinals heading into the papal conclave to elect a new Pope have tweeted goodbye to their followers, as signal jamming devices will prevent communication throughout the voting. → Read more
Tue, March 12th, 08:52 · Gabriella Mulligan

SKA partners with IBM and ASTRON in DOME project

Square Kilometre Array (SKA) South Africa has partnered with IBM and the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) in the €34 million (US$44 million) DOME project, for the development of fast, low-power exascale computing systems to support the SKA telescope. → Read more
Mon, March 11th, 15:31 · Gabriella Mulligan

Bug found in Kaspersky Internet Security 2013

A security researcher has uncovered a bug in Kaspersky’s Internet Security 2013 product which leaves users’ computers open for remote exploitation, which can result in a total operating system freeze. → Read more
Mon, March 11th, 15:23 · Gabriella Mulligan

Online robot brain launched

An online “brain” for robots, Rapyuta, has been launched in a bid to standardise robotic behaviour and improve robot mobility. → Read more
Mon, March 11th, 14:18 · Gabriella Mulligan

Sony chairman to retire

Sony chairman Sir Howard Stringer is to retire, he has announced, citing “new opportunities”. → Read more
Mon, March 11th, 13:10 · Gabriella Mulligan

ICC considers Kenyatta request to appear via video link

Judges of the Trial Chamber at the International Criminal Court (ICC) are considering a request by Kenyan president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta that he be allowed to stand trial via video link. → Read more
Mon, March 11th, 09:58 · Gabriella Mulligan

Freezing Android phones can bypass encryption systems

Research has found freezing Android phones can result in the bypassing of encryption systems meant to protect content. → Read more
Mon, March 11th, 08:48 · Gabriella Mulligan

IEBC site back online

The website of Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is back online, having been inaccessible throughout the election process. → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 15:36 · Gabriella Mulligan

Facebook appoints second woman to board of directors

Facebook has appointed Dr Susan Desmond-Hellmann to its board of directors, increasing the number of women on the company’s board to two. → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 14:24 · Gabriella Mulligan

ICASA downplays Vodacom warnings on MTR

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) will proceed with its planned review of the mobile market with a view to further reducing mobile termination rates (MTRs), in spite of Vodacom’s warnings doing so could hinder capital investment in the sector. → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 13:36 · Gabriella Mulligan

“Harlem Shake” causes stir in Tunisia

Extreme Muslim “Salafi” activists and the Tunisian government have reacted strongly to a video of Tunisian secondary school students performing the infamous “Harlem Shake”, prompting student protests. → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 10:40 · Gabriella Mulligan

Crowd-sourced election reports soar on Uchaguzi

Incident-mapping website Uchaguzi, which has been documenting the Kenyan elections, has seen crowd-sourced reports soar 480 per cent since the polls began. → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 09:13 · Gabriella Mulligan

M-Pesa celebrates 6th birthday

As M-Pesa celebrates its sixth birthday, Safaricom chief executive officer (CEO) Bob Collymore says the service has developed “beyond any of our expectations”. → Read more
Wed, March 6th, 15:14 · Gabriella Mulligan

IEBC site may have been hacked

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission’s (IEBC’s) system may have been hacked, as the country turns to manual counting of votes due to the failure of the electronic system. → Read more
Wed, March 6th, 14:36 · Gabriella Mulligan

Cutting MTR risk to investment – Vodacom

Cutting mobile termination rates (MTRs) by too much or too soon will hinder capital investment in the sector, according to Vodacom, with the main impact to be felt by rural communities currently unconnected. → Read more