Zimbabwe bugs communication

A new Zimbabwean Bill proposes a monitoring centre to eavesdrop on telephone, Internet and other communications, says BBC News.

Opposition and civil society groups are angered at the proposed law, even though the government insists it is in aid of protecting people from organised crime.

Zimbabwean telephone calls are already monitored, but will need to be connected to the monitoring centre. Internet communications will be monitored using an encrypted overseas-based Web mail service.

Lenovo has hired a former Dell executive as senior VP of its global supply chain, reports News.com.

Gerry Smith, former VP of Dell`s Singapore design centre and displays unit, is the sixth Dell executive to be snagged in the past month.

Lenovo`s $1.75 billion acquisition of IBM`s PC business last year propelled the company to the status of the world`s third-largest PC maker.

Eyewitness News warns against selling old cellphones without checking that the information is definitely deleted first.

A new study shows most second-hand phones still had personal information, such as love letters and bank details, on them.

Simply deleting information does not necessarily rid the phone of the information, and it is best to have the phone 'scrubbed` or reset entirely.