| September 2010 |
DIY: Stop hack attacks |
| Evading viruses, phishing scams, zombie botnets and other cyber assaults requires smart software and alert surfing. |
According to security software company Symantec, 2009 was a banner year for malicious software, or malware, with up to 100 attacks a second from 240 new programs found in the wild. This is double... |more| |
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| August 2010 |
Make your own 3D epic |
| Who says 3D moviemaking is the province only of Hollywood pros? With a budget that’s a fraction of the blockbusters’, you can shoot and edit eye-popping 3D video. |
I may not have access to the customdesigned 3D camera rigs or R2-plus billion budget that James Cameron had for Avatar, but that shouldn’t mean I can’t produce my own movie with breathtaking –... |more| |
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Digital clinic Q&A |
| What you need to know about Windows Phone 7 |
Q I’m excited about the upcoming Windows Phone 7 cellphones. What’s new about the operating system? Can older Windows Mobile phones be upgraded to run it? A... |more| |
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Drop zone |
When the filmmakers behind The A-Team couldn't find a real C-130 to use in their film, they built one — in a computer.
- By Erin McCarthy |
It’s called a heavy drop: the military parachutes heavy equipment out of an aircraft and into a war zone. For the filmmakers behind The A-Team, hitting big screens in South Africa on 20 August, it... |more| |
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Focus on the Sun |
Engineers have been striving to generate power from solar thermal energy for a century. Now, the technology is finally about to come of age. With the acquisition of Solel, Siemens has become a market leader at the cutting edge of several key solar-thermal technologies: parabolic mirrors, receiver tubes and steam turbines.
- By Andreas Kleinschmidt |
There is nothing more powerful, the saying goes, than an idea whose time has come. Solar thermal technology – the generation of energy from the heat of the Sun – has already tried to get off the... |more| |
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| July 2010 |
Virtual smarts |
| What’s the best way to make a machine’s brain smarter? Design it more like the real thing. |
Step into a very large room at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California, and you come face to face with a giant. In the far corner, across an ocean of empty floor tiles,... |more| |
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Modder rocks! |
| People who modify computer cases are known as modders, and the good ones are greatly respected by the fraternity. |
People who modify computer cases are known as modders, and the good ones are greatly respected by the fraternity. One of them is Jeffrey Stephenson, who thinks those desperately conventional... |more| |
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Digital Clinic Q&A |
| The truth behind the unlocked iPad, unsending mail with Gmail, wireless mobile hotspots and syncing your Blackberry with your Mac. |
The truth behind the ‘unlocked’ iPadQ. Apple is promoting the idea that the iPad’s 3G data access is “unlocked”. Does that mean I can just pop my cellphone’s... |more| |
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Home theatre PCs |
| New software and cheaper hardware make a compelling case for the PC as entertainment device. But should you buy one or build your own? |
The computer industry has been trying to sneak its way into the home theatre since 2002. That’s when Microsoft first introduced Windows Media Centre, a version of the company’s media player... |more| |
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| June 2010 |
The science behind JABULANI, the 2010 official match ball (including video) |
| In isiZulu, Jabulani means to celebrate. So who will be doing the celebrating when the official 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa ball, the Adidas Jabulani, flies through the air – strikers or ‘keepers?
Whatever the outcome, the official match ball blends a South African-inspired design and radical new technology. |
Its newly developed “Grip’n’Groove” profile allows stable flight and exceptional grip under all conditions. Its eight all-new thermally bonded 3D panels are, for the first time, spherically moulded,... |more| |
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