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Zambia hosts First National ICT Research Symposium

The Communications Authority of Zambia (CAZ) held the First National ICT Research Symposium in Lusaka from Oct. 22 to Oct. 23.

Zain Zambia appoints new CEO

Zain Zambia announced the appointment of David Holliday as the company’s new CEO at a press briefing in Lusaka on Monday.

Zain benefits from interconnectivity price drop

Zain Kenya has benefitted from its recent reduction in interconnectivity charges, capturing five out of every 10 new mobile phone subscribers in Kenya during...

Google, Yahoo and Microsoft align against state censorship

Google, Yahoo and Microsoft will announce a common code of conduct relating to freedom of expression and the protection of privacy online.

Microsoft launches Windows Azure for the cloud

Making a major move in the SaaS space, Microsoft introduced its operating system for the cloud, Windows Azure, at the company’s Professional Developers Conference...

Google settles copyright lawsuits with publishers, authors

Google has settled lawsuits brought against it by major publishers and authors that argued that Google’s wholesale scanning and indexing of in-copyright books without...

Yahoo’s Zimbra reaches for the cloud

Yahoo’s Zimbra, the provider of a communications and collaboration suite that rivals Microsoft’s Office and Outlook/Exchange, will make its cloud computing debut on Tuesday.

Microsoft finally reveals Web-based Office suite

Microsoft on Tuesday will give developers a preview of a hosted version of Office after more than a year of speculation about when the...

Google grants $14M to forestall pandemic

As part of its Predict and Prevent initiative, Google’s philanthropic arm, Google.org, last week announced grants of more than US$14 million to support partners...

Microsoft advances embedded apps

Microsoft on Tuesday is unveiling an upgrade to its .Net Micro Framework for building applications for embedded systems, featuring expanded language and processor support....

Ozzie reveals Azure, Microsoft’s development cloud

Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie Monday revealed Windows Azure, Microsoft’s cloud-computing platform that allows developers to build and host their services on Microsoft...

China regulator shuts video Web sites, warns others

China’s Internet regulator on Monday ordered 10 online video sites to shut down and warned another 17, resuming an aggressive policy on such sites...

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