7 Feb 2012

Science & Technology

 

Don't get in a state...

...with the road closures if you are anywhere near Cape Town this Thursday, 9 February 2012 - just check the list of roads to be closed for Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation address.

On the investment front, critics are up in arms over what they say are Transnet delays that are costing SA billions, and on the mining front, Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu says the mining industry must transform.

On the security front, there have been complaints that the secrecy bill has not been explained properly.

And there's plenty more news to catch up on; happy reading!

Rod Baker, general manager: content

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Turkcell looking to bring case against MTN in US
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetlera AS (Turkcell), which was unsuccessful in attaining the second GSM telecommunications licence in Iran, is looking to bring a case against South African mobile services provider MTN in a US court. Read more >>

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Learners called to enter SKA competition
PRETORIA: The Department of Science and Technology (DST) is calling on learners in Grades 4 to 11 to enter a competition aimed at raising awareness of South Africa's bid to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project. Read more >>

Beyond-repair SumbandilaSat is tumbling in orbit
UN-Spider, the United Nations platform for space-based information for disaster management and emergency response, reports that South Africa's second satellite, SumbandilaSat, is no longer fulfilling its main purpose due to technical problems and is essentially beyond repair. Read more >>

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iPhone leaps to third place in mobile market
SAN FRANCISCO: An outbreak of iPhone fever made Apple the third hottest mobile phone maker worldwide at the end of 2011, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). Read more >>

Tech-savvy Singapore sees spike in online scams
SINGAPORE: Internet scams have increased in Singapore as consumers in the tech-savvy city-state increasingly turn to online shopping, but the overall crime rate fell to a 20-year low, police said Tuesday, 7 February 2012. Read more >>

Technologies that future-proof your Toshiba laptop
[Jorge da Silva] There's no two ways about it, as affordable as laptops have become these days, they're still big investments. And, naturally, you expect to use them for years to come. But how do you make sure that yours doesn't fall by the wayside as technology inevitably marches on to a quicker and quicker beat? With future-proofed technologies, you can consider yourself safe for some time to come - and then some. Read more >>


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