Has News24.com been Hacked or Crashed

Why is the site down during critical business hours?

Not sure if ICMP traffic is blocked?

Attempts to contact Media24 and determine the ACTUAL cause for the outage have so far been fruitless to say the least.


Do you know why one of South Africa's biggest websites (News 24) is down in the middle of the day?

Please leave your comments below or use Twitter hashtag #news24down

How to Use Twitter’s New Search Features

Microblogging platform Twitter overhauled its search this week, making finding users, hashtags and mentions easier.

Twitter’s “simpler search” lets users discover more news in real time. The search updates also let users connect more efficiently. Just think about all the times you’ve input the wrong name or misplaced a letter and subsequently missed out on results.

Amazon Announces Ebooks Now Outsell Print Books in UK

It’s been two years since Kindle launched in the UK, and in celebration Amazon released some interesting statistics.

Amazon UK now sells more ebooks than paperback and hardback print editions combined.

The retailer says for every 100 print books sold, 114 ebooks are purchased. These figures are specific to Amazon.co.uk and don’t factor for print or ebook sales anywhere else online or in physical stores. Even so, the upsurge marks a definite — though not surprising — shift in the publishing world.

Google is Losing Top Talent; Twitter is Growing It

Quick, think of a major tech company where top talent has been heading for the exits over the last year or more. Time’s up.

Chances are you thought of Yahoo, right? Well, you’re not wrong. Add up all the executives who arrived and those who left the troubled search and media site in 2012 so far — those notable enough to make it into the tech news — and you get minus 11.

Billionaire Reportedly Building a Real Jurassic Park

If you’ve ever seen Jurassic Park, you probably remember the major take-away point: Don’t build a theme park full of cloned dinosaurs.

But perhaps Clive Palmer didn’t quite get the memo. The billionaire is reportedly trying to clone a dinosaur so that he can set it free in his new Palmer Resort in Coolum, Australia.

Not on Facebook? Employers, Psychiatrists May Think You’re a Psychopath

There are more than 955 million Facebook users, and it could hurt you to not be one of them.

Some psychiatrists and employers now find it suspicious for an individual to keep off Facebook, reports The Daily Mail. That’s because for today’s young generation, having Facebook is considered “normal,” while opting out is considered “abnormal.”

Website Proves You Were on Twitter Before it Was Cool

There’s a particular phenomenon popularized on the Internet wherein users who consider themselves early adopters look down on those who were late to the party. Now, thanks to idego.co, you can figure out exactly how much cooler you are than everyone else in the web world.

New Tool Enables Wireless Tethered Photography

When it comes to tethered photography, wires can be the bane of any cameraperson’s existence.

Enter CameraMator, a tool that allows users to preview and share photos beyond a camera’s viewfinder, wirelessly.

For the uninitiated, tethered photography involves connecting a camera to a computer or tablet via firewire or USB cable, but it can also be wireless.

Apple App Store Official Chart for Week Ending Aug 6, 2012

Top Paid iPhone Apps:

1. Spy vs Spy (Robots and Pencils Inc.)

2. Where's My Perry? (Disney)

3. Where's My Water? (Disney)

4. Angry Birds Space (Rovio Entertainment Ltd)

5. Camera+ ( tap tap tap)

6. Temple Run: Brave (Disney)

7. MyCalendar Mobile (K-Factor Media, LLC)

8. Minecraft - Pocket Edition (Mojang)

9. "Free Music Download Pro" - Downloader and Player (BSOSoft)

10. Fruit Ninja (Halfbrick Studios)

Telkom Hit with $54.8 FINE

JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Regulators fined South African telecommunications company Telkom SA Ltd. $54.8 million on Tuesday for "bullying" its competitors with a monopoly hold on the country's Internet access and other services.

The decision by the Competition Tribunal of South Africa found Telkom charged its competitors high prices for using its Internet services or locked them out, while charging much lower fees to its subsidiaries and its customers. The tribunal looked at Telkom's business practices from 1999 to 2004 in making its decision.