Sony has reported a loss of 40.8 billion yen (US$437m) for the year to the end of March, less than half the loss it made the previous year.

Arab nations are leading a "historic" charge to make the world wide web live up to its name. Net regulator Icann has switched on a system that allows full web addresses that contain no Latin characters.

The 32GB model is being positioned for use as a boot drive for basic setups, whereas the the larger 256GB SSD is reccomended for use in more high-end systems.

Beijing residents and developers will be able to apply for government subsidies totaling 200 million yuan to install solar water-heating systems in residential and public buildings.