Asia Pacific Science & Technology News

The centre is located in Cyberjaya, a prominent information technology corridor in Malaysia. The state-of-the-art solution centre, which has a 1,100-seat development block and a data centre to host 1,100 servers, will serve as Mahindra Satyam's largest technology development and...

The 6 meter long 60 Kg. rocket ATEA-1 took off as per plan from the Great Mercury Island and 50 odd persons witnessed the event. ATEA-1 became the first rocket to takeoff from the Southern Hemisphere. It reached a speed...

Retail Web sites kept amping up the deals Monday, trying to maintain the momentum after Thanksgiving weekend’s strong online sales. Meanwhile, a research firm that tracks business at stores reported tepid sales and customer traffic for Friday and Saturday that...

The successful launch of New Zealand’s first suborbital rocket has created history today by being the first rocket launched into space by a privately owned company in the southern hemisphere.Atea-1 made its maiden voyage today after this morning’s delay due...

Growing competition for market share could put Samsung under pressure to lower prices in the high-margin touchscreen phones, with iPhone's debut in the domestic market last week set to challenge Samsung and home-town rival LG Electronics . "Touch phones taking...

A New Zealand man has been ordered to pay US$15.5 million ($21.3 million) for his part in an international spam network said to be one of the largest in internet history. Lance Atkinson, who now lives in Australia, was ordered...

What's the most disgusting thing you've ever put in your mouth? Never mind the kangaroo testicles and witchetty grubs pushed before jungle-strewn celebrities: earlier this year I met a man who has tasted a substance that seems to trigger the...

The launch of New Zealand’s first suborbital rocket has been delayed this morning due to a technical problem.The Atea-1, due to be launched from Great Mercury Island is to be propelled by a revolutionary type of fuel and jet/rocket motor....

China has announced its first firm target to cut carbon dioxide emissions, ahead of climate talks in Copenhagen next month Officials announced Wen Jiabao, the prime minister, would personally take the offer to the summit a day after Barack Obama,...