Amazon todaylaunched 4 new models in its Kindle lineup. There is the Kindle, a keyboard-less replacement for its low end model. Then there is the Kindle touch, an e-ink model with an IR touch screen, which also comes in a 3G flavor. And there is also the Kindle fire, a tablet-style version of the ereader. What Amazon was a bit more coy about, however, is that they were using all of the best pricing to introduce these devices at its event today, and that pricing was all given ‘with special offers’....

Most universities neglect to teach entrepreneurship to science students — it’s time to fix that Biotech courses An encouraging sign is that a small number of African universities – such asKenyatta University School of Businessin Kenya andMakerere Universityin Uganda – have started to equip their science students with these skills. In South Africa, the University of Pretoria offers a“Biotechnology in the Workplace”course to fourth year students as part of the Biotechnology Honours degree....

With video consumption on the rise in the Middle East and the recent launch of an Arabic interface on YouTube we’ve been trying to figure out what kind of Arabic videos the region most views. It’s not entertainment nor religion, it’s compassion. With more than 28 million views, the video describes the struggle of blogger and journalistAbdul Munim Mahmoudaccompanied by an emotional Arabic song as the soundtrack which the chorus and video repeat over and over: “He was one of the people” describing the every day struggle of Egyptian people in heartbreaking images....

On the internet, nobody knows you’re a dog! These words from Peter Steiner’sfamous cartooncould easily be applied to the recentransomware attackon Florida-based software supplier Kaseya. Kaseya provides software services to thousands of clients around the world. It’s estimated between800 and 1,500 medium to small businessesmay be impacted by the attack, with the hackers demanding US$50 million (lower than the previously reported US$70 million) in exchange for restoring access to data being held for ransom....

So – Google hasacquiredMotorola’s mobile phone business for a whopping $12.5 billion. Things just got very interesting in the Google, Apple and Microsoft battle. Last week, wewroteabout how Android was under threat in an ongoing patent war with a number of companies – including Apple, Microsoft and Oracle. An obvious step by Google was to embed itself in the handset business, but it’s probably fair to say that not many people saw this acquisition coming....