China has launched a navigation satellite as a part of its Compass navigation system. The satellite is planned to be used for many purposes including monitoring forest fires and even public security, according to the Chinese official news agency...

Confusion reigned in Pakistan with the local media reporting that the Pakistan government had asked the Interpol to withdraw the red corner notices issued against former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari. However the...

Well known motherboard maker ASUSTek which makes motherboards under the brand name ASUS had its site hacked on Friday. Hackers injected ASUSTek’s site with malicious software which takes advantage of a recently discovered Windows exploit. The...

Ukraine’s President Viktor Yushchenko dissolved the Ukrainian parliament on Monday and called for early elections on May 27. The political crisis was brought about due the continuing tiff between Yushchenko and the Ukrainian Prime Minister...

The long awaited Apple TV home entertainment adapter has started shipping bringing Apple into one’s living room. The Apple TV wireless network adapter lets one stream music, movies and photos from the computer to the home entertainment system....

Microsoft has released a prototype web-browser for mobile devices which makes surfing web-pages faster and easier on mobile phones and PDAs. The browser christened Deepfish and still in its ‘alpha’ stage, displays thumbnails on web-pages...

On Saturday evening Sydney time, its residents and businesses turned off all their lights to do their bit against global warming. This event was organized and supported by environmentalists and the New South Wales state government. However certain...

A new Forrester research says that American companies have begun to feel a shortage of talent in India for the jobs outsourced. The report quotes a customer as saying that though in the past American companies have met their expectations in India, in...

US stock prices have fallen after reports of weak US economic data and a bearish Chinese stock market fanned worries about global economic growth. Dow Jones fell by around 500 points after investors sold off stocks with biggest exposure to Chinese...