Mobile communications boost African weather monitoring
By Mike Joubert 19 June 2009African weather monitoring received a boost thanks to a new initiative that mobilises cellular operators to host weather equipment FULL STORY >
Bing off to a bang
By Thomas McKinnon 10 June 2009MicrosoftÔÇÖs new search engine, Bing, has surprised many by grabbing 11.1% of all US searches in its first week online. FULL STORY >
How to Make a Rear-Projection Screen
By Andrew Gould 9 June 2009If youÔÇÖre upgrading from an old tube-style TV to a flat screen, or if your current flat screen is just not big enough, why donÔÇÖt you consider a rear projection screen. FULL STORY >
HTC Magic
By Thomas McKinnon 9 June 2009The Magic runs on Android OS 1.5, is exclusively available on the Vodacom network, and can support Microsoft Exchange- so how does it weight up to HTCs first Android phone? FULL STORY >
The Wii MotionPlus
By Mike Joubert 9 June 2009The WiiMotionPlus will at long last be available in South Africa. The Wii MotionPlus gives better accuracy and tracks users motions while playing in finer detail. FULL STORY >
Home desktop searching
By Lance Terner 4 June 2009Today a very big proportion of the information we deal with is computerised, with most of it sitting somewhere on your computerÔÇÖs hard drive. The very real problem is that itÔÇÖs becoming extremely difficult to keep track of the documents, files, pictures and music we... FULL STORY >
Wolfram searches for feedback
By Thomas McKinnon 3 June 2009Wolfram Research, the company behind Wolfram Alpha, is looking for some feedback on their new ÔÇ£Computational Knowledge Engine.ÔÇØ FULL STORY >
Bada Bing
By Mike Joubert 2 June 2009Bing is MicrosoftÔÇÖs latest attempt to strangle a bit of the search market away from Google and to a lesser extent Yahoo. FULL STORY >
Manufacturing stars
By Thomas McKinnon 1 June 2009The USÔÇÖs National Ignition Facility in Livermore, California, is hoping to recreate conditions that exist at the very centre of the Sun, here on Earth. FULL STORY >
Seacom Cable arrived
By Mike Joubert 1 June 2009After what seems like ages the Seacom undersea fibre optics cable finally arrived at Mtunzini close to Durban. FULL STORY >
Race for a million Rand
By Thomas McKinnon 29 May 2009ThumbWars is VodacomÔÇÖs all-new, all-South African reality show, premiering on SABC 2 next week Thursday, June 4 2009. FULL STORY >
Google phones out
By Thomas McKinnon 29 May 2009The Dream (G1) and the Magic (G2) were unveiled last night at a function held in Fourways, Johannesburg. FULL STORY >
Wolfram Alpha a very smart calculator
By Mike Joubert 18 May 2009Wolfram|Alpha is in their own words a ÔÇ£computational knowledge engineÔÇØ. This makes WA excellent for systematic information such as solving calculations, proving the GDP of South Africa, or giving the amount of calories in 340 ml of beer. But if you are... FULL STORY >
SONICGEAR 2GO I-200
By Andrew Gould 14 May 2009If you need sound for your MP3 player, but donÔÇÖt quite have the budget to fork out R4000 for a multimedia dock, then you could go for these cheep and cheerful little speakers from SONICGEAR. 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 >
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