F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
‘LePad’: The combined laptop and tablet
Chinese computer colossus Lenovo has unveiled an IdeaPad computer that serves as a laptop for work tasks then converts to a touch-screen tablet for…
Microsoft sold 8m Kinects in first two months
Microsoft sold more than eight million gesture-sensing Kinect controllers for Xbox 360 game consoles in just two months, says the company’s chief executive Steve…
1.5-million Windows 7 Phones sold in first six weeks
Microsoft has released its first sales figures for new Windows Phone 7 smartphones, saying more than 1.5 million of the handsets were sold by…
Apple to launch ‘Mac App Store’ on January 6
Apple is planning a January 6 opening for an online shop stocked with software applications that add entertaining or functional features to the firm’s…
Gadget fetish of 2010: It’s all about the tablet
When it came to gadget fetishes of 2010, it was all about tablet computing. Yearning for a device that was bigger than a smartphone…
Can India produce the world’s cheapest tablet?
The Indian government won headlines around the world when it unveiled a prototype $US35 tablet computer in July, but questions are now growing over…
Google unveils Nexus S
Google has unveiled its second branded smartphone, the “Nexus S“, made by South Korea’s Samsung. Google said the Nexus S, which comes nearly a…
Tablet computers take a bite out of PC sales
Worldwide personal computer sales are on track to set a new record this year but tablets like Apple’s iPad are taking a bite out…
Cubans unimpressed by ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’ storyline
Cuba’s state-run media and bloggers are not amused at “Call of Duty: Black Ops,” a new videogame in which the player can join a…
iPhone triggers videogame gold rush
The commercial tsunami unleashed by the iPhone has served as a launch pad for the videogame industry world-wide, which hopes to seize on the…
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