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A Big Leap Toward Lowering the Power Consumption of Microprocessors
The first systematic power profiles of microprocessors could help lower the energy consumption of both small cell phones and giant data centers, report computer science professors from The University of Texas at Austin and the Australian National University. Their...
Is Amazon About to Discover the Razor Blade?
There is a lot of buzz over Amazon’s plans to put its own tablet on the market. Today Lance Whitney put up a post to his Digital Media blog on the CNET Blog Network concerned with the price point for this yet-to-be-released device. He cites a column...
South Africans Called on to Register SIM Cards Before Time Runs Out
South Africans are being called on to register their SIM cards ahead of the June 30th 2011 deadline.
Over 85% of Households in Limpopo Have Cell Phone Access
According to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) Limpopo province has the highest amount of households with access to cell phones. “Limpopo had the highest use of cell phones in households at 85.8 percent,” Stats SA Kefiloe Masiteng, the Deputy...
No Rest for South Africa’s Home Affairs Officials
Officials at Home Affairs offices are hard at work, with offices running 16-hour days, in a bid to process hundreds of Zimbabweans queuing for permits to meet the December 31st deadline. How People Arrived Here: stanley mugada
Market Researchers Forecast Threefold Increase for LEDs And OLEDs
Market researchers have forecast a threefold increase up to almost 13 billion Euros by 2012 for light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and organic LEDs (OLEDs). These technologies offer a particularly small size, a long lifetime and top levels of energy-efficiency,...
Abuja 2009 Carnival Kicks Off with a Colorful Display
The Abuja 2009 carnival kicked off on Saturday with a display of colors and excitement evident among members of the participating contingents from Nigerian states, South Africa, Egypt and Ghana. Abuja residents lined the walk-ways along the carnival routes...
Electronic Waste Needs to Go Green
Americans love their consumer electronics, but what happens to all the gadgets when their useful life is over? Despite being one of the largest generators of “e-waste” in the world, the U.S. has no federal policies on recycling electronic...
