Key mobile phone industry players have agreed to fit phones with the same power socket by 2012, industry group GSMA said on Tuesday. It said handsets would have a micro USB interface, already used to transfer pictures from digital cameras to a computer. The initial group of companies that have signed for the change include
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Global chipmakers, battling slower technology demand, are betting size matters as they pin their hopes for future growth on small and easy to carry mobile devices such as netbooks and smartphones. Global shipments of personal computer processors fell more than 11 percent in the fourth quarter but netbook sales are expected to more than double
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Cyprus has so far weathered the storm, but the 2009 outlook is more uncertain, it is noted in Cyprus' Stability Programme (SP) for the period 2008-2012 which has been submitted to the European Commission. The Stability Programme for the Period 2008-2012 which has been approved by the Council of Ministers on December 17, 2008 and
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The Budapest Symphony Orchestra MAV, under the direction of Cypriot conductor Notis Georgiou and with the participation of Cypriot soloists Nikolas Konstantinou and Manolis Neophytou, has given a concert with great success, at the Italian Culture Institute of Budapest, according to the organisers. The concert was under the auspices of the embassy of Cyprus in
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The international mountain biking games ''Cyprus Sunshine Cup 2009'' kick off Sunday, February 22. This year's Cyprus Sunshine Cup offers four rounds between the 22nd of February and the 15th of March. One of the organizers, Michalis Hadjioannou, has told a press conference Tuesday that renowned cyclists from over 20 European countries and Brazil will
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Deepening economic gloom and fears about the health of the global finance sector pushed Asian shares to their lowest level this month on Wednesday, prompting investors to move to low-risk assets such as regional bonds. The euro briefly fell to a new 2-½ month low against the dollar as the currency continued to reel from
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Texas billionaire Allen Stanford and three of his companies were charged with "massive" fraud on Tuesday as federal agents swooped on his U.S. headquarters. In a civil complaint filed in federal court in Dallas, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accused Stanford, a high-profile cricket promoter, and two executives of fraudulently selling $8 billion in
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U.S. automakers sought billions of dollars of extra government funds when they unveiled survival plans but deepening fears about global growth pushed share markets down on Wednesday and sent investors searching for safe havens. General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC scrambled to meet deadlines to detail their plans on Tuesday, the day President Barack Obama
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Russia's economic outlook darkened on Tuesday, with a government forecast for a 2.2 percent contraction adding to a batch of gloomy data releases to put pressure on the rouble and stocks. Wage arrears — a cause of social unrest in the 1990s — jumped nearly 50 percent last month, affecting half a million people, and
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U.S. oil fell by almost 7 percent to around $35 a barrel on Tuesday as grim economic indicators kept the focus on the worldwide slump in demand, outweighing lower supplies due to OPEC cutbacks. Manufacturing production in New York State fell to a record low in February, a survey from the regional central bank showed.
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