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Global smart building deployments to see growth of over 150% by 2026

Global smart building deployments to see growth of over 150% by 2026

28 Mar 2022

New report offers solutions to gaping digital gap between Commonwealth countries

New report offers solutions to gaping digital gap between Commonwealth countries

24 Feb 2020

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Line, Japan's major messaging app with 400m users is likely to list in Tokyo later this year with an initial value of $9.8bn. Image:

Japan's Line messaging app worth $9.8bn ahead of listing

16 Jul 2014

Media claim iPhone is a threat to national security

Media claim iPhone is a threat to national security

14 Jul 2014

LG's new G Watch is also available for pre-order. Image:

Smartwatches from Samsung, LG

27 Jun 2014

CNET's Nic Healey says the new HTC One M8 is an exceptionally versatile phone. Image: CNET

HTC pins its hopes on M8 to make money

9 Jun 2014

AiQ has made a lycra T-shirt interwoven with stainless steel fibres to monitor the body's vital signs. Image: Computex

Smartwear may make people healthier

6 Jun 2014

Renee James says PCs are here to stay even though they may be losing some ground to smartphones and tables. Image: Intel

Intel backs the long-term survival of PCs

4 Jun 2014

Asus Chief, Jonney Shih has unveiled a five-in-one device that is a laptop, mobile phone and tablet with Windows and Android operating systems. Image:

Asus launches new 'five-mode' hybrid laptop

3 Jun 2014

Samsung's D J Lee says the new Tizen operating system provides faster web browsing than the previous Android operating system. Image:

New Samsung phone marks break from Android

3 Jun 2014

Acer's Stan Shih is turning to software solutions in the hope or returning the company to profitability. Image:

Acer launches software 'cloud' service drive

30 May 2014

Sony's Kazuo Hirai says producing localised content for the Chinese market will be fundamental to the company's success. China has an estimated 500m gamers. Image:

PlayStations to be sold legally in China

27 May 2014

Daum Communications and Kakao have agree to merge through a share swap. Image:

S. Korea's top mobile chat app, online portal to merge

26 May 2014

Sony e-book readers and its smartphones will now be controlled by Kobo as Sony closes its e-book stores around the world. Image:

Sony to close e-reading store in Europe, Australia

9 May 2014

MtGox's Mark Karpeles has handed control of the failed exchange over to administrator Nobuaki Kobayashi. Image:

MtGox bust, placed under administration

17 Apr 2014

A South Korean man let his baby starve to death while he played online games. Image:

Korean man lets child starve while he's online

15 Apr 2014

Huawei's Eric Xu has vowed to step up security to protect the company and its modem users from security hacking. Image: Huawei.

China's Huawei vows security after alleged US hacks

1 Apr 2014

Roland Sladek says Huawei has been "invaded" by the NSA. Image: LinkedIn

China's Huawei condemns NSA spying

25 Mar 2014

WeChat is looking to export its chat service to other parts of the world. Image:

WeChat revolution speaks to the masses

13 Mar 2014

Denial-of-service attacks crippled MtGox in the days leading up to its bankruptcy proceedings. Image:

MtGox faced 150,000 attacks per second says report

11 Mar 2014

Hackers managing to break into Flexcoin and steal US$600,000. Image: Chanpipat

Japan eyes Bitcoin regulations, taxes

6 Mar 2014

A shop selling Bitcoins has opened in Hong Kong. Image: AA+W

'World's first' Bitcoin shop opens in Hong Kong

4 Mar 2014

Apple has asked a Chinese court to revoke a patent ruling that found it had infringed a Chinese patent with its Siri software. Image: Apple

Apple asks Chinese court to overturn patent ruling

28 Feb 2014

A huge theft at MtGox is being probed after the Japanese exchange was closed. Image:

Japan probing bitcoin exchange after huge reported theft

27 Feb 2014

Bitcoin's credibility has been damaged after the MtGox website inexplicably disappeared. Image:

Bitcoin website vanishes amid huge theft claim

26 Feb 2014

LG's chief executive Park Jong Seok says the company will launch a smartwatch later this year. Image:

LG to launch new smartwatch this year

25 Feb 2014

The Petfit collar constantly monitors what a dog is doing and transmits data to a mobile phone. Image:

Collar that's smarter than the wearer

14 Feb 2014

Greatfire.org says that Microsoft's Bing search engine is censoring its Chinese language search results. Image: Greatfire.org

Bing accused of Chinese-language censorship

13 Feb 2014

Lenovo signals 'global ambitions' with Motorola deal

Lenovo signals 'global ambitions' with Motorola deal

3 Feb 2014

Samsung has already demonstrated 5G technology and is working with other South Korean companies to make it commercially viable. Image:

South Korea to spend US$1.5bn on 5G 'movie-in-a-second' service

23 Jan 2014

Taiwan's HTC designer indicted for leaks to China

Taiwan's HTC designer indicted for leaks to China

30 Dec 2013

Changhua County where Google is building its new data centres. Image:

Google opens first data centres in Asia

12 Dec 2013

More news

Line, Japan's major messaging app with 400m users is likely to list in Tokyo later this year with an initial value of $9.8bn. Image:

Japan's Line messaging app worth $9.8bn ahead of listing

16 Jul 2014

Media claim iPhone is a threat to national security

Media claim iPhone is a threat to national security

14 Jul 2014

LG's new G Watch is also available for pre-order. Image:

Smartwatches from Samsung, LG

27 Jun 2014

CNET's Nic Healey says the new HTC One M8 is an exceptionally versatile phone. Image: CNET

