Hardware Systems

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'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 »

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 »

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

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

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 »

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 »

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 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 »