Ten reasons to join social media today

There’s little reason to explain what social media is nowadays, seeing how we’re simply bombarded by social channels from all directions. Truth be it, social media isn’t quite entirely new. It’s been on the web since its early days actually, ever since the first forums and blogs surfaced. Twitter, facebook, tumblr and the likes have [...]

How has the Portrayal of Hackers Changed over Time?

What image does the word ‘hacker’ conjure up? University geeks creating online chaos for their own amusement? A criminal gang stealing millions from non-savvy tech users? Or an anti-capitalist anti-hero wreaking havoc on multinational corporations? Throughout the history of tech, the hacker has been all of these things, and more. Here’s a quick look at [...]

The Humans Behind the Hacking

Hacking has come a long way since its (relatively) innocuous beginnings. During the genesis of the internet, hacking was a realm inhabited by hobbyists and teenagers – people who rejoiced in the small pleasures of sending a pirate dancing across an unsuspecting user’s screen. It was obvious when you had a virus, because there were [...]

Is a single disk wipe enough to secure an SSD drive?

The growing use of Flash memory for storage with top end devices now available in the Terabyte region, has brought on the need for ever more effective technologies for not only recovering data from a Flash drive, but also for effectively wiping them. There are a number of important differences between legacy mechanical hard drives [...]

Fighting Wildfire With Aerial Firefighting

Aerial firefighting was first employed to minimize damage from napalm attacks during World War II. Following the war, many more potential uses were investigated. Recently, aerial firefighting has proven to be quite effective in fighting wildfires. As techniques are refined, aerial firefighting has proven flexible in many situations and adaptable to different types of aerial [...]

Can phone recycling help save the Eastern African Gorilla?

It is common that most of our gadgets contain a substance by the name of Coltan, particularly our mobile phones. This mineral is widely mined in the forests of central Africa, such as the Congo. This business has erupted over the last decade and demand and prices have never been higher, unfortunately there have been [...]

How to use Android Spy: 5 funny ideas

Android has dominated smart phones. Everywhere you go, the mall, coffee shop, restaurants, offices, you will most likely see the trademark Android mascot on people’s phones. You know the green robot with cute antennas and a wide smile? Who would miss that? Android phones are preferred by many because of the amazingly cool and trendy [...]

Science ABC: An overview on cord blood and stem cell treatment

Every medical practitioner took an oath and swore to provide the best kind of care and service to people above all else – the Hyppocratic oath. Because of this, doctors and medical experts continuously study the human body and other, related subjects to further understand different diseases and treatment and improve as time passes. We [...]

Digital Libraries and Repositories in the US

The age of technology has greatly transformed the ways we store and access information. In the past, it was somewhat difficult to find all of the information available on a particular topic, digital libraries and repositories have made it simple for anyone with access to a computer to find a wealth of information with a [...]

Green cars – no longer the preserve of environmentalists

Advances in science technology and design in the last 10 years have made cars — especially stereotypical gas-guzzlers like 4x4s — into green cars, greener than could have been imagined when they first launched just a few short years ago. Relentless research into improvements for efficiency has transformed the idea of driving a low emission [...]

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