HTC pins its hopes on M8 to make money

9 Jun 2014

AiQ has made a lycra T-shirt interwoven with stainless steel fibres to monitor the body's vital signs. Image: Computex

Smartwear may make people healthier

6 Jun 2014

Renee James says PCs are here to stay even though they may be losing some ground to smartphones and tables. Image: Intel

Intel backs the long-term survival of PCs

4 Jun 2014

Asus Chief, Jonney Shih has unveiled a five-in-one device that is a laptop, mobile phone and tablet with Windows and Android operating systems. Image:

Asus launches new 'five-mode' hybrid laptop

3 Jun 2014

Samsung's D J Lee says the new Tizen operating system provides faster web browsing than the previous Android operating system. Image:

New Samsung phone marks break from Android

3 Jun 2014

Acer's Stan Shih is turning to software solutions in the hope or returning the company to profitability. Image:

Acer launches software 'cloud' service drive

30 May 2014

Sony's Kazuo Hirai says producing localised content for the Chinese market will be fundamental to the company's success. China has an estimated 500m gamers. Image:

PlayStations to be sold legally in China

27 May 2014

Daum Communications and Kakao have agree to merge through a share swap. Image:

S. Korea's top mobile chat app, online portal to merge

26 May 2014

Sony e-book readers and its smartphones will now be controlled by Kobo as Sony closes its e-book stores around the world. Image:

Sony to close e-reading store in Europe, Australia

9 May 2014

MtGox's Mark Karpeles has handed control of the failed exchange over to administrator Nobuaki Kobayashi. Image:

MtGox bust, placed under administration

17 Apr 2014

A South Korean man let his baby starve to death while he played online games. Image:

Korean man lets child starve while he's online

15 Apr 2014

Huawei's Eric Xu has vowed to step up security to protect the company and its modem users from security hacking. Image: Huawei.

China's Huawei vows security after alleged US hacks

1 Apr 2014

Roland Sladek says Huawei has been "invaded" by the NSA. Image: LinkedIn

China's Huawei condemns NSA spying

25 Mar 2014

WeChat is looking to export its chat service to other parts of the world. Image:

WeChat revolution speaks to the masses

13 Mar 2014

Denial-of-service attacks crippled MtGox in the days leading up to its bankruptcy proceedings. Image:

MtGox faced 150,000 attacks per second says report

11 Mar 2014

Hackers managing to break into Flexcoin and steal US$600,000. Image: Chanpipat

Japan eyes Bitcoin regulations, taxes

6 Mar 2014

A shop selling Bitcoins has opened in Hong Kong. Image: AA+W

'World's first' Bitcoin shop opens in Hong Kong

4 Mar 2014

Apple has asked a Chinese court to revoke a patent ruling that found it had infringed a Chinese patent with its Siri software. Image: Apple

Apple asks Chinese court to overturn patent ruling

28 Feb 2014

A huge theft at MtGox is being probed after the Japanese exchange was closed. Image:

Japan probing bitcoin exchange after huge reported theft

27 Feb 2014

Bitcoin's credibility has been damaged after the MtGox website inexplicably disappeared. Image:

Bitcoin website vanishes amid huge theft claim

26 Feb 2014

LG's chief executive Park Jong Seok says the company will launch a smartwatch later this year. Image:

LG to launch new smartwatch this year

25 Feb 2014

The Petfit collar constantly monitors what a dog is doing and transmits data to a mobile phone. Image:

Collar that's smarter than the wearer

14 Feb 2014

Greatfire.org says that Microsoft's Bing search engine is censoring its Chinese language search results. Image: Greatfire.org

Bing accused of Chinese-language censorship

13 Feb 2014

Lenovo signals 'global ambitions' with Motorola deal

Lenovo signals 'global ambitions' with Motorola deal

3 Feb 2014

Samsung has already demonstrated 5G technology and is working with other South Korean companies to make it commercially viable. Image:

South Korea to spend US$1.5bn on 5G 'movie-in-a-second' service

23 Jan 2014

Taiwan's HTC designer indicted for leaks to China

Taiwan's HTC designer indicted for leaks to China

30 Dec 2013

Changhua County where Google is building its new data centres. Image:

Google opens first data centres in Asia

12 Dec 2013

Bitcoin, a virtual currency, has seen values soar and fall. It is not underpinned by any asset other than trading by owners. Image: ]

Chinese investors seek to mine Bitcoin's volatility

11 Dec 2013

China's 4G network is due to begin operating next week. Image: style-photography.de

China issues 4G mobile licences

10 Dec 2013

At least US$5,7bn spent on China's Singles Day. Image: Scottchan

China Singles Day sees shoppers spend US$5.7bn

13 Nov 2013

Complaints over software and hardware from China's state television. Image: Samsung

Chinese state media sets sights on Samsung

23 Oct 2013

comScore releases the 2013 Japan Digital Future in Focus report

comScore releases the 2013 Japan Digital Future in Focus report

15 Oct 2013

PlayStation 4 (Image: Uncrate.com)

Game consoles remain despite smartphones

18 Sep 2013

China's secretive anti-graft agency unveils website

China's secretive anti-graft agency unveils website

5 Sep 2013

China Internet hit by 'largest ever' attack

China Internet hit by 'largest ever' attack

28 Aug 2013

Adultery website shines spotlight on Hong Kong marriages

Adultery website shines spotlight on Hong Kong marriages

27 Aug 2013

East China island dispute at the heart of new video game

East China island dispute at the heart of new video game

2 Aug 2013