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Paul McCartney to kick off world tour in Poland
Mar 20, 2013 17:26 EDT
Paul McCartney will kick off a world tour in Warsaw on June 22, four days after he turns 71, the former Beatle's official website annouced Wednesday.
French workers waste an hour a day on surfing: study
Mar 20, 2013 17:07 EDT
French workers spend nearly one hour a day at the office surfing the Internet for non-professional uses, with Facebook and YouTube their favourite sites, according to a study published Wednesday.
Hodgson hails 'magnificent' Owen
Mar 19, 2013 15:13 EDT
England manager Roy Hodgson described Michael Owen's goalscoring record for his country as "magnificent" after the striker announced Tuesday his intention to retire at the end of the season.
Indian police set up lab to monitor social media
Mar 18, 2013 09:26 EDT
Mumbai police have set up India's first "social media lab" to monitor Facebook, Twitter and other networking sites, sparking concerns about freedom of speech online.
Rapper Lil Wayne in 'critical' condition: TMZ
Mar 15, 2013 21:11 EDT
Grammy-winning hip hop star Lil Wayne was in critical condition after being re-admitted to hospital after a further bout of seizures, the TMZ celebrity news website reported.
N.Korea says South, US behind major cyber attack
Mar 15, 2013 05:52 EDT
North Korea on Friday accused the United States and South Korea of carrying out a "persistent and intensive" cyber attack against its official websites in recent days.
Hackers attack top Czech news websites
Mar 04, 2013 09:14 EST
Hackers attacked several top Czech news websites on Monday, overloading them with hundreds of thousands of requests per second to make them inaccessible, publishers said.
Yahoo! gets Marissa Mayer make-over
Feb 20, 2013 15:04 EST
Yahoo! sported a new look on Wednesday in a make-over tailored by style savvy and engineering smart chief Marissa Mayer.
Sports world shock and caution at Pistorius shooting
Feb 14, 2013 14:10 EST
The sports world reacted with a mix of shocked horror and caution Thursday to news that popular South African Oscar Pistorius had been charged with gunning down his model girlfriend.
Hyperlocal news website EveryBlock calls it quits
Feb 07, 2013 15:12 EST
EveryBlock, a hyperlocal website built on the promise of drawing customers with neighborhood-based news, wrote its own obituary on Thursday.
Bangladesh forms tribunal to try cyber criminals
Feb 07, 2013 13:48 EST
Bangladesh has formed a fast-track court to try cyber criminals after a spike in crimes involving mobile phones and social networking sites such as Facebook, an official said Thursday.
Sochi tickets go on sale in Russia
Feb 07, 2013 09:25 EST
Tickets went on sale for the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014 on Thursday, one year ahead of the opening ceremony, but they were only available to Russians and foreigners living in Russia.
Internet wonders which monkey Iran sent into space
Feb 02, 2013 20:19 EST
Iran's announcement that it had successfully sent a monkey into space stirred questions on the Internet, with people pointing to differences between official images of the primate before takeoff and after landing.
Hackers attack embattled Iraq PM's website
Feb 02, 2013 12:59 EST
Hackers attacked the official website of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday, posting a message critical of the leader who has faced weeks of protests demanding he quit.
Wickr app aims to safeguard online privacy
Feb 02, 2013 12:33 EST
Wickr co-founder Nico Sell is working toward "geek utopia," a world where people hold the power when it comes to who sees what they share on the Internet or from their phones.
Google reaches deal with French news websites
Feb 01, 2013 15:12 EST
Google resolved a compensation fight with French news publishers on Friday that sees the US Internet search giant setting up a 60 million euro fund to help France's media adapt to the digital age.
Paris signs accord with Google on news websites
Feb 01, 2013 13:16 EST
Google and France signed Friday a groundbreaking agreement that will see the US Internet search giant compensate French news websites for linking to their content.
Web inventor says governments stifling net freedom
Jan 25, 2013 15:53 EST
The inventor of the World Wide Web warned Friday that government control is limiting the possibilities of the Internet, as dozens of countries and businesses signed a cybersecurity deal at the Davos forum.
Zaha set for move to Man Utd
Jan 25, 2013 06:17 EST
Manchester United have struck a deal with Crystal Palace for the London club's highly-rated winger Wilfried Zaha to join them in July.
Rubin Kazan sign French midfielder M'Vila
Jan 23, 2013 13:32 EST
French international midfielder Yann M'Vila on Wednesday agreed a deal to leave Rennes and join Russian Premiership side Rubin Kazan, the Ligue 1 side said on their website.
