By Lucian Constantin, IDG News Service 24 Nov, 2011
A week-long DDoS attack that launched a flood of traffic at an Asian e-commerce company in early November was the biggest such incident so far this year, according to Prolexic, a company that defends websites against such attacks. read more »
By John Ribeiro, IDG News Service\Bangalore Bureau 17 Nov, 2011
Visa has introduced a payments product designed for emerging markets to serve the needs of "unbanked and under-banked consumers" who have mobile phones. read more »
By John Ribeiro, IDG News Service\Bangalore Bureau 4 Nov, 2011
Bharti Airtel's third-quarter profit was hit by high interest and amortization costs related to the mobile network operator's 3G rollout in India and its acquisition in Africa. read more »
By Hamish Barwick, Computerworld Australia 18 Oct, 2011
Computerworld: You have argued for the creation of an 'Internet Interpol'. How might that and law enforcement agencies work together to combat cybercrime? read more »
By Stefan Hammond, Computerworld Hong Kong 11 Oct, 2011
Northeastern Africa has seen governments overthrown amid massive media coverage, while South Africa successfully hosted the World Cup. But there's an enormous land mass in between, and technology is starting to make a difference in some countries. read more »
By Michael Kan, IDG News Service\Beijing Bureau 15 Sep, 2011
China's largest search engine, Baidu, has launched two websites for users in Thailand and Egypt, more than a week after the company spoke with a top Chinese government official and declared its intentions to become a top international brand. read more »
By Michael Kan, IDG News Service\Beijing Bureau 23 Aug, 2011
Microsoft said on Tuesday it will work with a Chinese operating system developer to create cloud computing products for the country's market, a move that could help the U.S. company sell to China's government agencies. read more »
By John Ribeiro, IDG News Service\Bangalore Bureau 3 Aug, 2011
The acquisition of Zain's operations in 15 African countries and investment in 3G spectrum in India continued to be a drag on the profits of India's Bharti Airtel in the second quarter, the company said on Wednesday. read more »
Kenya Airways was one of the first Kenyan companies to open twitter accounts, its account was even verified. Soon, other bigger companies like DSTv realized the benefit of the forum and set up accounts. read more »
