THE Facebook juggernaut has claimed the scalp of AOL Time Warner's $US850 million ($921 million) acquisition of Bebo, with the social media site tipped to close its Australian operation before Christmas as part of a global retreat and rethink.

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On September 28, 2009, rapes and killings of hundreds of anti-dictator protestors in broad daylight in Conakry brought the world's attention to the small West African nation of Guinea.

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The government has opened the data flood gates and said "geeks, come on in!" at an event called GovHack, held last weekend in Canberra.

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Nine important reasons to use Twitter in schools. An illuminating, yet practical post by Laura Walker in Tech & Learning blog.

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Italians are being urged to abstain from more contemporary pleasures, like texting, Facebook and iPods. It's like declaring war on song and dance... oh, they did that already...

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Mobile phones were not the solution to the problems of least developed countries, an information and communication technologies (ICT) expert said today at a United Nations meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

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GK3- Event on the future

By Shaheen Buneri Third Global Knowledge Conference (GK3) that held on 11th-13th December, 2007 in Kaula Lampur Malaysia was a unique gathering of global visionaries, innovators, practitioners and policy makers who had come to share knowledge and build partnerships on a platform …

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Kigali - Africa will receive a $55bn investment to boost its goal of securing universal internet access by 2012, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) said on Wednesday.

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Information and Communications Technology for Development

In Africa, connection rates for international telecommunications via mobile phones, landlines and high-speed Internet are among the highest in the world.

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Science|Business editor Richard L. Hudson has a few numbers that, if you care about Europe's future in technology markets, might make you choke on your coffee:

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In the late 1980s, a popular self-help book appeared about the battle of the sexes: Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus.

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Ted Demopoulos gives away three major threats he expects in 2007!

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England's exams regulator is advising ministers to scrap their plans for a compulsory computer test for teenagers. The aim is for all 14-year-olds to do the online test in ICT (information and communication technology) from 2008. It is currently being piloted widely.

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Speaking to the GovTech 2006 attendees yesterday, Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of the Shuttleworth Foundation, urged South Africa to decide on a global best practice in ICT strategy in order to best position the country for success in the technology game.

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From the report: Information and communication technologies are changing health care delivery and are at the core of effective, responsive health systems. These technologies are key to connecting people, information and research to improve health in countries.

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South Africa was about to launch a national youth service, Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka divulged on Monday.

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SEVERAL Philippine information and communications technology (ICT) projects are among the finalists in a global contest for the world's best ICT projects. Among them are:

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Nandan, Infosys take pride in doing business in proportion to their GDP contribution. Thus linking up the underserved to the ICT is no priority for them. Yet this article gives undue credit to Infosys.

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