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'Honey trap' hackers stole Syria rebel plans

'Honey trap' hackers stole Syria rebel plans

3 Feb 2015

Kim Jong-Un - not crying, but he won't like the 'crying pig' reference. (Image extracted from YouTube)

Pro-IS hackers hijack Facebook page linked to North Korea airline

15 Jan 2015

Chinese paper blames Google over Gmail blocking

Chinese paper blames Google over Gmail blocking

31 Dec 2014

Google slashes Google Drive storage prices offering new age data storage tools

Google slashes Google Drive storage prices offering new age data storage tools

Ritesh Sanghani 8 Dec 2014

No kick in the Shin... Samsung's mobile chief keeps his job

No kick in the Shin... Samsung's mobile chief keeps his job

2 Dec 2014

Japan's NEC rolls out counterfeit-spotting technology

Japan's NEC rolls out counterfeit-spotting technology

11 Nov 2014

Samsung wobbles but stays its ground

Samsung wobbles but stays its ground

4 Nov 2014

Sales of the Galaxy Note 4 have not been as impressive as Samsung had hoped amid increasing competition from phones like the iPhone 6. Image:

Samsung's profits plunge to three-year low

31 Oct 2014

Toshiba has reported profits of ¥30.8bn for the six months to September, 43% higher than its profits last year. The conglomerate is involved in a host of industries including power generation, transmission systems and medical equipment to computer chips and laptops. Image:

Toshiba's profits of ¥30,8bn in six months

31 Oct 2014

Information technology company Fujitsu has seen its profit rise 31.5% year-on-year but warns that the higher sales tax in Japan is dampening consumer sales in the Japanese market. Image: Fujitsu

Fujitsu's profits up by 31,5%

31 Oct 2014

Li Shaohua announces the creation of China's new travel platform Alitrip, that takes over the Taobao Travel, also part of the Alibaba empire. Image:

Alibaba creates Alitrip for online travel arrangements

29 Oct 2014

The main street in Tashigang, Bhutan, one of the sites that can be explored using Google's Steet View of the isolated country that discourages tourism. Image: Wikipedia

Bhutan's Street View for arm-chair tours

24 Oct 2014

Facebook was ordered to reveal the IP addresses of two fake accounts used to post revealing revenge porn photographs taken of a woman in Tokyo. Image:

Facebook ordered to reveal revenge porn IP addresses

22 Oct 2014

Human Rights Activist Nabeel Rajab is due to go on trial on 29 October for sending out Tweets that allegedly insulted the Sunni royal family. Image:

Trial for 'insulting tweets' starts in Bahrain

21 Oct 2014

Mark Zuckerberg wants to help India get more people online. He is offering his assistance to India's Prime Minister Nahendra Modi. Image:

Zuckerberg's plan to get India online

10 Oct 2014

India's public service is notoriously inefficient in delivering services. Now the Indian government has implemented computerised systems to check on workers who are slacking off by not working. Image:

Website stops workers from slacking at work

9 Oct 2014

Thousands of students protesting in Hong Kong were tear-gassed by police last week. Then hacking group Anonymous threatened to sabotage "all government websites" and now five hackers have been arrested and detained. Image:

Five alleged hackers arrested in Hong Kong

7 Oct 2014

A Facebook page has been set up to help residents of Damascus avoid hotspots as mortars continue to be fired into the city. Image:

Facebook tracks mortar pounding of Damascus

6 Oct 2014

Microsoft's Xbox One is the first gaming console allowed to be sold in China but users say the games on offer are dull and uninspiring and the prices for the consoles are too high. Image: Xbox

Xbox now available in China

30 Sep 2014

Adobe says it will close its offices in Beijing and shut down the research and development division there, putting 350 people out of work. Image: http://chinhdangvu.blogspot.com Chinhdangvu]]

Adobe to shut research arm in Beijing

26 Sep 2014

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Kim Jong-Un - not crying, but he won't like the 'crying pig' reference. (Image extracted from YouTube)

