White House to Respond to the 100K Who Signed Phone Unlocking Petition

The people —  over 100,000 people, that is –  have spoken, and they want it to be legal again to unlock cellphones in the United States....

WB‚ ADB to focus on energy

As the country is reeling under scheduled and unscheduled power cuts, development partners have started shifting their focus to energy an...

Police reach out to dead man's mom on Facebook

An Atlanta-area woman is angry after she says police used a little-known messaging feature on Facebook to contact her after her son was kil...

Mark Zuckerberg co-sponsors $33M prize to extend human life

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, 2012's second-most generous donors, are lending their considerable s...

Sony PlayStation event: Join us Wednesday (live blog)

Sony is widely expected to reveal the first details of its next game console later today. The "PlayStation Meeting 2013" event ...

Google Glass Orders: How You Can Get Your Hands On An Early Set Of The Futuristic Glasses

Are you one of those people who absolutely love the idea of Google Glass -- those far-out, futuristic glasses that Google has been taunting...

Hackers Who Attacked Twitter, Facebook, Apple May Have 'Hundreds' More Victims

The hackers who attacked Twitter, Facebook and Apple employees likely claimed many more victims, an expert said Wednesday. But exactly how ...

Microsoft job post gives more info about 'Windows Blue'

If there's any doubt that the Windows client team is laser-focused on the coming Blue refresh of Windows 8, a new Microsoft job post ...

CNN's Tesla Model S Test Drive Recreates Troubled New York Times

After several days of sparring between The New York Times and Tesla over the validity of a negative review of the Model S, CNN has opted ...

AT&T And Other Internet Providers Still Not Delivering Advertised Speeds: FCC

Some Internet providers, notably AT&T, are still not delivering the speeds they advertise to consumers, according to a new report by ...

Walkie-Talkies Let Little Spies Group Video Chat

Except for the screen, the tiny Spy Gear walkie-talkie does not look exceptionally high-tech. But it's got a unique capability — it...

Africa Is Not a Country - It's a Collection of Smartphone Markets

In recent weeks, Africa, of all places, has been a hotbed for smartphone news. Microsoft is teaming up with China's Huawei to launch...

Facebook Hopes Friends Will Let Friends Promote Posts

Facebook is allowing users with a little extra money to promote the status updates, photos or videos of a friend on the social network, a...

NTA to start licence renewal process of Nepal Satellite

 Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) has said it will initiate the licence renewal process of Nepal Satellite. The licence tenure of...

Former BlackBerry C.E.O. Sold All Company Shares

Jim Balsillie, the former co-chief executive and co-chairman of BlackBerry , has sold all of his shares in the struggling company, a regu...

Facebook Faces Lawsuit Over Like Button

Today in international tech news: Facebook is sued by a company that says it owns the patents for Likes; broadband fans in the UK fret a...

Google Now Update Aims To Make Google's Assistant Part Of Your Regular Routine

Google Now , the search giant's Android-based virtual assistant, is getting a suite of new features that aim to make the tool an even...

LPG bottling plants to get more commission

KATHMANDU: Putting all reform agendas on the back burner, state-owned Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has put the agenda of commission rate b...

Apple’s iPad Dominated PC Market During Holiday Season

The iPad is defined as a tablet, but you might as well call it a personal computer. Over the holiday season, about one in six people buyi...

Social Media Firms Move to Capitalize on Popularity in Middle East

DUBAI — For its most recent advertising push, the Saudi Arabian telecommunications giant Mobily did not turn to the street or television ...

Facebook may have a location-tracking app by mid-March

Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc. is developing a smartphone application that will track the location of users, two people with knowled...

Dell sells itself to founder, buyout firm in $24.4 billion deal driven by PC industry slump

SAN FRANCISCO — Slumping personal computer maker Dell is bowing out of the stock market in a $24.4 billion buyout that represents the lar...

Toyota Auris (2013) CAR review

Toyota GT86, Toyota Auris. Two cars at opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to delivering thrills. While the GT86 has been making ...

Microsoft's Surface Pro pops on Best Buy

Microsoft's Surface Pro has made its first appearance on a retailer's site other than Microsoft's. That would be big box retail...

Nepali coffee exports climb up

KATHMANDU: The export of Nepali coffee has increased in the recent time. According to the Trade and Export Promotion Centre, the coffee w...

Kia's Forte Super Bowl ad features violent android lady

There's no Jimmy Cliff or Flaming Lips in Kia's Super Bowl ad for the new Forte, but we can't help thinking they're the sec...

Google submits offer to E.U. in bid to settle antitrust probe

Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc. submitted an offer to European Union regulators in a bid to settle a probe into whether the world’s lar...

Coming soon to Facebook- more action, battle games

(Reuters) - When nWay began a trial of its dark, sci-fi combat game "ChronoBlade" on Facebook last year, the San Francisco-base...

Twitter: Account hack affects 250,000 users

A quarter of a million Twitter users have had their accounts hacked in the latest of a string of high-profile internet security breaches....