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 Zimbabwe government websites hacker helped FBI penetrate ‘Anonymous’
Facebook hit by technical problem across Europe

Facebook hit by technical problem across Europe

by BBC

Wed, Mar 07, 2012

Facebook was unavailable for a number of users mostly across Europe on Wednesday due to "technical difficulties".

East Africa undersea cable outage enters third week

Tue, Mar 06, 2012

It’s now week 3 since it was first reported that an undersea fibre cable on the shores of East Africa was downfollowing the TEAMS cable was cut – 5km from Mombasa. EASSy did, suffered a cut on February 17th between Djibouti and Port Sudan. The cut to the EASSy cable only affects the section of cable between Port Sudan and Djibouti.

Great Zimbabwe: A Forgotten History

Great Zimbabwe: A Forgotten History

Tue, Mar 06, 2012

The civilisation of Great Zimbabwe was one of the most significant civilisations in the world during the medieval period.

Microsoft launches new-generation WINDOWS 8

Microsoft launches new-generation WINDOWS 8

by Mirror

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

Microsoft today let consumers start trying out its upcoming touch-based Windows 8 which aims to take back some market share from Apple.

Zimbabwean internet hit by ship accidents off East Africa

Zimbabwean internet hit by ship accidents off East Africa

Tue, Feb 28, 2012

NAIROBI—Undersea data cables linking East Africa to the Middle East and Europe were severed in two separate shipping accidents this month, causing telecommunications outages in at least nine countries and affecting millions of Internet and phone users, telecom executives and Kenyan government officials said.

LinkedIn Africa Stats: Zimbabwe sitting in 11th position

by TechZim

Mon, Feb 27, 2012

According to statistics published by zoomsphere, a social media analytics platform ,Africa has 5 772 194 registered users on Linkedin. The information is as of February 27 2012 and digs into each African country’s most active companies by members and activity.