CAPE TOWN, South Africa, February 9 /PRNewswire/ --

Sub-Saharan Africa is home to 14% of the global population, but its electricity generation capacity is less than 2% of the world's total. Only around 25.0% of Africa's population has access to electricity. The South African National Energy Association said recently that the continent's energy supplies would have to increase at least fourfold by to meet demand.

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What do men want?

Biology’s simple answer is that men want to survive to pass on their genes. But when you throw this goal into a complex society of competing men, discerning women and morality, biology gets confused.

For better or for worse, behavioral economics has the answers.

I have been working in research for 36 years now.  As the millennium turned, and our department found itself being starved of staff like the Hodja’s Donkey, I found myself being called upon to assume some small teaching roles.  I found two incompatible things: one, that I really enjoy teaching, even more than research; two, that there is so much physics that I never had learned properly.

'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands, February 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Quintiq, a leading provider of Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) solutions, today announced that it grew by 35% in 2008, its 11th consecutive year of profitability.

Quintiq recorded revenues of EUR30 million for 2008. Despite the economic downturn, in Q4 2008 Quintiq has seen record new license revenues, confirming that Quintiq provides an excellent way to optimize business processes through planning.

LONDON, February 9 /PRNewswire/ --

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SHENZHEN, China, February 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Equipment Helps Operators to Reduce Network Deployment and Maintenance Costs

ZTE Corporation (ZTE), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has officially launched the industry's smallest WiMAX 16e RRU (Remote Radio Unit) product, the R9110 that helps reduce the number of base stations by 50%, hence enabling telecom operators to maximize their return on investment (ROI). The company will be exhibiting the new device at the Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2009 from February 16-19 to demonstrate its continuous RD efforts and expertise in WiMAX field.

FLORHAM PARK, New Jersey, February 9 /PRNewswire/ --

Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GLBC), a leading global IP solutions provider, today announced that it has achieved the Cisco(R) Powered Carrier Ethernet designation from Cisco. This designation recognizes Global Crossing for having worked to acquire the resources and establish the procedures to deploy, manage and support Carrier Ethernet services globally.

PARIS, February 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Codasystem, creator of digital certified photography is proud to announce that it will participate in February in the EMEA-leg of the GSMA's Mobile Innovation Global Competition at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February

The Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition was created by the GSMA as part of the Mobile Innovation Market, which encourages breakthrough technology, applications and services in the mobile industry by bringing together smaller companies developing innovative mobile products and solutions, with industry investors from leading venture capital firms and senior figures from mobile operators.

LONDON, February 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Ideaworks3D Ltd, announced today that ARM Holdings plc ((LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMH)) has made a strategic investment in the company. Ideaworks3D will use the investment to significantly increase its sales and marketing effort for Airplay, its advanced cross-platform solution for development and distribution of native applications.