South Africa: National HIV Testing Campaign Stalls

South Africa, home to the world's largest HIV treatment programme, is trying to pull off the most extensive global HIV testing campaign but the ambitious initiative is facing some daunting realities.

2Q 2010: 3GPP Mobile Broadband Technologies Achieve 73% of New Connections in the Americas

Americas -- Fastest-Growing Worldwide Region for Mobile Broadband

New model needed in Vietnam

Vietnam glided through the global recession, with economic growth hitting 5.3% last year and expected to expand 6.5% in 2010. Nonetheless, a sharp deterioration in the country's external finances, rising concerns about the banking sector's health and a highly inconsistent macroeconomic policy framework have driven a creeping devaluation of the local currency and a recent credit-rating downgrade.

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Technology Briefs | Google adds feature allowing free calls

Google Inc. has added a free e-mail feature that may persuade more people to cut the cords on their landline phones. The service enables U.S. users of Google's Gmail service to make calls from microphone-equipped computers to telephones virtually anywhere in the world.