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Design and build of a Rasbperry PI based Calendar, ToDo and Weather display on a colour e-ink screen

2019-12-07 Danie

The case is made of all 3d printed parts and is able to be set on a desktop, or hung upside down from a shelf. All code written in python and pulls data from Open […]

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How to Increase VirtualBox hard drive size with Clonezilla or GParted

2019-12-06 Danie

You finally decided to try Linux in a virtual machine. You chose and downloaded a Linux distribution that looked good, created a virtual machine, installed it, played with it, ended up loving it. And now […]

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Google Assistant now supports 3rd party Notes and Lists in Google Keep, Any.do, AnyList, or Bring! across devices

2019-12-06 Danie

Way back at Google I/O 2018, the company talked about adding 3rd-party app support for lists and notes in Google Assistant. People were very excited about this as Assistant’s built-in lists and notes features are […]

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SUVs are way worse for the planet than anyone previously thought – the average petrol SUV emits over ten per cent more CO2 per km than the average petrol car

2019-12-06 Danie

While overall emissions from passenger cars fell by 75 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide (MtCO2) between 2010 and 2018, emissions from SUVs grew by 544 metric tonnes – more than the increase from heavy industry, […]

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Xiaomi Mi Note 10 review: Monster 108-megapixel camera can really zoom and has a humongous 5,260mAh battery

2019-12-06 Danie

Xiaomi has a simple smartphone strategy: Focus on the features people really want, and offer that at the lowest possible price. The company’s latest smartphone, the Xiaomi Mi Note 10, takes this approach to the […]

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Why cannot SA Police Services use free and open source ArchiMate for enterprise architecture toolset instead of a commercial tender which will only result in an expensive proprietary product?

2019-12-06 Danie

Most of SA government is attending TOGAF training by The Open Group and The Open Group provides the ArchiMate modelling toolset free of charge as open source. This means no procurement of the tool, no […]

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100Mbps fibre pricing – South Africa at $87pm vs The World – We are THE most expensive of 62 countries surveyed!

2019-12-06 Danie

This is a pretty dismal picture and I can see why government wants to step in to "adjust" this as it is not competitive and costs our local industry dearly to do business. Eastern European […]

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WhatsApp gets Any.do integration for tasks and reminders, adds call waiting support – but seems Any.do is a paid subscription

2019-12-06 Danie

The call waiting could be useful but it does appear the Any.do integration mentions a week trial period, so I’m assuming that is paid. It’s worth remembering that Telegram messenger also has a rich ecosystem […]

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Free Plex streaming service tested – A long way from Netflix in South Africa likely due to geo-locking

2019-12-05 Danie

MyBroadband did a test of this free ad-supported service and although it performed well technically the content selection was dismal. The geo-locking in SA could mean someone else has snatched the rights to the better […]

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Spotting drivers on their phone is just the tip of the iceberg for AI-enabled cameras – Automated surveillance starts simple, but who knows where it will end

2019-12-04 Danie

It also demonstrates the slow creep of artificial intelligence into state and corporate surveillance — a trend that experts say could lead to some dark places: chilling civil rights, automating prejudices and biases, and pushing […]

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