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Blogger warns: ‘Nortel doesn’t make it out alive’

An investor and blogger on Yahoo’s Tech Ticker site doesn’t expect Nortel to survive the current market downturn which he says is stalling big...

Economic malaise hits IT industry

Some disappointing earnings and a shortage of IPOs are two signs that the struggling economy is taking a toll on the technology sector.

Appointments for British visas now online

British visa seekers in Sierra Leone will now have to book appointments online, according to the British High Commission in Freetown.

South Africa ranked region’s most networked economy

South Africa is the most networked economy in sub-Saharan Africa, followed by Mauritius and Botswana, according to the latest edition of “The Global Information...

Amazon to offer volume discounts for S3

Amazon’s AWS cloud computing subsidiary will institute a new tiered pricing structure for its hosted storage service that includes price cuts for high-volume customers.

New software tool ensures compliance for wireless messaging

With wireless communications growing rapidly throughout enterprise networks, many companies may be wondering how to manage their mobile messaging to comply with key government...

Kenya government defends Telkom, Safaricom sale

Under criticism from some members of Parliament, the government is defending its decision to offload shares in Safaricom and Telkom Kenya.

New software tool ensures compliance for wireless messaging

With wireless communications growing rapidly throughout enterprise networks, many companies may be wondering how to manage their mobile messaging to comply with key government...

Verizon exposes the wrong 1,200 e-mail addresses

This should be a vendor’s first rule when inviting 1,200 IT pros to a seminar about securing data and protecting personal information: Make sure...

Microsoft to improve Vista’s problematic UAC in Windows 7

Microsoft plans to improve the much-maligned user account control (UAC) feature in the next version of its Windows client OS, acknowledging that the new...

U.S. gov’t proposes digital signing of DNS root zone file

The U.S. government is soliciting input on a way to make the Internet’s addressing system less susceptible to tampering by hackers.

Romanian pleads guilty to phishing-related charges

A Romanian man pleaded guilty earlier this week to charges related to possession of stolen credit card information obtained from fraudulent Web sites.

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