TECH SPACE - BIO FUEL DAILY

Smartphones put writing on the wall for paid texts

Jun 24, 2012 (AFP)

Text messaging, the simple telecoms service that turned into a global phenomenon, is under threat from free smartphone services and operators need to find alter...

IT security problems shift as data moves to 'cloud'

Jun 23, 2012 (AFP)

The Internet "cloud" has become the hottest topic in computing, but the trend has created a new range of security issues that need to be addressed. The cloud is...

E-book trend slow at US libraries: study

Jun 22, 2012 (AFP)

Even as e-book sales surge, Americans are slow to look to their public libraries to take advantage of the format, a study showed Friday. The Pew Internet & Amer...

Study: Handwriting in decline with tech

Jun 22, 2012 (UPI)

The average person hasn't written by hand for 41 days, and one in three hasn't had reason to handwrite anything for six months, a British survey found. Creating...

Samsung launches new phone in US, taking on Apple

Jun 21, 2012 (AFP)

Samsung launched its Galaxy S III smartphone in the United States Thursday after fending off a legal challenge from rival Apple, which claimed it infringed on i...

China defends rare earths policy

Jun 21, 2012 (UPI)

China issued its first white paper on the country's rare earth industry policies, saying it would introduce reforms. However, the government gave no indication ...

Sustainable denim manufacturing process creates 'green' jeans

Jun 21, 2012 (SPX)

Like sausage, making denim jeans isn't pretty. Some estimates suggest that producing one pair of jeans requires more than 2,500 gallons of water, nearly a pound...

Apple fined $2.29 mln over Australian '4G' iPad

Jun 21, 2012 (AFP)

Apple was Thursday fined Aus$2.25 million (US$2.29 million) for "deliberately" misleading Australian consumers about the local 4G capability of its latest iPad....

Space is Big, But Getting Smaller

Jun 21, 2012 (SPX)

Last week there was an event that tells us the "end" is nearing; the end of BIG SPACE. Ever since the first satellite was launched some 55 years ago, the space ...

Microsoft shows off Windows for smartphones

Jun 20, 2012 (AFP)

Microsoft on Wednesday ramped up its push to regain ground in the precious mobile computing market by giving developers a "sneak peek" at new Windows software f...

Science world commemorates father of computer science

Jun 20, 2012 (AFP)

Scientists will gather from Bangalore to Texas on Saturday to honour British mathematician Alan Turing, a pioneer of the modern computer whose code-cracking is ...

GTRI researchers develop prototype automated pavement crack detection and sealing system

Jun 20, 2012 (SPX)

Sealing cracks in roadways ensures a road's structural integrity and extends the time between major repaving projects, but conventional manual crack sealing ope...

Malaysia rare earths plant gets go-ahead

Jun 20, 2012 (UPI)

A Malaysian parliamentary committee has approved a temporary operating license for mining giant Lynas Corp.'s controversial $220 million rare earth processing f...

China's Huawei takes rebranding bid to telecoms fair

Jun 20, 2012 (AFP)

China's Huawei Technologies is taking a campaign to transform itself into a global brand and leading smartphone maker to a major telecoms fair which opened in S...

Engineers build smallest, fastest digital gigapixel camera

Jun 20, 2012 (AFP)

Engineers in the United States have built a prototype gigapixel camera the size of a bedside cabinet that can capture an image in a single snapshot with 1,000 t...

China says rare earths practices meet WTO rules

Jun 20, 2012 (AFP)

China said Wednesday its regulation of the rare earths industry was in line with global trade rules, as it faces international pressure over its control of the ...

Ionic liquid improves speed and efficiency of hydrogen-producing catalyst

Jun 20, 2012 (SPX)

The design of a nature-inspired material that can make energy-storing hydrogen gas has gone holistic. Usually, tweaking the design of this particular catalyst -...

Panasonic's first Android-based 'toughpad' unveiled in Asia

Jun 19, 2012 (AFP)

Panasonic's first Android-based computer tablet designed for tough environments such as battlefields was unveiled Tuesday at a major regional telecom fair in Si...

Physicists use ultrafast lasers to create first tabletop X-ray device

Jun 19, 2012 (SPX)

An international research team led by the University of Colorado Boulder has generated the first laser-like beams of X-rays from a tabletop device, paving the w...

Malaysia panel OKs Australian rare-earths plant

Jun 19, 2012 (AFP)

A controversial rare-earths plant being built in Malaysia by an Australian miner is safe, a parliamentary panel ruled on Tuesday, but opponents vowed to continu...