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Researchers find problems with RFID passport cards

By Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service (San Francisco Bureau) United States Passport Cards issued by the U.S. Department of State and EDLs (enhanced driver’s licenses)...

Circuit City to close 155 stores

Circuit City on Monday said it was shutting down more than a hundred poorly performing stores in the U.S. in an effort to increase...

Chip shipments could face slow growth

Growth in processor shipments could slow down in the fourth quarter and through 2009, inhibited by a reduced demand for chips and the global...

Oracle buys IP from Tacit to boost Beehive platform

Seeking to beef up the capabilities of its recently launched Beehive collaboration platform, Oracle said Monday it has bought the intellectual property of Tacit...

Zain CEO ranked one of the most influential of the century

Global Telecoms magazine has ranked Zain CEO Saad Al Barrak as the 29th most influential telecom executive of the century in its Top 100...

WSJ: Yahoo, Google revise plan

Yahoo and Google have revised the terms of their search advertising deal to ease concerns that have stalled its approval by the U.S. Department...

Wipro delays Atlanta center

Indian outsourcer Wipro is delaying establishing a software development center in Atlanta, Georgia, reflecting the impact of the global economic downturn on the company’s...

Business Continuity Plans and Determination Wins the Day

Jehan Ara, President of P@SHA gives a first hand account… Photographs can never truly reflect the horror of what happened on September 20 in Islamabad....

Where are they now? 2007′s IT management start-ups to watch

A few years back, Network World began its annual tradition of searching the high-tech industry to find promising start-ups that stood out because the...

Nigeria GSM operators invade ISPs’ corporate market

Traditional Internet service providers are losing their firm grip on Nigeria’s corporate market, with a five-year deal for the provision of a WAN (wide...

NigComSat managing director joins NITEL Board

In fulfillment of its recent agreement with the government of Nigeria, the management of Nigerian Telecommunications (NITEL) has announced the inclusion of Timasaniyu Ahmed-Rufai,...

How FTTU Saved the Day!

Most people may not be aware of just how ‘well connected’ Pakistan is. There are presently three submarine fiber cables coming into Karachi which...

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