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26 Mubi students  killed on  an attack

26 Mubi students killed on an attack

Several casualties have recorded after a group of unknown gunmen attacked and killed students in Mubi, north-eastern Nigeria. Report says that the killings...
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Netbook sales fall as iPad-like tablet sales rise

Remember the Last Big Thing in computing? You’ll be forgiven for having forgotten it was the netbook — a small notebook computer with a...
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Indestructible hard drive by ioSafe launched

ioSafe's Rugged Portable hard drive launched at the Consumer Electronics Show this week withstood drops, submersion and even blasts from a 12-guage shotgun. "It has...
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Firefox ranked most popular browser in Europe

For the first time in a decade, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is no longer the leading Web browser in Europe, ceding the position to Mozilla’s...
Africa’s big social media explosion

Africa’s big social media explosion

In the mid-1990s, as the use of mobile phones spread in much of the developed world, few thought of Africa as a potential market....
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iPad 2 speculation mounts

Based on reports made by sources who are close to Apple components suppliers, the next generation iPad (also quoted as iPad 2) will have...
Morocco’s militant hackers

Morocco’s militant hackers

They are militant hackers who have attacked sites in Egypt, Morocco, Spain, Israel... Their screen messages have been likened to messages on banners hoisted...
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Facebook dismisses mobile phone rumors

Facebook said on Monday it is not building a mobile phone, dismissing a TechCrunch story that it is working on software for a device...
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A Google TV Refresher: What We Know So Far

Google TV's planned fall launch is not news, but given that Google hasn't said much about its television plans since May, it's time for...
Kenya: U.S. launches East Africa software competition “Apps 4 Africa”

Kenya: U.S. launches East Africa software competition “Apps 4 Africa”

United States Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale launched the “Apps 4 Africa” contest at the Innovation Hub...
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Twitter Comes To Yahoo

Yahoo on Wednesday announced it would be providing integrated Twitter results into its search engine, and that Yahoo users will start seeing this functionality...
Hewlett Packard’s Brain Gain Initiative to consolidate African development

Hewlett Packard’s Brain Gain Initiative to consolidate African development

Among the first leading IT companies to have invested in Africa, Hewlett-Packard (HP) is convinced that to benefit from the continent’s full potential the...
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Cherrypal launches world’s first $99 laptop

Cherrypal, the company that brought the world's "greenest" desktop computer to market last year, announced today that it has officially launched the first $99...
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The Internet of Things: next big marvel?

To say the world has become one big technological hub is no news at all. If just by reaching one’s pocket for one tiny...
New IBM software competes with Microsoft in Africa

New IBM software competes with Microsoft in Africa

The African computer market is showing, despite the global economic crisis, strong development prospects. It is in this light that IBM has planned to...