As part of its strategy to turn the ideas of locals into money-making projects, government is planning to create a public funding agency for the nation’s innovators.

Apple® today unveiled MacBook® Air, the world’s thinnest notebook. MacBook Air measures an unprecedented 0.16-inches at its thinnest point, while its maximum height of 0.76-inches is less than the thinnest point on competing notebooks. MacBook Air has a stunning 13.3-inch…

Local McAfee distributor, Workgroup, has announced the availability of McAfee’s Data Loss Prevention Host 2.0. The new version includes comprehensive device management and integration with McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO).

Over 50 expert speakers, 10 sponsoring companies, 40 exhibiting companies, five Masterclasses, an intensive three-day conference and a full-day course in innovative banking will all add up to an event that is going to have a major impact on Africa’s…

SELLING online can put some handy cash in your pocket, but there are some important tips for potential sellers hoping to make a long-term profit. Managing director of web-based auction and sale site OzFreeOnline, Nick Smith, said many people had…

Apple® today introduced the new Mac® Pro with eight processor cores and a new system architecture that delivers up to twice the performance of its predecessor*. The new Mac Pro combines two of Intel’s new 45 nanometer Quad-Core Xeon processors…

The Voice of America (VOA) has launched African Music Treasures, its first weblog (“blog”) designed especially for African music fans around the world. Matthew Lavoie, host of VOA’s popular Music Time in Africa music show, will moderate the blog featuring…

Cape Town plans to use more mobile speed-trap cameras in addition to the stationary ones, but the council’s policy to trap for safety reasons, not to make money, remains unchanged.

The start of a new year always suggests boundless possibilities and a wealth of opportunities. Here are ten things worth taking into consideration as you plan your digital marketing for the calendar year ahead – some are trends, some are…

As our everyday lives become increasingly more mobile thanks to the development, adoption and widespread implementation of WiMax technology, Intel names the year 2008 as hallmark year for mobile computing and internet accessibility.

US company Microsoft Saturday in Praia set up a partnership with the government of Cape Verde for the creation of innovation center for electronic governance. The center, focused on improving the research and development capacities of New Information and communications…

Yahoo Incorporated, one of the world’s leading internet service providers, has appointed Seed Media Limited, a Nigerian based, new media and marketing company as its exclusive media sales representative in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Trojan Horse scam A Trojan Horse program, like the legendary wooden creature after whom it is named, offers you some apparent benefit (such as a pretty screen saver), encouraging you to install it and run it.

Six months after Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop per Child Project and Intel decided to ‘go it together’, the latter has announced leaving the project and resigning from the OLPC Board.

REVOLUTION Media, conveners of the annual ground breaking Lagos Comics and Cartoons Carnival, have announced their plans in collaboration with Image Animation Studios – a Cape Town, South Africa based powerhouse for multimedia communications to present a three-day workshop in…

EFFORTS by Nigerians to tell their stories through the video medium have reverberated in the United States where the Nigerian film industry, popularly called Nollywood, has been picked by JWT, US largest advertising agency, as one of the 80 things…