http://news.peacefmonline.com/rss/tech.xml Visit Peace FM Online for latest news, breaking news, audio and feature stories in Ghana en-us Peace FM Online 2009 2010-03-05T20:25:40+01:00 Michael Ofori Amanfo Boateng Ghana News http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201003/39633.php Internet giant Google is set to launch its latest mobile phone. http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201003/39633.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/39283.php Nii Nortey Dua, Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku Constituency, is to pay GH¢400 enrolment fees for each youth in his constituency to benefit from the Information Communication Technology (ICT) module under the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP). http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/39283.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/39207.php An all-purpose Centre of Technology would be put up for the Women's Training Institute of the Department of Community Development in Ho. http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/39207.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/39056.php An Italian court has convicted three Google executives in a trial over a video showing an autistic teenager being bullied. http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/39056.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/38707.php A ceremony to begin work on Ghana's first Technology Park at Adako-Jachie in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality of the Ashanti Region was held on Thursday. http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/38707.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/38654.php Aqua Vitens Rand Limited, operators of Ghana's urban water distribution system, on Wednesday commissioned a 140,000 euros ICT training centre to train all of its staff members and those of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL). http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/38654.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/38559.php A leading privacy group has urged US regulators to investigate Google's new social networking service Buzz, one week after its launch. http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/38559.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/38557.php Seesaw's online TV service has launched in full for British internet users after less than a month of beta testing on 20,000 users. The service offers viewers the chance to catch up for free on 3,000 hours of archive and recent programmes from the BBC, Channel 4 and Five. http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/38557.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/38313.php Everyday folk discovering colossally valuable collectors' items amid everyday junk has been the lifeblood of antiques shows for years, but it's not every day you see a real-life gold-in-the-attic tale play out on eBay. http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/38313.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/38303.php Google co-founder Sergey Brin on Friday said he's optimistic that his search engine will not have to pull out of China over hacking and censorship issues. http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/38303.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/37999.php Google has taken the wraps off its latest social network known as Buzz. http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/37999.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/37715.php The School of Technology (SOT) of the Ghana Institute of Management and Professional Studies (GIMPS), is celebrating its premier technology week on the main theme: "Industry - Academia partnership: A fillip to national ICT development." http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/37715.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/37655.php New research shows children who regularly use text abbreviations such as LOL (laughing out loud), plz (please) and xxx (kisses) may be better at spelling and reading. http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/37655.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/37648.php Researchers say they have "a powerful new case" that life has existed on Mars. Nasa scientists working on a meteorite discovered in 1984 have found "strong evidence of Martian life," sources told the Spaceflight Now website. http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201002/37648.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201001/37307.php The storm of controversy generated by the proposed Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card registration vis-à-vis the citizens’ right to privacy of correspondence and communication, hit a crescendo on the airwaves today, Tuesday, January 26th, when two legal luminaries, one a former Military Officer and the other a practising lawyer, argued rather forcefully for and against the proposal. http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201001/37307.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201001/36964.php A technical fault on Thursday has caused a disruption in internet service provided by Vodafone throughout the country. http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201001/36964.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201001/36911.php On January 18th 2010, the Director General of the National Communications Authority announced on the late night TV Africa discussion program, Matters Arising, that from June 30th 2010 all new mobile SIM cards will have to be registered in the name of the user before they can be activated for use on any network. He added that existing subscribers will have a period of 18 months from that date to transition to the new regime. http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201001/36911.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201001/36903.php Dr Kwame Amezah, the National Director of Extension of the Ministry Of Food and Agriculture, has said the sector would introduce Electronic (e) Extension Services by April. http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201001/36903.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201001/36809.php Big Step Foundation, a non-governmental organization, on Tuesday donated 55 computers, two printers and four industrial sterilizers worth GHC 35,000 to the Akoase community for the establishment of an Information Communication Technology Centre (ICT). http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201001/36809.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201001/36805.php France has echoed calls by the German government for web users to find an alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) to protect security. http://news.peacefmonline.com/tech/201001/36805.php