Healthcare set for ICT investment
ICT investments will be boosted in the four core healthcare markets of Middle East and Africa. According to the newly released data by International Data Corporation (IDC), spending on IT services and products among healthcare providers in Saudi Arabia, South Africa,...
Intel moves into wearables
Intel has announced a number of technology advancements and initiatives aimed at accelerating computing into the next dimension. The announcements include the Intel Curie module, a button-sized hardware product for wearable solutions; new applications for Intel...
Gen Y to drive connected cars
Generation Y drivers are going to drive the move to connected cars, according to a new study from GfK launched this week at 2015 International CES in Las Vegas. New car sales in some key markets are getting close to – or even exceeding – levels not seen since the...
The dark side of the sun
There were no fireworks on the sun to welcome in the new year, and only a few C-class flares during the last day of 2014. Instead, the sun starts 2015 with an enormous coronal hole near the south pole. Coronal holes are regions of the corona where the magnetic field reaches out into space rather than looping back down onto the surface. Particles moving along those magnetic fields can leave the sun rather than being trapped near the surface. Those trapped particles can heat up and glow. In the parts of the corona where the particles leave the sun, the glow is much dimmer and the coronal hole looks dark.
