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Nigerian Sent to Prison for Hacking NASA Computer

Hacking computers has always been an illegal activity and, even if attackers risked harsh punishments, they continued to launch attacks on computers from all over the world. However, some of them get caught and once it happens, they probably regret all they did during their hacking "job". This is the case of a Nigeri...

6 May 2008
10:27 GMT

Nigerian Phishers Arrested

Phishing schemes are quite popular these days because more and more people around the world think that tricking others into disclosing their private financial details and stealing their money is quite a simple method to earn some extra cash. But what they don't know is that once they get caught, they may be forc...

10 April 2008
16:31 GMT

Nigerian Online Fraudsters Convicted in Holland

Nigeria has a bad reputation for being involved in countless (really!) scams on the Internet, mostly having something to do with a grieving widow of a general killed in a fight for freedom, and the woman not being able to receive the money he had saved in a bank, several million dollars. I'm sure everybody recei...

11 March 2008
08:19 GMT

The Nigerian Issue: OLPC and the Ex-Convict

Professor Negroponte's initiative of bringing IT into the undeveloped countries has partially failed in Nigeria. We have talked about corporate giants launching poisoned darts at Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child project and how they perceive a humanitarian action. Apart from Microsoft and Intel's defe...

3 December 2007
08:26 GMT

Nigerian Education Chooses Mandriva Linux

Mandriva announced yesterday that the Nigerian government has chosen Intel-powered classmate PCs which run Mandriva Linux for educational use in nationwide pilot program in Nigeria.17,000 Intel-powered classmate PCs will be delivered by Mandriva, Intel Corporation and Technology Support Center Ltd. The project's...

31 October 2007
07:05 GMT

Sony Ericsson W880i Conquers New Territory

Sony Ericsson has just released their W880i phone model in Nigeria, as to make their products available at a wide scale. This launch is only part of the company's solution for globally expanding their best products.Sony Ericsson W880i has received high appreciation since it has been released. Just a few weeks ag...

23 May 2007
04:01 GMT




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