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T-Mobile USA will be the first to launch the HTC Touch Pro2 in the U.S. The handset is already available in other parts of the world, and the stateside release is scheduled for August 12th. The exact price is yet to be announced.Specs: 3.2 megapixel camera; AWS 3G; GPS; 3.6' WVGA display; Wi-Fi; Straight Talk sound technology ... [These are short news! Click for details]

(Telecompaper) Serious damage has been caused to the 15,000-km undersea SAT-3 cable, which has resulted in major disruption to West African internet access and services, the BBC reports. Several countries, including Benin, Togo, Niger and Nigeria, have all been hit hard. The cable itself runs between europe (Portugal and Spain) to South Africa, via West Africa. Ladi Okuneye, chief marketing officer of Nigerian operator Suburban Telecom, noted that SAT-3 is currently the only fibre-optic cable serving West Africa. South African operator Telkom, one of the shareholders of SAT-3, has not said what caused the problems but said it was aware of 'a cable fault on the Benin branch that is being investigated'. Nigeria has been badly hit because around 70 percent of its bandwidth is routed through neighbouring Benin. The network, run by Suburban Telecom, was set up to bypass Nigeria's national operator Nitel, which runs the SAT-3 branch cable which lands in Nigeria. The SAT-3 consortium is in th

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc shares fell for a second straight day after the company announced a Web search partnership with Microsoft Corp that failed to live up to Wall Street expectations.

The electronics and entertainment giant maintained its forecast for a second straight year of red ink as the global slump continued to weigh on its bottom line.

Common wisdom has it that the combo of Microsoft's Bing search engine and Yahoo's market share will loosen Google's stranglehold on the search market. But there is something worse than a monopoly when it comes to stifling creativity and competition, and, with the Microsoft-Yahoo partnership, we're heading straight for it. - Everybody is talking about what a boost the new Microsoft-Yahoo deal will be for competition in the online search business. The general consensus is that the combination of Microsoft's Bing search and Yahoo's market share will make for a stronger front against Google, resulting in increased inno...

House prices in the UK rose by 1.3 per cent in July, according to the latest figures from Nationwide, taking the rate of growth over the last three months to its highest level in more than two years and adding to signs that the housing market is bottoming out

Unseeded Russian Maria Sharapova produced her most impressive display since returning from shoulder surgery, crushing compatriort Nadia Petrova in straight sets in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits rose slightly more than expected last week, but a gauge of underlying labor trends fell for a fifth straight week, government data showed on Thursday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures extended gains on Thursday after a government report showed a gauge of underlying labor trends fell for a fifth-straight week even as the number of new claims for jobless benefits rose slightly more than expected.

President Barack Obama quoted statistics and poll results Wednesday to make the case for health-care reform. The News & Observer checked his facts. Obama: 'If we do nothing, I can almost guarantee you your premiums will double over the next 10 years, because that's what they did over the last 10 years.' ...