TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

Sep 21, 2012 (AFP)

YouTube on Friday was searching for education "gurus" with knowledge to impart to fast-growing ranks of students turning to online videos for lessons. The globa...

Taiwan LCD titan fined $500 mn for price fixing

Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)

A US judge on Thursday fined Taiwan's AU Optronics $500 million and sentenced two former executives to prison for rigging prices of displays for smartphones, co...

Gaia Payload Module Integration Completed

Sep 20, 2012 (SPX)

Integration of the Flight Model of the Gaia Payload Module has been completed. It has undergone acceptance vibration testing; thermal balance and thermal vacuum...

Astrium wins DEOS contract to demonstrate in-orbit servicing

Sep 20, 2012 (SPX)

Astrium is preparing a new technology mission for the maintenance and disposal of satellites. At the ILA Berlin Air Show, the DLR Space Administration announced...

Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract to Solidify Long Range Radar Requirement for 3DELRR Program

Sep 20, 2012 (SPX)

The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a nearly $36 million contract for the next part of its Three Dimensional Expeditionary Long Range Radar (3DELRR) prog...

French strike threatens to take shine off iPhone 5 launch

Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)

The reviews are almost universally glowing and the queues are dutifully forming at Apple stores across the world, but in France the much-hyped release of the iP...

New tool gives structural strength to 3-D printed works

Sep 20, 2012 (SPX)

Objects created using 3-D printing have a common flaw: They are fragile and often fall apart or lose their shape. "I have an entire zoo of broken 3-D printed ob...

International team of physicists makes discovery about temperature in convection

Sep 19, 2012 (SPX)

An international team of physicists is working to ascertain more about the fundamental physical laws that are at work in a process known as convection, which oc...

e2v chosen to supply high performance imaging sensors for Japan's X-ray Free-Electron Laser

Sep 19, 2012 (SPX)

e2v has been chosen to provide imaging sensors to form part of the next generation of focal plane imaging sensors in the SPring-8 Angstrom Compact free electron...

Less wear, longer life for memory storage device

Sep 19, 2012 (SPX)

Probe storage devices read and write data by making nanoscale marks on a surface through physical contact. The technology may one day extend the data density li...

Capturing defective satellites in space - DLR awards contract to Astrium

Sep 19, 2012 (SPX)

A service satellite captures an uncontrollable satellite in space, repairs or refuels it and, at the end of the mission, ensures that the defective satellite is...

Solving bubble troubles: new surface can prevent liquid explosions or even frost

Sep 19, 2012 (SPX)

Explosions caused by boiling liquid could be reduced by suppressing the liquid from bubbling, according to a new University of Melbourne study. The research, wh...

US judge won't lift Samsung tablet ban

Sep 19, 2012 (AFP)

A judge has refused to lift a ban on US sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computers as legal brawling continued between the South Korean electronics titan...

Raytheon awarded contract for USAF F-15E Radar Modernization Program

Sep 18, 2012 (SPX)

Raytheon Company has been awarded its second contract from Boeing Company for low-rate initial production (LRIP) of active electronically scanned array radar sy...

Apple rallies past $700 amid iPhone euphoria

Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)

Apple shares closed above $700 for the first time on Wall Street Tuesday, amid optimism about the tech giant as it launches its new iPhone 5. Apple closed up 0....

The most stable laser in the world

Sep 18, 2012 (SPX)

A laser with a frequency stability so far unequalled: This is the result of a research cooperation of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) within the...

Boiling Water Without Bubbles

Sep 18, 2012 (SPX)

Every cook knows that boiling water bubbles, right? New research from Northwestern University turns that notion on its head. "We manipulated what has been known...

S. Korea's LG Electronics launches new smartphone

Sep 18, 2012 (AFP)

LG Electronics launched Tuesday its new flagship smartphone which will have to compete against a flurry of new products from rivals Apple and Samsung who curren...

Apple gets record 2 million iPhone 5 orders

Sep 17, 2012 (AFP)

Apple received more than two million orders for its new iPhone 5 in just 24 hours, the company said Monday, pushing back many deliveries into October because of...

Appeals court suspends suit on Google book scanning

Sep 17, 2012 (AFP)

An appeals court put on hold a long-running lawsuit over Google's massive book-scanning project Monday, likely delaying a full hearing on the merits of the copy...