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AFRICA Microsoft launches Windows 7 in Malawi[Gregory Gondwe] Microsoft has officially launched Windows 7 in Malawi with country manager for Microsoft East and Southern Africa Louis Otieno touting it as its most well-researched product. 19 Nov 2009 11:30 AFRICA NASA, Microsoft take Web surfers to MarsWASHINGTON: NASA and Microsoft launched an interactive website on Tuesday, 17 November 2009, that allows Web surfers to become Mars explorers. 18 Nov 2009 12:05 AFRICA Zain CEO chairs Global ICT ForumA record 750 delegates from the world's leading information and communication technology (ICT) policy makers met in Beirut this week in an effort to address the pressing challenges of a fast-changing technology environment. 18 Nov 2009 12:02 AFRICA Kenya: Residential broadband service boosts company sales[Carole Kimutai] AccessKenya Group, Kenya's first publicly-listed ICT company has announced that it has achieved its year-end customer target numbers nearly two months ahead of schedule. It has 3000 customers now signed up to its residential broadband service, Access@Home, and over 3100 customers contracted for its corporate broadband service, Broadband Max. 16 Nov 2009 10:02 AFRICA World Digital Publishing Conference summarised
AFRICA Bechtel appoints Alcatel-Lucent in Angola
AFRICA Google - kleptomaniacs?
AFRICA New Vodacom Business unit in TanzaniaVodacom Business has established a new unit in Tanzania. The business unit aims to allow Vodacom Tanzania to provide new technologies and value-add solutions to meet the mobile and fixed voice-, video- and data requirements of Tanzanian businesses. 11 Nov 2009 10:51 AFRICA Zain, Ericsson join forces to provide 3.5G in rural GhanaWorking with the Millennium Villages Project, in collaboration between the Earth Institute at Columbia University, Millennium Promise and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Ericsson and Zain have deployed mobile communications services in the Amansie-West district of the Ashanti region of Ghana. 9 Nov 2009 12:40 AFRICA Google lets users see stored account data
AFRICA Gateway awarded NFP licence in Kenya
AFRICA Publicis exec to speak at newspaper congress
AFRICA Libya: AAT selects Alcatel-Lucent
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The 17th World Digital Publishing Conference - Beyond 2009 was held at the Pullmann Barcelona Skipper Hotel in Barcelona, Spain from 5 - 6 November 2009. Chaired by Stig Nordqvist, WAN-IFRA and hosting 165 participants from 26 countries, the following presentations are summarised by Steve Shipside. 
PARIS: Alcatel-Lucent announced on Tuesday, 10 November 2009, that it has secured a US$12 million contract with Bechtel, a global company for engineering, construction, and project management, for the deployment of an integrated telecommunications infrastructure to support onshore and offshore operations of Angola LNG's new plant in Angola. 
The Great Debate at the 62nd World Newspaper Congress in Hyderabad, India, plans to examine questions surrounding Google as news publishers worldwide examine and discuss their options and strategies in gaining higher advertising revenues which are currently being reaped by the search engine. The congress takes place 1-3 December 2009. 
SAN FRANCISCO: Google on Thursday, 5 November 2009, opened a window for users to see what records the Internet giant keeps regarding their activities at YouTube, Gmail, Reader and other accounts. 
NAIROBI: Gateway Communications has been awarded three new licences, including the Network Facilities Provider (NFP) Tier 2 Licence by the Communications Commission of Kenya. In addition to the NFP, Gateway has secured its Application Services Provider (ASP) licence and its Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) licence. 
According to Olivier Fleurot, despite significant advertising growth online, publishers and advertisers don't know enough about advertising effectiveness on the web, and more research is needed. Fleurot is a chief executive for advertising and PR agency Publicis. 
TRIPOLI: Alcatel-Lucent has been appointed by Aljeel Aljadeed for Technology (AAT), subsidiary company of LPTIC the telecom holding company in Libya, to deploy its IP/MPLS (Multi- Protocol Label Switching) backbone across the eastern part of Libya. 
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