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The testimony of crowds

Tue, 31 Aug, 2010

“The future is new media,” Rebecca Wanjiku asserts without the briefest hesitation, as if it wasn't a controversial issue. For a new media writer who realises that many people she encounters “think I'm not a real journalist”, the blogger and Nairobi correspondent for IDG News Service is remarkably self-assured.
COMMUNITY | TECHNOLOGY

A new dawn for Africa

Fri, 20 Aug, 2010

South Africans should brace themselves for what could be the biggest satellite launch across the African continent. This is according to Dr Andile Ngcaba, the Executive Chairman of Dimension Data SA, who regards the project as his pride and joy.
 
EDUCATION | TECHNOLOGY

Getting excited about science

Fri, 6 Aug, 2010

“Science is ayoba,” said the Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor at the launch of National   Science Week (NSW) at the University of Fort Hare in Alice last week.
 
TECHNOLOGY

Taming the tiny

Tue, 3 Aug, 2010

Nothing is as it was. Your speakers are invisible: a coating on the wall. Your shirt can change colour and cannot be stained. Your windscreen cleans itself.
TECHNOLOGY

Outoilet cellphone chat site causing a stink

Thu, 29 Jul, 2010

An old toilet is bound to cause a stink. But so, too, is the cellphone chat site with the same name.
ENVIRONMENT | TECHNOLOGY

The solar flare borked my GPS

Fri, 23 Jul, 2010

If you are a motorist who relies on a GPS device to navigate and you find yourself up the wrong street, it might just be the sun’s fault.
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