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AMD’s Congo Processor and Conflict-Free Computing

AMD one of the world’s largest chipset manufacturers has unveiled a new microprocessor called Congo. The first netbook based on the technology was announced yesterday ...
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George Ayittey’s Advice for Obama

Great thoughts from George Ayittey on what’s wrong with Africa and how Obama can avoid repeating the mistakes that have fueled corruption and abuse by ...
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Amput8ion by SMS?

A British surgeon performed an amputation procedure he’d never attempted before with instructions he received via SMS A British surgeon amputated the arm of ...
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Journalist Bikes Through Congo

Tim Butcher, author of the book Blood River, is dedicated to his craft. So dedicated that he took nothing but a motorbike through vast ...
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The Coltan Connection

How demand for a relatively obscure mineral is fueling the unrest in Congo… One hundred feet beneath the green slope of a steep hill in eastern ...
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Gorilla.cd Blogging a Crisis in Realtime

If you haven’t been following gorilla.cd over the past few days, it’s an incredible account of what’s occurring in the DRC right now as told ...
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Congolese Take on The U.S. Elections

Jennifer Brea of Global Voices posted an interesting article today taking a look at what the Congolese blogoshpere has to say about the upcoming United ...
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