Pro-IS hackers hijack Facebook page linked to North Korea airline

15 Jan 2015

Chinese paper blames Google over Gmail blocking

Chinese paper blames Google over Gmail blocking

31 Dec 2014

Google slashes Google Drive storage prices offering new age data storage tools

Google slashes Google Drive storage prices offering new age data storage tools

Ritesh Sanghani 8 Dec 2014

No kick in the Shin... Samsung's mobile chief keeps his job

No kick in the Shin... Samsung's mobile chief keeps his job

2 Dec 2014

Japan's NEC rolls out counterfeit-spotting technology

Japan's NEC rolls out counterfeit-spotting technology

11 Nov 2014

Samsung wobbles but stays its ground

Samsung wobbles but stays its ground

4 Nov 2014

Sales of the Galaxy Note 4 have not been as impressive as Samsung had hoped amid increasing competition from phones like the iPhone 6. Image:

Samsung's profits plunge to three-year low

31 Oct 2014

Toshiba has reported profits of ¥30.8bn for the six months to September, 43% higher than its profits last year. The conglomerate is involved in a host of industries including power generation, transmission systems and medical equipment to computer chips and laptops. Image:

Toshiba's profits of ¥30,8bn in six months

31 Oct 2014

Information technology company Fujitsu has seen its profit rise 31.5% year-on-year but warns that the higher sales tax in Japan is dampening consumer sales in the Japanese market. Image: Fujitsu

Fujitsu's profits up by 31,5%

31 Oct 2014

Li Shaohua announces the creation of China's new travel platform Alitrip, that takes over the Taobao Travel, also part of the Alibaba empire. Image:

Alibaba creates Alitrip for online travel arrangements

29 Oct 2014

The main street in Tashigang, Bhutan, one of the sites that can be explored using Google's Steet View of the isolated country that discourages tourism. Image: Wikipedia

Bhutan's Street View for arm-chair tours

24 Oct 2014

Facebook was ordered to reveal the IP addresses of two fake accounts used to post revealing revenge porn photographs taken of a woman in Tokyo. Image:

Facebook ordered to reveal revenge porn IP addresses

22 Oct 2014

Human Rights Activist Nabeel Rajab is due to go on trial on 29 October for sending out Tweets that allegedly insulted the Sunni royal family. Image:

Trial for 'insulting tweets' starts in Bahrain

21 Oct 2014

Mark Zuckerberg wants to help India get more people online. He is offering his assistance to India's Prime Minister Nahendra Modi. Image:

Zuckerberg's plan to get India online

10 Oct 2014

India's public service is notoriously inefficient in delivering services. Now the Indian government has implemented computerised systems to check on workers who are slacking off by not working. Image:

Website stops workers from slacking at work

9 Oct 2014

Thousands of students protesting in Hong Kong were tear-gassed by police last week. Then hacking group Anonymous threatened to sabotage "all government websites" and now five hackers have been arrested and detained. Image:

Five alleged hackers arrested in Hong Kong

7 Oct 2014

A Facebook page has been set up to help residents of Damascus avoid hotspots as mortars continue to be fired into the city. Image:

Facebook tracks mortar pounding of Damascus

6 Oct 2014

Microsoft's Xbox One is the first gaming console allowed to be sold in China but users say the games on offer are dull and uninspiring and the prices for the consoles are too high. Image: Xbox

Xbox now available in China

30 Sep 2014

Adobe says it will close its offices in Beijing and shut down the research and development division there, putting 350 people out of work. Image: http://chinhdangvu.blogspot.com Chinhdangvu]]

Adobe to shut research arm in Beijing

26 Sep 2014

Apple's store in Ginza, Japan was buzzing as people from various countries including China queued for hours to get their hands on the new phones and sell them at a profit in mainland China. Image: Apple

Huge demand for iPhone 6 from Chinese buyers

22 Sep 2014

Sony's Kazuo Hirai says a new business strategy is in place but it will take years before Sony returns to profitability after years of losses. Image:

