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Indonesians working for China's Huawei on strike

Mar 08, 2013 (AFP)

Indonesians working for Chinese telecom firm Huawei joined a strike Friday over claims their employer broke labour laws, in the latest industrial action to hit ...

Facebook News Feed becomes personal newspaper

Mar 07, 2013 (AFP)

Facebook began Thursday transforming the stream of updates from friends at homepages into a "personalized newspaper," with news ranging from the personal to the...

At world's top IT fair, firms mull death of email

Mar 07, 2013 (AFP)

"You want to get rid of email? Good luck with that," smiles Tom Reuner, an IT analyst at British firm Ovum. But at the CeBIT, the world's biggest high-tech fair...

Internet freedom showdown looming: US

Mar 07, 2013 (AFP)

A number of countries are aggressively trying to control the Internet, a top US diplomat cautioned Thursday, insisting Washington would give no ground when it c...

Corporate raider Icahn enters battle over Dell

Mar 07, 2013 (AFP)

Dell's plan for a private equity buyout ran into a potential snag Thursday as corporate raider Carl Icahn revealed that he has a stake in the computer giant and...

Android rises to top -- in malware threats: survey

Mar 07, 2013 (AFP)

The Android operating system accounted for 79 percent of all malware infections on smartphones, and the threat is multiplying, a security firm said Thursday. Fi...

Sharp announces $111 mn tie-up with Samsung

Mar 06, 2013 (AFP)

Sharp on Wednesday announced a $111 million capital tie-up deal with South Korean rival Samsung, in a rare move for a Japanese firm that underscores the fading ...

News Corp shows, tell details of education tablet

Mar 06, 2013 (AFP)

News Corp. took the wraps off its new tablet computer for the school market Wednesday, saying the device would use "digital innovation to transform teaching and...

iPhone extends gains in US market: survey

Mar 06, 2013 (AFP)

Apple's iPhone gained ground in the US market over the holiday season and early 2013, outpacing Samsung and other smartphone makers using the Android operating ...

Samsung set to buy 3% stake in Sharp: report

Mar 05, 2013 (AFP)

South Korean electronics giant Samsung is set to buy a three-percent stake in struggling Japanese rival Sharp via a capital increase, a press report said Tuesda...

Tablets, smartphones drive German IT market higher

Mar 04, 2013 (AFP)

A booming market for smartphones and tablet computers was expected to drive the German IT sector higher in 2013, although growth was slowing slightly, said indu...

'Mad Max' accused of destroying Namib desert

Mar 04, 2013 (AFP)

Namibian environmental groups and tourism companies expressed fury Monday about a film crew's alleged destruction of sensitive areas in the world's oldest deser...

White House says phone 'jailbreaking' should be legal

Mar 04, 2013 (AFP)

The White House said Monday it agrees with a citizen petition arguing that "jailbreaking" of mobile phones to allow users to switch carriers should be legal. In...

Indian women use smartphones to 'pin the creeps'

Mar 03, 2013 (AFP)

With virtual bodyguards, panic buttons and maps to pinpoint harassment blackspots, women in urban India are using their smartphones for protection after a notor...

SciTechTalk: Google versus Europe

Mar 02, 2013 (UPI)

Google, which as an American company operates in the United States under freedoms and rights taken mostly for granted, is finding itself in European courts beca...

Kim Dotcom suffers legal setback

Mar 01, 2013 (AFP)

A New Zealand court on Friday overturned an order that US authorities must disclose all of the evidence they have against Kim Dotcom if they want to extradite h...

Judge slashes $1 bn Samsung-Apple penalty in half

Mar 01, 2013 (AFP)

A judge on Friday cut $450 million from a $1 billion award to be paid by Samsung in a landmark patent lawsuit from Apple, saying a jury had wrongly calculated t...

Groupon CEO 'fired' after losses, stock slump

Feb 28, 2013 (AFP)

Groupon said Thursday it was replacing chief executive Andrew Mason, who said he was "fired," following the struggling daily deals firm's share price plunge of ...

In smartphone's wake comes the intelligent watch

Feb 28, 2013 (AFP)

After the smartphone, the intelligent watch promises to become the latest hi-tech trend, allowing wearers to peek at messages and even take calls without touchi...

For sale: big, bold US dailies at knockdown prices

Feb 28, 2013 (AFP)

Some of America's largest and most storied metropolitan newspapers are up for sale, in a sign of the turmoil facing an industry struggling to find a business mo...