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Microsoft launches Windows 7 in Malawi

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:30:00 +0200

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.
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NASA, Microsoft take Web surfers to Mars

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:05:00 +0200

WASHINGTON: NASA and Microsoft launched an interactive website on Tuesday, 17 November 2009, that allows Web surfers to become Mars explorers.
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Zain CEO chairs Global ICT Forum

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:02:00 +0200

A 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.
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Kenya: Residential broadband service boosts company sales

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:02:00 +0200

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.
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World Digital Publishing Conference summarised

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:39:00 +0200

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.
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Bechtel appoints Alcatel-Lucent in Angola

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:18:00 +0200

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.
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Google - kleptomaniacs?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:02:00 +0200

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.
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New Vodacom Business unit in Tanzania

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:51:00 +0200

Vodacom 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.
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Zain, Ericsson join forces to provide 3.5G in rural Ghana

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:40:00 +0200

Working 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.
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Google lets users see stored account data

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:18:00 +0200

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.
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