Could Android's growing dominance of the smartphone market also be its downfall?

Could Android's growing dominance of the smartphone market also be its downfall?

Could Android's growing dominance of the smartphone market also be its downfall?

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:28 AM PST

If Google doesn't take tighter control of its operating system, Android's current success could ultimately lead to a host of problems.

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ASEAN chair urges NKorea to call off rocket launch

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:20 AM PST

Cambodian Prime Minister and ASEAN chairman Hun Sen urged North Korea Monday to scrap a planned rocket launch, saying it would bring "fear and tension" to the region.

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Hong Kong and Singapore see 12/12/12 wedding boom

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:17 AM PST

Couples from Hong Kong and Singapore are flocking to tie the knot on 12/12/12, sparking a wedding boom on the century's last sequential dates seen as auspicious by some to guarantee a happy marriage.

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Russia opposes external political "recipes" for Syria

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 01:13 AM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Monday it opposed any setting of preconditions for talks between the Syrian government and its enemies, and that plans for the country's political future cannot be forced on it from outside.

Terengganu tables Budget 2013

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 12:58 AM PST

The Terengganu government today tabled Budget 2103, allocating RM1.995 billion for operating expenditure and RM1.076 for development expenditure.

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Sarawak crime index down by 7.86 per cent - Police Commissioner

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 12:52 AM PST

The state crime index statistics have dipped 7.86 per cent since January, as compared to the corresponding period last year, said Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Acryl Sani Abdullah.

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Romania president weighs options for PM after vote

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 12:40 AM PST

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's President Traian Basescu weighed his options for prime minister on Monday but is expected to re-appoint his leftist opponent Victor Ponta rather than risk a fresh political standoff by appointing someone other than the current premier.

North Korea extends rocket launch window due to 'technical problems'

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 12:32 AM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has extended the window for a widely condemned long-range rocket launch by a week after discovering a "technical deficiency", the isolated state's news agency said on Monday.

Prominent Afghan female official shot dead

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 12:33 AM PST

JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Dec 9 — Unknown gunmen shot dead a senior female government worker today, officials in eastern Afghanistan said, five months after her predecessor was killed in a bomb attack. Violence against women appears to be on the rise in Afghanistan, which activists and some lawmakers blame on what they say is waning interest in ...

Australian DJs break silence over UK royal prank tragedy

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 12:07 AM PST

CANBERRA, Dec 10 — Two Australian radio announcers who made a prank call to a British hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate today broke a three-day silence to speak of their distress at the apparent suicide of the nurse who took their call. The 2DayFM Sydney-based announcers, Mel Greig and Michael Christian, said the tragedy had ...

Royal phone scandal highlights new media risks

Posted: 09 Dec 2012 11:49 PM PST

CANBERRA, Dec 10 — Back in 2007, as investigations were gathering strength into the UK phone hacking scandal involving journalists working under the umbrella of the Murdoch media empire, a comedy show based on prank telephone calls made a low-key debut in Britain. "Fonejacker" proved such a hit with the British public that the next year the ...

Philippines, leftist rebels declare truce in disaster areas

Posted: 09 Dec 2012 11:18 PM PST

DAVAO CITY, Philippines, Dec 10 — The Philippine government and Maoist rebels have declared a truce in two southern provinces devastated by Typhoon Bopha last week as the army concentrates on relief and many rebels recover from the disaster, a commander said today. Bopha killed 647 people and caused crop damage worth 8.5 billion pesos (RM627 ...

Tech guru McAfee’s legal appeals win him respite in Guatemala

Posted: 09 Dec 2012 10:59 PM PST

GUATEMALA CITY, Dec 10 — US software pioneer John McAfee, facing deportation from Guatemala to Belize to answer questions over the death of a neighbour, has bought himself some time with legal appeals, the Guatemalan government said yesterday. McAfee's lawyers have filed a request with a local court to grant him leave to stay in Guatemala until ...

Eight killed as Taliban suicide bombers attack Pakistan police station

Posted: 09 Dec 2012 10:48 PM PST

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, Dec 10 — Four Taliban suicide bombers attacked a police station in northwest Pakistan today, killing at least eight police and local residents, security officials said. The Pakistan Taliban took responsibility for the attack near Bannu in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, close to the border with Afghanistan, a hotbed of ...

We did try to play by rules, says Sydney royal hoax radio station

Posted: 09 Dec 2012 09:12 PM PST

MELBOURNE, Dec 10 — The head of the Sydney radio station facing global condemnation after the death of a London nurse who took a prank call from the station said staff from the station tried at least five times to contact those involved in the call. The station, 2Day FM, and broadcasters Michael Christian and Mel Greig, are under fire after nurse ...

UN envoy: US and Russia still back Syria settlement

Posted: 09 Dec 2012 08:22 PM PST

BEIRUT, Dec 10 – US and Russian officials have given their commitment to a political solution for the deepening Syrian conflict, a United Nations envoy said yesterday, but Moscow dismissed speculation it was preparing for President Bashar al-Assad's exit. With rebels now fighting on the doorsteps of Damascus, Assad's forces kept up their now daily ...

As Tibetan self-immolations rise, Beijing tightens grip

Posted: 09 Dec 2012 08:13 PM PST

BEIJING, Dec 10 – As the number of self-immolations in restive Tibetan regions rises sharply, Beijing appears to be tightening rules against the anti-China protests despite hopes the new leadership may take a softer line against Tibet. Some experts have said Communist Party chief Xi Jinping — whose former vice premier father had a close bond with ...

North Korea reported replacing rocket stage, likely to launch as planned

Posted: 09 Dec 2012 07:02 PM PST

SEOUL, Dec 10 — North Korea is moving a new rocket component to its missile test site to replace a faulty stage that has delayed its planned launch of a long-range rocket and is likely to still go ahead with a launch in December, a South Korean newspaper reported today. North Korea's state media announced at the weekend that the launch of the ...

More than 100 same-sex couples wed in Seattle

Posted: 09 Dec 2012 06:39 PM PST

SEATTLE, Dec 10 — Hundreds of well-wishers braved cold and rain to celebrate 133 weddings at Seattle City Hall yesterday, marking the first day that same-sex couples could marry in Washington state. Washington, Maine and Maryland last month became the first US states to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples by a popular vote, in a leap ...

Jeans banned at Indian school to curb harassment

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 12:44 AM PST

An Indian college announced on Monday it had banned girls from wearing jeans, short dresses and T-shirts to crack down on sexual harassment, sparking outrage from pupils and rights campaigners.

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