Sony warns it will lose $2.14bn this year

18 Sep 2014

Rakuten's Hiroshi Mikitani has bought US-based Ebates for $1bn to gain a foothold in the US market. Image:

Rakuten buys shopping site Ebates for $1bn

10 Sep 2014

Canalys Analyst Jessica Kwee says that India is the fastest-growing smartphone market globally and is already third in terms of users after China and the USA. Image: Canalys

Smartphone makers seek growth in India

8 Sep 2014

Samsung's new Gear S smartphone that receives and makes calls without being tethered to a mobile phone. Image:

Samsung, LG making new smartwatches

29 Aug 2014

Intex's $33 smartphone that uses the Firefox operating system is India's cheapest device and the manufacturers say they expect to sell 500,000 devices in the first three months. Image:

Intex smartphone costs just $33

28 Aug 2014

The SAIC's Zhang Mao says Microsoft is being investigated for flaunting China's anti-monopoly laws particularly with Windows, Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player. Image:

Microsoft's music player and browser scrutinised by China

26 Aug 2014

Much-mourned journalist James Foley who was beheaded in a desert by Jihadists. Videos and images are actively being deleted from social media platforms but appear again as new accounts are created. Image:

Jihadists use social media to recruit followers, spread fear

21 Aug 2014

Fans have asked Nintendo to name a character after Robin Williams for its new Legend of Zelda game. Williams was a huge fan of the game and advertised it too. Williams died last week. Image:

Fans ask that Robin Williams be part of new instalment in Legend of Zelda

20 Aug 2014

Founder and Chief Executive of SmartThings has sold his start-up to Samsung as the South Korean company tries to expand away from its reliance on the smartphone market for profits. Image:

Samsung buys US firm SmartThings

18 Aug 2014

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to transform the country into a digital, software and manufacturing hub and connect every village in India to a broaband Internet connection. Image:

India is no longer a land of 'snake charmers and black magic'

18 Aug 2014

Sony's Andrew House says the PS4 has sold more than 10m units since its launch in November last year. Image:

10m PlayStations sold in ten months

14 Aug 2014

Aylin Nazliaka, in an inflammatory outburst told MPs in the Turkish Parliament that she values her shoes too much to throw them at her opponents. Throwing a shoe at someone is considered a severe insult in the Islamic world. Image:

"My shoes looks better than you" MP tells Turkish Parliament

14 Aug 2014

PLDT's Napoleon Nazareno says the deal with Rocket Internet makes strategic sense for both companies. Image:

PLDT buys Rocket Internet for €333m

8 Aug 2014

Samsung's JK Shin has announced that all patent wrangles between it and Apple are now off except in the USA. Image:

Apple, Samsung call of war in rest of the world

7 Aug 2014

Ooredoo's Ross Cormack says the company expects to sell millions of SIM cards in Myanmar for $1,50 each as the country's government lifted the ban on cheap SIM cards. Image:

Ooredoo sells cheap SIM cards in Myanmar

5 Aug 2014

Sales of the PS4 have boosted Sony's first quarter profits to $261m. Image:

Sony makes $261m in three months on PS4 sales

1 Aug 2014

Nintendo's Satoru Iwata slashed his salary by 50% in January to atone for the company's poor performance. But Ninetendo still reported a loss of $97m in the June quarter. Image:

Nintendo's loses $97m in three months

31 Jul 2014

Microsoft's Shanghai offices – along with three others – were raided by the SAIC in terms of its probe into anti-competitive behaviour. Image:

Microsoft probed for 'monopolising' China

30 Jul 2014

Flipkart's Sachin Bansal has raised US1bn to maintain dominance in India's market and attempt to fight off Amazon's entry into the market. Image:

India's Flipkart takes on Amazon with a $1bn warchest

30 Jul 2014

Samsung's Tizen smartphone's release has been delayed to improve the Tizen ecosystem for other devices. Image:

Tizen smartwatch launch delayed

29 Jul 2014

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