Rolling your eyes to turn up the volume of a portable music player and tapping your fingers to turn on a DVD player are among technologies Japan's top mobile carrier is testing for "wearable" gadgets.
Microsoft officially retired Windows XP on Monday, forcing buyers of new computers to go with the operating system's unpopular successor Windows Vista. The retirement affects copied of XP sold to large computer makers and stores. Consumers will still be a
Microsoft on Tuesday announced it is buying Powerset, a firm which specialises in interpreting the intent of people's Internet searches instead of matching specific words they use.
BlackBerry mobile devices do not pose a security threat and no permission is needed from the Indian government to make the service available, an official said Wednesday, according to media reports.
The world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Thursday it had signed a co-operation agreement with Norwegian telcom group Telenor for its "Ovi" Internet services platform.
Mozilla, developer of open-source Web browser Firefox, said on Wednesday it set a new Guinness World Record for the largest number of software downloads in 24 hours. Over eight million people downloaded Firefox 3 in the period following its official launc
China's Huawei Technologies said on Wednesday it has been selected by Mobilink, the largest GSM operator in Pakistan and a subsidiary of Orascom Telecom, to deploy a commercial WiMAX 16e network.
France Telecom's Orange brand on Monday kicked off its Web, fixed and mobile phone services in Niger, seven months after winning a 48 million euro ($75.87 million) licence. Orange Niger said it started its services in the capital Niamey as well as in four
Asian information technology (IT) managers consider technology that can increase IT utilisation rates of computers and storage hardware as exerting the biggest influence on their industries, a published survey said on Monday.
Future acquisitions by Polish media group Agora designed to expand its Internet presence should not weigh significantly on results, its chief executive told Reuters on July 02. Agora shares fell almost 40 percent in the first half of 2008, as investors pu
The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) will avoid the merger mania of other commodity exchanges and focus on its own organic growth, the bourse's chief executive said on July 03. The DGCX is the major commodities centre in the region. It is one of
Oil producing countries need to remove barriers to investment to ensure global oil markets are well supplied, but are unlikely to do so as long as prices remain high, Exxon Mobil's CEO said on July 02. "If governments are unhappy with the current supply-d
AIM-listed miner Petra Diamonds expects to increase diamond production in its South African mines five-fold to more than 1 million carats a year by 2010 and sees a firm tone in diamond prices, its CEO has said.
Caterpillar Inc is banking on strong revenue growth in Asia, particularly in China, to help offset weaker business in North America, a senior executive with the US heavy machinery maker said on July 04.
Caterpillar Inc is banking on strong revenue growth in Asia, particularly in China, to help offset weaker business in North America, a senior executive with the US heavy machinery maker said on July 04.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is likely to buy five A380 jetliners and become the first Japanese carrier to fly the new superjumbo from Airbus, a news report said on July 04. Japan's second-largest carrier is in the final stages of the deal, which is part of e
NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan's top mobile phone operator, will seek capital tie-ups with content providers and overseas carriers as it targets growth outside a mature domestic market, its new chief said on July 03.
A lawsuit filed by a Wisconsin couple against their mortgage lender could have major implications for banks should a US appeals court agree that borrowers can cancel their loans en masse when their lenders violate a federal lending disclosure law.
The Taiwan life insurance arm of Dutch financial services firm ING Group is mulling its first investments in international stocks as it aims at higher returns while riding out turbulence in Taiwan's stock market.
Barclays Capital is the first bank to offer to intermediate over-the-counter (OTC) commodity trades that will save hedge funds money and reduce paperwork, the investment bank told Reuters. Mark Croxon, a director at the bank said the service comparable to
Barclays Capital is the first bank to offer to intermediate over-the-counter (OTC) commodity trades that will save hedge funds money and reduce paperwork, the investment bank told Reuters. Mark Croxon, a director at the bank said the service comparable to
World 200 metres champion Tyson Gay has a mild muscle strain in his left leg and will be unable to train at full strength for up to two weeks, his management company said on Sunday. Gay crashed out of the US 200 metres quarter-finals on Saturday, tumbling
The New Zealand cricket team will tour Zimbabwe next year unless ordered not to by the government, NZ Cricket chief executive Justin Vaughan was reported as saying Sunday.
Olympic athletes exposed to Beijing's polluted air face possible blood circulation problems which could affect their performance, experts say, adding they should avoid crowded places whenever possible.
In China's Olympic co-host city Qingdao, sea breezes that usually bring relief from baking summer temperatures now bring a cloying stench from a massive algae bloom that locals fear will harm the city's bucolic image during the Games.
