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Category: Blog

How to avoid the trap of cloud lock-in, because for many cloud providers that is their primary goal

2022-09-112022-09-11 Danie
Karl cloud

Lock-in is not a healthy model. A company can lock in customers by making parts of service so proprietary that moving elsewhere becomes a very disruptive and expensive choice. It’s essentially an artificial inconvenience. It […]

Blog#cloudhosting, cloudservices, opensource, openstandards, technology

Three sisters launch low-cost Wi-Fi in townships using South African tech

2022-09-112022-09-11 Danie
Loksin Wi Fi installed at sunset

Three sisters — Kholeka, Tobeka, and Bongeka Lwana — have launched an Internet service provider to make connectivity more accessible in South African townships. Lokshin WiFi, a low-cost wireless Internet service provider (WISP), launched on […]

Blogsouthafrica, technology, WISP

Computational Storage Devices (CSxes): Forget regular old SSDs, a whole new breed of SSDs is about to break through

2022-09-112022-09-11 Danie
CSxes

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has released the first edition of a new set of standards designed to clear the way for a new breed of storage products: CSxes. Short for computational storage devices, […]

Blog#csxes, SSD, storage, technology

10 Destructive Linux Commands You Should Never Run – You Are Often Your Own Worst Enemy

2022-09-112022-09-11 Danie
Linux dangerous commands

If you are aware of a few known risky commands, you may avoid falling into the traps of trolls trying to trick you into running commands and messing up your system. As you gain experience […]

Bloglinux, opensource, technology

Chitchatter is a free and open source Peer-2-Peer communication tool designed with security and privacy in mind

2022-09-102022-09-10 Danie
P2P Chat

To that end, it is: Fully open source (licensed under GPL v2) Peer-to-peer whenever possible, otherwise Open Relay is used to ensure reliable peer connection Encrypted (via WebRTC) Serverless – Public WebTorrent servers are only […]

Blog#chitchatter, decentralised, opensource, P2P, technology

The Rainbuvvy is an oversized ‘smartwatch’ with 2.86″ LCD screen and 2700 mAh battery to watch videos, navigation, etc

2022-09-102022-09-10 Danie
wrist tv

I was just looking at an iOS Watch app called Watchtube, but as some commented, the Apple Watch does not have the battery for watching videos. Then I saw this Android watch by Rainbuvvy… It […]

Blogandroid, smartwatch, technology

Got a spare Raspberry Pi or two? 10 Best Self-Hosted Apps for Your Raspberry Pi

2022-09-102022-09-10 Danie
RaspberryPi

This article provides you with the best and most popular applications by categories that you can self-host on your Raspberry Pi device. Instead of renting services from a cloud provider, for example, self-hosting involves installing, […]

Blogopensource, raspberrypi, selfhosting, technology

What South Africa must do to fight cybercrime – It boils down to better governance and coordination

2022-09-102022-09-10 Danie
Programmer security computer man

“Cyber-attacks are on the rise globally, with seriously negative implications for countries’ strategic, national, economic and social well-being.” “One reason for South Africa’s poor showing may lie in the fact that a 2020 Accenture report […]

Blog#governance, cybercrime, nationaltreasury, southafrica, technology

Bridgestone has put more than $100M into eco-tires made of shrubs – Drought-friendly plant can produce rubber good enough for Indy race tires

2022-09-092022-09-09 Danie
guayule tire with plants

There’s still a lot of petroleum hanging onto electric cars, specifically around the rims. It takes about seven gallons (26.5 L) of oil to make each standard car tire, and the world produces more than […]

Blog#guayule, #tires, #tyres, environment

11 Innovative Podcasts to Listen to If You’re Bored With Podcasts

2022-09-082022-09-08 Danie
podcasts

Maybe you love podcasts. Maybe you have listened to every single episode of every single show spotlighted on the Apple Podcasts (or other podcast site) homepage. And maybe you have thus found yourself in a […]

Blogaudio, entertainment, podcasts, technology

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