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Singapore FM slams 'deeply offensive' remarks by British expat
A Singapore-based British wealth manager's Facebook posts deriding public transport commuters as poor are "deeply offensive, wrong, and unacceptable".
23 January 2014
Icahn takes eBay stake, seeks PayPal spinoff
EBay said Wednesday that activist investor Carl Icahn had taken a stake in the online retailer and was seeking a spinoff of its PayPal financial payments unit.
23 January 2014
Intel to cut staff in face of stagnant earnings
US chip giant Intel said Friday it will trim its workforce by five percent this year as it shifts from personal computers to powering mobile gadgets.
19 January 2014
Body of Indian minister's wife taken to hospital for autopsy
The body of the wife of an Indian minister, found dead in a luxury hotel days after accusing her husband on Twitter of being unfaithful, was moved to a hospital Saturday for an autopsy.
18 January 2014
NSA scoops up millions of text messages a day: report
The US National Security Agency has collected almost 200 million mobile phone text messages a day from around the world, a report said Thursday, in the latest revelations from the Edward Snowden files.
18 January 2014
US driver acquitted over Google Glass ticket
A US woman thought to be the first person to get a traffic ticket for wearing Google Glass was found not guilty Thursday.
17 January 2014
Obama to unveil NSA reforms, response to Snowden
President Barack Obama presents Americans on Friday with long-awaited reforms of spy agency phone and Internet data collection sweeps, prompted by the damaging torrent of leaks unleashed by Edward Snowden.
17 January 2014
Google gets in game of Internet age storytelling
The Google lab behind augmented reality game "Ingress" is teaming with HarperCollins Publishers and top author James Frey for an Internet age adventure in storytelling.
17 January 2014
International probe cracks Philippine child web sex ring
An international probe has cracked a paedophile ring which streamed live sexual abuse of Filipino children over the Internet, leading to dozens of arrests, police in the Philippines.
16 January 2014
Google buys 'smart' thermostat maker Nest for $3.2 bn
Google on Monday announced that it is buying smart thermostat start-up Nest in a deal valued at $3.2 billion.
15 January 2014
Google says sorry to Germany over 'Adolf Hitler Square'
Google apologised Friday after a major square in Berlin regained its Nazi-era name "Adolf Hitler" on its popular online Maps page for a few hours.
12 January 2014
Internet eyewear much in view at CES trade fair
While many of the digital glitterati thronging this week's Consumer Electronics Show were wearing Google's new Internet glasses, rival online eyewear products abounded among the trade stands.
11 January 2014
Sky no longer the limit for in-flight Internet service
Even over the moonscape Nevada desert, even in a 1950s seaplane, the Internet is there.
10 January 2014
3D printing poised to shake up shopping
A 3D printing trend playing out at the Consumer Electronics Show bodes a future in which shoes, eyeglass frames, toys and more are printed at home as easily as documents.
09 January 2014
Yahoo dives deeper into media with online magazines
Yahoo on Tuesday dove deeper into being an Internet Age media company, bringing in news, music and television stars for the launch of online magazines focused on technology and food.
08 January 2014
Air Astana mulls launching Internet in aircraft
Air Astana is considering the possibility of making the Internet available on-board its aircraft.
08 January 2014
Kazakhstan joins INHOPE to fight child pornography
Kazakhstan has entered INHOPE to step up its fight against illegal content.
08 January 2014
CES stage set for new wave of gadgets
As spending on gadgets flattens in a world obsessed with smartphones and tablets, the Consumer Electronics Show here hopes to be a launch pad for a new must-have device.
07 January 2014
Chevrolet to roll out 4G-connected cars
The new Chevrolets coming out this year will be faster -- on the information superhighway.
06 January 2014
New Bruce Springsteen album 'High Hopes' goes online
Bruce Springsteen's 18th studio album "High Hopes" went online in the United States Sunday, 10 days before its general release -- and on the 41st anniversary of The Boss's debut outing.
06 January 2014