Google has bought more than 1,000 technology patents from IBM as the Internet giant seeks to build up its portfolio and head off potential intellectual property suits.

Samsung Electronics West Africa, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, yesterday, in Lagos, unveiled Samsung first solar panel net book in the world.

The World Editors forum ahead of its annual conference in Vienna from 12th through 15th October, 2011 has said with optimism that Editors around the world can use social media tools including Twitter and Facebook to reach larger audience.

NIGERIAN ICT stakeholders had clamoured for the creation of an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) ministry, given the speed of development that convergence has brought into the world economy.

At the just concluded world’s premier student technology competition, Imagine Cup 2011 held in New York , the United States of America, speakers rose from the event saying that attainment of Millennium Development Goals, (MDGs) by the year 2015 deadline requires urgent assignment by the creative students who showcased their products at the event that had about 400 technology wiz kids from 70 countries around the world.

Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ALTON), Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, last week repeated calls that the federal government should make the vandalisation of telecom infrastructure a capital offence to deter vandals from frustrating the efforts of telecom operators in Nigeria.

As part of plans to boost its subscriber base in the country, Globacom Nigeria last week declared a new package tagged 1derful offer for Nigerian customers, even as it also unveiled a partnership with Nokia to offer special internet bundles and other services to its subscribers on some select Nokia phones.

AFTER an 18-month search, the GSMA at the weekend announced that Barcelona has been selected as the Mobile World Capital from 2012 to 2018. This gives the city the opportunity to retain the mobile industry’s must-attend event, the GSMA Mobile World Congress, and will also develop a range of other programmes and activities that will span the entire year.

A former deputy general manager at China Mobile has been sentenced to death by Chinese authorities, having been found guilty of corruption.

SAMSUNG Electronics West Africa, has announced the arrival of the series 3 350U2A notebook in the Nigerian ICT market.