Technology
Hong Kong rally backs Snowden, denounces allegations of U.S. spying
By Grace Li and Venus Wu
June 16, 2013, 12:13 am
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A few hundred rights advocates and political activists marched through Hong Kong on Saturday to demand protection for Edward Snowden, who ...
Facebook reveals details of US data requests
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Facebook revealed it received between 9,000 and 10,000 requests for user data from US authorities in the second half of last year, as it seeks to shield itself from a growing scandal.
June 15, 2013, 6:29 pm-
Farmers up, up and away with Google's Loon
Federated Farmers of New Zealand is excitedly welcoming Google's global trial for its revolutionary Project Loon.
June 15, 2013, 5:42 pm 
Philippine president 'phone numbers' posted online
MANILA (AFP) - A Philippine hacker has posted online what he claimed to be the president's personal mobile telephone numbers, with Benigno Aquino's spokesman denouncing the act as "cyber vandalism".
June 15, 2013, 5:34 pm-
Google announces balloon-powered internet in NZ
By Mike Cassidy, Project Lead
June 15, 2013, 3:22 pm 
Microsoft got more than 6,000 U.S. data requests in second half 2012
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Friday that for the last six months of 2012 it received between 6,000 and 7,000 criminal and national security warrants, subpoenas and orders affecting betwe...
June 15, 2013, 3:18 pm
Facebook got 9,000-10,000 government data requests in second half 2012
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc received between 9,000 and 10,000 requests for user data from various U.S. government entities in 2012's second half, involving 18,000 to 19,000 of its users' ac...
June 15, 2013, 1:26 pm
Web companies begin releasing surveillance information after U.S. deal
By Joseph Menn and Gerry Shih
June 15, 2013, 1:04 pm
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook and Microsoft have struck agreements with the U.S. government to release limited information about the number of surveil...
For solar pilot, human endurance is the sky's limit
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Pilot Andre Borschberg oversaw the construction of a solar plane that can fly through the night, but these days the entrepreneur is more concerned with the limits of man than of technology.
June 15, 2013, 7:45 am
Dangers and delights of digital diplomacy
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Amid the explosion of social media and new networking tools, governments and businesses are grappling with balancing their security needs against their wish to join the online conversations.
June 15, 2013, 7:41 am
Microsoft Office software debuts on iPhone
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Microsoft on Friday made Office available on iPhones for people who pay to use the popular productivity software as a service in the Internet cloud.
June 15, 2013, 6:54 am
Romania, EU launch works on world's most powerful laser
BUCHAREST (AFP) - The European Union and Romania laid Friday the cornerstone of a research hub due to host the world's most powerful laser.
June 15, 2013, 6:37 am-
Groupon shares rise on optimism about strategy shift
By Alistair Barr
June 15, 2013, 5:37 am
(Reuters) - Groupon Inc shares rose more than 10 percent to the highest level in almost a year on Friday after an analyst upgrade stoked optimism about a recent strateg... -
Pen still mightier than the tablet
By Jens Hack
June 15, 2013, 4:56 am
MUNICH (Reuters) - Computers, tablets and smartphones have not yet managed to crowd out pens and pencils, says Faber-Castell, German maker of high-end writing instruments. ... 
Obama acts to free up spectrum to ease crunch
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama moved Friday to free up more broadcast spectrum used by federal agencies to help meet the surging demand from smartphones and other mobile devices.
June 15, 2013, 4:40 am
EU quizzes telecom firms, handset makers on Google's Android
By Foo Yun Chee
June 15, 2013, 4:24 am
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union antitrust regulators are asking mobile telecoms operators and handset makers if their Android deals with Google block rivals in mobil...
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James Robins
June 12, 8:56 pmHey Ed, you can stay at my houseI have a one bedroom apartment in the middle of Auckland. It’s small but has character, and I have a spare mattress on which you, Mr Snowden, are mor...
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