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New Xbox more than a game console for Microsoft

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:08:49 +0800

By Malathi Nayak and Bill Rigby SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is set to make a splash this week with the eagerly awaited unveiling of its new Xbox game console, eight years after the last version, as it seeks a larger share of the $65 billion a year global computer gaming industry. But the small device faces some big competition from the PlayStation 4 by Sony Corp and the Wii U by Nintendo Co Ltd in a shifting market. ...

Facebook exec says it's OK for women to cry at work

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:44:51 +0800

Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said in an interview published Saturday says it's ok for women to cry at work, share emotions and be honest about their femininity.

Cricket-Australia to investigate Warner's Twitter rant

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:17:08 +0800

May 18 (Reuters) - Cricket Australia is to investigate an extraordinary Twitter outburst by opening batsmen David Warner that attacked two senior Australian cricket journalists. The 26-year-old Warner criticised News Limited journalists Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn in an expletive-filled tirade, which has created headlines in Australia. "Cricket Australia is aware of comments made on David Warner's Twitter account overnight," Cricket Australia said in a statement on Saturday. "Cricket Australia is attempting to contact Warner and will continue to investigate the matter. ...

Yahoo Japan suspects 22 million IDs stolen

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:20:12 +0800

Yahoo Japan Corp. has said it suspects up to 22 million user IDs may have been stolen during an unauthorised attempt to access the administrative system of its Yahoo! Japan portal.

Syria government supporters hack Financial Times

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:59:27 +0800

By Jim Finkle and Jennifer Saba (Reuters) - The Financial Times' website and Twitter feeds were hacked on Friday, renewing questions about whether the popular social media service has done enough to tighten security as cyber-attacks on the news media intensify. The Syrian Electronic Army, an online group that supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was behind the incident which followed a phishing attack on the company's email accounts, FT reported on its website. The attack is the latest in which hackers commandeered the Twitter account of a prominent news organization to push their ...

Yahoo! sets event amid Tumblr talk

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:48:04 +0800

Yahoo! scheduled a news conference Monday amid reports it was in talks with popular blogging platform Tumblr about an acquisition or strategic alliance.

U.S. authorities seize accounts of major Bitcoin operator

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:34:08 +0800

By Brett Wolf ST. LOUIS, May 17 (Thomson Reuters Accelus) - U.S. authorities have seized two accounts linked to a major operator in the booming Bitcoin digital currency market, Tokyo-based exchange Mt. Gox. The move may prevent the firm from facilitating the purchase and sale of Bitcoins in U.S. dollars at a time when use of the currency and its value has mushroomed. Bitcoin, which unlike conventional money is bought and sold on a peer-to-peer network independent of any central authority, has grown popular among users who lack faith in the established banking system. ...

Twitter index: Australian football match, happy Friday

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:46:06 +0800

On Friday, May 17, Twitter users are talking about the Australian rules football game between the West Coast Eagles and the North Melbourne Kangaroos and wishing each other a happy Friday.

After Google, Amazon to be grilled on UK tax presence

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:17:37 +0800

By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters) - Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. will be called back to the British parliament to clarify how its activities in the UK justify its low corporate income tax bill, two lawmakers told Reuters. Amazon will follow search giant Google, which attended another grilling by parliament's Public Affairs Committee (PAC) over its tax affairs on Thursday. A Reuters report earlier this month raised questions over Google's earlier assertions that its UK-based staff don't sell to customers. ...

Rivals get longer to comment on Google EU antitrust offer: source

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:55:37 +0800

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators have given some of Google's rivals more time to study its proposals to settle anti-competitive complaints, which could provide more leverage to pry further concessions from the Internet search giant. The European Commission last month told interested parties they had until May 26 to say if they are satisfied with the offer by the world's most popular search engine to mark out its services from rival products in Internet search results. ...

Facebook outlook still muddled one year after IPO

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:11:23 +0800

A year after a nightmarish share offering, Facebook still has its ardent backers and detractors.

Google+ trends: 'Star Trek,' Google I/O

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:37:35 +0800

On Friday, May 17, Google+ users are talking about the latest Star Trek film, "Star Trek Into Darkness" and Google's ongoing developer conference -- Google I/O.

Yahoo! adds tweets to online news pages

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:19:27 +0800

Yahoo! on Thursday began spicing up its online news pages with real-time comments fired off at the globally popular messaging service Twitter.

