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IT firm baits hackers with online model train set
AFP, Published on 17/03/2015
» HANOVER (GERMANY) - Somewhere on Earth a computer hacker types a malicious command and hits enter. Half a world away, an urban commuter train speeds out of control, derails and crashes into a building.
Apple a decade behind Japan mobile payment curve
AFP, Published on 14/09/2014
» TOKYO - Apple's proud announcement that its new iPhone could be used to buy goods in a single swipe left customers non-plussed in Japan, where mobile contactless payments have been normal fare for a decade.
What a fabulous find!
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 12/03/2014
» Travelling by road in a city as notorious for its gridlock as Bangkok, commuters need all the help they can get. Listening to traffic-situation reports on radio stations can be useful, as can rolling down the window to ask for directions from locals in the know like motorcycle-taxi drivers, but both of those options are necessarily limited.
Ericsson, Samsung sign deal settling patent dispute
AFP, Published on 27/01/2014
» Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson said on Monday it had signed a deal with South Korean electronics giant Samsung settling a global patent dispute.
Samsung Q4 operating profit plunges 18%
AFP, Published on 24/01/2014
» South Korea's Samsung posted Friday an 18 percent drop in operating profit in the fourth quarter, due to a one-off bonus and slowing sales of the electronic giant's high-end smartphones.
Toymakers target 'kidults' at high-tech Hong Kong fair
AFP, Published on 09/01/2014
» Never mind girls and boys -- adults who refuse to grow up are being increasingly targeted by a toy industry promoting adolescence as a lifestyle choice, say industry watchers.
Samsung steps out from behind Google to woo developers
AFP, Published on 29/10/2013
» Samsung courted "app" makers at its first developers conference, stepping out of Google's shadow when it comes to software powering mobile devices.
Moroccan kiss Internet effect shakes Muslim society
AFP, Published on 11/10/2013
» The trial of three teenagers for posting Facebook photos of two of them kissing has sparked a storm of online protest in Morocco, where conservative Muslim values are being challenged in cyberspace.
Pakistan axes 'immoral' cell phone love chat
AFP, Published on 13/09/2013
» Pakistan has cracked down on "immoral" love chat services offered by mobile phone companies, stifling hopes of illicit romance in the conservative Muslim country where dating is frowned upon.
Mystery as Putin ally 'fired' in fake press release
AFP, Published on 20/06/2013
» Russian security services sought Thursday to unravel a mystery after a fraudster managed to fool the country's news agencies into believing one of President Vladimir Putin's closest allies had been "fired" from his post.