Towards a new climate treaty
By Thomas McKinnon 25 May 2009The WBS is bringing together CEOs, scientists, government representatives and thought leaders to develop and submit recommendations for the next global treaty on climate change. FULL STORY >
New Acer Timeline
By Thomas McKinnon 22 May 2009Acer 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 >
Consoles going Jurassic- Spielberg
By Mike Joubert 22 May 2009In 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 >
HP recalls Notebook batteries
By Thomas McKinnon 21 May 2009HP has announced the recall of approximately 70 000 Lithium-Ion batteries used in Hewlett-Packard and Compaq notebook computers. FULL STORY >
IBM System S
By Thomas McKinnon 20 May 2009IBM has made available a unique ÔÇ£stream computingÔÇØ software that falls under their Smarter Planet banner, at no cost to their clients. FULL STORY >
Scribd to open online store
By Thomas McKinnon 18 May 2009The US based document sharing website Scribd is set to open a commercial channel this week. 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 >
Enamel microstructure
By Linda Pretorius 14 May 2009It 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 >
Google Sky Map
By Thomas McKinnon 13 May 2009Sky 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 >
Android finally here
By Mike Joubert 13 May 2009Vodacom released the HTC Magic before MTN could bring out their HTC Dream. Both run on GoogleÔÇÖs Android mobile platform. 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 >
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 >
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 >
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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