The seven-inch tablet wars are about to kick off big time. Google has made the first move with the Nexus 7, and Amazon… more »
Nokia finally offloads Qt
Nokia. the formerly market leading mobile phone manufacturer, has sold all of its interest in the Qt graphical toolkit. which it acquired in… more »
It Takes Gall to Make a Great Beer
BIOLOGY Lager beer a cold-fermented beer invented in Bavaria in the 1500s is one of the world’s most popular alcoholic drinks. But it… more »
A Robot That Gives Obstacles The Slip
TECHNOLOGY Search-and-rescue teams may soon be able to call on a small, agile robot to help them out in tight places. Developed by… more »
Superrocket to Launch in 2013
AEROSPACE The SpaceX company has announced plans to launch its Falcon 9 Heavy rocket from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base in 2013. It… more »
Gecko-inspired sticky tape can bold up a TV
The ability of geckos to run up walls has fascinated biologists for years. Now a gecko-inspired sticky tape has been developed that could… more »
Protect Your Bank Account With Your Brain
Mind-reading software could replace passwords in new security systems, Typing in pin numbers and passwords could become a thing of the past, thanks… more »
Should Apple be worried?
Apple’s iPad controls nearly 68 percent of the booming tablet market – a market that topped 25 million unit sa les in the… more »
New views of Mars
After a nail-biting end to its long journey to the Red Planet, NASA’s Curiosity rover sent back first glimpses of its landing site.… more »
March of The Mind Bot
Humanoid robot operated remotely over the internet raises the prospect of brain-controlled avatars Lying in a brain scanner in France, a university student… more »
ARM servers put pressure on Intel
ARM server chips could displace Intel in some markets, with new hardware released for data centres and cloud computing. The warning to Intel… more »
EU Probe Delays New Fibre
Concerns that the bidding process for government broadband funding isn’t competitive enough have been highlighted by an EU investigation that could delay upgrades.… more »
