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Microsoft Live Labs releases politically minded Web app

Just as the U.S. is in its last weeks of a heated presidential campaign, Microsoft’s Live Labs group has launched a Web-based application that...

Poll: Geeks prefer to vote for Obama

Geeks prefer Senator Barack Obama for U.S. president — at least that relatively small cross-section of geeks who read The Minerals, Metals Materials Society’s...

Micron to cut staff by 15 percent

Micron and Intel plan to shut down their joint production of NAND flash memory from a Boise, Idaho, facility, and Micron plans to lay...

World Bank urges Zambia to review telecom issues

As Zambia’s international gateway issues continue, the World Bank said a review is needed of the problems relating to infrastructure, regulatory and institutional requirements...

World Bank releases ICT development funds to Africa

The World Bank has given Eastern and Southern African countries about US$424 million for a program designed to improve regional communication infrastructure and increase...

U.S. gov’t proposes digital signing of DNS root zone file

The U.S. government is soliciting input on a way to make the Internet’s addressing system less susceptible to tampering by hackers.

Game Show attendance drops 8% on first day

The Tokyo Game Show saw an 8 percent drop in attendance on Thursday, the first day of the four-day long show, organizers said Friday.

Neotel ready to offer multiple services on fiber

Neotel, South Africa’s second national operator, has finalized plans to offer fiber to its enterprise customers in major cities and towns.

University to save costs with new management system

The Catholic University of Eastern Africa expects to lower its operational costs by up to 90 percent after implementing an academic management system in...

Forbidden City goes virtual with IBM

The world’s largest palace complex Friday unveiled an addition — a virtual one.

Firefox for Mobile alpha release due next week

By this time next week, Mozilla will have unveiled the alpha release of its mobile Firefox browser, codenamed Fennec.

Sudan beckons ICT investors

The government of Southern Sudan is reaching out to Commonwealth nations to convince investors to tap into opportunities in the nation’s ICT sector, in...

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