North Korea's state broadcaster has begun providing live streams of selected programming, including news bulletins, on its official Facebook page.

The move marks a further step by the reclusive state to develop its Internet presence and use of social networks to disseminate state-approved propaganda.

Microsoft on Wednesday said it teamed with the FBI to disrupt armies of hacked computers used to commit more than a half-billion dollars in financial fraud around the world.

A strike coordinated with police and financial institutions disabled more than a thousand "botnets" used by a global cybercrime operation to steal people's banking information and identities, according to the software colossus.

Software giant Microsoft has unveiled the updated version of its Windows 8 operating system at the world's second-largest computer show in Taipei.

Tami Reller, chief financial and marketing officer of the company's Windows Division, said that Windows 8.1 would be available on both PCs and tablets later this year.

A U.S. trade agency on Tuesday issued a ban on imports of Apple's iPhone 4 and a variant of the iPad 2 after finding the devices violate a patent held by South Korean rival Samsung Electronics.

Because the devices are assembled in China, the import ban would end Apple's ability to sell them in the U.S.

Apple was accused of being a "facilitator" and "go-between" of a publishing industry shift that led to higher e-book prices, in testimony on Tuesday in a U.S. antitrust trial against the firm.

David Shanks, chief executive of Penguin USA, confirmed his characterization of Apple during the first full day of testimony in the three-week trial.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and American counterpart Barack Obama will talk cyber-security this week in California, but experts say the state's Silicon Valley and its signature high-tech firms should provide the front lines in the increasingly aggressive fight against overseas hackers.

With China seeking to grow its economy and expand its technology base, companies like Facebook, Apple, Google and Twitter are inviting targets. In fact, all have been attacked and all point the finger at China, which has denied any role.

Struggling social games star Zynga said Monday it is cutting nearly a fifth of its staff as it refocuses on games for mobile devices.

"Today is a hard day for Zynga and an emotional one for every employee of our company," founder Mark Pincus said in a blog post as the company cut 520 jobs and closed several of the San Francisco-based company's studios.

Singapore bloggers are planning a rally and an "Internet blackout" this week to protest controversial new rules they say will muzzle freedom of speech, organizers said Monday.

A coalition of 34 prominent bloggers called "Free My Internet" will stage the rally on Saturday, a week after the surprise regulations kicked in on June 1 requiring news websites -- including one operated by US-based Yahoo! -- to obtain licenses from the city-state's official media regulator.

Wearable computing, the next great frontier in consumer electronics, is expected to draw crowds to Taipei's Computex trade fair this week as interest in the nascent technology surges.

With rumours of an Apple smart watch around the corner and ongoing hype around Google's pioneering Glass, all eyes will be set on the five-day tech extravaganza's "trend zone" where some lesser known brands could also shine.

Apple squares off with the U.S. government in court Monday in a trial accusing the iconic tech firm of leading a conspiracy to boost the price of ebooks.

The California technology giant is on its own in its fight against the U.S. Justice Department, after five large publishers named in the 2012 lawsuit settled the charges.