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Tue May 17 2016
 
     
 

Forget to turn off your geyser? Do it online

Smart metering, which is "closer than you think", will mean that you could soon log on to the internet and switch your geyser off.

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One big step towards moon habitation

Researchers are throwing their energy at finding ways to grow food on the moon which will pave the way to a human colony.

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Google Spaces: an app looking for a purpose

Google is taking antoher stab at the social network, this time with Spaces, an confusing app that will probably fail

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Going green saves Cape Town millons

Energy efficient improvements by the City of Cape Town has saved the city more than R110 million over past seven years.

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Speaker offers plenty of Bang for big bucks

B&O's BeoPlay A2 is not cheap but if you have the cash it delivers on all of its promises.

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Google Spaces: an app looking for a purpose

Google is taking antoher stab at the social network, this time with Spaces, an confusing app that will probably fail

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SCIENCE NEWS  

One big step towards moon habitation

Researchers are throwing their energy at finding ways to grow food on the moon which will pave the way to a human colony.

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TELECOMS  

Huge fibre optic boost for KZN

Yangtze Optics Africa Cable will set the tone for technology infrastructure in the country, and is expected to create 150 job opportunities.

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SECURITY  

Log in with your face

With new facial recognition security your password could be written on your face.

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SOFTWARE  

Coding is the new language

Africa Code Week, happening on the sidelines of WEF Africa, aims to make every child fluent in coding.

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BUSINESS  

Nintendo eyes film business

Looking to revive flagging revenues gamesmaker Nintendo is looking at making 3D movies

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HARDWARE  

Hyundai just created a wearable robot

Life imitates art as Hyundai reveals a real-world 'power suit' similar to the one Tony Stark wears in "Iron Man".

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GAMING  

E-sports gets organised

Professional gaming took a big step last week with the launch of the World Esports Association.

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INTERNET  

France to outlaw after-hours emails?

Bill to reduce after-hours and weekend emails passed through lower Parliament this week.

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GADGETS  

Speaker offers plenty of Bang for big bucks

B&O's BeoPlay A2 is not cheap but if you have the cash it delivers on all of its promises.

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SPACE  

One big step towards moon habitation

Researchers are throwing their energy at finding ways to grow food on the moon which will pave the way to a human colony.

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DISCOVERY  

Schoolboy finds Mayan city. Or does he?

Sceptics say the find by the 15-year-old is not an ancient city but an old corn field.

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ENVIRONMENT  

Charley, the baby hippo is doing just fine

The hippo's dramatic start to life began when, it seems, he crossed the lake from Mzingazi to Mandlazini in Zululand.

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