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Nikkei and Hang Seng end higher while Shanghai Composite Index and KOSPI fall.

US watchdog Freedom House says that many countries are increasingly curbing online freedom.

Galaxy S3 gets its final release of official Jelly Bean update through XXDLIB firmware.

Talks between the UK's telecoms regulator and the country's four major mobile phone networks have entered the final week with "years of litigation" still a possibility.

Liverpool's lack of goals will reportedly be addressed in January after Brendan Rodgers was linked with a move for Bayer Leverkusen winger Sidney Sam.

Plans to increase Europe's permanent bailout fund with some of the same techniques that created the original crisis appear doomed from the beginning.

Apple sold five million iPhone 5s during its opening weekend, and more than 100 million people have updated their devices to iOS 6.

Mario Draghi's bond buying programme has bought time but business leaders in Europe's biggest economy seem to question whether it will be used effectively.

Move designed to help SMEs unable to secure credit from existing lenders.

Several Europeans among victims after disaster strikes on world's eighth-highest mountain.

XXALI5 firmware is intended for Australia, but can be used in other regions, including the UK.

The opening day of Oktoberfest 2012 coincided with a first day of autumn that brought heavy rain to Munich.

Eagerly awaited 5.5in smartphone will go on sale in Germany and Italy first, then the UK, France and the Netherlands.

Adidas scales down Reebok's sales target following a decision to not renew NFL licence and a change in reporting of NHL-related licence sales.

Jens Lehmann believes that Lukas Podolski and Per Mertesacker have what it takes to win Arsenal a trophy, but the Gunners legend knows that the duo will need to improve their pace to adapt fully to the Premier League first.

A group of Islamic digital extremists claims to have started taking down Western websites in retaliation for Innocence of Muslims.

Arsenal forward Lukas Podolski claims that he wants a tattoo of the Gunners' crest on his left arm.

In the summer of 2004 it would have been inconceivable that Arsenal would not have won the Premier League title in the following eight years.

German airliner merging its domestic and European operations with Germanwings under a new low-cost brand.

Nuri Sahin reveals why he chose to join Liverpool and Reds' striker Fabio Borini vows to end his goal drought

Apple, and four major publishers, have offered a settlement to an EU-led antitrust probe into the fixing of ebook prices.

The decision of Liverpool to allow Andy Carroll to leave on a season-long loan to West Ham has been met by plenty of criticism.

The world is hovering on the brink of economic disaster and former Goldman Sachs executive director and a hedge fund manager Chris Clarke tells us why.

Motorola's first Android smartphone to use an Intel chip has been announced with the RAZR i featuring a 4.3in screen and Kevlar casing.

Galaxy Note 10.1 N8010, the Wi-Fi version that was announced with N8000, gets official Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich update.

Brendan Rodgers says that he will give yet another Liverpool youngster a chance with the senior side, as Samed Yesil is given a shot in the Europa League match up with Young Boys.

Violent protests over anti-Islam video are not the expression of the majority of Muslims, despite a good-bad narrative used by US media

Department of Defence relations seen as critical to strength of combined group but US lobbyists reluctant to allow foreign stakeholders access to sensitive military business.

Asus users can now get the Flipboard app on their Pad Infinity TF700.

Retired Brazilian striker Ronaldo weighs in on the Cristiano Ronaldo - Lionel Messi debate