Hi-Tech Archives - AFP
- Internet television service Joost enters China
- Hitachi, GE to develop smaller nuclear reactors
- Grow your mobile in a pot? Maybe someday, say Nokia researchers
- Facebook asks US court to unplug German website StudiVZ
- Videogames getting minds of their own
- Ebadi rights group warns Iran on Internet crime bill
- Make way Ronaldo, here come the robots
- Advertisers' dream as Japanese display identifies customers
- Wii becomes top-selling video game console in US
- Videogames getting more social
- EU warns teenagers of mobile phone ring-tone rip-offs
- Ubisoft videogame targets girl athletes
- DC Universe players invent their own videogame superheros
- Videogame console giants jockey for throne
- Australia unveils online code of conduct
- E-commerce soars in China: study
- Google-Viacom lawsuit deal cloaks YouTube user identities
- Brazilians first to unlock new iPhone: reports
- EU says proposal to cap text message prices in the works
- 'Spore' computer game's alien population exploding
- Sony adds online movies to PlayStation 3 consoles
- Pope's message goes hi-tech in Australia
- NZealand teen mastermind walks free over global cyber crime
- With newest technology, US police turn table on car thieves
- Gadget aims to put 3D person 'in your palm'
- 'World's oldest blogger' dies in Australia
- Video game makers to duel in E3 arena
- Yahoo rejects a new Microsoft deal
- Chinese man jailed for hacking Red Cross quake site: report
- EU preparing to cap text message prices
- Gadget lovers flip for iPhone 3G but glitches mar release
- British iPhone buyers hit by delays amid 'phenomenal' demand
- Sony says to put virtual ads in PlayStation 3 games
- Nokia Siemens Networks wins deal with China Mobile
- BMW will test electric Mini models for California market
- Japanese firms team up on energy-saving OLED panels
- 'World's oldest blogger' dies in Australia
- AT&T, AOL agree to block Internet child porn
- Videogame makers to duel in E3 arena
- Internet flaw could let hackers take over the Web
- New Italian museum offers 3D virtual tour of ancient city
- Google lets people create custom virtual realms
- Gadget lovers flip over new iPhone 3G
- Big Apple consumers jostle for iPhone 3G
- Scrabble poised for Facebook face-off with Scrabulous
- Mind games: computer headset lets brain control action
- Asia queues for new Apple iPhone
- Matsushita Electric Works says it has developed eco-friendly lamp
- Apple opens 'extras' store as iPhone 3G hits shelves
- New Zealanders snap up first 3G iPhones to go on sale
- Apple opens online 'extras' shop on eve of iPhone 3G launch
- Apple iPhone 3G makes international debut Friday
- Japan's Apple fans queue days before iPhone 3G launch
- Microsoft would reopen Yahoo talks with new board
- 'Serious' video games aid training for real world emergencies
- Apple's iPhone could find Asia tough to crack
- Google ordered to give YouTube user data to Viacom
- Japan beefs up undersea quake monitoring system
- India says no security threat from BlackBerry: report
- Japan firms step up mobile security after stabbing rampage
- New media turn Beijing Olympics into e-Games
- Warner Music Group to offer music through Nokia phones
- PopTok adds film clips to instant messaging
- Hydrogen cars commercially unavailable until 2020: Mazda
- Microsoft would reopen Yahoo talks with new board: Icahn
- World's longest cable-stayed bridge opens in China
- Pro-Russian cyber-attack hits Lithuania: regulator
- Judge orders Google to give YouTube user data to Viacom
- Russia to create Internet addresses in Cyrillic
- Americans outsource life's tough or mundane tasks
- US-EU private data sharing agreement at hand: report
- 300 Internet death threats since Tokyo killing spree
- Political baby-kissing goes 'virtual'
- Bill Gates signs off at Microsoft
- China Mobile says main hurdle in Apple iPhone talks cleared
- Yahoo reorganizes in face of rebellion and desertion
- Internet body approves domain name big bang
- One in two Chinese people uses mobile phone, report says
- Bangkok offers 15,000 free Wi-Fi spots
- China to roll out new turboprop plane: report
- Amnesty takes human trafficking issue to eBay
- Bill Gates to sign off at Microsoft
- Google helps advertisers figure out website demographics
- Singaporeans biggest online spenders: survey
