As a child of the 90’s, you’ll hear the word ‘hacker’ and remember Jonny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie doing fascinating things to corporate networks using only floppy disks, dial-up modems and terrible aliases. The film glamorised an underground movement and captured the possibilities delivered by the burgeoning internet phenomenon, positioning hackers as keyboard crusaders with a cause. Fast-forward nearly […]
Sports fans take for granted the opportunity to watch their favourite team playing on the opposite side of the planet, from the comfort of their lounge. Feet up, replica kit on and braai stoked in the background, very little thought is paid to the technology behind bringing you a live Super Rugby match in HD, from a venue almost 12 […]
“You don’t go to four successive Olympic Games without being competitive,” says Ryk Neethling. The man who played a role in bringing swimming to the forefront of national consciousness as part of the Gold medal-winning 4x100m Freestyle Relay team at the 2004 Olympics – and who still holds 4 national records – is hoping to translate a successful career in […]
The cost is relative!” they say, as they giggle gleefully into their cravats, extinguishing their cigars on the soft leather of their high-powered sports cars and driving off to their coastal holiday homes… You know certain things in life are going to be expensive. Caviar… Champagne… Perfume. But those are luxuries – and you’d be shocked to see how expensive […]
If your idea of hotel heaven is a memory foam mattress, attentive 24-hour service and a restaurant that offers a different 5-course menu with wine pairing every night, then you’re really going to like the Clico Boutique Hotel. With just 9 rooms – one of which offers a self-catering option – Clico is a cozy but stylish stopover for visitors […]
Big Data is big business – and South African banks are getting on board to reap the rewards of the granular information about their customers, afforded to them by the data revolution. Big Data has implications in terms of tracking fraud, understanding of customer behavior and even marketing, but it doesn’t come without its own set of pitfalls. Essentially, Big […]
It’s a decentralised virtual currency which allows for international transactions without banks, buyer and seller names or traditional financial regulations, run on open-source code and publicly-verified by a collective of peer-to-peer operators. Bitcoin is the anti-currency which has adopters rubbing their hands, as much as it has regulators scratching their heads – but nobody’s quite sure if it’s the currency […]
For the urban adventurer, your typical survival course would teach you how to solve problems that would help you survive in your city. For Capetonians, how to fashion a wind shelter from construction tape and discarded craft beer bottles. For Jo’burgers, it’d be how to navigate past a cash-in-transit van without spooking the guards or becoming a statistic. City life […]
South Africa’s natural beauty is almost unsurpassed – we have some of the most beautiful views, food and people on the planet. A glance out your window or at your fellow passengers will confirm that. Well, definitely out the window… The maxim ‘you get what you pay for’ rings especially true when it comes to the finer things in life […]
Professional athletes and models are blessed with something more important than talent. Sure, some of them hit the Looks Lottery or the Talent Trifecta at the genetic bookies’, but the bulk of those who make it to the top of their game, spent a long time working at it. There’s no need to give half your life over to your […]
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