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Facebook exec says it's OK for women to cry at work AFP - Sat, May 18, 2013Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said in an interview published Saturday says it's ok for women to cry at work, share emotions and be honest about More »
- No frills BlackBerry to sell in emerging markets AFP - Tue, May 14, 2013
BlackBerry unveiled a new low-cost smartphone on Tuesday that it intends to sell in emerging markets and elsewhere starting mid-year. More »
- Singapore to open inquiry into US scientist's death AFP - Mon, May 13, 2013
Singapore will launch a public inquiry Monday into the death of a US researcher whose family believes he was murdered because of a high-tech project for a Chinese More »
- Files posted online to 'print' working handgun AFP - Tue, May 7, 2013
Computer files to create a handgun almost entirely from parts made with a 3D printer went online, alarming gun-control advocates after it was successfully More »
- China's cyber spying targets US government: Pentagon AFP - Mon, May 6, 2013
China is engaging in state-sponsored cyber espionage to collect intelligence about the US government's defense programs, said a Pentagon report issued Monday. More »
- World's first web page recreated 20 years on AFP - Tue, Apr 30, 2013
The world's first web page will be dragged out of cyberspace and restored for today's Internet browsers as part of a project to celebrate 20 years of the Web, More »
- India's top court postpones Bharti boss hearing AFP - Sat, Apr 27, 2013
India's highest court has indefinitely postponed a hearing for telecom tycoon Sunil Bharti Mittal over corruption allegations involving the allotment of telecom More »
- Indian man held for selling baby grandson on Facebook AFP - Wed, Apr 24, 2013
Police in northern India said Wednesday they had arrested a 47-year-old man for selling his newborn grandson to a local businessman in a deal that was struck on More »
- Samsung Galaxy S4 available in the UAE from April 27 The 971 Report - Wed, Apr 24, 2013
The latest addition to the Samsung family, the Samsung Galaxy S4, is officially launching on April 27th in the UAE, reported UAE daily Gulf News. More »
- N.Z. lawmaker's 'big gay rainbow' speech goes viral AFP - Fri, Apr 19, 2013
A New Zealand politician whose humorous speech to parliament backing gay marriage has become an Internet hit said Friday he was staggered at the response to his More »
- Vanishing files delay Guantanamo hearings in 9/11 case Reuters Middle East - Wed, Apr 17, 2013
(Corrects Pentagon spokesman's rank in 5th paragraph) By Jane Sutton MIAMI, April 17 (Reuters) - Guantanamo war crimesprosecutions of five prisoners charged with More »
- Hackers post opposition speech on Kuwait govt website AFP - Wed, Apr 17, 2013
Cyber activists hacked into Kuwait's information ministry website and posted a speech that earned an opposition leader a five-year prison term, the ministry said on More »
- Online pictures of dead birds spur China flu openness AFP - Tue, Apr 16, 2013
Photos of 10 dead sparrows on a Chinese pavement that went viral on social media and drew a swift official response show how hard covering up a bird flu outbreak More »
- Thermo Fisher near deal to buy Life Technologies: report AFP - Mon, Apr 15, 2013
US laboratory equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific was near a deal to buy biotech firm Life Technologies for some $12.8 billion, The Wall Street Journal More »
- BlackBerry says report of high return rate 'false' AFP - Fri, Apr 12, 2013
Smartphone maker BlackBerry on Friday slammed as "false and misleading" a brokerage research note which claimed consumers were returning the new Z10 handsets at a More »
- Test-tube baby pioneer Robert Edwards dies aged 87 AFP - Wed, Apr 10, 2013
Robert Edwards, the British scientist awarded a Nobel prize for his pioneering work in developing in vitro fertilisation (IVF), died on Monday aged 87, his More »
- Google weaves a web between human trafficking hotlines AFP - Wed, Apr 10, 2013
Sex workers are more likely to call in to a hotline for victims of human trafficking on a Wednesday, and a Google-backed initiative could help to explain why. More »
- Wall Street’s Glass Ceiling Investopedia - Tue, Apr 9, 2013
It’s tough to boast that there are more female CEOs than ever before when they make up only 4.2% of the total. More »
- Philippine dictator 'staged military drag show' AFP - Tue, Apr 9, 2013
Then-Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos forced his military chiefs to parade as women during a tasteless, sycophantic birthday party planned by his unstable wife, More »
- UAE tweeter jailed over posts on Islamists' trial: activist AFP - Mon, Apr 8, 2013
A United Arab Emirates court on Monday jailed for 10 months the son of one of 94 Islamists being tried over an alleged plot to seize power, after tweets he posted More »