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Sony to sell PlayStation in newly opened China market
May 26, 2014 (AFP)
Sony will bring its PlayStation consoles to China through two joint ventures, the Japanese gaming giant and its Chinese partner both said Monday, as they seek t...
S. Korea's top mobile chat app, online portal to merge
May 26, 2014 (AFP)
South Korea's top messaging service provider, Kakao Corp., and its second largest Internet portal, Daum, announced a merger Monday to create one of the country'...
Combination of weak chemical forces strengthens new imaging system
May 26, 2014 (SPX)
When Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Hyunjoon Kong, graduate student Cartney Smith, and colleagues set out to improve MR imaging (M...
Australia's Telstra signals big push into Asia
May 23, 2014 (AFP)
Australian telecommunications giant Telstra Friday flagged a large expansion into Asia, with the goal of sourcing one-third of its profits from international bu...
First broadband wireless connection ... to the moon
May 23, 2014 (SPX)
If future generations were to live and work on the moon or on a distant asteroid, they would probably want a broadband connection to communicate with home bases...
Google sees spending $30 bn buying foreign firms
May 21, 2014 (AFP)
Google told US regulators that it could spend as much as $30 billion of its offshore cash reserves on buying foreign companies or technology rights, it emerged ...
New 'T-ray' tech converts light to sound for weapons detection, medical imaging
May 21, 2014 (SPX)
A device that essentially listens for light waves could help open up the last frontier of the electromagnetic spectrum-the terahertz range. So-called T-rays, wh...
Microsoft takes aim at laptops with new Surface; GoPro to list
May 20, 2014 (AFP)
Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled a new Surface Pro tablet designed as a powerful all-purpose computer fit to replace a laptop. Surface Pro 3 was touted as slimmer,...
Android out to conquer businesses with startup Divide
May 19, 2014 (AFP)
Google on Monday confirmed that it has bought a startup specializing in helping employees using their personal smartphones or tablets securely for work. Divide ...
Cisco chief writes to Obama to decry NSA activities
May 18, 2014 (AFP)
Cisco chief executive John Chambers has complained to US President Barack Obama about the National Security Agency's spying practices, saying they were harming ...
Apple, Google call truce in smartphone patent war
May 17, 2014 (AFP)
Google and Apple, the two technology titans behind the world's top smartphone platforms, called a truce Friday in a long-running patent war. "Apple and Google h...
Pinterest valued at $5 bn after fresh funding
May 16, 2014 (AFP)
Pinterest on Friday confirmed that another $200 million has been pumped into its coffers to build up search capabilities at the booming, bulletin board-style so...
US regulators tentatively OK Internet 'fast lanes'
May 15, 2014 (AFP)
US regulators voted Thursday for a controversial proposal that would allow Internet "fast lanes" while leaving open the possibility of tougher regulations to pr...
Google selling Glass Internet eyewear in US
May 14, 2014 (AFP)
Google's Internet-linked eyewear -- hotly anticipated by some, feared by others -- is now available to anyone in the United States with $1,500 to spare and a ye...
Youth-centric Internet abuzz as Zuckerberg turns 30
May 14, 2014 (AFP)
Social networking boy wonder Mark Zuckerberg was branded all grown-up on Wednesday, his 30th birthday triggering a barrage of online accolades and playful barbs...
China's Xiaomi leads Asia's low-cost smartphone drive
May 11, 2014 (AFP)
Xiaomi may be little known outside China, but the fast-growing smartphone maker is at the forefront of a new wave of Asian brands challenging the dominance of A...
Beats buy could broaden Apple's reach
May 09, 2014 (AFP)
An Apple buy-out of hip headphone maker Beats Electronics could expand the iPhone maker's lucrative domain and play into plans for its next big thing, analysts ...
Alibaba opens fortunes from Wall St to Chinese backwaters
May 08, 2014 (AFP)
Thousands of miles from Wall Street, where Alibaba Group has filed for a multi-billion-dollar IPO, Chinese farmers are swapping tractors for luxury cars after m...
London police to wear body cameras in year-long trial
May 08, 2014 (AFP)
Police officers across London will wear video cameras when responding to emergency calls as part of a year-long pilot project launched on Thursday. A total of 5...
Pressure on US regulators to block Internet 'fast lanes'
May 08, 2014 (AFP)
Pressure is building on US regulators to stop powerful firms from hogging Internet "fast lanes" that could be allowed under proposed rules that will be discusse...
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