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Nigeria’s telecom gets lion’s share of privatization funds

Telecommunications in Nigeria have gotten a large share of funds allocated to helping privatization in the country, according to Nigeria’s Bureau for Public Enterprise...

BlackBerry storms Verizon Wireless and Vodafone networks

Network operators Vodafone and Verizon Wireless will sell Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Storm smartphone from next month, the companies said Wednesday.

Banned Podcaster developer turns to hacked iPhone market

The iPhone developer whose Podcaster application was rejected by Apple, then banned from a beta test distribution channel, has turned to the hacked-phone market,...

Ellison hypes Oracle’s data warehouse appliance

The high-end data warehousing wars are fast upon us. Vendors are launching ever more scalable DW solutions. And they’re delivering them with more aggressive...

Automated cash machines advance banking in Ghana

Ghana’s progression towards a cashless society is gaining momentum with the introduction of e-zwich ATMs (automated teller machines), which facilitate cash withdrawals, card-to-card transactions,...

Monster acquires remainder of ChinaHR

Recruiting site Monster bought the remaining 55 percent of ChinaHR for US$174 million in cash Wednesday.

Asus reports virus loaded into Eee Box PCs

Asustek Computer’s Japanese arm has alerted owners of its new Eee Box low-cost desktop PC that the machine shipped with a virus.

Ask.com, Hakia target Google with search engine updates

Search engine companies Ask.com and Hakia Inc. this week overhauled their respective search technologies, tapping into the semantic Web to provide search results that...

Analysts: Spin-off puts AMD back in the fight with Intel

By splitting off its manufacturing operations into a separate company, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. could be on track to become the nimble, innovative company...

Analysts: AMD’s foundry spin-off may save company

Advanced Micro Devices’ decision to spin off its chip-manufacturing business into a separate company just may save the floundering firm, analysts said.

Disaster Management: What are we doing?

October 8 brings back terrifying memories of the horrifying earthquake that shook the greater part of northern Pakistan from its roots. An earthquake that...

Dell’s new backup system includes both hardware and software

Dell is putting together hardware and software for backup and recovery in one system, with integrated software, for small and medium-size businesses.

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