SA votes to outlaw canned lion hunting

An overwhelming majority of South Africans want to see the canned lion hunting industry banned, according to the findings of a new poll commissioned by animal welfare organisation Four Paws. The poll, covering a representative cross section of the country found that...

Green power for Mozambique telco

Flexenclosure, a Sweden-based designer and manufacturer of prefabricated data centre buildings and hybrid power management systems for the ICT industry, has received an order for 28 of its eSite green power solutions from Mozambican telecoms distributor Kambeny....

Western European security software to top $7bn

Recent market sizing published by International Data Corporation (IDC) for security software in Western Europe shows that the market is expected to reach $7-billion by 2020. It also shows that the market passed the $5-billion mark in 2015 (the latest full year on...

POS printers return to growth in 2016

Figures recently released by International Data Corporation (IDC) as part of its annual Point of Sale (POS) Printer Tracker program show new momentum behind POS printers in Western Europe. According to IDC, after a sluggish trend in 2014, approximately 810 000 units...
Curiosity snaps Mars vistas

Curiosity snaps Mars vistas

The layered geologic past of Mars is revealed in stunning detail in new colour images returned by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover, which is currently exploring the “Murray Buttes” region of lower Mount Sharp. Curiosity took the images with its Mast...
NASA heads for Bennu asteroid

NASA heads for Bennu asteroid

An Atlas V rocket traced a blazing arc into the Florida sky yesterday evening (8 September) to send a small robotic explorer on its way to an asteroid on a mission that scientists anticipate will reveal answers to some of the basic questions about the solar system....