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17.11.2007 World’s remotest island in South Africa can now access advanced medical support from IBM and Beacon Equity Partners led team. Satellite communications will enable clinicians to provide real-time diagnostic advice and suggested treatments to the attending physician.

16.11.2007 The undersea broadband link would run from KwaZulu-Natal province’s far north coast to Mumbai in India, via Mozambique, Madagascar, Kenya, and Tanzania. Once ready, the Seacom project will provide an enormous 1.28 Terrabytes per second of broadband capacity.

14.11.2007 An extensive campaign aimed at taking Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to street boys in Rwanda will be launched. In fact, Africa as a whole is going to gain through projects in which at least US $ 300 million will be invested.

14.11.2007 The world’s biggest microchip maker, Intel Corp, has come up with fast processors made with new techniques that can etch circuitry nearly 200 times smaller than a red blood cell. The new chips, to be sold under Intel's Xeon and Core 2 brands, would be able to run most software up to 15% faster.

13.11.2007 Microsoft and Zurich based DAISY, the digital talking books consortium, will work together to develop a free, downloadable plug-in that would translate documents into a digital audio standard for the blind.

13.11.2007 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide technical assistance, funded by the Republic of Korea e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund, to the state of Assam in India. The objective is to promote innovative ICTs to make e-rural investments financially sustainable.

12.11.2007 Give One Get One (G1G1) campaign starting this week hopes to boost orders by providing an incentive to people in more prosperous countries. For every laptop donated for a child, the donor would get one in return. The campaign is backed by Google, Intel, eBay, News Corp and Advance Micro Devices.