Chinese hackers broke into the personal Gmail accounts of senior officials and military personnel of the U.S. government and it allies and stole sensitive data, setting the stage for an era of heightened cyber tension between the world's top military powers. The latest hack attack, which might bring Google and the Chinese administration into a fresh fist fight, was precisely planned and executed, raising doubts if the Chinese state had authorized it.
Li Na of China became the first Chinese to make it into the semifinals of the French Open. With tactical play and tenacious drive, the sixth seeded Na beat fourth seed Victoria Azarenka 7-5 6-2.
Google announced it has discovered a phishing scam based in China, looking to uncover email passwords of important government officials.
In the company's official 'Googleblog', tech giant Google informed that a campaign to hack users' password in order to monitor the content of users' email was averted thanks to 'the strength of our cloud-based security and abuse detection systems.
According to Google, there has been a campaign to hack Gmail users' passwords in order to monitor their email accounts.
Apple for a change has turned its back on its secretive ways and has openly confessed, prior to its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), that it will be launching its highly anticipated cloud offering- iCloud.
Forex: Month End Review May 2011, USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, CHF, CAD, AUD, NZD
As China struggles to convince the world of its toys’ safety, here’s a look inside the factories to see where toys are born.
Ever wondered how to remain anonymous or circumvent internet censorship while dealing with sensitive issues online? Electronic Frontier Foundation, patron of online civil liberties, has launched the Tor Challenge, a project aimed at protecting the anonymity of internet users.
Pierre Pringuet takes the top spot in the UK-based magazine's esteemed list
Australia’s economy shrank by 1.2 percent in the first quarter of this year -- the sharpest quarterly drop in twenty years -- due largely to the devastating floods that swept across parts of the country late last year.
Ever wondered how to remain anonymous or circumvent internet censorship while dealing with sensitive issues online? Electronic Frontier Foundation, patrons of online civil liberties, today launched the Tor Challenge, a project aimed at protecting the anonymity of internet users. Tor is a volunteer system that consists of servers spread across the globe, and a downloadable software that enables access to the network.
Barneys New York will ship internationally on e-commerce site Barneys.com.
China has banned its military force from using social networking and other match-making websites to prevent leak of classified information.
The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Telvent GIT, Orexigen Therapeutics, Daktronics, Golar LNG, and AmTrust Financial Services. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Jos. A Bank Clothiers, American Superconductor, RF Micro Devices, Rediff.com India, and ARM Holdings.
The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: SeaChange International, BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Shanda Games, SuperGen, and Micrel. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: American Superconductor, Strategic Diagnostics, AmeriServ Financial, Napco Security Technologies, and United Community Banks.
Japan has underestimated the tsunami hazards for its nuclear power and needs to keep an eye on public and worker’s health, a U.N nuclear safety team in Japan said in a summary of its report on the nuclear crisis, Reuters reported.
Three trillion dollars is a lot of cash to hoard up in barely 10 years. It's a lot of cash to unleash on the world's commodity markets, too. And peak oil or not, we monetary maniacs might just have a point. Real returns to cash do matter.
(Reuters) - Tobacco will kill nearly six million people this year, including 600,000 non-smokers, because governments are not doing enough to persuade people to quit or protect others from second-hand smoke, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
Unrest among ethnic Mongolians in northern China is deepening, a week after the accidental killing of two Mongolians in separate incidents have sparked unprecedented protests.
Energy-related carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2010 were the highest in history, according to the latest estimates by the International Energy Agency (IEA).
China has detained scores of people and temporarily shut down hundreds of factories in a massive crackdown on industrial activities causing widespread lead poisoning, Channelnewsasia reported on Tuesday. Lead poisoning has been a chronic concern in China, as unprecedented economic boom brought in its wake heightened industrial activity.