Tech
Yahoo in talks to buy Tumblr for S$1.36 billion: Report
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo’s board will meet tomorrow (May 19) to vote on whether to offer US$1.1 billion (S$1.36 billion) in cash for New York-based blogging service Tumblr, tech...
Stretched, Samsung chases Apple’s suppliers
SEOUL — Overtaking Apple as the world’s leading maker of smartphones has stretched Samsung Electronics’ in-house supply lines, and the South Korean firm is now courting some of...
Vietnam search engine redirects queries to Google
HANOI — A Russian-financed search engine seeking to challenge Google’s dominance in Vietnam is redirecting queries for some politically sensitive terms to the American company’s...
UK jails 4 LulzSec hackers
LONDON — A group of British hackers who “ran riot” causing millions of dollars of damage to computer networks run by Sony, the CIA and other agencies were sentenced to jail...
Gran Turismo 6 races to PS3
SILVERSTONE (London) — Boasting more cars, tracks, as well as a new community-based game play, car racing fans can expect the sixth edition of Sony’s Gran Turismo, a best...
A bug’s eye view from this micro-cam
URBANA (Illinois) — A tiny new camera developed at a university in the United States is giving researchers a bug’s eye view.
File-sharer Pirate Bay under attack
STOCKHOLM — Swedish prosecutors have launched a new attempt to close down the popular file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, asking a court to block internet addresses used to access...
Google boosts photo offerings to rival Facebook
SAN FRANCISCO — Google is digging deeper into its technology toolkit to turn its social networking service into a more formidable threat to Facebook, sprucing up its photo...




