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Iranian government bans foreign email use including Gmail and ...

The Iranian government has banned a number of industries in the country from using foreign email services such as Gmail, Hotmail ...

Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 13:15

Yahoo chief Scott Thompson quits amid claims of fake qualification

Yahoo's chief executive Scott Thompson quit on Sunday as the struggling web giant sought to defuse a row over an allegedly ...

Monday, 14 May 2012, 17:37

Sky News Arabia goes on air

Sky News Arabia, a 24-hour Arabic language news channel based in Abu Dhabi, began broadcasting on Sunday, pledging to be “objective” ...

Tuesday, 08 May 2012, 13:58

E-book sales grew by 54% in 2011

Digital book sales have risen by 54% in the past year and are now worth £243m to the publishing industry. Figures released ...

Thursday, 03 May 2012, 01:51

Like: Facebook feature spurs organ donor signups

Thousands of Facebook users have signed up to be organ donors this week, thanks to a new feature on the social networking site ...

Thursday, 03 May 2012, 01:34

'Angry bird space' hits 50 million downloads

Rovio’s latest Angry Birds extension, Angry Birds in Space is a certified stratospheric hit, logging 50 million downloads ...

Monday, 30 Apr 2012, 15:56

EU regulator warns against Internet restrictions

The European Commissioner responsible for regulating the Internet, Neelie Kroes, warned Web service providers on Thursday against ...

Friday, 20 Apr 2012, 16:56

Facebook, China and Iran are web freedom threats says Sergey ...

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has warned of “very powerful forces” looking to undermine the openness of the internet, ...

Monday, 16 Apr 2012, 13:31

Media multitasking may be good for you after all

Media butterflies, flitting from TV to email to social networking, may be improving their skills at integrating information. ...

Friday, 13 Apr 2012, 14:07

Facebook to buy Instagram for $1bn

Facebook is spending $1bn to buy photo-sharing company Instagram in the social network’s largest acquisition. Instagram ...

Tuesday, 10 Apr 2012, 12:53

Google unveils Project Glass augmented reality eyewear

The eyewear appears to have a streamlined design despite all the functionality it is suggested to include It posted a brief ...

Thursday, 05 Apr 2012, 15:28

Yahoo lays off 2000 workers, Skype hires 400

Yahoo has confirmed it is axeing 2,000 posts, which amounts to 14% of its workforce being laid off, BBC reported. It marks the ...

Wednesday, 04 Apr 2012, 23:56

Travel website blasts Google over policies

Holiday review site Trip Advisor has joined the swelling ranks of firms complaining to the European Commission about Google. ...

Tuesday, 03 Apr 2012, 15:20

Britain planning new Internet snooping laws

The British government wants to expand its powers to monitor email exchanges and website visits, The Sunday Times newspaper reported. ...

Monday, 02 Apr 2012, 15:02

Email is more popular than social media: study

Social media may be getting all the buzz, but email is still a more popular mode of Internet communication, according to a new ...

Wednesday, 28 Mar 2012, 13:09

Local news

Local food prices hike - double of Euro Area

Inflation jumped from 2.6% in March to ...

Unacceptable that MFSA abandons investors

Labour Spokesman for Financial Services ...

Hollande cuts ministerial pay by 30%

Freshly appointed France president François ...

Former Modern Talking front man for Ghaxaq ...

Thomas Anders, the original lead singer ...

European corner

Hollande and Merkel push for Greece to stay ...

French president François Hollande ...

Markets prepare for Greek exit from euro

Many of the international papers report ...

Foreign ministers meet to discuss possible ...

EU foreign ministers will meet today to ...

Hollande threatens to block fiscal treaty

Newly-elected French president François ...

World news

Gaddafi's property seized on Pantelleria

Hotel properties valuing 20 milion euros ...

Somali piracy: EU forces in first mainland ...

EU naval forces have conducted their first ...

Hollande and Merkel hold euro talks in Berlin

Newly inaugurated French President Francois ...

New Greek elections as coalition talks fail ...

Greece is set to go to the polls again ...

Earlier Technology

Google patents weather-based ads

If you have ever stood in the rain ...

Friday, 23 Mar 2012, 05:16

Syrian activists targeted by fake YouTube

Syrian activists are being targeted ...

Tuesday, 20 Mar 2012, 13:27

Tablets helping improve news consumption

Mobile technology appears to be increasing ...

Monday, 19 Mar 2012, 16:07

Anonymous brings down Vatican site again

Hackers from the group Anonymous took ...

Monday, 12 Mar 2012, 22:43

Angry birds team up with... NASA

Finnish entertainment company Rovio ...

Sunday, 11 Mar 2012, 14:01

Facebook launches its ‘Web newspaper’: interest ...

Facebook threw its hat into the ring ...

Friday, 09 Mar 2012, 17:15

Apple unveils new LTE iPad

Following months of speculation surrounding ...

Wednesday, 07 Mar 2012, 19:57

Facebook, YouTube, Twitter top social media ...

Facebook, YouTube and Twitter top a ...

Tuesday, 06 Mar 2012, 14:57

Mercedes slaps sheet of LEDs on the side ...

It's not often that folks want ...

Tuesday, 06 Mar 2012, 10:27

CityVille game maker Zynga to break away ...

The American company behind social ...

Sunday, 04 Mar 2012, 16:57

Google privacy rules are illegal - EU

Changes made by Google to its privacy ...

Friday, 02 Mar 2012, 17:25

Firewall down: Chinese get access to Facebook, ...

China’s notorious firewall was ...

Thursday, 01 Mar 2012, 10:38

Cloud Computing Excellence Award for Malta-based ...

Malta-based 2X Software has been awarded ...

Monday, 27 Feb 2012, 14:08

Tech giants agree to new privacy rules

Six of the world's top consumer ...

Thursday, 23 Feb 2012, 13:54

The Pope takes to Twitter to save lent

Pope Benedict XVI is bringing a segment ...

Thursday, 23 Feb 2012, 00:18