The secretive anti-graft department of China's ruling Communist Party has launched a website, as Beijing promotes its anti-corruption campaign with a fanfare of publicity.

The website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the Communist Party of China officially went online this week, according to a statement posted on www.ccdi.gov.cn.

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Microsoft on Friday said that a battle to shed light on secret U.S. government requests for Internet user data would play out in court after failed peace talks.

Microsoft and Google filed suits in federal court in June, arguing a right to make public more information about user data requests made under the auspices of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

Taiwanese prosecutors are investigating allegations that three employees at leading smartphone maker HTC stole trade secrets to sell to Chinese firms, reports said Saturday.

Investigators Friday searched HTC's research and development centre as well as the suspects' offices and homes after the company accused them of stealing key interface technology, according to the Taipei-based China Times newspaper.

The Lebanese army unveiled on Friday a mobile phone application that will enable direct communication between it and the people given the recent instability in Lebanon.

LAF Shield, available of IOS and Android mobile phone operating systems, allows people to take photographs, record videos, or send messages linked to their security, announced the Army Command.

Nintendo on Wednesday cut the price of its Wii U video game console and introduced an entry-level version of its DS handheld gaming device in moves aimed at boosting sales.

Nintendo also announced an array of new titles as it tried to breathe life into moribund sales of its latest generation of hardware before rivals Sony and Microsoft hit the market with new offerings.

A start-up specializing in tuning into online banter by TV viewers said Wednesday that it has been bought by Twitter.

Trendrr chief executive Mark Ghuneim announced in a blog post that the New York-based firm is becoming part of the globally popular messaging service.

A U.S. federal court is close to imposing an antitrust remedy on Apple that narrows the scope to the company's e-book business.

U.S. District Judge Denise Cote said in a Tuesday hearing that the remedies to price-fixing that Apple must take should be narrow and should not target Apple's content businesses other than e-books.

The popular New York Times website returned to service Wednesday after hackers forced it down for nearly a day, with a group backing Syria's government claiming responsibility.

The website nytimes.com, one of the most influential sources of news in the United States, had come up blank for many readers since Tuesday afternoon, though some were still able to access it earlier Wednesday.

Motorists could go hands-free, leaving their cars' computer brains fully in charge, as early as 2020, when Nissan says it plans to have a self-driving vehicle ready for the market.

The Japanese automaker said Tuesday that its "revolutionary" self-drive technology could be ready by then, and that it is already building a synthetic cityscape of real roads and buildings for testing the vehicles.