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A new breakthrough in technology by a US-based company could solve the problem of short smartphone battery lives.

Online opposition China Republican party shut down after just one day and founder jailed in run-up to congress.

Far-right frontman says 'it's a fact' that heterosexuals find gay people kissing creepy, before telling homosexuals to 'get over it'.

iPhone users in the US can continue to jailbreak their iPhones legally but those doing the same to their iPads will now be breaking the law.

Expulsion of Bo Xilai from Chinese legislature expected to speed up criminal proceedings against him.

A photo that was believed to have been taken with Sony Odin C6503 surfaces.

Chinese leftists appeal to parliament not to expel Bo Xilai and strip him of immunity in run-up to delicate power transition.

Labour Party leader Ed Miliband is booed and cheered by thousands of protesters in Hyde Park.

Zafer Çağlayan says Brussels has 'kept Turkey waiting at its door for 50 years' while PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan ignores Europe completely.

Sony Xperia Yuga could be a Sony Nexus device or an offering aimed at competing with other smartphones.

State Department spikes earlier assertions that attack was spontaneous reaction to anti-Islam film.

Sony lining up new series of Xperia smartphones for 2013.

The US House of Representatives' Intelligence Committee claims Huawei and ZTE pose a national security threat to US and should be avoided.

Clove UK has announced the HTC One X+ is available for pre-order on at £474 (including VAT) and will be available from 22 October.

Check out the features comparison between HTC One X+ and Samsung Galaxy S3.

China's Communist party expels one-time political heavyweight in run-up to decision on new president.

Delegate Cristina Cifuentes says demonstrators were 'radicals' who inflamed situation with 'extreme violence'.

Anonymous, which claims to have taken down Spanish police website, says government has failed to serve interests of the people.

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy faces his toughest week in government as protests highlight unease over steepest austerity measures in modern Spanish history.

LG Optimus Vu 2 leaked sporting 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 2G of RAM, 5.0in LCD display.

In clinical trials, nearly 73 per cent of patients said pain was alleviated by new handheld device.

PadFone 2, packing several new features, could be launched in October at events in Milan and Taipei.

Iran militant group MEK, given refuge by Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war, removed from US State Department foreign terrorist organisation list.

Cybersex and online sex chat rooms targeted in crackdown by Philippines government.

Successor to Galaxy S3 speculated to have hardware features never before seen in an Android smartphone.

Protests over opening doors to global retailers such as Tesco and Wal-mart bring parts of country to standstill.

Karen King, professor of religion at the Harvard Divinity School, unveils a 4x8-cm papyrus fragment that reads "Jesus said to them, my wife," suggesting Jesus had a wife.

Wage dispute which led to deaths of 45 strikers ends but industrial action continues in other South African mines.

Wang Lijun also convicted of bribery and defection - even though his revelations led authorities to murderer Gu Kailai.

Unannounced Asus PadFone 2 makes its appearance in AnTuTu benchmark database.