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EU gives Google 'weeks' to ease antitrust concerns
The European Union has given Google "a matter of weeks" to propose remedies to antitrust concerns arising from its alleged dominant position in the ...
UK politician: Blair, Brown too close to Murdoch
One of the British Labour Party's most seasoned operatives said his party's leadership may have gotten too close to media tycoon Rupert Murdoch.
Pakistan blocks Twitter over contentious tweets
Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter for several hours because it refused to remove tweets considered offensive to Islam, said one ...
SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last half-second
A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground Saturday after rocket engine trouble led to a last-second ...
NASCAR partners with Twitter for live events
NASCAR has created a partnership with Twitter that makes it the first sports organization to create an enhanced live event experience on the social ...
European financial woes push markets lower
Concerns that Europe's debt crisis could drag down parts of the continent's banking system rattled global markets on Friday, while the IPO of social ...
Liverpool tweets fans: Who should be manager?
With close to one million followers, Liverpool discovered how easily a tweet can come back to bite you. Asking fans on Twitter who they want to ...
German privacy official warns Facebook investors
A German data protection official has warned Facebook investors that the social networking site's $38 starting share price is based on practices that ...
US imposes stiff tariffs on China solar panels
The Obama administration moved Thursday to impose stiff new tariffs on solar panels made in China, finding that Chinese companies are improperly ...
World's first Wikipedia town to launch in Wales
A small Welsh town where English King Henry V was born is about to make history again by becoming the world's first "Wikipedia town." Visitors from ...
Agilent and Swedish investors ink deal to buy Dako
Agilent Technologies and Swedish private equity group EQT say they've reached a deal to buy Dako, a Denmark-based cancer diagnostic company, for about ...
UK jails man for hacking Facebook account
Police say a 21-year-old British man has been sentenced to a year in jail for hacking into the Facebook account of someone in the U.S. Scotland Yard ...
UK minister describes 'incestuous' ties to media
Britain's politicians and its powerful media were uncomfortably close while Tony Blair ran the country, a former U.K. minister said Wednesday.
Report: Nokia loses cellphone top spot to Samsung
Nokia has been bumped off its 14-year top spot as the world's largest cellphone company by Samsung, according to a British research firm. Gartner said ...
Ex-tabloid boss Brooks faces phone hacking charges
One of Rupert Murdoch's most trusted lieutenants and five people close to her were charged with conspiring to hide evidence of phone hacking, bringing ...
EPL plans to use goal-line technology next season
The Premier League is planning to introduce goal-line technology during next season if football's rule-makers sanction its use in July. League chief ...
Ex-tabloid editor decries hacking charges
Ex-News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks says she is baffled by the decision to charge her in Britain's phone hacking scandal, calling the move a ...
Developments in British phone-hacking scandal
Developments in a phone-hacking scandal involving British newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.: November 2005: News of the World royal ...
Three-man Soyuz crew departs for space station
A three-man crew blasted off from a space center in southern Kazakhstan Tuesday morning on board a Russian-made Soyuz craft for a four-and-half-month ...
Law firm: Brooks faces decision on hacking charges
Former News of the World editor and News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks will learn Tuesday whether she faces charges stemming from ...
PM's former aide takes stand at UK ethics inquiry
Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks — a pivotal figure in Britain's tabloid phone hacking saga — said Friday that Prime Minister David ...
Ex-tabloid chief: Cameron sent message when I quit
Former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks — a pivotal figure in Britain's tabloid phone hacking saga — said Friday that Prime Minister David ...
Bomb plot raises questions over European security
A shimmy toward the body scanner, a step into the booth and a wave of the arms — routine procedure now at U.S. airports, but not necessarily in Europe