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Microsoft steams into services era with Azure

Company says OS, platform set table for next 50 years of computing

Windows Azure FAQ: The future in a cloud

Microsoft Azure service plans unfold

Zain CEO visits Sierra Leone, discusses int’l gateway

In Google book settlement, business trumps ideals

New Android apps a mixed bag, should improve

Tech industry group battles botnets

ISPs, Internet companies band together to fight common menace

IBM to help Ghana launch pre-incubation center

Intel-backed start-up tries to connect enterprise IT to the “cloud”

Enomaly's "Virtual Private Cloud" addresses hypervisor lock-in

Supporters lay out tech reasons to vote for Obama, McCain

Avaya names Kevin Kennedy new CEO

Former Cisco exec and optical firm CEO takes over in January

DOJ requires Verizon to sell assets in Alltel acquisition

Five questions for Educause President Diana Oblinger

Don't assume solutions start with technology, she says

Ozzie points to slimmer future for Windows client

Low-income users latch on to iPhone

Wall Street Beat: Financial reports confirm fears for IT

Crypto hash algorithm competition set to begin

Bruce Schneier and "Skein" team among those seeking U.S. government security standard crown

myBoxTone Expert for BlackBerry

SANGONeT extends software distribution to five countries

Vodacom, RIM launch BlackBerry in South Africa and Tanzania

IBM ‘security on a stick’ protects online bank customers

Online forum partners with NGO to draw focus on Sierra Leone

Game-changing week ahead for telecom industry

White spaces, mergers headline next week’s ambitious FCC agenda

Uganda draft policy calls for IT education at all levels

Zain Uganda introduces unlimited calls at peak hours

Job cuts in India’s call centers and BPO likely

Building for the future

How do you create a more agile, responsive and cost-effective IT department? Bechtel CIO Geir Ramleth dismantled his infrastructure and started over.

Tech tricks and treats of 2008

Efficiency drive moves to networks

Worm uses Google to squirm around Facebook

Symantec builds an incubator for new ideas

Aruba fosters “green wireless” research

Green Island Project to study environmental impact of all-wireless workplaces

BlackBerry fund backs three start-ups

Sony reduces operating loss at PlayStation division

Taiwan’s CMEL shows millimeter-thick OLED panel

Volantis integrates mobile phones and Web services

Access vendor GridSure uses patterns to remember PINs

Nokia announces plans for gaming platform

Microsoft, groups discuss using IT to aid Africa

Dell hit with discrimination class-action lawsuit

Analysts: OS focus could boost Moto’s prospects

Power efficiency only first step toward “green” data centers, Gartner says

Poor planning could double your data center energy costs

Miami woman sentenced to prison for Internet kiosk scheme

Telecos, Sierra Leone gov’t discuss royalty payments

Orange seeks to tap into Kenyan youth culture

Money transfers, NFC to account for half of mobile payments

Researchers show off advanced network control technology

OpenFlow technology can optimize routes through networks to meet critical policies

The Google-ization of Bechtel

How the construction giant is transforming its IT operations to emulate Internet leaders and embrace SaaS

Dell refreshes Optiplex line, offers Atom-based thin client

Yahoo’s Zimbra reaches for the cloud

Microsoft, Yahoo form alliance to tackle lottery scams