Mystery of the Mars rock solved

Mystery of the Mars rock solved

Researchers have solved the mystery of the now-infamous Martian rock resembling a jelly doughnut, dubbed Pinnacle Island, that was discovered on the Red Planet’s surface: it is a piece of a larger rock broken and moved by the wheel of NASA’s Mars Exploration...
Video tracks devastating storm

Video tracks devastating storm

A new NASA video of NOAA’s GOES satellite imagery shows three days of movement of the massive winter storm that stretches from the southern US to the northeast. Visible and infrared imagery from NOAA’s GOES-East or GOES-13 satellite from 10 February to 12...
‘Primitive’ app methods must go

‘Primitive’ app methods must go

It’s not only the way applications are used that is outdated, but the industry needs to make fundamental changes in the way they are developed as well. That’s the word from SAP’s member of the executive board: products and innovation Dr Vishal Sikka, who describes...
Second screen use grows

Second screen use grows

At least 65% of mobile media users consume media via a second screen (TV, PC, tablet or second phone) while browsing the mobile Web. This figure jumps to 89% when including newspapers, magazines and radio. This is among the findings in MEF’s report in its Global...
Massive increase in energy spend

Massive increase in energy spend

IT spending by utilities in the four major Middle East and African (MEA) countries – Turkey, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and the UAE – increased 9,2% year-on-year in 2013 to total just under $1-billion, according to the latest round of data released by IDC...
The Earth rises over Mars …

The Earth rises over Mars …

New images from NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover show Earth shining brighter than any star in the Martian night sky. The rover’s view of its original home planet even includes our moon, just below Earth. The distance between Earth and Mars when Curiosity took...