Articles from the ‘Science’ category
Posted by Contributor on February 16, 2011 at 10:16 am in Science
Freedom Networks, a technology firm has introduced a new broadband service to provide multiple access to connectivity globally in Accra. The service termed “Optimised Bandwidth Aggregation” would provide and increase the efficiency of web connections as well as open the connectivity of businesses. Mr Kwame Offei, Chief Executive Officer of Freedom Networks Ghana Limited announced [...]
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Posted by Contributor on February 10, 2011 at 4:50 pm in Business, Science
By Carol Hymowitz, Diana ben-Aaron and Dina Bass (Bloomberg) — Nokia Oyj is close to announcing a software partnership with Microsoft Corp., a bet that together the two companies can better challenge Google Inc. and Apple Inc., according to a person with knowledge of the discussions. Nokia Chief Executive Officer Stephen Elop has held talks [...]
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Posted by Contributor on February 8, 2011 at 9:45 am in Other Top Stories, Science
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA www.iana.org) has allocated the last Internet Protocol (IP) address blocks from the global IPv4 central address pool, ending all debates over when this would happen, according to a statement received from the Ghana-India Kofi Annan ICT Centre of Excellence (AITI-KACE) on Monday. It said several months remained before Regional [...]
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Posted by Contributor on January 31, 2011 at 2:44 pm in Science
Article By: Staff Reporter Local online store Have2Have has urged customers “to exercise caution” before buying Apple’s iPad. The popular tablet computer was launched in South Africa last week, about eight months after its American launch. However, industry experts are expecting a second-generation model to be announced by Apple in the next few weeks, My [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 11:21 am in Local News, Science
With the merriment of the holidays seemingly already in the distant past, many Ghanaians are embarking the new year with worthy educational pursuits at the top of their minds. Google has released its January search results for Ghana, which revealed that education-related searches were most prominent in the list of top ten most searched terms. [...]
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Posted by Contributor on January 29, 2011 at 8:24 pm in Science
(AFP) – The scale of Egypt’s crackdown on the Internet and mobile phones amid deadly protests against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak is unprecedented in the history of the web, experts said. US President Barack Obama, social networking sites and rights groups around the world all condemned the moves by Egyptian authorities to stop [...]
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Posted by Contributor on January 27, 2011 at 7:48 pm in Education, Other Top Stories, Science
Ghana Telecom University College in collaboration with the Indian government have concluded plans to establish an Indian-African Information Technology Institute to cater for member countries of the African Union. Apart from creating indepth knowledge in information Technology, the Institute would also delve into the areas of health and education as major components of accelerated development [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 7:28 pm in Arts, Science
Article By: Hadlee Simons While nothing beats the tangible feeling of owning a CD, there’s a whole world of music on the internet for you to discover. Whether it’s streaming or paid downloads, there are quite a few decent options to be had. Streaming music If you’re content with listening to music online and not [...]
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