ISN Security Watch

Authorities on both sides of the Atlantic are joining forces to combat a growing problem stemming from West Africa: cybercrime.

Elena Malykhina

The international rule is intended to lessen the risk of lithium battery fires on airplanes.

TechRepublic

Technology product developments came at a blistering pace in 2007, including big moves from major vendors like Microsoft, Cisco, and Apple, as well as exciting innovations from several upstarts. Here’s a list of the 10 most important business technology products of the year.

TechRepublic

While 2007 gave us some fantastic technological innovations, it also brought the usual spate of bungles, miscues, and faux pas. Since I believe that you learn more from your mistakes than your successes, it’s important to look at some of the most glaring errors that were made manifest in the business technology sector during 2007. There were a lot of opportunities for learning this year

TechRepublic

IT is largely about solving problems and keeping the business running, and the higher up you are in the IT department the bigger the problems you have to solve. here are the issues that gave IT managers and CIOs additional headaches during the year:

Mweb

Mweb says:According to the BBC, a huge campaign to subvert web searches and trick people into visiting malicious websites has been thwarted. The booby-trapped websites came up in search results for search terms such as "Christmas gifts" and "hospice".

IDG News Service

Nokia is investigating report of a cell phone battery that exploded and burst into flames while recharging

Digitalbiz

Most computer users live with the knowledge of online scammers and malicious code. But what about cell phone users? Handsets, after all, are getting more advanced all the time. As the tagline for Nokia's N95 smart phone suggests: "It's what computers have become."
The monoculture of computers makes it easier to attack than mobile platforms.

InfoWorld Report

Organizational leaders have absorbed the buzz surrounding green tech. Yet the allure of environmental stewardship alone isn't inspiring the majority of companies adopting greener practices. Rather, those all-important greenbacks -- in the form of lower energy bills, ROI, and tax breaks -- are driving many companies toward more eco-responsible, waste-reducing, sustainable IT initiatives.

Network World

Research labs are developing new ways to thwart the latest tricks from spammers, phishers, and other cybercriminals

Computerworld/Technology & Business

Analysts predict e-mail accounts will continue to grow even as instant messaging, texting, and social networking sites gain in popularity

Zachary Ochieng

The Open Access conference currently taking place in Tanzania calls for further liberalization of ICT sector

HANA Reporter

ICANN, African Telecommunications Union sign agreement to work together to increase awareness about the internet in Africa

Irene !Hoaes

Africa must improve ICT infrastructure and expand training for content developers to have any prospects in the knowledge and digital economy

Timothy Kasonde

Computer literacy for school going and university students necessary to meet the demands of the information age

Zachary Ochieng

Tanzania's fishing community registers satisfaction in the use of mobile phones in communicating with families and friends

Joyce Joan Wangui

Nokia gears up to be the world's number one provider of mobile business solutions

Tectonic

Late last month the First International ODF Users Workshop was held in Berlin. The event was attended by officials representing 20 governments from around the world. South Africa was represented by Aslam Raffee, the chief information officer at the department of science and technology.

David Kezio-Musoke

Africa must use ICTs to improve public services, overcome poverty, and enable regional integration - World Bank

David Kezio-Musoke

African leaders resolve to meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) earlier than 2015.