England captain Michael Vaughan has insisted his longstanding knee problem won't prevent him from getting through all four Tests of the upcoming series with South Africa after undergoing a fresh course of injections on Saturday. The team head to Lord's fo
Iranian-American football coach Afshin Qotbi has signed a new contract with Iran's league champions Persepolis, just a month after he quit the club for family reasons, media reported Sunday.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has vented his frustration over the transfer system, saying it encouraged footballers to become financial "mercenaries". The London club have already lost the services of star midfielder Mathieu Flamini, who turned down a new
Venus Williams admitted she would love to go on and match Martina Navratilova's record of nine Wimbledon titles after overcoming sister Serena to notch up title number five at the All England Club. At 28 and with a history of recurring injuries, the Ameri
Norwegian Thor Hushovd of Credit Agricole claimed his sixth victory from the Tour de France after powering his way to the second stage over 164.5km from Auray to here Sunday. Spaniard Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) retained the overall lead ahead o
Lewis Hamilton streaked to British Grand Prix victory on Sunday, delivering a masterful drive in wet conditions to delight a vociferous home crowd and reignite his world title challenge.
Shandoor polo festival is going to start here on Monday at Shandoor Poplo ground. The event would continue till July 09. Large numbers of tourists have reached the highest altitude polo ground to witness the festival and polo the tournament. The polo tour
Nine-time Wimbledon champion Martina Navratilova believes that Venus Williams's fifth All England Club title proves that the women's tour is in good health. Navratilova hit back at critics who argue there is a lack of genuine competition at the top level
Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo will likely stay at Manchester United next season because the English champions are not willing to let him go, Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon said Sunday.
These days when customers walk into electronics stores, the first question they ask is how much electricity the fridge, washing machine or laptop computer they are contemplating buying consumes. "Energy savings were not exactly a hot topic among customers
Gulf Arab oil producers preparing for monetary union should reconsider a policy of keeping their currencies pegged to the weak dollar and look instead at a basket of currencies, an Abu Dhabi government body said.
Saudi Arabia and Qatar have agreed to fix their maritime borders, Saudi media said on Sunday, in a move that could affect gas pipeline projects in the Gulf region.
European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet on Sunday fended off French criticism of the ECB's interest rate rise saying he had received positive feedback on its first rate hike in more than a year.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has pledged to make fighting inflation a priority but also stressed a policy to pursue sound and fast economic development, a government website said on Sunday.
Alitalia will receive a capital injection of 700 million to 800 million euros from Italian businessmen as part of a plan to save the ailing carrier, newspaper Corriere della Sera reported on Sunday.
Alitalia will receive a capital injection of 700 million to 800 million euros from Italian businessmen as part of a plan to save the ailing carrier, newspaper Corriere della Sera reported on Sunday.
Hyundai Motor Co, South Korea's top auto maker, said on Sunday it had cut its local sales target for this year by 6 percent as record-breaking oil prices are hitting consumer sentiment in Asia's fourth-largest economy.
Hyundai Motor Co, South Korea's top auto maker, said on Sunday it had cut its local sales target for this year by 6 percent as record-breaking oil prices are hitting consumer sentiment in Asia's fourth-largest economy.
Climate change could cut South Africa's maize crop by 20 percent within 15 to 20 years as the west of the country dries out while the east is afflicted with increasingly severe storms, its environment minister said on Sunday.
The D8 group of developing nations must tackle the issue of rising fuel and food prices at its summit here this week, Malaysian Foreign Minister Rais Yatim said Sunday. Iran on Saturday rejected Malaysia's proposal to discuss the spiralling price of crude
South Korea said on Sunday it was implementing a multi-stage contingency plan aimed at reducing energy consumption before the skyrocketing oil prices push Asia's fourth-largest economy into a full-fledged crisis.
Britain will press Russia at this week's G8 summit on the murder of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, his widow said Sunday, citing a letter from Foreign Secretary David Miliband. In a letter to Marina Litvinenko, Miliband said British Prime Minister Gor
Indian shares may remain choppy as global crude prices and domestic inflation continue to surge, dealers said. Investors will eye two near-term triggers next week, the political fall-out to the controversial nuclear deal with the US and first quarter corp
Indonesian share prices are likely to trade unchanged or drift lower in the coming week due to concerns over oil prices, dealers said Friday. "The main risk faced not only by us but all countries all over the world is the rising oil price," Batavia Prospe
Taiwan share prices are expected to face more selling next week on weak confidence after the market hit a 21-month low amid a spike in international crude oil prices, dealers said on Friday. Lingering fears of further volatility on Wall Street are likely
With Tokyo shares on the longest losing streak in half a century, investors want reassurance from the Group of Eight powers next week that they are determined to shore up the world economy, analysts say. The benchmark Nikkei index has fallen for 12 straig
The Thai stock market will likely rise slightly mainly due to a short-term technical rebound after the market fell heavily over the past month, an analyst said. The bourse has been on the decline mainly because of political instability over the past month
Major Asian currencies ended the week mainly lower against the dollar as US jobs data was not as bad as feared, although concern persisted over the state of the world's largest economy.
