News tagged with south
S.Africa: Funds raised to fight rhino poaching
(AP) -- A fundraising campaign aimed at putting rhino poachers in jail was welcomed Friday by a South African conservationist.
Dec 02, 2011 |
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What's that sparkle in Cassini's eye?
The moon Enceladus, one of the jewels of the Saturn system, sparkles peculiarly bright in new images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The images of the moon, the first ever taken of Enceladus with Cassini's ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 02, 2011 |
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Australian court extends ban on Galaxy tab sales
(AP) -- Apple Inc. won a small victory on Friday in its global patent battle with rival Samsung, after Australia's highest court temporarily extended a ban on sales of Samsung's Galaxy tablet computers in ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 02, 2011 |
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Australian court clears sale of Samsung Galaxy tab
(AP) -- Samsung Electronics Co. is closer to selling its new Galaxy tablet computer in Australia after a court on Wednesday overturned a ruling that sided with Apple's allegations Samsung had copied its iPad ...
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Brazil proposes South American broadband network
Brazil on Tuesday proposed the creation of a fiber optic broadband connection network linking all South American countries to bring down the cost of Internet and cellular phone access.
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Four new leads identified for anti-cancer drugs
Four new anti-cancer drug leads have been identified in a research paper published online this week in Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry.
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Plan for crucial Australian rivers draws anger
Farmers Monday slammed the government's draft plan to rescue a crucial river system supplying Australia's food bowl, saying it will destroy communities and put pressure on food prices.
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Samsung targets 2 mln sales of new Galaxy device
South Korea's Samsung Electronics launched domestically its latest Android-powered Galaxy device -- the Galaxy Note -- and said it hopes to sell as many as two million.
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Robot guards to patrol South Korean prisons
Robot guards with sensors to detect abnormal behaviour will soon begin patrolling South Korean prisons to ease the burden on their human counterparts, researchers said Thursday.
Nov 24, 2011 |
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After new leak, climatologist takes case to public
(AP) -- The British climatologist ensnared in a new email leak has taken his case to the press, arguing that he and his colleagues' comments have again been taken out of context. ...
Nov 23, 2011 |
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Samsung holds final talks on Google TV venture
Samsung Electronics is holding final talks with Google about launching a television using the US search giant's software platform next year, an executive of the South Korean company said Tuesday.
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Not many will view Friday's partial solar eclipse
(AP) -- The moon will appear to take a nibble out of the sun on Friday, a spectacle that will be visible from only a small sliver of the world.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Soybean adoption came early by many cultures, archaeologists say
Human domestication of soybeans is thought to have first occurred in central China some 3,000 years ago, but archaeologists now suggest that cultures in even earlier times and in other locations adopted the ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Hynix applauds rejected $4 billion damages claim
South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor, the world's number two memory chipmaker, on Thursday welcomed a US court's rejection of claims by American firm Rambus for billions of dollars in damages.
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Samsung to release modified tablet in Germany
Samsung Electronics said Thursday it had modified the design of its newest tablet PC to bypass a sales ban in Germany and would start selling it there as early as this week.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 17, 2011 |
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