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A H-2A rocket lifts off from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, early Friday, May 18, 2012. JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. successfully launched a South Korean satellite into space aboard the rocket, local media said. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

Japan Launches Rocket With South Korean Satellite

Japan has successfully completed its first successful launch of a foreign-made satellite, and plans to carry out more commercial launches in the future.

Facebook's much-anticipated IPO is set for today, where the company will raise US$ 16 billion, leading to a US$ 104 billion valuation. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Facebook Sets Price in $104B Flotation

Facebook has priced its shares ahead of one of the most eagerly-anticipated share flotations in recent stock market history. The social network said on Thursday that it valued shares at US$ 38 each, and…

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India: File-Sharing Websites Blocked, Anonymous Retaliates, Sanity Takes a Break

Hacking group Anonymous brings down Indian government websites in retaliation for ISPs doing a blanket ban on file sharing sites.

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China Mobile “In Talks” with Apple to Offer iPhone 4S

The world’s biggest mobile network, China Mobile, could soon offer its customers Apple’s iPhone, even though the iPhone 4S is incompatible with its 3G network.

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LG Optimus LTE II Released in South Korea as LG’s Latest Flagship Smartphone

LG has launched its latest flagship Optimus LTE 2, with 2 GB RAM, quad-core processor, and the latest Optimus UI 3.0.

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The Pirate Bay Hit by DDoS Attack

Torrent-sharing site The Pirate Bay is under distributed denial-of-service attack, although hacking group Anonymous has denied involvement.

The HTC One X is among the world's first quad-core smartphones. (Photo credit: Abe Olandres / TechWireAsia)

HTC Shares Slide as Patent Dispute Delays US Shipments

A ban on the sale of any HTC phones in the US that use an Apple-patented technology has contributed to the decline in HTC share prices.

Tablets will outpace smartphones in web access by 2013, and will comprise 10% of all web traffic by 2014, says Adobe.(Photo credit: Shutterstock)

Tablets to Overtake Smartphones in Mobile Web Access by 2013

Tablets will outpace smartphones in web access by 2013, and will comprise 10% of all web traffic by 2014, says Adobe.

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GBR Expo Asia 2012 to Highlight Green Building Technology in Thailand

The GBR Expo 2012 in Thailand will highlight green building technologies, and will bring together experts and service providers from around the world.

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APAC Software Piracy Cost: $21B in Losses

Software piracy in the Asia Pacific region has cost software makers at least US$ 21 billion in losses, a report from the Business Software Alliance says.

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