- Marshall Islands email paralysed by 'zombie' attack
- New internet domain names in 2009: ICANN
- Yahoo stock bounces with rumors of new Microsoft talks
- Crunch vote to rule on Internet domain name big bang
- Hazard of old mobile phones under spotlight at UN meet
- Bill Gates surrendering Microsoft helm
- SKorea ponders closer watch on web after surge of protests
- Internet-savvy voters shake up US presidential election
- Gadgets for grown-ups next big thing in greying Japan
- China Internet control unacceptable: European Commissioner
- Hurdles seen blocking potential of mobile phone TV
- Sega, Hasbro unveil new dancing robot
- Sony says new camcorder will photograph smiles
- Disasters raising new tests for telecoms: experts
- AFP launches mobile news, multimedia service
- Yahoo delivers new free email addresses
- 'Spore' computer game aliens coming to virtual life
- Spanish TV station Telecinco files lawsuit against YouTube
- Media watchdog urges Vietnam to release blogger
- OECD ministers agree to make Internet safer, more widely used
- China's Internet censorship getting worse: activist
- France clamps down on Internet piracy
- Soaring oil prices could boost Internet: Google executive
- Japan companies unite to bring robots to homes
- World's smallest karaoke machine starts them young
- Updated Firefox browser eyes world download record
- Totlol, an online video playroom for children
- Lower costs drawing users to mobile Internet: industry
- Sony Ericsson unveils Wii-like phone
- SKorea's Lee highlights Internet benefits, dangers
- Bangladesh makes Internet use free for primary schools
- Nokia launches new phones, vows to stay number one
- Mitsubishi, Peugeot may team up in electric cars: statement
- Honda starts producing next-gen fuel cell car
- Samsung unveils touch-screen smart phone
- Pomi the robot penguin has hidden depths
- Microsoft Surface computers hit Las Vegas party scene
- Obama combats darker side of Internet politics
- 2 US lawmakers claim they were hit by Chinese hackers
- Toyota says to produce new hybrid battery next year
- Google wins Spain's Asturias award for communications
- Internet providers agree to block child porn sites
- Apple unveils new iPhone with faster Web, GPS
- Energy ministers get 'buddy' humanoids
- G8 wants 20 carbon-burying projects by 2010
- Taiwan says pioneering WiMAX points way to the future
- Malaysia's pirated disc-sniffing dog dies: report
- US lawmaker says his office hit by Chinese hackers
- Japan's NEC offers to repair defective computers
- Japan's top film rental chain offers high-definition downloads
- Toyota brings fuel cell dream closer to reality
- Hong Kong's websites the world's riskiest: survey
- US blogger released on bail in Singapore
- Online database shows Britain-Australia links
- iPhone upgraded to handle business email
- Buzz mounts on 3G iPhone as Apple CEO sets appearance
- Softbank says to bring iPhone to Japan this year
- Taiwan's Asustek, Acer launch low-priced mini laptops
- China's music industry warns Baidu search engine over piracy
- Paralysed man takes a walk in virtual world
- Low-priced laptops a theme at Asia's biggest computer fair
- Zombies and botnets: OECD warns of hidden armies in cyber wars
- Canada students file complaint against Facebook: media
- Qualcomm bets on mobile new-age version of old-time TV
- Two online sites fined, banned over Roland-Garros betting
- Brazil, India, SAfrica appeal standard status for Microsoft Office
- Schools eyeing virtual campuses
- Japanese researchers develop tiny toxic smog sensor
- End of an era as paper airline tickets dropped from June 1
- Yahoo chief says Microsoft not interested in renewed takeover try
- Sanyo says to team up with VW in hybrid batteries
- US games developer makes quitting smoking child's play
- EU to rule in Intel antitrust case 'as soon as possible'
- BlackBerry vows to keep emails secret amid Indian security worries
- TeliaSonera to roll out iPhone to Northern Europe
- Naver's pundits in SKorea are never short of an answer
- Britain seeks ban on cartoon-style abuse images
- Samsung Electronics unveils new SSD
- Internet sports betting becomes criminal domain
- Japan panel urges limit on mobile phone use by children
- EU eyes hi-tech systems to cut road deaths, fuel use
- Australia tests spy planes to protect borders
- EU to scrutinise Microsoft's promise to open up Office
