Japan's Sharp Corp forecast an unexpected jump in operating profit as demand for smartphones and tablets boosts sales, but said a temporary production halt at two TV panel plants earlier this year would force it to book an extraordinary charge.
The recent high-profile hacking of Google's Gmail service and Sony's Playstation gaming network is threatening to slow the take-off of the next big thing in the computing space - the cloud.
Italian fashion house Prada, which is preparing for an initial public offering of about $2 billion in Hong Kong, said its net profit more than doubled in 2010 and it expects further gains in the current half year.
Scientists investigating in to the killer E. coli strain in Europe have found that the bacteria combines a highly poisonous but common toxin with a rarely seen glue that binds it to a patient's intestines.
Digital activist group Anonymous Operations has hacked into Iranian government servers and procured over 10,000 email messages from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
After alleged hackers in China compromised the personal e-mail accounts of top-notch American officials, military personnel and journalists, the world attention has shifted to cyber warfare and similar attacks that have happened in the past.
Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) said that a highly infectious new strain of E.coli bacteria, which is causing a deadly outbreak of food poisoning in Germany and other countries, is a never-before-seen mutation.
Selling a body part to buy the favorite gadget? Yes, you've heard it right. A teenager in China's Anhui province has sold his right kidney to buy an iPad 2. What a craze!
Stocks steadied, bond yields dipped and the euro rose to a one-month high versus the dollar on Friday as investors braced for a key U.S. jobs report that could feed debate over whether the economy is headed for a protracted slowdown.
Cyber security is now a diplomatic priority for the United States with Washington looking to build relationships to tackle information theft and reduce the risk of conflict, a senior official said.
China must make mastering cyber-warfare a military priority as the Internet becomes the crucial battleground for opinion and intelligence, two military officers said on Friday, two days after Google revealed hacking attacks that it said came from China.
Italian fashion house Prada plans to use most of the proceeds from its Hong Kong initial public offering on expansion and renovation of its stores over the next 18 months as the company bets on increasing demand for luxury products in China and the rest of Asia.
The recent Gmail hack involving stolen passwords are now being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. State Department. Google has pointed fingers to China, saying the cyber attack originated from there, which prompted responses from both China and the U.S officials.
Sixth seed Li Na of China defeated former world number one Maria Sharapova in the French Open women's semi-final on Thursday.
China has struck back fiercely against allegations that it’s engaged in hacking. Through its state-run media, it denies targeting the Gmail accounts of US government officials, US military personnel, and Chinese political activists.
A look back at China and Google's history against each other.
Suspicion that some individual or entity in China was behind a recent cyber attack on Lockheed Martin is growing among experts and agencies looking into the incident.
In this wealthy eastern Chinese city known for its shrewd merchants, the owner of a factory that makes spectacles faces a difficult task: closing his money-losing business and dismissing his workers.
Responding to recent cyber attacks on global companies and government officials, Australia will develop a cyber defense strategy to combat hacking and electronic espionage, the government said on Friday.
Syria's military forces continued their crackdown against anti-government protests on Thursday, shelling southern and central towns as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned President Bashar al-Assad that his legitimacy had nearly run out.
Beijing goes ahead with ordination, despite scorn of the world Catholic community
The Chairman of Inner-Mongolia promises to improve living standards in response to protests across the region.
