Apple’s iMac just got a makeover and what was arguably the best desktop computer on the market for the average consumer is slimmer, sleeker and significantly faster. But perhaps best of all, it’s cheaper, by $200 to $300, depending on…

The coastal town of Knysna in South Africa has just become the Largest wi-fi enabled area in the whole of Africa. The principles derived from the South African Government Green paper on telecommunications has allowed for low cost data service…

“I don’t think we’re going to make it,” John Doerr proclaims, in an emotional talk about climate change and investment. Spurred on by his daughter, who demanded he fix the mess the world is heading for, he and his partners…

Cairo: Egypt is increasingly being noticed for its IT outsourcing capabilities in the global market, says an expert. “Egypt is fast carving a position for itself among global IT outsourcing players, and Egyptian software development companies are increasingly attracting business…

THE Enugu Regional Transmission Manager of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), Mr. Joseph Eke, yesterday, advised the Federal Government to resist the call for exploration of nuclear technology as a way of meeting the nation’s power needs, saying…

Google, after buying video-sharing site YouTube nine months ago for $1.65 billion, plans to stop selling television shows on its homegrown video site. The company will stop offering download-to-own and download-to-rent programs Aug. 15, according to an e-mail sent to…

As technology entrepreneurs go, Kamande Muiruri ranks at the top. In the mid-1990s, he was among the flag bearers of the Internet revolution in Kenya at Africa Online alongside Ayisi Makatiani and Amolo Ng’weno. Harping on a big dream of…

Several African governments are currently nominating investors for a submarine communications cable project linking countries in eastern and southern Africa. The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) is backing the project — which it yet to be named — after…

In this report Efem Nkanga takes a look at the controversy that trailed Nigeria Communications Satellite’s bid to get a licence and provide telecoms services in Nigeria Of recent, the bid by the management of Nigeria communications Satellite Nigcomsat to…

Jonathan Harris wants to make sense of the infinite world on the Web — so he builds dazzling graphic interfaces that help us visualize the data floating around out there. Here he presents “We Feel Fine,” a project that scours…

Mark Shuttleworth has grasped the anti-American political message of open source and is using it this week at LinuxWorld. It’s a massive departure from his own blog post in May, when he called corporate “patent trolls” the main threat to…

Nigeria’s quest to finally solve its incessant and nationally embarrassing power problem with nuclear technology caught my attention. I believe everyone would have different opinions as to how this technology may be a panacea for the colossal failure our power…

South African cellular operator, MTN Nigeria has agreed to acquire XS Broadband Limited (Formerly UBA Capital & Trust Ltd), a fixed wireless access licensee owned by UBA PLC in a transaction that may be closed at about N4 billion. Technology…

The number of visitors projected to visit Cape Town during the 2010 World Cup has increased more than five-fold, triggering a hunt for extra accommodation and transport. Organisers are now looking to the Southern Cape and winelands regions for accommodation…

A hoaxer hacked into an Abu Dhabi resident’s e-mail account and sent a fake message to his friends, claiming he was stranded in Nigeria and needed urgent financial help. Mayom Alier, a senior journalist at the Emirates News Agency, was…

Mobile telephony giants, MTN (operated in Ghana by Scancom Ghana) says it has so far invested about $150 million to expand coverage and improve its network. This should be relieving news for the millions of the company’s subscribers. Subscribers have…