Flexible solar panels printed
In what could be a breakthrough in sustainable energy production, scientists have used a solar cell printer to produce large flexible solar cells made out of plastic. The printer has allowed Australian researchers from the Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium...Cloud computing key for Oracle
Oracle CloudWorld, Munich – As one of its three key strategies, cloud computing will be a major focus for Oracle over the next few years, with more and more of its annual $5-billion R&D spend being allocated to it. Mark Hurd, president of Oracle, told delegates at...Emerging markets to wait for data centres
Oracle CloudWorld, Munich – While Oracle has established a number of data centres around the world to facilitate its cloud offerings – this week it announced a new data centre for London to assist the UK government with its G-Cloud procurement project –...Cannibalisation slows global IT spend
IT spending was slightly below expectations in the second half of 2012 and the first quarter of 2013, with economic uncertainty surrounding the US government sequester, European debt crisis and weakening GDP in China resulting in volatile spending patterns across most...Teen creates Springbok selection site
A rugby-mad 13-year-old girl, with support from her brother, has turned her dream of selecting the ideal Springbok dream team into reality with a new Web site. Rouxve Meyer, a Grade 8 learner from Parel Vallei High School in Somerset West, thought it would be fun to...