- Microsoft to reward Live Search shoppers with cash
- EU Commission targeting US chipmaker Intel: report
- Facebook making profile pages quicker, less cluttered
- BlackBerry vows to keep messages secret after India seeks code
- Toyota, Hino to help develop road-rail vehicle: spokesman
- Collaboration trumps competition at Microsoft research "road show"
- Yamaha says strong interest in new music machine
- Hydrogen-powered phones on the horizon
- Rivalry in Japanese social networking sites heats up
- IT chiefs warn of cyber-terrorism threat
- Thai government threatens to shut down 29 websites
- Iran launches fresh crackdown on websites: report
- China quake critics make voices heard online
- Google launches online medical records service
- 38 charged in Romania-US Internet fraud bust
- Chinese Internet portal Sina launches English site
- As pressure mounts on Yahoo, Microsoft eyes new tie-up
- Internet can force change in Myanmar: Brown
- 'Ordinary' Arabs to retake Internet: Wikipedia founder
- Spanish police arrest five 'active' hackers
- Deadline passes in EA bid to buy Take-Two Interactive shares
- Google blurs faces in street view map pictures
- Robot conducts Detroit orchestra
- Google launches online medical records service
- 'Twitters' beat media in reporting China earthquake
- Spammers ordered to pay MySpace 230 mln dlrs
- Yahoo shares gain in Frankfurt on anticipation of Microsoft deal
- Software piracy increases in Asia-Pacific: industry group
- NATO launches cyber defence centre in Estonia
- Microsoft says mulling new Yahoo deal, without a takeover
- Icahn moves to replace Yahoo board, restart Microsoft talks
- Microsoft site offers top telescope imagery of cosmos
- Spanish police arrest five hackers
Science AP
- Study: Closing coal-burning power plant in China cut rate of toddlers' development problems
- Study: Closing coal-burning power plant in China cut rate of toddlers' development problems
- Study: Closing coal-burning power plant in China cut rate of toddlers' development problems
- Australian woman described as the world's oldest blogger dies
- Study finds Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand face high risk from arsenic contamination
- Apple's iPhone goes on sale in Japan to cheering crowd lined up outside downtown Tokyo store
- Government forecast shows decade-long drought worsening in Australia's parched food belt
- Fishermen say slow cleanup after Philippine ferry disaster jeopardizes their livelihood
- Fishermen say slow cleanup after Philippine ferry disaster jeopardizes their livelihood
- Wealthy nations conclude mega-summit, stress need for 'global solutions'
- Major economies pledge to battle global warming, but set no numerical targets
- Bush lauds G-8 leaders for work on protecting environment, advancing trade, helping the poor
- Bush lauds summiteers for work on protecting environment, advancing trade, helping the poor
- Bush lauds summiteers for work on protecting environment, advancing trade, helping the poor
- G-8 endorses halving of world greenhouse gas emissions by 2050; critics say it falls short
- G-8 endorses halving of world greenhouse gas emissions by 2050; critics say it falls short
- Japanese sails solo across Pacific in wave-powered boat
- Special delivery: 2 tigers flown by helicopter to Indian reserve in repopulation attempt
- Special delivery: 2 tigers flown by helicopter to Indian reserve in repopulation attempt
- Delegates fail to agree on banning toxic waste exports at UN conference
- Delegates fail to agree on banning toxic waste exports at UN conference
- Delegates fail to agree on banning toxic waste exports at UN conference
- Delegates debate banning toxic waste exports as UN conference concludes
- Delegates debate banning toxic waste exports as UN conference concludes
- China drafts in thousands of cleaners to remove algae bloom at Olympic sailing venue
- Business leaders urge wealthy nations to take lead in global warming battle
- Business leaders urge wealthy nations to take lead in global warming battle
- World Bank says fishing will return to the Aral Sea
- Myanmar cyclone threatens water birds in delta region
- SKorean team led by disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang claims to clone endangered dog
- China denies it's investigating monopoly abuse of large software companies including Microsoft
