S. Africa opens first space office

South Africa has opened its first space office in the capital Johannesburg in an attempt to become the continent's leading earth observation centre in the next 10 years. The Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor said: "Our efforts to...

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Symbian programming - for German speakers

Quaintly described in the press release as "now available on flat pieces of dead trees", Tamoggemon Software, based in Germany, has written a book which "takes C++ programmers and transforms them into lean and mean Symbian coding machines". The book...

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The iPhone is the Greatest Gadget of the 21st Century

After six weeks of brutal combat, the iPhone has emerged victorious from our Greatest Gadget of the 21st Century Tournament, fending off stiff competition from the Xbox 360.

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Google, These Aren’t Really The Best Answers For Users. They Are The Best Answers For You.

Over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal ran an article pointing out how Google is increasingly favoring its own properties, in search results over natural results to outside sites which previously commanded the top spots. This practice is...

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With Chrome, Google Is Moving Towards Deeper Location Integration

It should be pretty clear by now that Google is taking location very seriously. The original launch of Latitude in early 2009 was just a first step. Now they have robust APIs, Google Places, and key executive Marissa Mayer is now in charge of these...

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Google Latitude Finally Comes To The iPhone, Touts 9 Million Active Users

It seems that whenever there's a discussion around mobile location services, Google Latitude is treated as an also-ran. Foursquare and Facebook Places have been getting most of the buzz, and there's also plenty of news around SCVNGR and Gowalla....

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Last chance to vote for Xbox 360 or iPhone in Greatest Gadget tournament

The X Factor final may get plenty of press this weekend, but there's a much more important contest at hand -- the grand finale of our Greatest Gadget of the 21st Century tournament.

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Google Hits ‘Send’ On Priority Inbox For Android’s Gmail App

Back in August, Google launched Priority Inbox, a feature that automatically flags messages that Gmail believes you'll be most interested in. It's a great feature — Google says it cuts down the amount of time users spend reading email by 15% — but...

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Wikileaks news round-up: Hackers, backers and more arrests

Wikileaks news! Wikileaks news! It's been another eventful day of twists and turns in the unfolding epic tale of the whistleblower website.

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Google Hits ‘Send’ On Priority Inbox For Android’s Gmail App

Back in August, Google launched Priority Inbox, a feature that automatically flags messages that Gmail believes you'll be most interested in. It's a great feature — Google says it cuts down the amount of time users spend reading email by 15% — but...

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