Intel to buy patents and video codec software from RealNetworks
By Hanleigh Daniels 27 January 2012Intel snaps up a large number of patents from RealNetworks, the firm behind the Real Player media player. FULL STORY >
Nokia hits 1.5 billion Series 40 phones sold
By Hanleigh Daniels 25 January 2012The Finnish mobile giant Nokia surpasses the highly impressive sales milestone of 1.5 billion for its Series 40 range of mobile phones. FULL STORY >
Acer previews AcerCloud offering
By Ryan Noik 9 January 2012This week, Acer unveiled and previewed its forthcoming AcerCloud offering. FULL STORY >
Most watched videos on YouTube in 2011
By Hanleigh Daniels 21 December 2011YouTube provides the list of most watched videos during 2011, locally and internationally. FULL STORY >
Google releases Zeitgeist 2011
By Hanleigh Daniels 19 December 2011Web search giant Google provides its 11th annual Zeitgeist report, shedding light on the most searched for topics of 2011. FULL STORY >
TB detection project wins local leg of Imagine Cup 2011
By Hanleigh Daniels 14 December 2011Microsoft has announced the winner of the South African leg of its global Imagine Cup 2011 student programming competition. FULL STORY >
Apple passes 100 million milestone for Mac App Store
By Hanleigh Daniels 13 December 2011The Cupertino-based tech outfit Apple has managed to surpass the 100 million mark for app downloads from its Mac App Store. FULL STORY >
Modern Warfare 3 rakes in 1 billion in 16 days
By Hanleigh Daniels 13 December 2011Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 blasts away all competition to net over $1 billion dollars in the shortest amount of time. FULL STORY >
Samsung sells 300 million handsets in 2011
By Hanleigh Daniels 13 December 2011Korean-based tech giant Samsung has sold more than 300 million mobile phones for the first time in its history. FULL STORY >
Top tweets per second counts tallied up for 2011
By Hanleigh Daniels 8 December 2011Micro-blogging site Twitter provides a round-up of the most tweeted subject matters (in terms of tweets per second) of this year. FULL STORY >
Hot Twitter topics and top hashtags for 2011 released
By Hanleigh Daniels 5 December 2011Micro-blogging site Twitter has provided a round-up of the most popular discussion topics as well as the top hashtags for the popular social networking site during 2011. FULL STORY >
Eco News - December 2011
By Hanleigh Daniels 1 December 2011Toyota expands Prius hybrid family, whilst a bio-fuel powered Boeing 737-800 takes to the skies in this month's eco news. FULL STORY >
Microsoft reportedly bringing out Kinect 2
By Hanleigh Daniels 29 November 2011Microsoft will reportedly be releasing a more powerful Kinect 2 motion-based gaming add-on with future Xbox consoles. FULL STORY >
Nvidia Tesla GPUs powers green petaflop supercomputer
By Hanleigh Daniels 24 November 2011Nvidia has revealed that one of the greenest supercomputer in the world, the Tsubame 2.0, makes use of the processing power of its Tesla graphics cards. FULL STORY >
China overtakes US as largest smartphone market in Q3 2011
By Hanleigh Daniels 23 November 2011Market research firm Strategy Analytics has revealed that China has overtaken the US as the biggest smartphone market in terms of volume. FULL STORY >
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