- SKorean team led by disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang claims to clone endangered dog
- SKorean team led by disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang claims to clone endangered dog
- Hyundai offers 3D TV for Japan market; limited programming
- Japan robot startups join hands to compete with South Korean robot drive
- Japan robot startups join hands to compete with South Korean robot drive
- New Zealand zoo reports birth of 3 rare Sumatran tiger cubs
- Australian minister says drought crisis in major river needs urgent action
- Myanmar bloggers help build 'Budget Huts' for cyclone survivors
- Endangered giant panda habitat in western China devastated by quake, official says
- New Zealand phases out old light bulbs to save energy, greenhouse gas output
- New Zealand phases out old light bulbs to save energy, greenhouse gas output
- Reports: Japan police arrest three for posting online threats of more bloody attacks
- Honda rolls out new zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell car for southern California
- Honda rolls out new zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell car for southern California
- Honda rolls out new zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell car for southern California
- China denies hacking into computers of US lawmakers
- Japan raids companies suspected of links to North Korea's nuclear program
- Toyota promises plug-in hybrid vehicle in Japan, US and Europe by 2010
- Scientists say drilling almost certainly to blame for Indonesian mud flow
- Scientists discover macaque monkeys in Indonesia that fish
- Scientists say drilling almost certainly to blame for Indonesian mud flow
- Scientists discover macaque monkeys in Indonesia that fish
- Wireless Internet offered to Turkmens, long blocked from private access
- Scientists discover macaque monkeys in Indonesia that fish
- Apple's new iPhone to go on sale in Hong Kong on July 11
- Apple's new iPhone 3G to launch in Japan on July 11
- China quake lake keeps swelling despite efforts to widen drainage channel with explosives
- Magnitude-5 aftershock rocks China quake lake; troops blast debris with anti-tank weapons
- Magnitude-5 aftershock rocks China quake lake, triggers landslides; no evacuations ordered
- Magnitude-5 aftershock rocks China quake lake, triggers landslides; no evacuations ordered
- Taiwan's Acer settles patent infringement cases with Hewlett-Packard
- Magnitude 5 aftershock rocks China quake lake, triggers landslides; no evacuations ordered
- Magnitude 5 aftershock rocks China quake lake, triggers landslides; no evacuations ordered
- Stranded scuba divers chase off Komodo dragon on remote Indonesian island
- Endangered bird in Australia making comeback through conservation effort
- Leader of disappearing island nation says climate change an issue of survival, not economics
- South Korean regulator orders Intel to pay US$25.4 million in antitrust probe
- South Korean regulator orders Intel to pay US$25.4 million in antitrust probe
- South Korean regulator orders Intel to pay US$25.4 million in antitrust probe
- Jackie Chan says Segway fears technology theft in China
- Jackie Chan says Segway fears technology theft in China
- Softbank reaches deal with Apple to sell iPhone handsets in Japan this year
- Softbank reaches deal with Apple to sell iPhone handsets in Japan this year
- Mother who lent Japan's new smoking "smart card" to teenage son may face charges
- Japanese scientists create microscopic noodle bowl using nanotechnology
- Rare video footage captures world's rarest rhino charging camera
- Japanese brewery to make beer from space barley
- Hutchison Telecom to offer Apple's iPhone in Hong Kong, Macau
- Greenpeace Pacific protest fails to keep Spanish boat from hauling in fishing net
- Factories in China's quake zone could pose environmental risk, official says
- Taiwan successfully treats baby from rival China with deformed windpipe
- Taiwan successfully treats baby from rival China with deformed windpipe
- Sony to sell tiny golf ball-sized speakers promising big quality sound for home theaters
- Disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist makes rare trip out of house arrest
- Disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist makes rare trip out of house arrest
