India blocks 25 million Chinese-made phonesNEW DELHI - Indian authorities on Tuesday blocked 25 million Chinese-made mobile phones that lack an identification number allowing calls to be traced, in the latest push to tighten telecom security.
Jackson bumps Spears from atop Yahoo ‘09 searchesNEW YORK- Michael Jackson’s death thrust the singer to the top of yahoo.com Internet searches in 2009, putting an end to Britney Spears’ four-year reign and helping bump the President Barack Obama from the top 10 list.
Twitter among the top searches of 2009: MicrosoftThe year has not yet ended but Microsoft says "Twitter" was among the top searches of 2009 on its new search engine Bing and a company which monitors language has crowned it the top word of the year.
The world is the market for e-book readersThe horse is here to stay, but the automobile is a novelty, a fad.
Yahoo improves its search engineSearches on the Yahoo engine should soon deliver more results, thanks in part to new filter functions, reports the company.
‘Telepathic’ Car Symbolises Auto IndustryPHNOM PENH — The gold-coloured convertible turns heads on impoverished Cambodia’s roads — not least because of creator Nhean Phaloek’s outlandish claim that it can be operated telepathically.
GPS cell phone apps challenge standalone devicesThe growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they are and where to go.
Apple’s iPhone arrives in South KoreaSEOUL — Tech-savvy South Koreans began getting their coveted iPhones on Saturday amid fanfare and expectations they will shake up a local market dominated by domestic giants Samsung and LG.
Lenovo buying back cell phone businessBEIJING - Personal computer maker Lenovo Group said Friday it is joining the race to develop products that link phones and PCs by buying back a mobile phone business that it sold last year.
Taobao to launch handset with LenovoSHANGHAI - China’s largest online retailer, Taobao, will launch a mobile phone in partnership with Lenovo Mobile to tap into rising demand for mobile shopping, a person familiar with the situation said on Friday.