A lawyer for jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Friday appealed his sentence of six more years in prison, a punishment seen as payback for challenging Vladimir Putin's power and which was widely condemned in the West.

Canadian Google users have long been frustrated by having to wait for new online toys they can't try but the company vows that's going to change.

The recent economic crisis could limit Canada's growth unless governments get rid of barriers to foreign ownership and policies that hinder the elderly from working, according to a new report.

Jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is sentenced to six more years in prison following a trial seen as payback for his defiance of Vladimir Putin's power.

Last week's service outage that left millions of Skype users unable to log on to the internet calling service was caused by a software glitch, the company says.