
Why your Password is a fail
By Staff Writer 2 June 2015The IT security industry has been warning about the fallibility of passwords for years, yet the situation hasn’t changed. FULL STORY >

Time to dump passwords for good
By Thomas McKinnon 24 February 2015It’s conceivable that one day biometrics may replace passwords completely, across many different services says Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks. FULL STORY >

Geek News Highlights - The Bag of Tricks Edition
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 21 January 2015This week's Geek News has a little bit of everything, with a new short film from Adidas, a rumoured X Files return to TV and a scientifically designed tattoo. FULL STORY >

Most commonly used passwords revealed
By Ryan Noik 21 January 2014SplashData has revealed what the most popular and worse passwords currently in use are. FULL STORY >

Five upcoming anime to look forward to in 2014
By Allen Simpson 14 January 2014For those of us who love anime, 2014 is destined to be an exciting year. So what are some of the highlights that lie in wait? FULL STORY >

Gaming News Round-up - The Tantalising Trailers edition
By Ryan Noik 20 December 2013In this week’s Gaming News Round-up: Nintendo announces Super Smash Bros 4, new trailers emerge for Thief and Lego The Hobbit and Broken Sword 5 coming to PS Vita. FULL STORY >

BlackBerry Apps of the Month - June 2013
By Staff Writer 12 June 2013Our monthly pick of the best apps coming from BlackBerry World. FULL STORY >

Google Engage Academy coming to Joburg
By Staff Writer 12 February 2013Google will hold the first Google Engage Academy in Johannesburg on 7 March 2013, a free full-day training seminar, which will highlight the use of online marketing tools for digital agencies. FULL STORY >

6.5 million LinkedIn passwords stolen
By Ryan Noik 7 June 2012Millions of LinkedIn accounts may have been compromised, after it was revealed that a package of 6.5 million encrypted passwords for the social network appeared on a Russian hacker forum. FULL STORY >

Web Time Wasters December 2011
By Ryan Noik 2 December 2011Some cool sites we've tracked down for your surfing pleasure. FULL STORY >

Opera Software releases Opera Swordfish beta browser
By Staff Writer 31 May 2011The beta version of Opera Software's latest web browser for the PC, Opera 11.50, is available for download and testing. FULL STORY >
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Russian firm cracks iOS
By Johan Keyter 25 May 2011A security company named ElcomSoft cracks Apple's password and encryption measures for iOS devices. FULL STORY >

Microsoft Office Professional 2010 Beta 2 Preview
By Thomas McKinnon 12 February 2010It's confirmed, Microsoft Office 2010 will be released in June. We take a quick look at our favourite new features in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. FULL STORY >

Open door policy at the Office
By Raymond Robinson 19 October 2009OpenOffice.org is a feature-rich suite of office applications that support documents, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics and database connectivity. Most importantly it is absolutely free to download, use and distribute. FULL STORY >

ThumbMax Fingerprint USB Drive
By Thomas McKinnon 15 July 2008The ThumbMax is a flash drive that has added biometric protection. FULL STORY >
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