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Video: Theo Jansen creates creatures

Video: Theo Jansen creates creatures

Who is Theo Janson?
Dutch artist Theo Jansen has been working for 16 years to create sculptures that move on their own in eerily lifelike ways.

September 19 2007 | Posted in Top Stories | Read More »

Kenya: Citizens Paying Dearly for Internet Access

Kenya: Citizens Paying Dearly for Internet Access

Kenyans are paying 37 times more for international telecommunications access compared to countries that have broadband access.
This has increased the cost of doing business and robbed the country of competitive advantage in export markets.
Currently, companies connect to the outside world via satellite at $7,500 per megabite per month as compared to other countries like India [...]

September 19 2007 | Posted in Top Stories | Read More »

Workgroup announces new archive/backup category

Workgroup announces new archive/backup category

Local Spectra Logic distributor, Workgroup, has announced that Spectra Logic has introduced archive and backup servers as a new product category designed to meet customer needs for data archive and backup.

September 19 2007 | Posted in Software | Read More »

Workgroup announces VMware Fusion for Mac

Workgroup announces VMware Fusion for Mac

Local VMware distributor, Workgroup, has announced the pre-order availability of
VMware Fusion, which enables Mac users to simultaneously run Mac, Windows, Linux, NetWare and Solaris-based applications without rebooting.
VMware Fusion enables Mac users to run Windows and other PC-based applications within fast and secure virtual machines. With over 200 000 downloads of the VMware Fusion public beta [...]

September 19 2007 | Posted in Software | Read More »

State of the Nation: South Africa’s Open Source Software Market

State of the Nation: South Africa’s Open Source Software Market

CAPE TOWN, South Africa–The Information & Communication Technologies group at Frost & Sullivan (http://www.ict.frost.com/) is pleased to announce that it will be hosting its third quarter analyst briefing on South Africa’s Open Source Software Market on 20 September 2007 at 4pm BST / 5pm CAT.

September 19 2007 | Posted in Software | Read More »

Google sponsors new mission to the moon

Google sponsors new mission to the moon

Google is co-sponsoring a contest that would grant a $30 million prize pot to the first private company that lands a roving space craft on the moon that is also able to transmit high-resolution images and video footages back to Earth.
Google has partnered with non-profit organization X Prize Foundation, which sponsored the first manned [...]

September 19 2007 | Posted in Top Stories | Read More »

Nokia catapults mobile business voice into the Internet era

Nokia catapults mobile business voice into the Internet era

Company introduces the Nokia E51 device and reveals Mobile Unified Communications strategy to further improve employee productivity and cost-savings through business mobility.

September 19 2007 | Posted in Mobile and Telecoms | Read More »

Apple Chooses O2 as Exclusive Carrier for iPhone in UK

Apple Chooses O2 as Exclusive Carrier for iPhone in UK

Apple® and O2 announced today that O2, the leading wireless carrier in the UK, will be the exclusive UK carrier for Apple’s revolutionary iPhone™ when it makes its debut in the UK on November 9.

September 19 2007 | Posted in Gadgets | Read More »

Survey: Nearly One in Five Online U.S. Adults Have Fallen Victim to At Least One Internet Scam

Survey: Nearly One in Five Online U.S. Adults Have Fallen Victim to At Least One Internet Scam

The Internet has changed the way we live: how we learn, follow the news, share memories and entertain ourselves. But many of the experiences that make the Internet so valuable in our daily lives also require us to share information about ourselves that can present certain risks.

September 19 2007 | Posted in Top Stories | Read More »

Kenya to license 3 firms to wire Digital Villages

Kenya to license 3 firms to wire Digital Villages

The Kenya government will pre-qualify at least three operators to participate in the provision of connectivity to digital villages under the Digital Village Project, to Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) enterprises, to the e-government project and to universities and colleges throughout the country.
This is in addition to the establishment of the region’s first digital city at [...]

September 18 2007 | Posted in Broadband | Read More »

Uganda: African Bank Funds Internet Project

Uganda: African Bank Funds Internet Project

THE African Development Bank Group has approved $14.5 million (Shs25.3 billion) loan under its private sector window to the East African Submarine Cable System.

September 18 2007 | Posted in Top Stories | Read More »