2014 was clearly the year of the phablet, with everyone throwing their hat in the ring. Here are the top five phablets that stood out above the rest. FULL STORY >

It’s been no secret that the likes of Samsung are watching rising Chinese companies carefully, and well they should be, as Huawei for one isn’t pulling punches. FULL STORY >

With only December standing in the way of 2015, movie fundi Spling rounds-up the best releases of 2014. FULL STORY >

Those seeking an outstanding tablet have never had a better range of choices. Here are our top five that emerged this year. FULL STORY >

Trailers abound in this week's Geek News Highlights, with a teaser for the highly anticipated Star Wars: Episode VII and dinosaur filled Jurassic World debuting. Google's Santa Tracker and Studio Ghibli documentaries also make an appearance. FULL STORY >

The promise of the Internet of Things era is that all things can be connected and so all things can be efficiently tracked and controlled. But when billions of things are connected, there are also billions of points of... FULL STORY >

Brightwave, a new age metro telecoms and broadband player is set to launch a first of its kind high speed broadband fibre/wifi network and services that will deliver high quality but affordable broadband... FULL STORY >

Conflict aplenty in this week's Geek News as Caesar and the Apes get set to rise again, Moses and Ramses square off in Exodus Gods and Kings, and The Evil Dead becoming 2015 TV series. FULL STORY >

Some movies just leave you perplexed, or “Curiouser and curiouser!” as little Alice said. Movie aficionado, Spling tries to navigate the maze of mind-benders. FULL STORY >

Detailing cloud workload growth rates across the globe, Cisco's 2014 Cloud Index predicts that the Middle East and Africa region will be the second largest worldwide by 2018. FULL STORY >

Johannesburg, SA, November 04, 2014 – Hitachi Data Systems Corporation (HDS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) believes that the exponential growth in the amount of data in circulation is challenging... FULL STORY >

Riverbed Technology, the leader in application performance infrastructure, launched at Riverbed FORCE 2014, l the Riverbed-ReadyTMTechnology Alliance program with 17 charter program members. The new program offers technology partners... FULL STORY >

NetApp's Insight 2014 conference held in Las Vegas, Nevada not only offered up some eye-opening perspectives on IT, but its ambitious announcements addressed a key concern with hybrid cloud adoption. FULL STORY >

Priced at R2 600, Acer’s Liquid Z5 gives users plenty of smartphone for a wallet friendly price tag. If value for money holds sway over your decision making, there are few better options. FULL STORY >

This week's gaming news is chock full of Halloween-themed goodness, with sales now on for Steam and Humble Bundle. Also in the mix is details of Shadow of Mordor's Lord of the Hunt DLC and a fast paced live-action trailer for COD: Advanced... FULL STORY >