TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
The first broadband centre opened in Kenya earlier this year, but what effect will faster internet access have on a largely agricultural community, and how has the service been received so far?
Despite reports to the contrary, the Conficker worm has not yet turned and has now infected up to 7 million computers
Cisco and EMC are planning to stamp their names on data centre technology with the launch of their latest cloud co-venture
Technologies such as telematics could improve the efficiency of trucks and other heavy goods vehicles, IBM says
Financial services companies still face several "business killers" from ineffective use of IT according to analyst Gartner
Although Apple Macs have gained share in recent years, the launch of Windows 7 will lead to a flood of inexpensive PCs from Microsoft's manufacturing partners
Industry association AFCOM finds that 40 percent of all data centres are still using at least one mainframe and also raises security concerns
Oracle withdraws its petition to obtain antitrust clearance to do business in Russia after its acquisition of Sun Microsystems
Although Microsoft integrated touch-screen capabilities into Windows 7, at least one Microsoft executive suggests that the next stage in user interaction is speech-recognition technology
Shopping site Retrevo released the findings of an Apple tablet study that found $600 (£365) to be the pricing sweet spot
In a welcome bit of news for the mobile industry, a report has found the mobile handset market is on the mend, with record shipments from Samsung and LG
Twitter has this week made live a beta of Twitter Lists, a new feature to let users organise their contacts into various groups
Reports are emerging that Orange customers could see the iPhone arriving on their network in plenty of time for Christmas
Testing has revealed some editing problems associated with documents from older versions of Microsoft Office, when using Office Web Apps
ICANN has moved on non-Latin characters, but delays in its new top-level domains could force it to start pre-registration
IBM has unveiled a new platform that it says will allow local and state government to better deliver services to the people
The iPhone has raised awareness of operating systems and software, which has helped increase volume shipments of smartphones
Social networking giant Facebook has won a staggering $711 million (£429 million) in damages against so called 'spam king' Sanford Wallace
The software giant says its hardware leads the industry, and has opened its first retail store... which sounds a bit like Apple talking
The Internet regulator ICANN has moved closer to opening up the Internet to domains in other character sets beside the Latin alphabet
The Conficker worm affected users nearly one year ago. But now that it has left the headlines, there might be a false sense of security in the Windows ecosystem
As many security systems as an organisation might have, the last line of defense rests with the employees. That's precisely why companies need to do a good job of educating employees about security
Microsoft posts a response to information drifting around the Internet that Windows 7, its new operating system, can be installed using an upgrade disk on a blank hard drive
Facebook is to reveal the road map for developers over the next six months, as part of its plans to stay at the top of the social networking media heap
Microsoft and Yahoo have delayed signing their search deal, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission
Motorola's attempt at an iPhone killer, dubbed the Motorola Droid, is to be launched in the US next week
Juniper is heralding the “new network” with a bunch of new "cloud ready" equipment, software and chip announcements
Consumers always get first bite of any technology now - and business users will feel left out when Vodafone 360 launches, says Peter Judge
Britain warned not to ignore European laws on the confidentiality of people's electronic communications as the EC steps up its action
Sony has issued a recall for 69,000 AC power adapters from its Vaio range, following reports that the chargers have a higher risk of short-circuiting