Computing And Information Technology News

11:19 AM EST
2/10/2012 Report: Apple iPad 3 to debut first week of MarchRumors regarding the iPad 3's release dates surfaced in December, with many speculating the souped-up iPad 2 successor would make an appearance sometime in February 2012.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Computing And Information Technology, Hardware, Company Information, New Product, Science And Technology, Technology

9:03 AM EST
2/10/2012 Dead lizard disrupts phone service in western NepalA dead lizard has disrupted more than 1,000 telephone lines in Nepal's western district for a week, reports Nepal’s national news agency, RSS.

Source:AHN Topics:Human Interest, Animal, Economy, Business And Finance, Computing And Information Technology, Telecommunication Service

12:05 PM EST
2/8/2012 Nokia cutting 4,000 jobs in Europe, MexicoCell phone manufacturer Nokia announced Wednesday that it plans to slash 4,000 manufacturing jobs to save money and increase efficiency in its manufacture of the growing smartphone market.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Company Information, Layoffs And Downsizing, Labor, Employer, Computing And Information Technology, Telecommunication Equipment

12:43 PM EST
2/6/2012 Displaced Malians burden food-insecure hostsSome 12,000 Malians have fled fighting in the towns of Ménaka and Anderamboucane in northern Mali and reached already food-insecure villages around Tillabéri in western Niger, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Niger's capital, Niamey.

Source:IRIN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Conflict, Social Issue, Demographics, Emigrants, Disaster And Accident, Famine

2:42 PM EST
2/4/2012 After years in camps, thousands of Nepal’s ex-fighters leaving for homeSix years after the end of a decade-long armed conflict, Nepal’s ex-Maoist fighters who have been languishing in various satellite camps have begun leaving their cantonments. They have been monitored since 2007 by the United Nation’s political mission that oversaw the storage of weapons and the soldiers' registration, verification and housing.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Parties And Movements, Social Issue, Demographics, Emigrants, Defense, Armed Forces

8:13 PM EST
2/2/2012 French mapping firm wins $660,000 damage against GoogleA French mapping company claiming to have suffered business losses because of Google’s free online maps has won $660,000 in damages from the search engine giant.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Punishment, Economy, Business And Finance, Computing And Information Technology, Software, Science And Technology, IT/computer Sciences

12:34 PM EST
1/30/2012 Economic migrants battle xenophobiaPetty traders from Uganda, South Sudan's largest trading partner, crowd into Konyo Konyo market in Juba selling used clothes, vegetables and household wares. Lacking economic prospects at home, they come in the hope of finding better opportunities in Juba's booming post-war economy. But life is not easy for the Ugandan traders who supply South Sudan with many essential goods.

Source:IRIN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Conflict, Economy, Business And Finance, Economy, Social Issue, Demographics, Immigration

11:18 AM EST
1/26/2012 Basua community battles for survivalThe marginalized western Ugandan Basua community is fighting extinction; forcibly removed from their forest home two decades ago, they have struggled to cope with modern life and have been ravaged by health crises, including HIV.

Source:IRIN Topics:Health, Disease, AIDS, Social Issue, Minority Group, National Or Ethnic Minority, Demographics, Emigrants

5:13 PM EST
1/25/2012 Yahoo sees quarterly profits fall 5%Yahoo’s quarterly profits fell by 5 percent during the last three months of 2011, marking 13 consecutive quarters of declines.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Company Information, Computing And Information Technology

1:00 PM EST
1/25/2012 Apple posts record $13 billion in profitsApple made record-breaking net profits of $13.06 billion for the last three months of 2011, up 118 percent from the same quarter in 2010.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Company Information, Earnings, Computing And Information Technology