Apple® today announced that iPhone™ will deliver significantly longer battery life when it ships on June 29 than was originally estimated when iPhone was unveiled in January. iPhone will feature up to 8 hours of talk time, 6 hours of…

PandaLabs has revealed that 78% of new malware uses some kind of file packing to evade detection. A packer is a program used to reduce the size of an executable file, generally through compression. However, these programs can also be…

Taiwan has no intention of rivaling China in holding gala meetings to woo African countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) spokesman Wang Chien-yeh said Saturday. Wang was responding to a United Evening News report that President Chen Shui-bian has asked…

Largest deployment in East African region to serve 350,000 subscribers Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that Kenya Data Network, a full service, data communications carrier, has selected the Alcatel-Lucent triple play service delivery architecture (TPSDA) for the…

The name of the areeba mobile telephone service will soon change to MTN Ghana on your mobile phone if you are a subscriber to that brand. The Corporate Service Executive of MTN Ghana, Miss Mawuena Dumor said that at a…

Zimbabwe last week passed a new law allowing the government to monitor telephones, mail and the Internet. For VOA, Peta Thornycroft reports that the Zimbabwe government justifies this new law by saying it is necessary to protect national security. President…

Inflation and shortages in Zimbabwe, whose goverment is accused of ruining the economy, are leading its citizens abroad to use high-tech ways to help out their loved ones at home. Zimbabweans abroad have found ways to pitch in – giving…

James Emejo: Nigeria ‘s information and communications technology (ICT) industry is again looking forward to this year’s edition of the annual eNNOVATE Expo. eNNOVATE is Nigeria ‘s premier technology and value added services expo. Its objective is to popularize technology…

Russell Southwood Google is moving outside of the continental comfort zones for most global investors, North and South Africa, and is opening its first operation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Kenya has been chosen as the base camp for what is likely…

Apple® today announced that more than 1 million copies of Safari™ for Windows were downloaded in the first 48 hours since the free public beta was made available on Monday. Safari 3 is the world’s fastest and easiest-to-use browser, and…

Naspers Limited (JSE:NPN) today announced it has made a strategic investment in MFD Mobiles Fernsehen Deutschland (MFD), Germany’s pioneering mobile television company for an undisclosed amount. MFD’s mobile TV service, watcha, comprises five television channels and one visual radio channel.…

By: Stefan Brink: LIKE many South Africans, I have recently discovered Facebook. And, this is hard to admit as someone who trades on his tech smarts, it seems I am late to the party. South Africa has discovered the social…

In a move that largely surprised the market, Telkom (JSE:TKG) announced that it will slash prices of it ADSL broadband products by an average of around 18%. These pricing changes have been filed with the Independent Communications Authority of South…

The World Bank has extended a grant of US$114.4 million (Ksh7.9 billion) to boost high speed broadband internet connectivity in three African countries. Mr Colin Bruce, the Bank’s country director for East and Central Africa region says this could drastically…

Apple today that its revolutionary iPhone™ will run applications created with Web 2.0 Internet standards when it begins shipping on June 29. Developers can create Web 2.0 applications which look and behave just like the applications built into iPhone, and…

Microsoft Corp. today announced the finalists for the 2007 Microsoft® Partner Program Awards. The awards recognize Microsoft Registered, Certified and Gold Certified partners that developed exemplary solutions for their customers during the past year.