Bay Ledger News Zonebill@blnz.comtag:www.blnz.com,2009:topics/science_and_technologytag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/22/Korea_rows_back_China_link_12cf

South Korea said Friday that an IP address identified as a source of a major cyber attack this week was not based in China as originally believed.

2013-03-22T09:12:36ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/22/Apple_Microsoft_defend_Australian_pricing_b1d3

Technology giants including Apple and Microsoft on Friday defended their pricing policy in Australia at an official inquiry launched over concerns that they were overcharging customers.

2013-03-22T08:17:06ZAFP Asian EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/22/South_China_prepares_more_storms_d01b

Southern China was warned Friday to prepare for more heavy rain and hailstorms after 24 people died when severe weather lashed five provinces, including a "super-tornado" in one city and egg-sized hailstones.

2013-03-22T07:23:45ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/urges_Iraq_bolster_non-oil_sector_e5c5

The IMF forecast Thursday that Iraq's economy would grow around nine percent this year helped by surging oil production, but said Baghdad needs to do more to support private, non-oil business.

2013-03-21T22:19:05ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/stocks_drop_Cyprus_weak_earnings_24e0

US stocks fell Thursday, hit by uncertainty over the Cyprus banking crisis and some surprisingly weak corporate earnings.

2013-03-21T20:54:52ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/Pro-fracking_filmmaker_accuses_censorship_7158

The maker of a documentary in support of oil and gas fracking accused the International Monetary Fund Thursday of censorship after it declined to show a key clip from his film at a conference.

2013-03-21T18:36:02ZAFP Global Editionby Jeremy Tordjmantag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/China_users_deluge_Russia_blog_3205

Chinese Internet users have deluged the microblog of the Russian embassy in Beijing with thousands of abusive comments within days of its opening, just ahead of a visit to Moscow by China's new president Xi Jinping.

2013-03-21T18:31:17ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/French_fashion_firm_develops_suit_0197

French fashion label Smuggler on Thursday said it had produced a suit that can block electromagnetic waves produced by mobile phones.

2013-03-21T18:23:02ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/Ancient_megavolcanoes_killed_half_worlds_dba4

New rock dating techniques have helped narrow the timeframe of a chain of massive volcanic eruptions that wiped out half the world's species 200 million years ago, a study said Thursday.

2013-03-21T18:12:30ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/Iran_leader_hints_first_direct_0b85

Iran's supreme leader on Thursday signalled openness for the first time to US offers to hold direct talks on his country's disputed nuclear drive, but voiced pessimism over the chances of a breakthrough.

2013-03-21T17:25:58ZAFP Global Editionby Mohammad Davaritag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/Haitian_farmers_call_food_sovereignty_07b4

Hundreds of small farmers have converged on the central Haitian city of Hinche to demand more space to grow their own crops in a country that imports more than half of its food.

2013-03-21T17:01:57ZAFP Global Editionby Clarens Renoistag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/NYSE_eyes_Suntech_listing_after_e4a4

The New York Stock Exchange said Thursday it was reviewing the listing of Suntech Power Holding Co.'s US-traded shares after the giant solar-panel maker's main China unit moved into bankruptcy reorganization.

2013-03-21T16:35:05ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/puts_airline_carbon_hold_year_15e6

The EU will put its controversial carbon tax on intercontinental airline flights on hold for a year to give time for international talks to reach a compromise on the issue, a European source said Thursday.

2013-03-21T16:26:55ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/Thai_students_mass_tablet_computer_ebbf

Thailand plans to distribute about 1.7 million tablet computers to students and teachers this year in the world's largest handout of the devices for education, officials said Thursday.

2013-03-21T16:08:45ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/Most_detailed_image_ancient_Universe_1166

A new, detailed map of the most ancient light in the cosmos has revealed our Universe to be about 80 million years older than thought, the European Space Agency (ESA) said Thursday.

2013-03-21T15:31:28ZAFP Global Editionby Mariette Le Rouxtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/Islamist_hacks_Femen_Tunisia_Facebook_d7a2

An Islamist activist on Thursday hacked the Facebook page of feminist group Femen's Tunisian branch and posted religious messages after images of two members of the group posing topless were published on the Internet.

2013-03-21T14:59:01ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/Satellite_maps_oldest_light_Universe_8ea9

A new, detailed map of the most ancient light in the cosmos has revealed our Universe to be about 80 million years older than thought, the European Space Agency (ESA) said Thursday.

2013-03-21T14:17:07ZAFP Global Editionby Mariette Le Rouxtag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/Sudan_orders_South_Sudan_flow_66ae

Sudan on Thursday authorised companies to transport oil from South Sudan, in line with a timetable that will release billions of dollars in crucial revenues stalled over security concerns.

2013-03-21T14:11:02ZAFP Global Editionby Ian Timberlaketag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/Most_detailed_Bang_radiation_unveiled_6b60

The European Space Agency (ESA) on Thursday unveiled the most detailed map yet of relic radiation from the Big Bang, revealing new data it hopes will shed light on the creation and expansion of our Universe.

2013-03-21T12:33:17ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reportertag:www.blnz.com,2009:2013/03/21/Syria_coalition_deputy_Atassi_rejoins_cf61

Syrian opposition leader Soheir Atassi of the Syrian National Coalition grouping said on Thursday she was rejoining the body a day after abruptly "freezing" her membership.

2013-03-21T11:14:35ZAFP Global EditionBy Staff Reporter