(AFP/File) - A woman demonstrates how to use the "Intelligent Toilet" at a show room in Tokyo. The electronic marvel, which is capable of analysing users’ urine, blood and body temperatures, retails for 350,000 to 500,000 yen (about 4,100 to 5,850 US dollars).(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)

(AFP/Graphic) - A graphic showing the main elements of the BlackBerry encryption system, which regulators in several countries are unhappy about.(AFP/Graphic)

(AFP/File) - Thais use an Internet cafe in Bangkok. Thai authorities have used emergency powers to restrict access to the WikiLeaks whistleblower website on security grounds, an official said Wednesday, fanning controversy over Internet censorship.(AFP/File/Miyuki Ryoko)

(AFP/File) - Internet sales in China, the world’s biggest web market, soared 60 percent on year in the first half, as more consumers and businesses went shopping online, state media said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)

(AFP) - Trackers of Australia’s political pulse are following online tools as well as traditional polls to gauge opinion heading into Saturday’s general election(AFP/William West)