China GPS rival Beidou starts offering navigation data. The move should make China's military less dependent on foreign technology. http://ping.fm/NFPWj

World 'dangerously unprepared' for future disasters. The fund was designed by the United Nations to speed up relief in crisis zones with one central fund, though many countries still choose to give bilaterally. http://ping.fm/yk03F

Self-healing electronic chip tests may aid space travel http://ping.fm/oY1rp

'Anonymous' hackers hit US security firm Stratfor. The hackers claim they were able to obtain the information because the company, Stratfor, did not encrypt it. http://ping.fm/ViGej

Nokia finally bins the Symbian brand http://ping.fm/uEi16

Microsoft to bow out of Consumer Electronics Show http://ping.fm/yjwVV

Google stays as default Firefox browser http://ping.fm/Ub1FO