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New Acer Timeline

By Thomas McKinnon 22 May 2009

Acer announced the availability of their 2009 range of mobile notebooks yesterday, 21 May 2009. The most exciting news was the announcement of its eye-catching Timeline series. FULL STORY >

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Consoles going Jurassic- Spielberg

By Mike Joubert 22 May 2009

In a recent interview with The Guardian, Spielberg stated that in future we might play games on TV screens without the need for consoles. Spielberg recently developed Boom Blox for the Wii in conjunction with Electronic Arts. FULL STORY >

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HP recalls Notebook batteries

By Thomas McKinnon 21 May 2009

HP has announced the recall of approximately 70 000 Lithium-Ion batteries used in Hewlett-Packard and Compaq notebook computers. FULL STORY >

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IBM System S

By Thomas McKinnon 20 May 2009

IBM has made available a unique ÔÇ£stream computingÔÇØ software that falls under their Smarter Planet banner, at no cost to their clients. FULL STORY >

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Scribd to open online store

By Thomas McKinnon 18 May 2009

The US based document sharing website Scribd is set to open a commercial channel this week. FULL STORY >

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Wolfram Alpha a very smart calculator

By Mike Joubert 18 May 2009

Wolfram|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 >

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Enamel microstructure

By Linda Pretorius 14 May 2009

It was a difficult problem to crack, but scientists can at last explain why our teeth (usually) donÔÇÖt shatter after a lifetime of biting and chewing. FULL STORY >

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Google Sky Map

By Thomas McKinnon 13 May 2009

Sky Map from Google is an Android app that allows you to discover and identify stars and other celestial objects in the night sky simply by pointing your phone upwards. The big news is that Google is about to launch an update to the app to make it even better. FULL STORY >

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Android finally here

By Mike Joubert 13 May 2009

Vodacom released the HTC Magic before MTN could bring out their HTC Dream. Both run on GoogleÔÇÖs Android mobile platform. FULL STORY >

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Samsung announce Android smartphone

By Thomas McKinnon 12 May 2009

Samsung unveiled its first Android-powered smartphone this month, the I7500. FULL STORY >

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SA gets own Twitter

By Mike Joubert 12 May 2009

There 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 >

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Fireworms Advertise

By Linda Pretorius 12 May 2009

An eerie green glow that has baffled sailors for ages is almost like a neon sea-based billboard selling sex for fireworms. FULL STORY >

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Neural connections

By Linda Pretorius 8 May 2009

Scientists 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 >

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The New Brain

By Mike Joubert 6 May 2009

Just 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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Who to vote for

By Thomas McKinnon 16 April 2009

ollowing the lead of various US sites covering elections, the Mail & Guardian has launched an interactive quiz that is designed to discover where you actually stand on some of the more pressing election issues. FULL STORY >

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