The announcement was made yesterday by the minister of information of the Arab country, Tarek Kamel, at the opening of the Internet Governance Forum, in Sharm El-Sheikh.
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The Jordanian government aims to connect 50% of the population to the Internet by 2012, and to turn computing and telecommunication into the main economic activity in the country.
Starting in 2010, the exclusiveness of Latin fonts in URLs may come to an end with the adoption of Arabic characters and other Asian languages.
RDA, an international organisation to support rural communities, selected 23 Embrapa researchers. They will be recognized for the foreign projection of their scientific work.
Emerging biotechnology and nanotechnology companies will receive investment from the institution by means of a new venture capital fund. The sectors have been chosen in order to promote innovation.
FertBrasil, a network formed by Embrapa, institutes and companies aiming at reducing the Brazilian dependence on imports should start operating in 2010. The goal is to develop new technologies.
In response to the Brazilian government’s announcement of a negotiation with France for purchasing 36 Rafale aircraft, the US government notified that its Congress has passed the technology transfer.
A month ago, the research company started using gaseous chromatography to measure the fat in goat and sheep products, such as milk. The technology is successfully used in Syria.
The Brazilian Antarctic Program should receive the investment from the federal government. Most of the funds will be turned to cooperation between Latin American countries.
Nine Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation researchers will attend the World Soybean Research Conference, due this week in China. They will discuss Brazilian scientific discoveries in the field.
The applications for handheld computers and telephones, created by engineer Marcelo Condé, the founder of Spring Wireless, are already used by 70,000 people in over 20 countries.
The company from the city of São Paulo tests software for large companies in Brazil and has already expanded into seven American and European countries. Now, it is negotiating to enter the Arab world.
The non-pollutant vehicle will be disclosed on Wednesday. The project is an initiative of the Ministry of Mines and Energy in partnership with other organisations, and will operate in São Paulo.
The number of Internet users in the Arab country grew 56.2% a year between 2000 and 2008. Greater growth was only registered in Pakistan. Brazil is the fifth in number of Internet users.