Singapore shares are likely to trade in line with their regional peers but without clear direction, dealers said. United States stock markets were closed on Friday for the Independence Day holiday, leaving Asian bourses to provide the leads, dealers said.
The Australian share market is likely to be held "hostage" to world oil prices, dealers said on Friday as the market ended a six-trading-day losing streak. For the week ending July 4, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index fell 154.9 points, or 3.0 percent, to 5
Malaysian shares are likely to fall further due to the stormy domestic political climate and worries about a weak US economy, analysts said. They said allegations about deputy prime minister Najib Razak's involvement in the murder of a Mongolian woman as
Hong Kong shares are likely to remain volatile, as uncertainty continues to grip investors over a whole range of issues, dealers said. For the week ended July 4, the Hang Seng Index closed down 2.8 percent or 619 points at 21,423.82. It has fallen more th
Japanese government bonds pushed higher on Friday, with investors relieved after the European Central Bank (ECB) failed to signal any further tightening of monetary policy and a 10-year bond auction the previous day went better than expected. The Nikkei s
Japanese government bonds pushed higher on Friday, with investors relieved after the European Central Bank (ECB) failed to signal any further tightening of monetary policy and a 10-year bond auction the previous day went better than expected. The Nikkei s
South Korean shares could fall further in the coming week as oil price rises continue and foreign investors show no signs of returning to the local bourse, analysts said on Friday. The benchmark KOSPI index is likely to test this year's low of 1,574.44 po
London investors will train their sights on the Bank of England, where current interest rates are expected to be maintained, as the second half of the year got underway on a negative note. The London FTSE 100 index in the first week of the new semester ga
The parents of one of the two French students murdered in London a week ago in a frenzied knife attack appealed on Sunday for the killer to come forward and said they would not rest until the guilty party was found.
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Sunday called on the international community to unite in condemning the re-election of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and said the opposition should now come to power.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered an investigation into a US-led coalition airstrike that local officials say killed 22 civilians, but the US military says killed only armed Taliban militants. An Afghan district governor said 22 people, most of th
After months vowing to get US troops home from Iraq, Barack Obama has succumbed to the war's political entanglements, struggling to explain his plan in the light of recent security gains.
The victory by democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party in 1990 elections is "no longer legal," Myanmar state media said Sunday, urging her supporters to prepare for new polls. The official New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a government mouthpiece, ran a c
Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains have washed away thousands of homes and displaced more than 50,000 people in India's north-eastern state of Assam, officials said Sunday. A government spokesman said the state's eastern district of Lakhimpur w
The Syrian authorities on Sunday blamed inmates for provoking a riot in a prison for political detainees that human rights groups said left at least 25 people dead. "Prisoners sentenced for crimes of terrorism and extremism caused trouble... in the Saydna
A court in Bangladesh on Sunday declared the eldest son and heir apparent of former premier Khaleda Zia too ill to appear in court, his lawyer said. The decision came after Tareque Rahman, who is being tried for taking kickbacks to suppress a murder case,
At least 15 people were killed across Iraq on Sunday, including seven by a bomb targeting a local leader of President Jalal Talabani's political party, officials said. The bomb exploded in the town of Qara Tappa in the restive province of Diyala outside t
Private television was back on the air, alcohol on sale and restaurants open after the end of Mongolia's emergency rule, but a week after a disputed election the country's political problems were still far from resolved. Prime Minister Sanjaagiin Bayar ur
Israel reopened border crossings to the Gaza Strip on Sunday after closing them last week when a rocket was fired from the Hamas-ruled territory in defiance of a two-week-old truce. "The Sufa, Nahal Oz, and Erez crossings are open for the passage of goods
Georgian officials said there were five explosions near the de-facto border between Georgia and its breakaway region of Abkhazia on Sunday, in the latest sign of growing tensions between Tbilisi and separatists.
At least 20 people have died and more than 20,000 left marooned as heavy rains over the past week triggered landslides and floods in south-east Bangladesh, an official said Sunday. Three landslides caused by torrential monsoon rains killed 10 people while
At least 21 miners were killed by carbon monoxide gas poisoning in a coal mine in northern China on Sunday, the latest in a series of disasters in an industry stretched by increasing energy demand.