- Kangaroos and Tasmanian devils focus Australians on unique wildlife
- 8 arrested as Aborigines protest cull of kangaroos in Australian capital
- Countries worldwide need closer cooperation to curb cyber terrorism threat, officials say
- Nissan-NEC joint venture to invest US$115 million to mass produce lithium-ion batteries
- Nissan-NEC joint venture to invest US$115 million to mass produce lithium-ion batteries
- In break with past, China allows bloggers, others to spread quake news and discuss response
- Disgraced South Korean scientist establishes firm specializing in cloning pet animals
- Worried about your pet? Forget to lock the door? New Panasonic car navigation can help
- SKorea's 1st astronaut leaves hospital after recovering from pain following steep descent
- Fate of world's most famous panda preserve unknown after China quake
- Fate of world's most famous panda preserve unknown after China quake
- Honda says its new fuel cell vehicle is lighter, more efficient
- Report: Rare giant pandas at Chinese breeding center safe after quake
- Report: Rare giant pandas at Chinese breeding center safe after quake
Technology AP
- Study: Closing coal-burning power plant in China cut rate of toddlers' development problems
- Australian woman described as the world's oldest blogger dies
- Apple's iPhone goes on sale in Japan to cheering crowd lined up outside downtown Tokyo store
- Japanese sails solo across Pacific in wave-powered boat
- Sony aims for profitability in TV and video game businesses by next March
- Sony aims for profitability in TV and video game businesses by next March
- Sony aims for profitability in TV and video game businesses by next March
- China denies it's investigating monopoly abuse of large software companies including Microsoft
- Hyundai offers 3D TV for Japan market; limited programming
- Japan robot startups join hands to compete with South Korean robot drive
- Japan robot startups join hands to compete with South Korean robot drive
- Myanmar bloggers help build 'Budget Huts' for cyclone survivors
- New Zealand phases out old light bulbs to save energy, greenhouse gas output
- Sony develops green flat-panel TV to woo ecological consumers
- New Zealand phases out old light bulbs to save energy, greenhouse gas output
- Reports: Japan police arrest three for posting online threats of more bloody attacks
- Honda rolls out new zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell car for southern California
- Honda rolls out new zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell car for southern California
- Honda rolls out new zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell car for southern California
- China denies hacking into computers of US lawmakers
- Japan raids companies suspected of links to North Korea's nuclear program
- Toyota promises plug-in hybrid vehicle in Japan, US and Europe by 2010
- Wireless Internet offered to Turkmens, long blocked from private access
- Apple's new iPhone to go on sale in Hong Kong on July 11
- Apple's new iPhone 3G to launch in Japan on July 11
- Taiwan's Acer settles patent infringement cases with Hewlett-Packard
- South Korean regulator orders Intel to pay US$25.4 million in antitrust probe
- South Korean regulator orders Intel to pay US$25.4 million in antitrust probe
- Japanese scientists create microscopic noodle bowl using nanotechnology
- Hutchison Telecom to offer Apple's iPhone in Hong Kong, Macau
- Sony to sell tiny golf ball-sized speakers promising big quality sound for home theaters
- Countries worldwide need closer cooperation to curb cyber terrorism threat, officials say
- Nissan-NEC joint venture to invest US$115 million to mass produce lithium-ion batteries
- Nissan-NEC joint venture to invest US$115 million to mass produce lithium-ion batteries
- In break with past, China allows bloggers, others to spread quake news and discuss response
- Disgraced South Korean scientist establishes firm specializing in cloning pet animals
- Worried about your pet? Forget to lock the door? New Panasonic car navigation can help
- Honda says its new fuel cell vehicle is lighter, more efficient
- Asia-Pacific telecoms SingTel, Bharti, Globe, Optus to bring iPhone to parts of the region
- Microsoft will focus on going its own way after Yahoo deal collapse, Bill Gates says
