May 19, 2016
The worldwide PC market registered one of its lowest quarterly growth rates in the first quarter 2016, but Gartner thinks that several profit opportunities exist for PC vendors. “PCs are no longer the first or only devices users are choosing for internet...
May 18, 2016
For the first time, scientists at IBM Research have demonstrated reliably storing three bits of data per cell using a relatively new memory technology known as phase-change memory (PCM). The current memory landscape spans from DRAM to hard disk drives to flash. But in...
May 17, 2016
Global inclusion in the Internet could bring 7% of the world’s population – 500-million people – above absolute poverty levels, and add $6,7-trillion to global economic output. This is according to a study by Strategy&, PwC’s strategy...
May 16, 2016
The future of aviation is bright … green. That was the environmentally-promising message delivered during the Green Aviation Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM), held recently at NASA Langley Research Centre. More than 100 attendees from government, industry and...
May 13, 2016
As one of medicine’s largest challenges, viral infections often escape vaccines due to their natural ability to mutate rapidly and develop drug resistance easily. Many viruses, such as Zika, Ebola and dengue fever, have grown into major global health epidemics with...
May 12, 2016
A new action agenda to help African economies improve their economic competitiveness has been published by the World Economic Forum, the African Development Bank, OECD and the World Bank. The agenda comes at a time when shocks such as low commodity prices and a strong...
