TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

Google ramps up competition in hot tablet market

Jun 27, 2012 (AFP)

The Google Nexus 7 heightens competition in the red-hot market for tablet computers, which is dominated by the Apple iPad but has a number of other players. An ...

India readies upgrade of 'world's cheapest' tablet

Jun 26, 2012 (AFP)

India is set to release an upgrade of its ultra-low-cost computer tablet, the 40-dollar "Aakash-2", after the first edition was criticised for its quality and d...

Toxic legacy in Malaysia rare-earths village

Jun 26, 2012 (AFP)

Thirty years have passed since Japan's Mitsubishi Chemicals opened a rare-earths refinery in the Malaysian village of Bukit Merah, but although the plant is gon...

Zynga building hub for mobile gadget game play

Jun 26, 2012 (AFP)

Social games star Zynga on Tuesday celebrated its fifth birthday a week early with a peek at a platform designed to let people play with each other no matter wh...

NuSTAR Mission Status Report: Observatory Unfurls its Unique Mast

Jun 26, 2012 (JPL)

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has successfully deployed its lengthy mast, giving it the ability to see the highest energy X-rays in o...

Nano-infused paint can detect strain

Jun 25, 2012 (SPX)

A new type of paint made with carbon nanotubes at Rice University can help detect strain in buildings, bridges and airplanes. The Rice scientists call their mix...

Russia confirms creation of 117th element

Jun 25, 2012 (UPI)

Russian scientists say they've successfully repeated their synthesis of the 117th chemical element, paving the way for formal addition to the periodic table. Th...

NRL Scientists Propose Mitigation Concept of LEO Debris

Jun 25, 2012 (SPX)

Physicist and Engineers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Plasma Physics Division and Naval Center for Space Technology are researching a technique to 'swee...

Documents shows specs of Google tablet?

Jun 25, 2012 (UPI)

A 7-inch tablet by Google will run Android 4.1, cost $199 or $249 depending on the model, and go on sale in July, an Australian tech Web site is reporting. Gizm...

UA scientists collaborate to gain understanding of self-cleaning gecko foot hair

Jun 25, 2012 (SPX)

Imagine the money you'd save if you bought a roll of duct tape and could use it over and over again without having to toss it in the garbage after one use. Wall...

Samsung eyes 10 mn mark for Galaxy S3 by end of July

Jun 25, 2012 (AFP)

South Korea's Samsung Electronics, the world's largest smartphone maker, said Monday it expects to have sold 10 million of its newest Galaxy S3 model by the end...

ISS to Build Up Meteorite Defenses

Jun 25, 2012 (RIA Novosti)

Russian cosmonauts will conduct a space walk in August during which they will install additional anti-meteorite panels on the International Space Station (ISS),...

Google to talk tablets, TV, social and more

Jun 25, 2012 (AFP)

Google is expected to show off a new champion in the tablet computer wars this week as it courts developers whose fun, hip or functional programs are vital to I...

Smartphones put writing on the wall for paid texts

Jun 24, 2012 (AFP)

Text messaging, the simple telecoms service that turned into a global phenomenon, is under threat from free smartphone services and operators need to find alter...

IT security problems shift as data moves to 'cloud'

Jun 23, 2012 (AFP)

The Internet "cloud" has become the hottest topic in computing, but the trend has created a new range of security issues that need to be addressed. The cloud is...

Study: Handwriting in decline with tech

Jun 22, 2012 (UPI)

The average person hasn't written by hand for 41 days, and one in three hasn't had reason to handwrite anything for six months, a British survey found. Creating...

E-book trend slow at US libraries: study

Jun 22, 2012 (AFP)

Even as e-book sales surge, Americans are slow to look to their public libraries to take advantage of the format, a study showed Friday. The Pew Internet & Amer...

Samsung launches new phone in US, taking on Apple

Jun 21, 2012 (AFP)

Samsung launched its Galaxy S III smartphone in the United States Thursday after fending off a legal challenge from rival Apple, which claimed it infringed on i...

Space is Big, But Getting Smaller

Jun 21, 2012 (SPX)

Last week there was an event that tells us the "end" is nearing; the end of BIG SPACE. Ever since the first satellite was launched some 55 years ago, the space ...

Apple fined $2.29 mln over Australian '4G' iPad

Jun 21, 2012 (AFP)

Apple was Thursday fined Aus$2.25 million (US$2.29 million) for "deliberately" misleading Australian consumers about the local 4G capability of its latest iPad....