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Education in 2015: Cyberlearning for digital natives

Almost hidden by a boxy lectern, researcher and author Christine Borgman stood before a couple hundred college and university education IT professionals and gave...

Motorola cuts platform options to Android, Windows Mobile

All of Motorola’s future handsets will be based on either the Windows Mobile  or open source Google Android platforms, the company said Thursday.

DOJ requires Verizon to sell assets in Alltel acquisition

The U.S. Department of Justice will require Verizon to sell some wireless telecommunications assets in 22 states in order to wrap up its US$28...

Alibaba drops advertising on Baidu

Alibaba is no longer advertising with Chinese search engine Baidu, but said that the decision is not linked to the latter’s launch this week...

Huawei to expand Uganda Telecom’s Next Generation Network

Uganda Telecom signed an agreement Thursday with Huawei Technologies to expand its existing Next Generation Network (NGN), an investment of more than US$10 million...

Seeing tough times ahead, Symantec plans layoffs

Anticipating a slowdown in IT spending, Symantec expects to begin laying off employees next month.

Verizon must divest assets in 22 states, says DOJ

The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday that Verizon will have to divest assets in 100 areas covering 22 states as a precondition to...

Microsoft steams into services era with Azure

Claiming to set the stage for the next 50 years of computing, Microsoft this week unveiled a cloud operating system and a complementary slate...

Microsoft reveals Windows Azure ship date, pricing metrics

Microsoft’s Windows Azure operating system and the online platform it anchors will ship in the second half of 2009, and its pricing will be...

Zamtel negotiations break down

Negotiations between striking Zambia Telecommunication (Zamtel) workers and management collapsed after the company’s acting CEO, Mukela Muyunda, refused the workers’ proposed salary increase, the...

Zamtel negotiations break down

Negotiations between striking Zambia Telecommunication (Zamtel) workers and management collapsed after the company’s acting CEO, Mukela Muyunda, refused the workers’ proposed salary increase, the...

HP, Dell, Toshiba recall Sony laptop batteries again

Three of the biggest laptop computer makers are recalling certain batteries because of a risk they may overheat and catch fire. Sony made the...

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