Former National Security Commission officer on Kazakhstan special forces' phone tapping
The report of the Access Global Movement for Digital Freedom stating that Kazakhstan security forces are capable of intercepting telephone conversations is a provocation staged by foes of Russia and CIS: retired general major Tursyn Aizhulov.
Chinese buy up Canada farms; is Beijing behind it?
With too few farms in China to feed a burgeoning population, Chinese immigrants have started buying up agricultural lands in Canada and shipping produce to Asia.
'Phishing' scams explode worldwide: researchers
Those insidious email scams known as phishing, in which a hacker uses a disguised address to get an Internet user to install malware, rose 87 percent worldwide in the past year.
'Privacy' search engines see jump after NSA row
Internet users are taking a fresh look at "privacy" search engines that do not store data or track online activity, in light of the flap over US government surveillance.
Facebook admits bug shared 6 mn users' contact details
Phone numbers and email addresses belonging to some 6 million Facebook users have been improperly shared due to a software bug.
Wine producers go hi-tech to outsmart fraudsters
Making sure a glass of wine is everything it promises on the label was once a relatively simple process: hold against the light, tilt and observe the shade, swirl a little and give it a good sniff.
Facebook adds video sharing to Instagram
Facebook on Thursday added smartphone video-sharing to its Instagram photo-based social network, in a move challenging Twitter's popular Vine service.
Multi-storey wind power station and military drone presented at Almaty fair
Kazakhstan developers presented innovative projects in green energy and information technologies at the ESI-2013 fair.
Kazakhstan residents bought new cars worth $2 billion in 2012
Kazakhstan residents spent $2 billion onnew cars in 2012.