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UAE ends anti-piracy campaign
The Business Software Alliance, in collaboration with the UAE Ministry of Economy, has announced the end of a nationwide anti-piracy initiative titled 'Using unlicensed software can shut down your business'. The campaign, which ran from May 4 to June 10, aimed to spread awareness about intellectual property rights laws and the legal consequences of using and selling pirated and illegal software. The event also aimed to improve the country's global image as a secure IT investment destination.
United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, June 11 - 2008 at 07:45

Apple unveils new iPhone
Apple Inc has unveiled a lower cost, next-generation iPhone with faster Internet access and the ability to run on advanced wireless networks. The new entry-level iPhone will cost $199 with 8 gigabytes of memory, compared with the $399 price of the older-generation phone with similar memory. The new device will go on sale beginning July 11 in 22 countries, but the only countries in the Middle East that will offer it are Egypt, Jordan and Qatar, reported AP.
Tuesday, June 10 - 2008 at 13:01

Etisalat to launch payments by cellphone
Emirates NBD bank and Etisalat will soon launch a pilot programme that will allow NBD customers to make payments at stores using a mobile phone. Customers using the system will simply need to wave their mobile phone at the point of sale machine to make an instant payment. Etisalat users who are also customers of NBD will be among the first to be able to use the service. Abdullah Hashim, Etisalat vice-president of enterprise solutions, said the pilot will be launched in the coming weeks and the programme will be commercial by the third quarter of 2009.
United Arab Emirates: Tuesday, June 10 - 2008 at 07:05 |

Nokia N78 on sale in Qatar
Qatari telecom and IT provider Consolidated Gulf Co has begun sales of Nokia's N78 handset model. The handset features include a 3.2mega pixel camera and 8gb of memory, as well as an internet radio capability allowing access to thousands of stations online.
Qatar: Monday, June 09 - 2008 at 15:10

Dell wins retail vendor award
Dell has won the award for Retail Vendor of the Year for notebooks and desktops at a ceremony held alongside the Digital Consumer Channel. The Middle East Retail Academy prize was voted for by 300 industry insiders.
Middle East: Monday, June 09 - 2008 at 08:35

Du completes Skype blockage
UAE telecom firm Du has completed the blockage of the telephone aspect of VoIP provider Skype. Subscribers to the operator are now no longer able to make, or receive, calls to mobiles or fixed landlines from their computers. PC-to-PC calls are still possible. All access to Skype for subscribers to Etisalat, the UAE's other telecom operator, has been blocked for over two years.
United Arab Emirates: Sunday, June 08 - 2008 at 10:38

Qatar telecom in $1.8bn deal
Qatar Telecom has announced that it will buy a 40.8% stake in Indonesian mobile phone company PT Indosat. The $1.8bn deal will see the emirate's phone operator buy the stake from Asia Mobile Holdings, its joint venture with Singapore Technologies Telemedia, Bloomberg has reported.
Qatar: Sunday, June 08 - 2008 at 08:34

HTC launches new 3G phone
High Tech Computer Corporation has launched a new 3G version of its HTC Touch phone. The HTC Touch Diamond offers a 2.8-inch LCD touch screen and has a new 3D touch interface called TouchFLO 3D. Users can zoom and pan websites with one hand and automatically view optimised content that has been specially created to fit the display. Turning the device sideways automatically rotates the web page view from a portrait to landscape view, according to a stateme t
Saturday, June 07 - 2008 at 07:56