Dozens of gleaming new buses revved into action in Johannesburg on Monday as an eagerly-awaited new commuter bus system – a 2010 football World Cup legacy project – went into time service.
Commuters thronged new bus rapid transit (BRT) stations in Soweto township from early morning to board the sleek, 90-seater single-decker buses for a ride [...]

Having extra t-shirt would help you in preventing certain sickness. When working out, it is best to wear t-shirt that is made out of cotton so it can absorb sweat. Most of the people love to wear casual wears. The regular and urban wear, HIP HOP, big and tall t shirts are the [...]

As the global economic emergency recedes, corporate greed is back.
Earlier this month, it was revealed that French banking giant BNP Paribas was setting aside 1 billion euros (1.43 billion dollars) to pay out banker bonuses, despite receiving 5 billion euros in state aid.
Then came the news that the Royal Bank of Scotland, which is 70 [...]

Schools in Maharashtra’s Pune city reopened on Monday after remaining closed for at least two-weeks following the increased risk of deadly H1N1 virus spreading in the city.
Schools were closed as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of swine flu among students, which claimed at least 60 lives across the country with the maximum cases [...]

Scientists have turned human stem cells into “glow in the dark” red blood cells, which they claim will soon help them to create mature, transfusable and life-saving blood. An international team led by Monash University, has modified a human embryonic stem cell line to glow red when the stem cells become red blood cells, the [...]

Smoking increases the risk of developing active tuberculosis (TB) disease, according to a new study. The research analysed data from nearly 17,000 individuals in Taiwan as part of Taiwan’s 2001 National Health Interview Survey. “In this prospective cohort study we found a two-fold increase in the risk of active TB in current smokers compared with [...]

If you have a spare cell phone display and are handy with a microcontroller this cool Cell Phone Display Oscilloscope by Almost There could be your next project.
“Check out these impressive specifications rivaling scopes costing twice the price (about $9 MSRP)…
* Vertical fixed at 5V full screen (or 0.5V per division, [...]

In an attempt to further augment its post-sales support, Dell will open 15 service centers to complement its onsite warranty support. The company has already launched two such exclusive Dell Consumer Service Centers in Bengaluru and Delhi. “The launch of service centers is significant as India is one of the first few countries where we [...]

Toshiba will soon be bringing to the market an assortment of new 2.5 inch drives. They will consist of the MK-52GSX line, the MK-46GSX line and the MK-GSY line of high performance hard drives.
The MK-52GSX line includes a hard drive with a 320 GB capacity making it the largest notebook hard drive so far. It [...]

AMD has announced that it is the first company to produce a graphics processor which is compatible with the DisplayPort 1.1 standard. These new graphics processors are from the ATI Radeon line.
The DisplayPort technology is a high-bandwidth connection that may eventually replace other standards such as DVI, LVDS, and VGA.
This new type of digital audio/video [...]