Articles from the ‘Science’ category
Posted by admin on March 13, 2010 at 9:58 am in Other Top Stories, Science
GNA – Mr Ousmane Mahamane, Speaker of ECOWAS Parliament, on Friday appealed leaders in the sub- region to show more political commitment towards the introduction of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) in educational systems.
Mr Mahamane made the appeal when he closed the four- day ECOWAS Joint Committee Meeting on Education, Science, Technology, [...]
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Posted by admin on March 11, 2010 at 10:38 am in Local News, Science
by: Jevans Nyabiage
The board of the international body that assigns internet addresses will this Friday vote on key strategic policies that will drive the future of internet.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICANN board meeting in Nairobi is expected to make a decision on whether or not to adopt the new generic Top [...]
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Posted by admin on at 8:33 am in Local News, Science
GNA – Torgbui Gbebie Fiamekor I, Principal Meteorologist at the Kotoka International Airport has attributed the atmospheric heat being experienced in the country to a number of weather conditions. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Wednesday he said the sun was making its seasonal trip to the equator, causing [...]
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Posted by admin on March 3, 2010 at 12:16 pm in Science
By JORDAN ROBERTSON, AP Technology Writer Jordan Robertson, Ap Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO – Authorities have smashed one of the world’s biggest networks of virus-infected computers, a data vacuum that stole credit cards and online banking credentials from as many as 12.7 million poisoned PCs.
The "botnet" of infected computers included PCs inside more than half [...]
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Posted by admin on February 26, 2010 at 3:14 pm in Local News, Science
GNA – An all-purpose Centre of Technology would be put up for the Women’s Training Institute of the Department of Community Development in Ho.
The Centre is to transform skills training in the school into a more functional and job market oriented one.
Dr Ken Kwaku, a former employee [...]
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Posted by admin on February 23, 2010 at 8:54 am in Science
GNA- Researchers and Agricultural Extension Officers have been urged to initiate innovative strategies which would be diffused to address the challenges of food production in the country.
They should collaborate effectively with District Agricultural development Units to implement priority interventions that will help increase the yield of food crops and the general output [...]
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Posted by admin on February 16, 2010 at 11:39 am in Science
The use of airport body scanners in the UK may be unlawful, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has warned. Scanners already in place at Heathrow and Manchester Airports may be breaking discrimination law as well as breaching passengers’ rights to privacy, it said.
It has now written a letter to Transport Secretary Lord Adonis. The [...]
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Posted by admin on at 11:37 am in Science
Ghana is the third in the league of countries where people look for love on the internet, a global survey conducted by the BBC World Service shows, a Reuters report indicates.
The survey interviewed 10,976 adults who had used the Internet in the previous six months across 19 countries, and was conducted for BBC World Service [...]
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