Choose your own Facebook username from 13 June 2009. No longer do you need to be just a number. FULL STORY >

hertenberger.co.za is one of our favourite South African gadget blogs. We chat to the man behind the blog about the new Android phones, blog tools and citizen journalism. FULL STORY >

According to a study recently published in the journal Current Biology itÔÇÖs easier to get a grip on flowers with conical cells on their petals than on those with smooth petals. FULL STORY >

View and share your favourite celebrityÔÇÖs homepage with GoogleÔÇÖs new iGoogle Showcase. FULL STORY >

Justin Hartman is one of AfricaÔÇÖs Internet pioneers. As MD and co-founder of Afrigator - Africa\'s largest social media aggregator and blog directory, he is blazing a trail for the rest of us to follow. TechSmart caught up with him to discuss Gatorpeeps- their... FULL STORY >

The USÔÇÖs National Ignition Facility in Livermore, California, is hoping to recreate conditions that exist at the very centre of the Sun, here on Earth. FULL STORY >

It was always just a question of time then, before a very good software program appeared on the market to cater for the digital side of scrapbooking. FULL STORY >

It was a difficult problem to crack, but scientists can at last explain why our teeth (usually) donÔÇÖt shatter after a lifetime of biting and chewing. FULL STORY >

Last year a number of companies such as Microsoft, Cisco Systems and IBM recognized the fact that it is not enough to live in a world that is just instrumented and interconnected. IBMÔÇÖs chief executive, Samuel J. Palmisano, put all the pieces together in a speech... FULL STORY >

An excellent companion for exercising, the wireless Jet Stream includes some nice extras too. FULL STORY >

There are South African alternatives popping up for a lot of the international Web 2.0 services out there. Think Muti vs Reddit, Zoopy vs YouTube and Afrigator vs Technorati. The latest is GatorPeeps. FULL STORY >

An eerie green glow that has baffled sailors for ages is almost like a neon sea-based billboard selling sex for fireworms. FULL STORY >

Scientists say in an April issue of the journal Science, that large amounts of proteins clog up the neural connections in sleep-deprived brains. FULL STORY >

The Internet is putting the power to choose, and create, back in the hands of the public. Andrew Gould looks at how the old is making way for the new. In the not-so-distant past the producers of products and services had 100% of the control as to what was delivered and by... FULL STORY >

Just how far are we from recreating the human brain? Now movies like A.I., The Matrix, iRobot seem to suggest that machines can attain a level of human like intelligence.Two big scientific attempts the past number of years show that ?¡recreating the human brain might just be... FULL STORY >