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Motorola and Aruba agree Wi-Fi patent...
Aruba Networks and Motorola have settled their long-running patent dispute by signing a cross-licensing agreement, the companies announced on Friday. In August 2007, two Motorola... More
Google buys mobile display ad firm AdM...
Google has bought the mobile display advertising firm AdMob, the companies announced on Monday. The acquisition, for $750m (£449m) in stock, will "enhance Google's existing expertise... More
X-ray named top scientific invention
The X-ray machine has been voted the most important scientific invention in a poll by the Science Museum. Out of nearly 50,000 votes cast, more than 9,500 chose the X-ray, one of... More
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Old laptops transform lives of Africa's blind
USB sticks and donated laptops from UK businesses are allowing African students access to the previously closed world of higher education more
Donated PCs become African multimedia centres
Computers for Schools Kenya is taking PCs that no longer cut it in UK enterprises and giving them a new lease of life in African schools more
HP backs African recycling research
The technology vendor is working with partners on improving the safety and environmental impact of electronic waste-recycling in the region more
A Canadian solution to Africa's digital divide
The concept of refurbishing PCs from developed countries for use by Kenyan schools is based on a model conceived in a very different climate more
CRT monitors given a second life in Africa
Edwin Martins from Computers for Schools Kenya explains how the IT charity is turning donated CRT monitors from UK organisations into televisions. more
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