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Times Media Group (TMG) is under investigation for allegedly trading during a closed period, when directors are not allowed to trade in shares, Business Report reported on Monday. "We are aware of... this matter and are investigating accordingly," JSE head of investigations Eure Saaiman was quoted as saying

Pornography is a topic where much has been said about it, and this time around, we have a proposed clamp down on pornography with demand by a media regulator for porn sites to have an age check law in... place before one is able to access that site. According to the results of a survey that was conducted by The Authority for Television On Demand (Atvod), these very same results were used as debating "ammunition" against underage access of pornography in the UK. (more…) Follow: Computers, internet, Media Regulator Demands Porn Site Age Check Law Prior To Access original content from Ubergizmo.     

Check out our roundup of the coolest crowdfunding projects and product announcements that hit the Web this week. You can't buy this stuff yet, but it sure is fun to gawk! The post Awesome tech you... can’t buy yet, for the week of March 30, 2014 appeared first on Digital Trends.

Samsung has just announced a new 4K PC monitor that has been designed to offer 4K ultra-high resolution (3840×2160) without breaking your bank. At $699.99, this is one of the most affordable 4K... monitors that I have seen, and the name of the game in that space is the ratio between image and industrial design quality versus the price. (more…) Follow: Computers, Featured, 4k, monitors, Samsung, Hands-On: Samsung UD590 Review. A Lean & Mean 4K Monitor original content from Ubergizmo.     

The latest rugged compact camera from Olympus, the flagship Stylus Tough TG-3, comes with Wi-Fi and GPS built in. It also has a fast f/2, 4x zoom lens, and new macro modes to help you get clear... close-up shots. The post Olympus’ new TG-3 rugged camera may be brawny, but it has a bit of smarts packed in, too appeared first on Digital Trends.

Scott Kelly has just one year left on Earth. An experienced NASA astronaut and half of the first pair of twins to fly into space, Kelly will leave the planet in 2015 to become the first U.S. astronaut... to log a year in space.

Victorinox Swiss Army has a spanking new timepiece for you to consider if you are currently on the lookout for a new watch. After all, they have introduced a new watch collection at this year’s... Baselworld in Switzerland, where the Inox timepiece has been depicted as a rugged companion to last you a lifetime, and each Inox has gone through a hundred toughness tests before it is sold over the counter. Some of these toughness tests are not to be sneezed at, including being run over by a tank, being dropped onto concrete, or exposed to temperature extremes as well as being in the midst of a raging sandstorm for some time. (more…) Follow: Gadgets, victorinox, watch, Victorinox Announces New Inox Watch original content from Ubergizmo.     

Report says disagreement over skills, not new CEO's personal views, behind split Three directors have departed the Mozilla Foundation's board in the wake of the appointment of Brendan Eich as CEO....

Government Twitter ban hit Google's public servers Google confirmed over the weekend that its Domain Name System (DNS) service has been "intercepted" by Turkish ISPs after government orders to block... Twitter....

The Samsung ATIV SE will release in April as a Windows Phone 8 device, but it will update to Windows Phone 8.1 once the software is ready, according to a new report. The Verge, citing sources familiar... with Verizon's plans, has claimed the ATIV SE will...

Selfies are great, particularly yours. But wouldn't they be better if they could be used as your and your loved ones' Gmail inbox background pictures?     

A marvelous video fully expresses the contrast between an engineer's rational mind and the others he sometimes must encounter at work for whom words are the wind that powers sales....     

Controlling and bending light around an object so it appears invisible to the naked eye is the theory behind fictional invisibility cloaks.

Mon Mar 31, 2014 7:00am EDT (The author is a Reuters contributor. The opinions expressed are his own.) By Mitch Lipka

Experts say a bigger earthquake along the lesser-known fault that gave Southern California a moderate shake could do more damage to the region than the long-dreaded "Big One" from the more famous San... Andreas Fault.The Puente Hills thrust fault, which brought Friday night's magnitude-5.     

Normally $44.99 (plus shipping), the BlueSync SRC not only plays your tunes, but also adds Bluetooth to your existing stereo.     

Six new species of bizarre, blood sucking ant has been identified in Madagascar, and the oddballs don't conform to the normal rules of ant behavior.

Research in Germany has produced the first demonstration of harmonic mode-locking in a self-mode-locked VECSEL. Such devices have the potential to provide pulsed sources across the achievable spectral... range of VECSELs, without the complexities and costs of saturable absorbers.

Paul C Buff has a brand new battery.     

A court has halted sales of Typo's iPhone keyboard.

Technology services company T-Systems South Africa, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom's T-Systems, has repurchased the 30% stake in the business held by black economic empowerment (BEE) company African... Renaissance Holdings (ARH) and other minority

A new report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that global temperature rises will likely be "severe, pervasive, and irreversible" in coming years. In other words, we're all... doomed.

GoPro continues to do what it does best, putting out awesome extreme sports videos that were shot with its camcorders. The latest is of extreme kayaker Dane Jackson going off a waterfall, seen from... four different angles. The post GoPro shows you what kayaking off a waterfall looks like, from 4 gnarly angles appeared first on Digital Trends.

Senatorial escape route scuttled by eligibility requirements Julian Assange will not, as previously indicated, run for Australia Senate again....

Warned against putting AWS keys in apps Amazon's crackdown on mishandling AWS credentials has upset one developer, who accuses the cloud giant of reverse-engineering an Android app for inspection....