Sony turning over a new leaf

Sony turning over a new leaf

Sony turning over a new leaf

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:40 AM PDT

Sony's new 'notepad' prototype aims to banish paper from the classroom and the office.

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PayPal leads growing number of tech companies that want to kill off the password

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:39 AM PDT

Online payments company PayPal is not alone in its drive to replace traditional web security protocols with biometric data or physical tokens.

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Windows 8 is not a can of soda: Microsoft

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:35 AM PDT

Microsoft has taken to its official blog to defend Windows 8, sing its praises and accuse consumers and journalists of being overly negative in their criticism of the software.

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Google launching Android games center

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:33 AM PDT

A gaming center, complete with leaderboard, cloud back-up and multiplayer and challenger features, is coming to Android.

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Sony aims to make a splash with its latest smartphone

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:31 AM PDT

Dust and water resistant and featuring cutting-edge photo and video technology, the latest Xperia smartphone handset could be the ideal holiday companion.

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Samsung announces 5G data breakthrough

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:29 AM PDT

Samsung Electronics said Monday it had successfully tested super-fast fifth-generation (5G) wireless technology that would eventually allow users to download an entire movie in one second.

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Hard life for China porn censor: report

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:26 AM PDT

China's censors enjoy privileged access to materials denied to ordinary citizens -- but an elderly pornography examiner said he was revolted by his work.

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Human coconut peeler in Panama claims he is Guinness-worthy

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:25 AM PDT

With jaws of steel that have earned him the nickname "Coconut Peeler," Andres Gardin, at the tender age of 64, is hell-bent on gnawing his way into the Guinness Book of World Records.

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Carrots and turnips make music in Madrid veg market

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:24 AM PDT

With a pumpkin for a drum, carrots for flutes and turnips for trumpets, musicians from Vienna transformed the fresh goods in a Madrid market into honking, whistling instruments on Monday.

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France sees snags in plans for Syria peace talks

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:16 AM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - France's foreign minister warned on Tuesday a planned Syrian peace conference bringing both the government and rebels to the negotiating table would be hard to organise, doubting it could be held imminently.

Drunk tourist charges at South African elephant

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:21 AM PDT

Video footage of an inebriated tourist lunging out of his car and charging a wild elephant at South Africa's famous Kruger National Park caused an uproar on Monday.

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From now on

Posted: 14 May 2013 12:20 AM PDT

As voters, what role should we play at this moment? Should we let sadness and anger continue, or calm down, maintain our enthusiasm for politics, think about what we should do while rationally and strictly monitoring, evaluating and criticising the governance methods and effectiveness of the ruling and alternative coalitions?

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First Kurdish rebels arrive in Iraq under Turkey peace plan

Posted: 13 May 2013 11:58 PM PDT

HEROR, Iraq (Reuters) - The first group of Kurdish militants to withdraw from Turkey under a peace process entered northern Iraq on Tuesday, and were greeted by comrades from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), in a symbolic step towards ending a three-decades-old insurgency.

VIDEO: Abortion doctor guilty of murders

Posted: 13 May 2013 05:58 PM PDT

A Philadelphia doctor has been convicted of the first-degree murders of three babies delivered and killed with scissors in late-term abortions.

Former Philippine president back in politics as Manila mayor

Posted: 13 May 2013 11:27 PM PDT

Former Philippine President Joseph Ejercito Estrada appeared to be headed for victory as the next mayor of Manila after Monday's mid-term elections, Xinhua news agency reported.

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VIDEO: Film star Lollobrigida jewellery auction

Posted: 13 May 2013 10:58 PM PDT

Jewellery belonging to iconic film star Gina Lollobrigida is to be auctioned in Geneva on Tuesday.

VIDEO: Rohingya boat capsizes off Burma

Posted: 13 May 2013 11:08 PM PDT

A boat carrying Rohingya Muslims has capsized off western Burma, aid agencies say.

DAP propagandised through Chinese newspapers: Loke Siew Fook

Posted: 13 May 2013 11:21 PM PDT

The DAP had gain propaganda advantages as it conveyed information to the Chinese community through Chinese media during the 13th general election, while the other two Pakatan Rakyat component parties, the PKR and PAS, had faced great difficulties in their propaganda work, Negeri Sembilan DAP chairman Loke Siew Fook said.

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Tunnel collapses at Indonesian mine with dozens inside

Posted: 13 May 2013 11:20 PM PDT

A tunnel at a mine in the remote east of Indonesia caved in Tuesday with around 30 workers inside, the US operator and police said.

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Taiwan threatens to hold naval drill near Philippines

Posted: 13 May 2013 11:20 PM PDT

Taiwan stepped up pressure on Manila Tuesday, saying it would conduct a naval drill in waters near the Philippines if Manila did not officially apologise for the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman.

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