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East Africa countries favor ICT sector in budgets

Rwanda has become the second country in East Africa to eliminate Value Added Tax on mobile handsets, in its latest effort to increase uptake of telecommunications services.  read more »

Apple iPad launches in the UK

Apple's iPad finally launches in the UK today, ending a four-month wait for those who have been looking to get their hands on the tablet PC since its official unveiling in January.  read more »

Computex 2010 to feature iPad rivals

The Computex Taipei electronics show will celebrate its 30th anniversary when it opens next Tuesday, and will highlight several new tablet computers hoping to compete against Apple's iPad as well as a slew of other electronic gadgets.  read more »

Analyst: Apple iPad has 91 per cent satisfaction rating

Two new surveys from ChangeWave Research will be good news for Apple, with the recently launched iPad gaining rave reviews from customers.  read more »

Nigeria's top PC maker eyes expansion abroad

Nigeria's largest PC manufacturer, Omatek, is targeting continental growth, after establishing a market base in West Africa.  read more »

Windows 7 SP1 means end of XP downgrade rights

The clock is ticking on the demise of some downgrade rights for Windows 7, an analyst said Thursday.  read more »

Africa deal boosts One Laptop Per Child

U.S.-based One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) has reached an agreement to supply some 30 million computers to the East African Community (EAC).  read more »

Will the iPad Mean the End of Free Online News?

If you thought online news would be free forever, perhaps it's time to think again. Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corp., announced on its third-quarter earnings call that in "three to four weeks" the company would be announcing a subscription model for news and other digital content. The impetus? None other than Apple's iPad.  read more »

Palm deal could redefine HP's tablet OS strategy

Hewlett-Packard's purchase of Palm could redefine the PC maker's mobile OS strategy, potentially impacting the company's reliance on Microsoft operating systems.  read more »

Apple's next big thing? Video, analyst says

Apple's next big thing may be a video platform that combines cameras in the next versions of the iPhone and iPad with the giant data center the company's building in North Carolina, an analyst said today.  read more »

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