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The new creation journey

Scientists across the globe, including South Africa, will now join in the search for how the universe was created.

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The new creation journey

Scientists across the globe, including South Africa, will now join in the search for how the universe was created.

Learning the ropes

Science and technology minister Naledi Pandor explains her vision for the department.

It’s only just begun

Seacom will make a change, but there is still a lot more that needs doing before the telecoms sector can be considered competitive.

Could GNP outshine MNP?

It remains to be seen whether the geographic number portability will overcome the challenges faced by mobile number portability.

Telco tiff

The Idols voting debacle has caused a major rumpus in the Telco sector, with blame flying around like, well, Idols votes.

New technologies that excite the geeks

The universal chargerThe GSMA mobile phone industry association has announced a breakthrough we’ve all been waiting for for years: an agreement among several top mobile phone operators and major handset vendors to standardise chargers by 2012 for most cellphones.

New technologies that excite the geeks

Google OopsGoogle seems to be a little fuzzy on its own guidelines.

Take no prisoners

Just one month into the new year and ICT news is flowing thick and fast.

New technologies that excite the geeks

Crashing HubbleNasa`s planned maintenance mission to the Hubble Space Telescope will be postponed until next year.

African Joule

A South African company has developed the continent`s first electric car. Place your orders now; Joule will be available in less than two years.

Open is better

The SA Bureau of Standards (SABS) has approved Open Document Format (ODF) as a national standard, which means Microsoft isn`t out of the running for public sector business.

Safety first

Local entrepreneur Stuart Taylor hopes to develop a safety device that could stem the tide of crime in South Africa.

Old dogs, no new tricks

Developing new software may be a costly exercise, but using legacy software in certain new environments may actually do the trick.