TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

WTO chief plays down China rare earth row

Mar 16, 2012 (AFP)

The head of the World Trade Organization on Friday played down a dispute over China's controls on exports of rare earth minerals, saying it was unlikely to esca...

Apple fans snap up new iPad, but response muted

Mar 16, 2012 (AFP)

Apple's new iPad tablet computer drew a muted response from fans in Europe after smaller crowds than previous launches turned out in Asia for a device that is s...

AU Optronics to appeal US price-fixing verdict

Mar 15, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan's AU Optronics (AUO) will appeal a guilty verdict in the United States for price-fixing, its chairman was quoted as saying Thursday. The LCD maker along ...

Lockheed Martin Space Fence Radar Prototype Tracking Orbiting Objects

Mar 14, 2012 (SPX)

A prototype of a new radar system developed by a Lockheed Martin-led team is now tracking orbiting space objects, bringing the U.S. Air Force's Space Fence prog...

China prepares rare earths defense

Mar 14, 2012 (UPI)

China is preparing a case to defend itself and its policy on rare earths export restrictions in response to a complaint filed by the United States, Japan and th...

Russia to build space warning system

Mar 14, 2012 (UPI)

Russia says it will spend $2.1 million to create an automatic warning system to prevent collisions between spaceships, satellites and orbital debris. Russian sp...

Apple looks to tighten tablet market grip with new iPad

Mar 14, 2012 (AFP)

Apple will be looking to tighten its grip on the tablet market on Friday with the release of its newest iPad, increasing pressure on Google to make rival Androi...

NASA exploring ways to clean up space debris

Mar 13, 2012 (IANS)

Faced with increasing threats of space debris, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is actively exploring ways to clean up the outer spac...

AU Optronics guilty in display screen price-fixing case

Mar 13, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan's largest maker of displays for computers, smartphones and other gadgets was convicted on Tuesday of taking part in a price-fixing conspiracy that brough...

Businesses eyeing iPads for the workplace: report

Mar 13, 2012 (AFP)

Survey results released on Tuesday showed that growing numbers of businesses plan to buy iPads as tablet computers make their way from personal lives into work ...

Astrium wins Helios through life support contract extension

Mar 12, 2012 (SPX)

Astrium, Europe's leading space technology company, has signed a through life support contract with the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA Delegation genera...

Can Apple sell a million iPads in a day?

Mar 12, 2012 (UPI)

Apple Inc., already sold out of new iPads at its online store, could sell 1 million in a day when the product is released to retail stores, U.S. analysts say. A...

Lost smartphones mined by finders: Symantec

Mar 12, 2012 (AFP)

Lost smartphones are likely to be mined for valuable information by strangers who find them, according to the results of a sting operation conducted by computer...

Workforce from the Digital Cloud

Mar 12, 2012 (SPX)

By means of cloud computing, enterprises can access scalable computing power and storage capacity. A people cloud, by contrast, supplies a scalable number of wo...

Garafolo tests spacecraft seal to verify computer models

Mar 12, 2012 (SPX)

An Akron researcher is designing computer prediction models to test potential new docking seals that will better preserve breathable cabin air for astronauts li...

Andrews Space Contracted to Deliver 100 Series Command and Data Handling System for GEO Application

Mar 12, 2012 (SPX)

Andrews Space (Andrews) has been contracted to deliver three integrated avionics suites based on its 100-Series avionics architecture for a Geosynchronous space...

Researchers 'Print' Polymers That Bend Into 3-D Shapes

Mar 11, 2012 (SPX)

Christian Santangelo, Ryan Hayward and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently employed photographic techniques and polymer science to de...

Authors Guild worried by Apple e-book suit report

Mar 09, 2012 (AFP)

The president of the Authors Guild expressed concern on Friday over reports that the Justice Department is threatening to file an antitrust suit against Apple a...

Shift to green energy sources could mean crunch in supply of scarce metals

Mar 09, 2012 (SPX)

A large-scale shift from coal-fired electric power plants and gasoline-fueled cars to wind turbines and electric vehicles could increase demand for two already-...

Dr. Strangelove and How I Learned to Love Space Debris

Mar 08, 2012 (SPX)

The whole issue of space debris smacks of Peter Sellers' character in Dr. Strangelove where one hand was trying to do the opposite of the other. This is much li...