TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

Apr 16, 2012 (UPI)

A Chinese Web site says a "mini iPad" will be released this year to go up against Windows 8-based tablets. Chinese Web portal NetEase says the smaller Apple dev...

Moody's downgrades Nokia's rating, keeps negative outlook

Apr 16, 2012 (AFP)

The international ratings agency Moody's downgraded on Monday its ratings for the Finnish telephone maker Nokia owing to poor prospects for future sales. Moody'...

Twitter alive with talk of dead rapper hologram

Apr 16, 2012 (AFP)

The Twittersphere was alive Monday with discussion about an eye-popping performance by rapper Tupac Shakur at a US music festival -- 16 years after he died. The...

Controlling the cut - Nottingham engineers top the leader board

Apr 16, 2012 (SPX)

A high-tech, precision, water jet milling control system which could transform the manufacture of complex aerospace, optical and biomedical structures and devic...

SciTechTalk: Rude awakening for Mac owners

Apr 14, 2012 (UPI)

The news this past week that some 600,000 Apple Mac computers had been infected with malware and hijacked into botnets signaled an "end of the innocence" for Ma...

Processes at the Surface of Catalysts

Apr 13, 2012 (SPX)

In chemical industry, heterogeneous catalysis is of crucial iportance to the manufacture of basic or fine chemicals, in catalytic converters of exhaust gas, or ...

Shifting sands

Apr 13, 2012 (SPX)

Sand in an hourglass might seem simple and straightforward, but such granular materials are actually tricky to model. From far away, flowing sand resembles a li...

Copper chains: Study reveals Earth's deep-seated hold on copper

Apr 13, 2012 (SPX)

Earth is clingy when it comes to copper. A new Rice University study this week in the journal Science finds that nature conspires at scales both large and small...

Smartphones bridge US digital divide

Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)

Smartphones are bridging a US digital divide as minorities tap into the Internet using mobile devices, according to a Pew study released on Friday. "Groups that...

Malaysia court rebuffs challenge to rare earths plant

Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)

A Malaysian court has dismissed a bid to stop a rare earths plant run by Australian miner Lynas from going online over fears it will harm the environment by pro...

History of Abandoned Urban Sites Found Stored in Soil

Apr 13, 2012 (SPX)

Old houses and vacant lots may not look like much to the naked eye, but to some, the site is better than gold. Excavations over the years can create a challenge...

How to plaster the world, cheaply!

Apr 13, 2012 (SPX)

Scientists have discovered the initial stages by which gypsum crystals form. Gypsum is a naturally occurring mineral which is often used in industrial processes...

Apple denies e-book pricing scheme

Apr 12, 2012 (AFP)

Apple on Thursday denied a charge that it schemed with publishers to hike prices for e-books, portraying itself as a hero for prying Amazon's "monopolistic grip...

An efficient method for solving sound propagation in range-dependent ocean waveguides found

Apr 12, 2012 (SPX)

The coupled normal mode method is a powerful approach for solving range-dependent propagation problems in underwater acoustics. An important area of study is to...

Sony straps on Internet-linked wristwatch

Apr 12, 2012 (AFP)

Sony on Thursday released an Internet-linked wristwatch powered by Google-backed Android software. SmartWatch gets online by connecting wirelessly to a wearer's...

Tablet use while watching TV surveyed

Apr 12, 2012 (UPI)

Two U.S. reports on people who use their tablet computers while watching television have come up with significantly different figures, analysts say. One report,...

Price-fixing suit hits as eyes turn to e-books

Apr 11, 2012 (AFP)

E-books are the future of publishing, and the legal tangle launched Wednesday shows how high the stakes are in the fledgling but fast-growing industry. Unlike t...

NASA Selects Loral Platform to Help Enable Next Era of Space Communications

Apr 11, 2012 (SPX)

Space Systems/Loral is teaming with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to host a laser communications relay demonstration (LCRD) on a commercial satellite to be...

US sues Apple, publishers yield on e-book pricing

Apr 11, 2012 (AFP)

The US Justice Department sued Apple and five publishing firms Wednesday alleging a conspiracy to raise prices and limit competition for e-books, and immediatel...

Instagram fans moan over slap in the Facebook

Apr 11, 2012 (AFP)

Facebook's $1 billion gobbling up of Instagram has sent disgruntled fans of the quirky photo-sharing app to the delete button. Twitter and other online platform...