The Icelandic computer games company CCP, behind the ever-popular EVE Online game, yesterday unveiled its new Playstation 3 game. The game has been in development for four years and represents a milestone in global gaming development, the company's CEO says. Continue Reading

A brand new hospital in Malawi, built with Icelandic aid money, has already been visited a million times; despite only officially opening this Tuesday. Continue Reading

A new cement substitute made from volcanic ash could potentially see cement become obsolete in Iceland. Continue Reading

LS Retail is taking a strong position as a Global ISV on AX 2012 for Retail by developing a new solution for the hospitality vertical. On top of broad-based Hospitality features, the first release is tailored to Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) and will be generally available in Q4 2012, in line with the Version 6.2 release of Dynamics AX for Retail 2012 by Microsoft. Continue Reading

Rescue workers have found bodily remains on the slopes of Sweden's tallest mountain, near where a Norwegian military plane went missing on Friday with five people on board. Continue Reading

Mayor of Reykjavík, Jón Gnarr, says he is happy with the agreement signed yesterday for the construction of a new hospital. Continue Reading

A Finnish name for a grammar pendant has been praised by an American website, which picked out the top foreign words that should be assimilated into the English language. Continue Reading

Advania, a leading Nordic Information Technology (IT) company, and the owner of Thor Data Center, recently gained the Iceland-based cross-border acquiring service, Valitor, a VISA International partner in Iceland, as a client. Continue Reading

Icelandic software companies are struggling to find enough staff because there is a shortage of IT experts. Despite this, an industry insider claims there are still not enough people studying the subject. Continue Reading

The sinking of the Titanic a century ago could have been the result of the Moon moving unusually close to the Earth, causing Greenland icebergs to drift into shipping lanes, scientists claim. Donald Olson, a physicist at Texas State University, led a team of forensic astronomers in examining the theory of late oceanographer Fergus Wood, who suggested that exceptionally high tides just before the ship’s maiden voyage caused more icebergs than usual to separate from Greenland. "The lunar connection may explain how an unusually large number of icebergs got into the path of the Titanic," said Olson said in a report by The Independent. Olson said that the gravitational pulls of the Sun and the Moon were enhanced on 4th January 1912, when they lined up in a certain formation. The moon was also closer to the Earth on this date than it had been for 1,400 years. On top of all that, the point of the Moon’s closest approach to Earth came within six minutes of the full moon, and, the previous day, the Earth had made its closest approach to the Sun in a year. The scientists concluded that such unusual astrological events would have caused very high tides, which in turn could have dislodged a large number of icebergs from Greenland. These icebergs, one of which collided with the famous transatlantic liner, would have made their way into shipping lanes by April. The Titanic sunk in the early hours of 15th April 1912, killing 1,517 people.