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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:10:08 GMT+00:00

IT News Africa

Software Colloquim debates ICT skills crisis
IT News Africa
South Africans need to gain more exposure, communication and coordination between industry players to overcome the ICT skills crisis, agreed delegates who attended the CITi Software Engineering Colloquium. The Third Software Engineering Colloquim, ...
“ICT Skills crisis is not a crisis at all”MyADSL (blog)

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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:42:20 GMT+00:00

The Hindu

When the 'Hobbits' Conquered Indonesia
FOXNews
Ancestors of a hobbit-like species of humans may have colonized the Indonesian island of Flores as far back as a million years ago, much earlier than thought, according to a new study. AP Photo/Puslitbang Arkenas A researcher holds a skull of a Homo ...
“Hobbit” island's deeper historyThe Hindu
18000 Year-Old Hobbit Challenges Darwins EvolutionBefore It's News
Early humans colonized Indonesian islandCBC.ca
ABC Online
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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:46:55 GMT+00:00

Google's Pacific Ocean cable close to completion
V3.co.uk
Google is reported to be almost ready to start using a new high-speed internet cable under the Pacific Ocean to increase lit cable capacity by around 20 per cent. The new cable, dubbed Unity, will give Google a direct connection to the Asian market ...
Google's Asia pipe nears completionITWeb
Google's Under-Sea Link to Asia About to Go into Use The cable is expected to ...Softpedia
Report: Google-Backed Cable Almost CompleteWebProNews (blog)

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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:27:06 GMT+00:00

BBC News

Tracking down the elusive Knysna elephants
BBC News
There has not been a confirmed sighting of an elephant in the Knysna forests of South Africa for decades, after they were hunted to the brink of extinction in the early 1900s. But signs of their survival can still be found, as Hamilton Wende discovers. ...

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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:53:41 GMT+00:00

The Low Carbon Economy

Carbon credits for Taiwan
iAfrica.com
Taiwan aims to engage in international carbon trading despite its diplomatic isolation by helping its allies in Africa and the Asia Pacific develop clean energy projects, an official said on Thursday. "It is an international trend, and Taiwan wants to ...
UK emissions cut 22% on 1990 levelsThe Low Carbon Economy
Taiwan - President Ma meets guests attending the 2010 Taiwan and Africa ...ISRIA (registration)
UK On Target To Meet Emission Targets For Its First Carbon BudgeteGov monitor

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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:45:40 GMT+00:00

What price luxury?
San Jose Mercury News
The BMW 750Li xDrive is the newly added all-wheel-drive version of its flagship V8-powered sedan. The L indicates that this version's longer wheelbase affords extra-generous back seat room. In Europe, such executive saloons, ...
Chevy's BMW-beateriAfrica.com
BMW 5 Series Leads Line-Up of New BMW Models to Debut at NYIAS - VIDEO ENHANCEDAutochannel (press release)
eBay Find: Rare, almost new 6000-mile 1975 BMW 2002!LeftLane News (blog)

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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:13:03 GMT+00:00

Reuters South Africa

Egypt to host Dutch solar materials plant
Reuters South Africa
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt is to host a factory producing raw materials and gas used to generate solar energy, with $460 million of investments in total, state news agency MENA reported on Saturday. Egypt is giving priority to boosting its renewable ...
Egypt to host Dutch solar materials plantThe Africa Report

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Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:22:04 GMT+00:00

Inventorspot

New venture from Facebook co-founder to promote charity
Sydney Morning Herald
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, who left the booming social network to work on the online arm of Barack Obama's presidential campaign, is launching a startup to promote charitable efforts. Hughes, 26, announced the launch of the non-profit new ...
Chris Hughes Using Social Media Engagement To Expand 'The Good Web'Inventorspot
Facebook founder starts social network around philanthropySan Francisco Business Times
Facebook Co-Founder Starts Philanthropic Social-Networking SiteChronicle of Philanthropy (subscription)
Wall Street Journal (blog) -Mashable (blog) -Los Angeles Times (blog)
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Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:08:29 GMT+00:00

Review: Volkswagon Polo GTI
Belfast Telegraph
Volkswagen hopes a high tech specification will set the Polo GTI apart from hot hatch rivals. Steve Walker takes a look. Many of the best hot hatchbacks have revelled in a raw, back to basics feel but that kind of exuberance has become harder to ...

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