ELECTRONICS

Toyota Motor Corp's president braced for tough questions from a U.S. congressional panel on Wednesday after the Japanese automaker conceded it had let safety standards slip and could still not explain most incidents of unintended acceleration.

Toyota Motor Corp's president braced for tough questions from a congressional panel on Wednesday after the Japanese automaker conceded it had let safety standards slip and could still not explain most incidents of unintended acceleration.

The head of Toyota Motor Corp blamed the company's drive for rapid growth for slipping safety standards and said he was deeply sorry for accidents caused by problems with Toyota vehicles.

Toyota Motor Co. has not ruled out an electronic malfunction as a cause of unintended acceleration in its vehicles which has led to a major global recall.

Toyota Motor Corp apologized for letting safety standards slip during a period of fast growth and vowed to respond more quickly to consumer complaints as two days of congressional hearings crucial to the automaker's reputation began on Tuesday.

Toyota Motor Corp promised a quality shake-up and apologized for safety mistakes that it blamed on rapid growth.

Mobile phone subscriptions will buck the economic crisis and top five billion this year, but the high speed Internet remains a digital divide between rich and developing countries, a U.N. agency said on Tuesday.

Waste produced by old computers, cell phones, and other electronics threaten to choke developing nations with mountains of hazardous e-waste, according to a new report on Monday.

A senior Chinese military officer has called for a new national body to enforce Internet controls, while China faced fresh claims on Monday about the source of hacking attacks that hit search giant Google.

A senior Chinese military officer has called for a new national body to enforce Internet controls, while China faced fresh claims on Monday about the source of hacking attacks that hit search giant Google.

U.S. stock index futures fell, pointing to a weaker start for Wall Street on Friday after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised an emergency lending rate it charges banks.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc posted a drop in holiday sales at U.S. stores and gave a disappointing profit outlook, casting doubt on its ability to keep shoppers won in the recession.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc posted a drop in holiday sales at U.S. stores and gave a disappointing profit outlook, casting doubt on its ability to keep shoppers won in the recession.

The chief executive of Vodafone Group Plc, the world's largest mobile network operator, expressed the fears of many on Tuesday when he said Google Inc should not be allowed to dominate the mobile space.

At next week's mobile trade show in Barcelona you can find a program that measures how high you can throw a Nokia smartphone, an apt metaphor for Nokia's efforts to raise its game.

A federal appeals court reinstated on Friday a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing Dell Inc of selling defective notebook computers.

A federal appeals court reinstated on Friday a proposed class-action lawsuit against Dell Inc, alleging that the company sold defective notebook computers.

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Thursday it aimed to triple smartphone shipments this year to more than 18 million units as the world's second-biggest cellphone maker scrambles to make a mark in the fast-growing smartphone market.

Cyber attackers -- the ones who break into computers, steal identities, and empty other people's bank accounts -- are hiring.

Shares of Verizon were hit on Thursday as analyst downgraded the firm on fears that Apple's venerable iPhone would not make it on its network this year.

Sony Corp's first profit in five quarters showed a restructuring at the electronics maker is starting to pay off as it halved its annual loss forecast on a rebound in its flat-TV business and cost cuts.