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Worldwide broadband prices continue to drop

Broadband subscribers all over the world are getting more their money. The cost for cable, fiber and DSL (digital subscriber line) subscriptions are all...

Why Dubai rules Nigeria’s computer market

More than 3,000 exhibitors and 120,000 visitors made this year’s edition of Gitex in Dubai the biggest ICT event in the Middle East and...

Nokia to lay off about 600 employees

Facing a weakening economy worldwide and new competitors, Nokia on Tuesday said it planned to cut about 600 employees.

Warner Bros. to launch digital video rental service in China

Warner Bros. will launch a digital film rental service in partnership with a Beijing-based broadband company, bringing licensed viewing of many of its film...

Nokia introduces phones and content targeted at rural users

Nokia will offer information services on mobile phones targeted at users in rural or emerging markets.

Nintendo sells just over 170,000 DSi units at launch

Sales of Nintendo’s DSi, the latest revision of its popular handhand gaming device, totaled 170,779 units during its first two days on sale, according...

US voters elect Obama

Senator Barack Obama, a Democrat from Illinois, has been elected the first African-American president of the U.S., news organizations declared late Tuesday night. Obama...

US FCC approves rules allowing white-space devices

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted Tuesday to approve rules that would allow new broadband devices to operate in unused television spectrum.

Uganda to invest in IT jointly with private players

To nurture Uganda’s nascent IT sector, the government will be open to joint venture investments with the private sector, according to the national draft...

Multicore: New chips mean new challenges for developers

With the advent of multicore processors such as the Intel Core Duo, which is now commonplace in PCs, software developers must deal with a...

Tokyo Stock Exchange to launch new trading system in 2010

The Tokyo Stock Exchange plans to launch its next-generation trading system on the first business day of 2010, it said Tuesday.

Google adds analytics for Apps admins

Google Apps administrators can now point Google’s Web analytics tools at their systems and gain detailed insight into how users are working with Google...

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