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5 amazing pictures tweeted by Rosetta and Philae

Yesterday history was made when the Philae lander, launched from the Rosetta spacecraft, landed on Comet 67P. Its mission is to transmit data from…

This biodegradable drone made of fungi can disintegrate

A team of researchers from a variety institutions, including NASA’s Ames Research Centre, has developed a biodegradable drone that can disintegrate when it needs…

Watch this incredible robot re-enact a scene from ‘The Karate Kid’ [Video]

In a recent video from Boston Dynamics, an engineering and robotics design company, a robot is shown doing karate. Yup, that’s a thing now….

Rosetta’s about to attempt its dramatic comet landing

The Rosetta spacecraft’s Philae lander is attempting to land on the awkwardly named comet, 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The slightly-above 100kg probe will fall for seven hours. If…

South Atlantic’s first undersea cable will connect Brazil, Angola

Despite a bunch of noble efforts involving satellites, drones, and weather balloons, we still depend pretty heavily on undersea cables for the majority our…

4 ways Salesforce’s wave missed the data analysis mark

If you’re in business, odds are you’ve at least heard of Salesforce. And there’s probably a good chance that you work on it, which…

Elon Musk wants to bring ‘low cost internet’ satellites to the world

Elon Musk never ceases to surprise. Even when the tech billionaire entrepreneur is up to something surprising it’s still in apt character. From building…

With updates being promised, is the Kindle Fire another failed ‘iPad Killer’?

Facing a slew of complaints from early adopters, Amazon is promising an update for its much hyped Kindle Fire tablet, the New York Times…

Four things Africa has to get right to guarantee future innovation

Fail to innovate and you will simply be left behind. As I previously noted, this is especially the case for the African continent. Africa…

Wired.com goes creative commons: Memeburn’s 10 favourite images

Wired has a long and well-respected history and standing in the tech world. Hardly surprising given that it has been providing “a glimpse into…

Student wins international award for generator built from used hard drives

A student from the University of Cape Town (UCT), a prominent South African tertiary institution, has won an international innovation award for a wind…

So the web will die, but what exactly will it be replaced by? [LeWeb]

The web will die says George Colony, the rather insightful boss of Forrester Research — and here is why. He says that fundamentally the…

Why Google Trader could leave other classified platforms in the dirt

Google Trader, the internet giant’s classifieds and trading service, is making waves, especially in emerging markets. The aim of Trader is to make it…

Renault launches in-car tablet, R-Link [LeWeb]

French car manufacturing giant, Renault chose LeWeb 11 to launch its new in-car tablet device, R-LINK: A seven inch tablet that offers a multimedia…

The unstoppable rise of Google Chrome

Earlier this year I reported that Chrome was destined to become the default web browser for Ubuntu. At that time, Chrome still had a…

MIH kills group-buying site Dealify

Another day, and another Groupon clone bites the dust. After a whirlwind gold-rush to emulate the incredible success of Groupon, there has been nothing…

Has the internet made Black Friday an international phenomenon?

Black Friday is a day that has permeated global media through a number of avenues. While it has very little direct bearing on our…

Necessity is the mother of invention: Why utility beats ‘cool’ in Africa

It is said that necessity is the mother of invention and indeed that could perfectly describe Africa where it comes to innovation, particularly on…

Undersea cables set to launch African bandwidth explosion

Many years ago, I worked for UUNET Internet Africa in South Africa. I remember sitting in the Operations room and looking at an international…

eBay’s physical stores are giving it the jump on competitors this Christmas

While most retail businesses this year are pushing to get a bigger slice of the online shopping spend, eBay Inc. has turned the tables…

Beyond 2012: Predicting the future of tech [Infographic]

Virtual Reality-only lifeforms will be a reality by 2025, the importance of self-driving vehicles will outweigh their novelty by 2019, and petabytes of storage…

A ‘touch’ reveals the artistic side of Google Street View

Aside from being one of the internet’s best procrastination tools — OMG! Look, it’s my house! — Google Street View is also said to…

Five artists who are pushing the digital frontier

The face of the music industry was irrevocably altered when the digital age dawned, changing the way people obtained, listened to and interacted with…

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