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Company turns everyday items into spy equipment

China-based spy product manufacturer, Ajoka Corporation H.K, has launched a new range of super-small spy products for consumer use. The assortment of compact and inexpensive gadgets from Ajoka takes video and audio recording into the world of James Bond gadgets.|Full Story

LG defies downturn, launches 3 new models

LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday that the mobile phone market was holding up despite the global slump and announced plans to launch three models powered by Google's Android operating system this year. "The market is actually holding up versus last year. I think the recession impact is less than what we expected last year," said Chang Ma.|Full Story

Volcano on Russian island creates dangerous giant ash cloud

A volcanic eruption on a remote Russian island north of Japan has created a giant ash cloud that threatens passing airplanes, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported on Sunday, citing Russian geologists. The eruption of Sarychev Peak on uninhabited Matua Island, part of the Kuril Islands archipelago in the north Pacific Ocean.|Full Story

Touchscreen mobile phones grow in favor, consumer research shows

On Monday market researchers Compete released a review analyzing the importance of touchscreens in mobile phones. A recap on how mobile phone touchscreens can influence consumer's mobile phone purchases, the dominance of game consoles in the Web video viewing market and sales figures of electrical appliances.|Full Story

'Moon' upends expectation about science fiction

"Moon" does something extraordinary: It seems familiar and derivative, yet upends your expectations about science fiction and surprises you over and over. Melancholy and mesmerizing, equal parts mystery and character drama, it keeps you guessing until the end.|Full Story

Two obesity scientists to share Shaw Prize

Two scientists whose work challenges the assumption that obesity is caused by a lack of willpower were Tuesday announced as the winners of the Shaw Prize, known as the Nobel Prize of the east. Douglas Coleman and Jeffrey Friedman, who both work in the United States, will share the $1 million Shaw Prize for Life Sciences and Medicine, organizers of the award said.|Full Story

NASA scrambles to repair Endeavor fuel leak before launch window closes

NASA is repairing a leaky hydrogen gas line on Endeavour's fuel tank in hopes of launching the shuttle on its space-station construction mission Wednesday, four days after the first try was called off. But another NASA mission, involving a pair of science spacecraft bound for the moon, is scheduled to blast off Wednesday.|Full Story

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