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Toyota tests cars that communicate with each other
Toyota Motor Corp. is testing car safety systems that allow vehicles to communicate with each other and with the roads they are on in a just completed ...
Telecom Italia confirms tycoon interest in stake
Telecom Italia shares rose 6 percent after the former monopoly confirmed that an Egyptian tycoon has expressed interest in investing in the Italian ...
Kremlin chief says he knew about corruption probe
President Vladimir Putin's chief of staff has acknowledged he was aware of alleged embezzlement of state funds earmarked for Russia's satellite ...
Singles Day: China's online shopping holiday
Lei Shujie, a designer in Shanghai, piled up a wish list for the quirky holiday dubbed "Singles Day" that has grown into China's — and possibly the ...
Taiwan's HTC settles patent disputes with Apple
HTC Corp. and Apple Inc. have settled their outstanding patent disputes. In a joint statement Sunday, the two companies said they also signed a ...
Alaska ice tested as possible new energy source
A half mile below the ground at Prudhoe Bay, above the vast oil field that helped trigger construction of the trans-Alaska pipeline, a drill rig has ...
EU officials: We were hacked at Web conference
A European official says her staff members were hacked when they joined her for a conference on Internet security in Azerbaijan. European Commission ...
Google's services unable to reach much of China
Google says its search engine and other Internet services have been cut off from much of China just as the country's ruling party picks new leaders.
Pentagon moves to silence SEALs about missions
The military is cracking down on special operations troops who share knowledge of their secret missions for profit, punishing seven Navy SEALs, ...
'NBA 2K13' tops video games titles in October
U.S. retail sales of new video game hardware, software and accessories fell 25 percent in October, marking the 11th straight month of declining sales ...
Australia abandons mandatory Internet filter plan
The Australian government has abandoned its 5-year-old pledge to mandate a filter blocking child pornography and other objectionable Internet content.
Iran bans 'luxury' imports as sanctions bite
Iran's sanctions-fighting "resistance economy" suddenly got a lot leaner, less flashy and perhaps a bit more uncomfortable. The Islamic Republic ...
Priceline negotiates $1.8 billion Kayak deal
The Priceline Negotiator lives after all. The company has struck a deal to buy Kayak Software Corp. for $1.8 billion in a move to expand its online ...
Lawmakers target operations of data-mining firms
A group of lawmakers say data-mining companies that collect and sell personal information about consumers should make their operations more ...
US video game sales drop 25 percent in October
A research firm says U.S. retail sales of new video game hardware, software and accessories fell 25 percent in October. The drop marks the 11th ...
Groupon revenue growth slows in 3Q, stock down
Groupon Inc., the No. 1 online deals service, failed to show investors on Thursday that its business is growing as quickly as they would like, as it ...
Pope to join celebs, presidents with Twitter feed
He already has a billion followers. Now, Pope Benedict XVI will join the Twitter-sphere, tweeting from a personal account along with the world's ...
Time Warner Cable to auto-credit for Sandy outages
Time Warner Cable, one of the two big cable companies in the New York area, says it will automatically credit customers for outages caused by ...
Twitter mistakenly resets passwords of some users
Twitter says it mistakenly reset the passwords of some users as part of a routine security check-up. Thursday's mix-up triggered warnings on ...
Review: iPad Mini charms, but screen is a letdown
I bet the iPad Mini is going to be on a lot of wish lists this holiday season. I also bet that for a lot of people, it's not going to be the best ...
Microsoft to invest $100 million in Rio IT hub
Microsoft says it is investing $100 million in a new technology center in Rio de Janeiro. The center is to house an advanced technology laboratory, ...
Malaysia firm says high-tech farms can help poor
For one Malaysian widow, moving to this experimental farming village represented hope for a brighter future for her seven children. Her new neighbor, ...
PC maker Lenovo says profit up 13 percent
Personal computer maker Lenovo Group said Thursday its quarterly profit rose 13 percent as mobile and cloud-based businesses expanded. The company ...
Malaysians lose bid to halt rare earths plant
Malaysian activists lost a court battle Thursday to halt Australian miner Lynas Corp. from firing up a rare earths plant that has sparked health and ...