- Microsoft will focus on going its own way after Yahoo deal collapse, Bill Gates says
- Bill Gates says Microsoft will focus on going its own way after Yahoo deal collapse
- French premier visits Japanese nuclear plant, vows to cooperate on climate, energy
- Omron shows smile-measuring technology for cameras, robots, medicine
- Indonesian Internet companies block Web sites over Quran film
- Indonesian Internet companies block Web sites over Quran film
- Soyuz engineers make final preparations; Korea's first astronaut says she feels great
- Indonesian Internet companies block Web sites over Quran film
- Japanese mobile phone company to test scent downloading service with handset
- Australia launches its first project to bury carbon dioxide underground
- Australia launches its first project to bury carbon dioxide underground
- Mobile commerce company cells fashion, image to gadget-loving Japanese women
- Consortium says Australian government has terminated broadband contract
- Australia launches its first project to bury carbon dioxide underground
- With time running out, world governments start talks on halting greenhouse gases
- Hackers hit Indonesian Web site after ban on online pornography
- Japanese scientists, origami masters aim to launch paper craft from space
- Report: Hynix Semiconductor to cut annual investment plan by more than a quarter
- Indonesia endorses bill banning online porn
- Malaysia's new information minister says he won't muzzle bloggers
- Blogging turns Japanese singer into star writer who gives voice to solitary women
- Japan forecasts $500 billion in costs to cut greenhouse gases 11 percent
- China blocks popular YouTube.com video Web site over Tibet protest videos
- China blocks popular YouTube.com video Web site over Tibet protest videos
- South Korea's LG Electronics says its expects display unit to make 1H profit
- Telecom tower torched in western Afghanistan
- Telecom tower torched in western Afghanistan
- China launches body to promote energy security, conservation amid soaring demand
- South Korea considers changing its choice for country's first person in space
- Pioneer to stop making plasma display panels to turn around its troubled electronics business
- Pioneer to stop making plasma display panels to turn around its troubled electronics business
- Pioneer to stop making plasma display panels to turn around its troubled electronics business
- SKorea indicts man for allegedly passing plasma technology to Chinese company
- SKorea indicts man for allegedly passing plasma technology to Chinese company
- Japan's Cabinet approves energy law revision in efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions
- China says U.S. complaints about military just "Cold War" thinking
- Skype rolling out for PlayStation Portable in Japan
- Fuel cells deliver electricity, hot water to Japanese homes; wider use possible but costly
- Samsung says new LCD line with Sony to make about 50,000 sheets a month
- Fuel cells deliver electricity, hot water to Japanese homes; wider use possible but costly
- DVD-sniffing dogs to help Malaysia take a bite out of movie piracy
- Virgin Mobile launches in India, targets youth market
- Taliban destroy 2 phone towers in southern Afghanistan
- Taliban destroy another phone tower in southern Afghanistan
- Taliban blow up phone tower in Afghanistan, fearing a technological betrayal
- LG.Philips LCD shareholders approve name change to LG Display
- Pakistan lifts curbs on YouTube, says 'blasphemous' video clip has been removed
- Sony tying up with Sharp to make LCD panels
- Sony tying up with Sharp to make LCD panels
- Sony tying up with Sharp to make LCD panels
- Sony tying up with Sharp to make LCD panels
- Sony tying up with Sharp in TV displays
- Group with Google and others building cross-Pacific Broadband cable
- Taliban give 3-day ultimatum to Afghan phone companies to stop signal at night
- Taliban give 3-day ultimatum to Afghan phone companies to stop signal at night
- Japan launches high-speed communications satellite atop homegrown H-2A rocket
- China, South Korea file growing number of international patents, UN says
- China welcome on Wall Street but foreign acquisitions still provoke unease
- South Korea's fair trade watchdog fines Samsung over price pressure on subcontractors
- South Korea's fair trade watchdog fines Samsung over price pressure on subcontractors
