TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

Breakthrough in kitchen furniture production

Oct 02, 2012 (SPX)

Biocomposites challenge chipboard as furniture material. Researchers at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have developed a kitchen furniture framework ma...

Smartphones control smart homes at Asia tech fair

Oct 02, 2012 (AFP)

Homes where every device is linked up and can be controlled by smartphone were touted in Japan on Tuesday when Asia's biggest tech fair threw open its doors. Ma...

HP powers business tablet with Windows 8

Oct 01, 2012 (AFP)

Hewlett-Packard on Monday took aim at "post PC" workplaces with a business-oriented tablet computer powered with new Windows 8 software by Microsoft. The EliteP...

US judge lifts Samsung tablet ban

Oct 01, 2012 (AFP)

A judge on Monday lifted a ban on US sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 computers as the South Korean firm added Apple's new iPhone 5 to a patent brawl between ...

'MindMeld' app anticipates people's needs

Oct 01, 2012 (AFP)

A voice calls application called MindMeld to be available this month promises to know what iPad users want before they do. The application, named for the way th...

Kodak dumps inkjet printers, more jobs

Sep 28, 2012 (AFP)

Eastman Kodak said Friday it would cut an extra 200 jobs and end sales of its consumer inkjet printers under its plan to emerge from bankruptcy protection. The ...

EU eyes a cloud computing heaven

Sep 27, 2012 (AFP)

With the cloud computing business still in its relatively early days, the European Union moved Thursday to secure a toehold in a potentially lucrative market it...

Google's Schmidt hits out at mobile patent war

Sep 27, 2012 (AFP)

Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt on Thursday criticised raging patent disputes in the global mobile industry, warning that they stifled innovation and red...

US Bank admits 'attacks,' says customer data safe

Sep 27, 2012 (AFP)

US Bank acknowledged Thursday its website was the target of "attacks" aimed at disrupting its system but that customer data and financial information were not c...

Pigs' revenge as 'Angry Birds' makers launch new game

Sep 27, 2012 (AFP)

"Angry Birds" maker Rovio launched a new title Thursday allowing users to play as the "Bad Piggies" from the smash-hit game, and take revenge on the birds who a...

Search for element 113 concluded at last

Sep 27, 2012 (SPX)

The most unambiguous data to date on the elusive 113th atomic element has been obtained by researchers at the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-based Science...

Basing of first US Space Fence facility announced

Sep 27, 2012 (AFNS)

The Air Force will base a Space Fence radar site on Kwajalein Island in the Republic of the Marshall Islands with initial operations capability planned for fisc...

Date palm juice: A potential new 'green' anti-corrosion agent for aerospace industry

Sep 27, 2012 (SPX)

The search for a "greener" way to prevent corrosion on the kind of aluminum used in jetliners, cars and other products has led scientists to an unlikely source,...

Sleek new PlayStation 3 model makes US debut

Sep 27, 2012 (AFP)

Sleek new PlayStation 3 consoles took their places in US homes on Thursday as Sony tapped into its video game prowess to put itself at the heart of Internet Age...

Hotter might be better at energy-intensive data centers

Sep 27, 2012 (SPX)

As data centres continue to come under scrutiny for the amount of energy they use, researchers at University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) have a suggestion: tu...

Setback for Lynas rare earths plant

Sep 26, 2012 (UPI)

Malaysia has put on hold a temporary license, issued earlier this month, for Australian miner Lynas Corp. to operate a rare earths plant. Local environmental gr...

Samsung launches new oversized smartphone

Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)

Samsung launched Wednesday the newest version of its oversized smartphone Galaxy Note, just a week after Apple's iPhone 5 hit shelves, in an apparent bid to out...

Space debris threatens ISS: report

Sep 26, 2012 (AFP)

The International Space Station is in danger of being hit by two pieces of debris from an old Russian satellite that had previously hit a US craft in 2009, a ne...

New California Law Boosts Sustainable Materials Industry

Sep 26, 2012 (SPX)

California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law on Friday Assembly Bill 2205, which clears the way for a new, revolutionary materials industry in California. AB...

Northrop Grumman Completes Field Installations of New B-2 Radar System

Sep 26, 2012 (SPX)

Northrop Grumman has completed - ahead of schedule - all field installations of a new radar system for the U.S. Air Force's fleet of B-2 stealth bombers. Every ...