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Nokia issues market warning in light of global slowdown
NOKIA issued a market warning for the second time in less than a month, cutting its outlook for global handset sales, as the world’s largest handset maker braces for a slowdown in the coming year.
Internet usage in South Africa hits all-time high
INTERNET usage in South Africa has hit an all-time high in the last seven years. This is according to findings by a study titled Internet Access in South Africa 2008, which revealed that internet users have increased to 4, 4…
Running the blade? Plan ahead
There is no doubt that blade servers offer tremendous benefits to the data centre; providing high-density computing that in turn allows for a smaller footprint without the resultant power compromise.
MTN ICT Learning Centers Launched in Ghana
The MTN Ghana Foundation has launched the MTN ICT Learning Centers at an impressive ceremony held in the capital, Accra. The project will involve the construction of 10 replicable ICT learning centers in each of the 10 regions of the…
Universal Service Fund could help SA’s Set Top Box funding
The Department of Communications is to approach the Universal Service Fund (USF) to help finance Set Top Box subsidies in South Africa if National Treasury turns down the department’s request to subsidise five million Set Top Boxes.
Bandwidth scarcity drawback to SA internet usage
INSUFFICIENT bandwidth remains the biggest drawback to the growth of internet usage in South Africa, analysts have said. “What we have thought of as a fast connection in this country to date is not even broadband.
Mobile internet usage soars in Nigeria
INTERNET access through mobile phones has increased considerably in Nigeria, a development that confirms the country’s status as a technological leader on the continent. According to Nielsen Online senior analyst, Kent Ferguson, while internet access via mobile phones had leaped…
World server shipments increase by 4.4 percent
WORLDWIDE server shipments for the third quarter of 2008 increased 4,4 percent over the same period last year, while revenue declined 5,4 percent.
Cell-phone conversations impair drivers’ visual attention–Psychologists
PSYCHOLOGY researchers at the United Kingdom (UK)’s University of Warwick have revealed in a recent research that cell phone conversations impair drivers’ visual attention, to such a degree that it can add over 5 metres to the braking distance of…
MTN Sponsors Nigeria Economic Summit
NIGERIA will take it’s drive to speed up economic growth to another level when the country holds the Nigeria Economic Summit (NES) in the capital Abuja next week on Tuesday.
MTN unveils its education flagship plan
MTN Ghana Foundation on Monday unveiled its Education Flagship Project in Accra to construct 10 Information Communication Technology (ICT) learning centres across the country. The $670,000 ICT centres project being constructed in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)…
Xerox set to improve South African education
Xerox has pledged its commitment to the development of education in South Africa where it has a huge market.
Absolute, Intel and Lenovo bring enhanced computer anti-theft protection to businesses
Absolute, Intel, and Lenovo are bringing hardware-based anti-theft and computer theft deterrence technology for notebook computers to businesses. Select Lenovo ThinkPad 400 notebooks will be among the first notebooks to ship with support for Intel Anti-Theft PC Protection and Absolute’s…
World Bank provides Sh500 million for Kenya’s telecoms
THE World Bank has released Sh500 million to help boost Kenya’s telecommunications sector. The Breton Woods financial institution’s capital injection is set to benefit both Kenya’s Call Centre sector and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
South African Mobile companies join war against HIV/Aids
AS the world commemorates World Aids month, leading information and computer technology companies have affirmed their fight against the scourge. Among these is social networking platform MXit, which has teamed up with the South African National AIDS Council to launch…
Vodacom capitalises on new opportunities
VODACOM says that it is determined to build on all the opportunities that its new majority shareholder, Vodafone, has to offer. “The company is going through some changes. Telkom is selling us. With it comes significant opportunities for us,” said…
