Mainland China’s smartphone market has recorded another quarter of decline, slipping 3% year-on-year according to new research from Omdia. The drop marks the second…
WikiLeaks’ next bombshell could ‘take down a bank or two’
In an interview with Forbes magazine WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has claimed a fresh “megaleak” will target a major US bank “early next year”….
‘Hacktivist’ takes credit for WikiLeaks shutdown
A computer hacker known as the “Jester” who calls himself a “hacktivist for good” is taking credit for temporarily taking down the WikiLeaks website….
Tablet computers take a bite out of PC sales
Worldwide personal computer sales are on track to set a new record this year but tablets like Apple’s iPad are taking a bite out…
American woman mistaken for a cricket match
An American woman with the Twitter name @theashes who was bombarded by messages about cricket was offered a free flight to Australia and started…
A glimpse of the future: Pay TV declines in the face of broadband
The economic downturn has US cable television companies shedding subscribers in record numbers and Americans increasingly “cutting the cord” in favour of cheaper online…
Wi-fi connection catapults Nepal into 21st century
It used to take teacher Mahabir Pun more than two days to check his email from his home in the remote Himalayan village of…
World braces for new ‘extremely dangerous’ WikiLeaks revelations
Governments around the world braced for the release of millions of potentially embarrassing US diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks as Washington raced to contain the…
US authorities in new crackdown on pirate music sites
US authorities have shut down dozens of websites offering counterfeit goods and pirated music, five months after a crackdown on sites offering movie downloads….
Pirate Bay founders jail sentence reduced, fines increased
A Swedish appeals court Friday shortened the prison terms of two founders and a financier of Swedish filesharing site The Pirate Bay, but increased…
Philippines gov’t begins broadcasting live online
The Philippine senate has begun streaming sessions live on the internet, in keeping with President Benigno Aquino’s pledge of government transparency, officials said. The…
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