Chris Chameleon
By Andrew Gould 13 May 2009From monki punk via Boo! to Klassieke Chameleon, Chris Chameleon has traversed a diverse musical spectrum. TechSmart cornered him before he heads off on his European tour. FULL STORY >
Intelligent Society
By Thomas McKinnon 13 May 2009Last year a number of companies such as Microsoft, Cisco Systems and IBM recognized the fact that it is not enough to live in a world that is just instrumented and interconnected. IBM???s chief executive, Samuel J. Palmisano, put all the pieces together in a speech... FULL STORY >
Mindmeister
By Andrew Gould 13 May 2009Many people have spent their youth learning to study with the aid of mind maps. And now, as with so many things on the Net, mind mapping has gone collaborative. FULL STORY >
Samsung announce Android smartphone
By Thomas McKinnon 12 May 2009Samsung unveiled its first Android-powered smartphone this month, the I7500. FULL STORY >
SA gets own Twitter
By Mike Joubert 12 May 2009There are South African alternatives popping up for a lot of the international Web 2.0 services out there. Think Muti vs Reddit, Zoopy vs YouTube and Afrigator vs Technorati. The latest is GatorPeeps. FULL STORY >
New ways to do old things
By Lance Terner 12 May 2009The path to finding smarter, more efficient ways to do things lead me to some fascinating sites. The extensive resources and tools that I found dealt primarily with good-to-know information, inspiring ideas and handy tips for those who are looking to make the routine... FULL STORY >
Fireworms Advertise
By Linda Pretorius 12 May 2009An eerie green glow that has baffled sailors for ages is almost like a neon sea-based billboard selling sex for fireworms. FULL STORY >
Autohotkey
By Andrew Gould 12 May 2009AutoHotkey is a free, open-source utility for Windows. With it, you can automate almost anything on your PC by sending keystrokes and mouse clicks. FULL STORY >
HD Video on DSLRs
By Mike Joubert 12 May 2009With the ?Ç£more megapixels??? spat all but over, the latest punch up concerning digital cameras is now about HD video shooting capabilities. FULL STORY >
Neural connections
By Linda Pretorius 8 May 2009Scientists say in an April issue of the journal Science, that large amounts of proteins clog up the neural connections in sleep-deprived brains. FULL STORY >
Brett Simpson
By Thomas McKinnon 7 May 2009We love free stuff, and if it is free software we can get without downloading it from the Internet even the better. The Freedom Toaster kiosks do just that ??? give you useful free software and content. We talk to Brett Simpson, MD of Breadbin ??Interactive, the ??distributors of... FULL STORY >
Seth Rotherham of 2oceansvibe
By Mike Joubert 7 May 2009Seth Rotherham???s blog 2oceansvibe strutted away with six awards at this year???s SA Blog Awards, held last month in Cape Town. TechSmart caught up with him to catch some tips on blogging, his favourite blogs and making money. FULL STORY >
The Sound of Twitter
By Mike Joubert 7 May 2009Getting started with Twitter is easy as pie (point your browser to twitter.com and sign up), but as you get into it you might want to start doing more. Twitter Tips, Tricks and Tweets will help you get the tweeting like a pro. FULL STORY >
How to Make an Infrared Camera
By Andrew Gould 7 May 2009The only way to see IR light (with its wavelength of 750 nm to about 100 ?Ám), is with an IR camera. Now you could go out and buy one, but you probably canÔÇÖt afford one, and then IÔÇÖd have nothing to write about. The alternative is to make your own. What we... FULL STORY >
Power to the people
By Andrew Gould 6 May 2009The Internet is putting the power to choose, and create, back in the hands of the public. Andrew Gould looks at how the old is making way for the new. In the not-so-distant past the producers of products and services had 100% of the control as to what was delivered and by... FULL STORY >
The New Brain
By Mike Joubert 6 May 2009Just how far are we from recreating the human brain? Now movies like A.I., The Matrix, iRobot seem to suggest that machines can attain a level of human like intelligence.Two big scientific attempts the past number of years show that ?¡recreating the human brain might just be... FULL STORY >
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