Israel has successfully tested a new defence system designed to intercept rockets fired from southern Lebanon and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, public radio reported on Sunday.
Despite broken infrastructure following massive damage caused by mobs after assassination of PPP Chairperson Benazir and abnormal train operation, Pakistan Railway Karachi Division, earned a record revenue of Rs 7257.318 million during the fiscal 2007-08
I would like to draw the attention of the concerned authorities to electricity thefts at marriages and other parties. Despite the hue and cry on energy shortage we, the citizens, are also not fulfilling our responsibilities. We are facing severe power cri
Through your newspaper I would like to inform that Karachi generates 8,000 tons of garbage daily and this could be stored at dumping sites in the city, which will eventually be transferred to landfill sites outside the city.
Walk down some streets in west London these days and you could be in downtown Warsaw: from thriving Polish supermarkets and cafes to the hum of Slavic chatter and rich smell of Polish dumplings. And while some of the hundreds of thousands of Poles who hav
After years of easy credit that boosted spectacular economic growth in the Baltics, tougher times are ahead for lenders and borrowers in the three European Union nations. "In the last four months, we saw the same number of loan default cases as in all of
This the second of a two-part series which focuses on Balochistan and NWFP's financial constraints. The focus of the first article was on the NFC award, while this deals with royalties on gas and hydel profits, components of NFC.
To many an inquisitive mind, the transference of Bhuttoism following the tragic death of Benazir Bhutto from Bhuttos to Zardaris was too smooth to be real. As it took place by the graveside of their slain leader late last December, none of the PPP stalwar
Despite reform initiatives mounted by FBR, the ratio of direct taxes to GDP in Pakistan has remained stagnant at 3 percent over the last many years, which is the lowest ratio among the countries of this region, says a Recorder Report, quoting the FBR Quar
The Divisional Superintendent of Railway Karachi, Mir Muhammad Khaskheli has said that the railway needs Rs137 million to resume the train communication lying defunct for the last 10 years. He informed Business Recorder on Sunday that the railway i
Cotton sowing operation has almost ended. Field reports indicate that sowing target may fall short from 3.2 million hectares by about 10 percent to 2.9 million hectares; reason for this short fall being delay of six weeks in supply of irrigation water in
Cotton sowing operation has almost ended. Field reports indicate that sowing target may fall short from 3.2 million hectares by about 10 percent to 2.9 million hectares; reason for this short fall being delay of six weeks in supply of irrigation water in
The much awaited monsoons splashes have touched part of cotton belt in Punjab as initially their impact on crop was not taken seriously but hurdle in the way to seedcotton supply was apprehended during the week ended on July 5, 2008. The spot rate was cur
The much awaited monsoons splashes have touched part of cotton belt in Punjab as initially their impact on crop was not taken seriously but hurdle in the way to seedcotton supply was apprehended during the week ended on July 5, 2008. The spot rate was cur
The Zila Nazim Hyderabad Kanwar Naveed Jamil while exercising the powers conferred on him under section 144 Cr. PC has ordered for banning the lifting of sand from protective bunds of Indus River and declare the protective bunds as prohibited area for the
Sindh University has started work on its distance learning, off campus and new B.A and M.A external degree programmes. In this connection a meeting was held here on Saturday with Vice Chancellor of the university Mazharul Haq Siddiqui in the chair.
The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KW&SB) has decided to establish a committee to unearth financial irregularities in the board, which are said to cause the recent financial crisis being confronted by the utility. The KW&SB is facing huge financial cri
Both talents discovering and proper utilisation of summer vacations of children was the keynote of 6th A-O. Free Cricket Coaching Camp 2008 and it will be the source for having talented sportsman to shine the name of the country.
The commodities were buyers friendly like, as the tempo that began with rapid stride in oil prices, has been pacified with groups, exports economists, and donors etc pleading for softer sentiment for majority who can hardly meet the liking trend during th
The fifty feet wide breach occurred in the Goghera Branch canal near Chak 46-GD here early Sunday inundated hundreds acres of land besides damaging standing crops in the area and inflicting loss of millions rupees to growers.
Belgian Ambassador, Michel Goffin and his wife, Meagen Baldwin hosted a glamorous dinner recently at their Islamabad residence followed by an entertainment show, aiming to generate funds for a new Margalla Tennis Club in sector, F-6/3. The ceremony, someh
In a sudden move all textile manufacturing, export-oriented and allied units have decided to go on strike for an unlimited period following government decision to enhance gas tariff, terming it 'last nail in the coffin'.