Dozens of British universities began offering free online courses on Wednesday through a collective portal, joining a global trend started in the United States that opens higher education to the masses.

Shareholders of Dell approved Thursday a proposal led by company founder Michael Dell to take the iconic computer company private.

Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer said she feared winding up in prison for treason if she refused to comply with US spy demands for data.

The European Commission adopted controversial telecom sector reforms Wednesday which it said would create a ‘fully connected’ Europe and include an end to hugely unpopular mobile phone roaming charges.

The recall of millions of dishwashers at risk of catching fire could cost German electronics group Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete (BSH) up to 700 million euros, German weekly Focus reported on Saturday.

China’s biggest mobile carrier looks set to sell Apple’s iPhone, hugely increasing the California-based company’s distribution in the world’s largest smartphone market, the Wall Street Journal reported.

One of China’s most popular microbloggers received a huge outpouring of sympathy on Friday after he announced online that he has cancer.

Web giant Yahoo has updated its logo with slimmer letters but kept the trademark purple color and exclamation point.

China has been hit by the “largest ever” attack on its Internet structure, crashing the country’s .cn servers, according to a government-linked agency.

News that Samsung will unveil a “smartwatch” next month has sent rumour mills into overdrive within the tech community as it second guesses what the much-hyped gadget will offer.