Global demand for Linux skills grows
Professionals with experience in open source operating systems are in high demand, according to the annual Jobs Report by the Linux Foundation. The report shows that enterprises around the world are increasingly dependent on Linux in all corners of their business and...SKA boost as first MeerKAT antenna raised
The first of 64 antennae that will make up the MeerKAT radio telescope, the country’s precursor to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), was launched at the SKA South Africa site outside Carnarvon in the Northern Cape yesterday. The MeerKAT Karoo Array Processor...Facebook looks to the skies for connectivity
Facebook has announced a plan which could use aeroplanes and satellites to provide Internet connectivity. The company’s new Connectivity Lab boasts a team that is working on new aerospace and communication technologies to advance the Internet.org mission of improving...Hubble shows comet anatomy
NASA has released an image of a comet that, on 19 October, will pass within 84 000 miles of Mars – less than half the distance between Earth and our moon. The image on the left, captured on 11 March by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, shows comet C/2013 A1,...