SA science showcased at COP17

Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor said this week at the COP17 climate-change conference that South Africa wanted to advance scientifically and use the latest technology in the fight against global warming, Times Live reports. Read more >>

Alleged HIV gel ineffectiveness 'baffles' inventor

News24 reports that a vaginal gel researchers had hoped would help prevent HIV transmission for women is ineffective. Researchers leading the Tenofovir gel study at 15 sites across South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe recommended that 5 000 women who participated in the trial should stop using it. Read more >>

Tech transfer, intellectual property debate at COP17

ip-watch.org reports that, as governments meet in Durban to look for ways to progress on halting global climate change, some are suggesting more discussion is needed on the sharing of the technologies that can fight that change, and a middle ground approach has been put forward to get them there. Read more >>

Kaspersky Lab partners with Tag Heuer to launch smartphone

Kaspersky Lab has announced a new collaboration with Tag Heuer, the renowned Swiss luxury watchmaker, which, in cooperation with ModeLabs Manufacture, has launched its first luxury touchscreen smartphone, Tag Heuer Link. For this smartphone, Kaspersky Lab, a developer of secure content and threat management solutions, has developed Tag Heuer Mobile Security. Read more >>

SA to invest in LED lighting: Eskom

Following the announcement of Africa's largest energy-saving lighting deal - a joint initiative between local power utility Eskom and global electronics giant Philips - South Africa is set for a boom in the use of Light-Emitting Diode (LED) lighting, Media Club South Africa reports. Read more >>

Today's advanced technologies can move climate change

Gadget reports that, at the UN COP17 climate change conference in Durban, the UN's International Telecommunication Union (ITU), and a coalition of industry partners, will be working to convince delegates to harness the power of information and communication technology (ICT) to promote mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Read more >>

Mixed results within technical consumer goods markets in Western Europe

NUREMBERG, GERMANY: The overall market for technical consumer goods in Western Europe recorded a sales volume of €44.4bn in the third quarter of 2011. This is a decrease of 4.1% compared to last year's figures. The individual countries are developing very differently. These are the findings of GfK TEMAX Western Europe. Read more >>

Smartphone adoption reaches 40% in Canada

TORONTO, CANADA: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the Canada mobile phone industry for September 2011. Read more >>

Climate battle goes techno

[Kemantha Govender] Solutions to climate change challenges can come from virtually anywhere, and now a challenge has been put to software developers to come up with innovative ways to deal with the global phenomenon. Read more >>

Sasol mulls building ethylene cracker complex

South African energy and chemicals company Sasol is considering building a new world scale ethylene cracker and derivatives complex, which could cost up to US$4.5bn or about R37.6bn. Read more >>

Icasa publishes LLU findings

The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) published its findings of an inquiry into Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) on Wednesday, 30 November 2011. Read more >>

Challenges facing SA higher education

Universities in SA have a lot to be proud of, says the vice-chancellor and principal of the University of Pretoria (UP), Professor Cheryl de la Rey. Read more >>