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Cubans line up for first cell phone services

With restrictions easing in the country, Cubans buy services previously available only to government officials and foreigners.
(From Reuters)

April 14, 2008 10:52 PM PDT

Microsoft starts Latin American research institute

Federation is designed to capitalize on governments' recent interest in developing a knowledge-based economy.

May 9, 2007 4:51 PM PDT

IBM to wed game chip with mainframes

Big Blue and Brazilian start-up Hoplon will integrate Cell chip with mainframes to boost virtual-reality software.

April 26, 2007 10:50 AM PDT

Intel builds Internet city on Amazon island

The Amazon jungle is a daunting place to live, but it's a lot easier to get broadband now.
Photos: WiMax in the Amazon Basin

September 20, 2006 6:43 PM PDT

IBM opens 'elite' IT lab in Brazil

Big Blue's sixth High Performance Software and Services Lab will tackle issues for South American companies.

September 6, 2006 6:09 PM PDT

Yahoo, Telemundo to merge Spanish-language sites

Spanish-language Web sites look to expand reach into growing Hispanic market, bolster presence among advertisers.

May 10, 2006 4:06 PM PDT

PCs for the poor: Which design will win?

It's easy to list the benefits of bringing inexpensive computers to the developing world. But designing the machines isn't so simple.

February 15, 2006 9:41 PM PST

Will the $100 PC fly?

CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says a struggle between Bill Gates and Nicholas Negroponte will only produce losers.

February 10, 2006 11:51 PM PST

HP to sell Linux PCs across Latin America

Machines pre-installed with Mandriva Linux will ship in "all Latin American territories" including Brazil, Argentina and Mexico.

January 18, 2006 9:47 PM PST

Brazil: The spirit of community

Part of a special feature on open source and developing nations, a look at what the Brazilian government is doing in alternative software.

November 15, 2005 4:45 AM PST

Tata snags Chile outsource firm

Tata Consultancy Services has acquired Comicrom, a privately held financial-services outsourcing firm in Chile, for $23 million.

November 8, 2005 3:41 PM PST

Brazil's bumpy road to the low-cost PC

The best-laid plans to get computers to the poor oft go awry when red tape and pricing pitfalls get in the way.
Photos: Low-cost PCs around the world

August 10, 2006 8:14 PM PDT

Peru's president approves open-source bill

The country's government agencies may now buy open-source software.

October 21, 2005 11:00 PM PDT

Brazil sinking with annual Amazon floods

How much water is in the Amazon? It's making the crust of the Earth around it bend by three inches every year, researchers find.

November 18, 2005 9:24 PM PST

More greenhouse gas found in rain forests

Those bugs in the rain forest are exhaling a lot more carbon dioxide than was previously thought, according to a study.

July 28, 2005 3:13 AM PDT

XP Starter under the gun

Critics say Windows XP Starter Edition is still not flexible enough to meet the needs of developing countries.
Photos: XP around the world

July 1, 2005 12:49 AM PDT

Microsoft names international chief

Former head of Microsoft's operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa will oversee all of its international sales, services and marketing.

June 20, 2005 4:14 PM PDT

EU to fund global research on open source

"FLOSSWorld" project to look at potential impacts of open source on African, Asian, South American and other countries.

May 27, 2005 12:54 PM PDT

Microsoft to expand low-cost Windows to Brazil

Company already offers the software in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, with plans to expand to India and Russia.

April 12, 2005 1:08 PM PDT

WTO slams U.S. Net-gambling ban

Efforts by the United States to outlaw gambling on offshore Web sites aren't quite legal, according to the World Trade Organization.

April 7, 2005 11:48 PM PDT