Technology
Hewlett-Packard moves printer, PC exec Bradley into new job
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co said on Tuesday that Todd Bradley, the head of its largest unit, printing and personal computers, will take on a new job, improving HP's China business and exte...
June 19, 2013, 2:48 am-
Siemens solicits private equity offers for NSN stake - sources
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German industrial conglomerate Siemens is seeking offers from private equity firms to buy its stake in its telecoms equipment joint venture Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), three so...
June 19, 2013, 2:40 am -
Huawei launches world's slimmest smartphone
LONDON (Reuters) - China's Huawei unveiled its flagship smartphone, the Ascend P6, at its first standalone launch event on Tuesday, underlining its ambitions to compete with Apple and Samsung in the t...
June 19, 2013, 2:36 am -
GE to create Russian venture to build power plants
MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. conglomerate General Electric Co will create a joint venture with Russia's state-funded private equity vehicle to build mini power plants across Russia, the parties said on Tue...
June 19, 2013, 1:33 am -
Glass giant Corning to invest in Silicon Valley startup View
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Speciality glass company Corning is leading a $60 million investment in View Inc, a maker of energy-saving glass that automatically adjusts the amount of heat and light glare...
June 18, 2013, 11:31 pm -
Yahoo! says it has received thousands of US requests
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Internet giant Yahoo! said in a letter to users that it has received up to 13,000 requests for information from US law enforcement agencies in a six-month period ending May 31.
June 18, 2013, 10:12 pm 
Obama pick for top U.S. telecom regulator to face Senate panel
By Alina Selyukh
June 18, 2013, 9:08 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's choice for chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is expected to face questions about his past work within th...
Yahoo says it had as many as 13,000 data requests
(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said U.S. law enforcement agencies made between 12,000 and 13,000 requests for data in the last six months, the latest in a series of disclosures by technology companies since in...
June 18, 2013, 8:19 pm
Yahoo says it had as many as 13,000 U.S. data requests
(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said U.S. law enforcement agencies made between 12,000 and 13,000 requests for data in the last six months, the latest in a series of disclosures by technology companies since in...
June 18, 2013, 8:16 pm
North Korea says surveillance leaks prove U.S. is "kingpin" of rights abuse
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea rushed to the defense of American civil liberties on Tuesday, saying revelations of mass surveillance operations showed the United States was the "kingpin" of rights abus...
June 18, 2013, 6:19 pm
Batteries hold key to wearable device revolution
By Alexei Oreskovic and Gerry Shih
June 18, 2013, 2:30 pm
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Longer-lasting batteries are crucial for a new crop of wearable computers whose rise may upend Apple and Google's dominance ...-
Financing funds future growth and expansion of 2degrees
2degrees has secured a $165m credit facility from the Bank of New Zealand and reached agreement with Huawei to deploy 4G network in early 2014.
June 18, 2013, 1:59 pm -
Orgs responsible for securing data collected by apps - survey
Just weeks after the 50 billionth mobile app was downloaded from the Apple App Store, a new survey from Unisys finds that New Zealanders hold a range of organisations responsible for the security of data that may be gathered by mobile apps.
June 18, 2013, 1:19 pm 
Third Point raises Sony stake, presses for entertainment spin-off
TOKYO (Reuters) - New York-based hedge fund company Third Point said it had raised its stake in Japan's Sony Corp and asked for an opportunity to present its proposal to Sony's board for a partial spi...
June 18, 2013, 1:06 pm-
TheRural.co.nz is live
TheRural.co.nz is live. From farming stock to lifestyle blocks, The Rural is a new online hub of information dedicated to the rural community.
June 18, 2013, 12:50 pm 
Third Point ups Sony stake, calls for independent entertainment board
TOKYO (Reuters) - New York-based hedge fund Third Point said it has raised its stake in Sony Corp and urged the Japanese company to create an independent board to run a partially spun-off entertainmen...
June 18, 2013, 12:17 pm
Mysterious Steve Jobs emails hang over Apple trial
NEW YORK (AFP) - The late Steve Jobs took center stage Monday in the latest twist in the Apple antitrust trial on ebooks.
June 18, 2013, 12:11 pm
China supercomputer world's fastest: report
BEIJING (AFP) - A Chinese supercomputer is the fastest in the world, according to survey results announced Monday, comfortably overtaking a US machine which now ranks second.
June 18, 2013, 11:59 am
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Opinion
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Ken Ring
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James Robins
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