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Nigeria’s AMB Multiserve to Install a Cisco Wireless Network at the University of Lagos for Mobility, Collaboration and Unified Communications

(L-R) Mr. Soji Romeo, CEO AMB Multiserve, Professor Tolu Odugbemi, Vice Chancellor University of Lagos and Mr. Richard Edet, General Manager, Cisco Nigeria at the launch ceremony to mark the implementation of the Wireless Network based on the Cisco Unified Wireless Network at the University of Lagos recently.

LAGOS, Nigeria, February 11, 2010 – Cisco announced today that AMB Multiserve in Nigeria is to deploy a Cisco® Unified Wireless Network that will connect more than 40,000 staff and students at the University of Lagos across its three campuses.

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Have you heard? Over the weekend, El Reg reported on Verizon Wireless forcing subscribers to use Microsoft Bing on select smartphones:

Verizon has unilaterally updated user Storm 2 BlackBerries and other smartphones so that their browser search boxes can only be used with Microsoft Bing.

The move is part of the five-year search and advertising deal Verizon signed with Microsoft in January for a rumored $500m.

The search boxes previously allowed searches via Google and on other websites like Dictionary.com. Yes, affected users can still visit the actual sites and search from there—going to Google.com on their mobile browsers for instance—but theyre rightfully pissed.

Ah well, I guess that five-year deal was too good to pass up, though The Register did report on Google trying to reach a similar agreement with Verizon.

And, in other news, Anticitizen on Flickr brought his new Droid (bought for $200) back to the shop for repairs. The battery was loose, so what did the Verizon rep do? Plaster a Verizon-branded tape on the back to secure the battery:

Now youve given iPhone users—with their non-removable batteries—more reason to turn their noses up and start harrumphing. Thanks a lot Verizon!

Stereo headsets are becoming an essential part of any modern PC and, like keyboard and mice before them, they are finally going wireless. The freedom that a wireless headset provides will appeal to anyone, but with so many 2.4GHz wireless devices in every home, can a wireless headset really match the performance, clarity and comfort of its wired counterparts? Benchmark Reviews examines an impressive entry, the Logitech ClearChat PC Wireless Headset 981-000068, and finds out. For casual users and hardcore gamers alike, headsets are becoming some of the most heavily used peripherals on any PC. Read more…

Wireless power transfer offers lots of conveniences to mobile device users. When your device is running out of battery, you can simply hook up to a remote power station wirelessly, which allows you not to be bound by tangling power cable.

Sony is currently working on wireless power transfer technology, which has achieved pretty promising result that can transfer up to 60 watt of electrical energy over half a meter distance. The efficiency falls around 80%, 60% with rectifier.

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