Oceania club final showcases future of broadcasting

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:35:39 +0800

By Greg Stutchbury WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The possible future of sports broadcasting will be further highlighted on Sunday when New Zealand's Auckland City and Waitakere United play the Oceania Champions League final, with the winner qualifying for the lucrative FIFA Club World Cup. The match in Auckland, reduced to a winner-takes-all final after the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) streamlined the competition this year, will be broadcast not only on television but also live over the Internet on the OFC's YouTube channel. "The coverage will be screened live in New Zealand ... ...

Soccer-Oceania club final showcases future of broadcasting

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:29:53 +0800

By Greg Stutchbury WELLINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - The possible future of sports broadcasting will be further highlighted on Sunday when New Zealand's Auckland City and Waitakere United play the Oceania Champions League final, with the winner qualifying for the lucrative FIFA Club World Cup. The match in Auckland, reduced to a winner-takes-all final after the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) streamlined the competition this year, will be broadcast not only on television but also live over the Internet on the OFC's YouTube channel. "The coverage will be screened live in New Zealand ... ...

China cracks down on over-the-top anti-Japan dramas

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:35:47 +0800

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's television regulator has ordered a crack down on dramas about the country's battles with Japan during and before World War Two and demanded they be more serious, state media said on Friday, following viewer complaints about ludicrous storylines. Ties have been shadowed for years by what Beijing says has been Tokyo's refusal to admit to wartime atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers in the country between 1937 and 1945, something taught to every Chinese school child and a staple of television dramas. ...

Ex-Groupon CEO Mason moving to San Francisco to start new company

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:13:06 +0800

By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Former Groupon Inc. Chief Executive Andrew Mason is moving to San Francisco to start a company after recently recording an album of "motivational business music," according to an update on his blog on Thursday. "If there's a silver lining to leaving Groupon, it's the opportunity to start something new," Mason wrote. "I've accumulated a backlog of ideas over the last several years, my favourite of which I'll be turning into a new company this fall." "As part of this, my wife and I are moving to San Francisco later this summer," he said in the blog. ...

Mexican court tosses $2.7 bn penalty in Yahoo! case

Fri, 17 May 2013 06:29:22 +0800

Yahoo! announced on Thursday that a Mexican appeals court tossed out a $2.7 billion dollar damages award in a breach of contract lawsuit.

Rapper Diddy spoofs 'Downton Abbey' after teasing Twitter fans

Fri, 17 May 2013 05:35:44 +0800

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs debuted a comedy spoof of himself appearing in his "favorite show of all time," British period drama "Downton Abbey," on Thursday after teasing fans that he was joining the Emmy-winning show's cast. "Downton Diddy," hosted on comedy video website funnyordie.com, saw the music mogul adding himself to scenes from the first three seasons of the hit British drama, playing self-created character Lord Wolcott. ...

Dell profits plunge on PC woes

Fri, 17 May 2013 04:18:37 +0800

US computer giant Dell said Thursday its quarterly profit plunged 79 percent from a year ago, as a shift away from PCs hammered the company's bottom line.

LulzSec hackers who "wreaked havoc" at Sony jailed in UK

Fri, 17 May 2013 01:50:42 +0800

By Li-mei Hoang LONDON (Reuters) - A group of British hackers who "ran riot" causing millions of dollars of damage to computer networks run by Sony, the CIA and other agencies were sentenced to jail terms on Thursday. Police said four men, members of the hacking collective known as "LulzSec", put thousands of internet users' personal data at risk through their high-profile cyber attacks in 2011. ...

Cannes buzz: 'Heli,' Emma Watson gets praise and a green tongue

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:46:16 +0800

With the Cannes Film Festival in full swing, the net is buzzing with all the latest happenings, gossip and opinions from the French Riviera. Below are some of the topics that are causing a stir on social media.

Twitter index: One Direction angers some fans

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:51:46 +0800

On Thursday, May 16, Twitter users who are fans of the British-Irish boy band One Direction are expressing their disappointment at a hotly buzzed announcement from the band.

UK politician sues for defamation in high-profile Twitter case

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:13:04 +0800

By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - A retired British politician sued the wife of the House of Commons Speaker for defamation on Thursday, accusing her of implying in a tweet that he was a pedophile guilty of sexually abusing boys living in a care home. Alistair McAlpine, an associate of the late former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, is seeking damages from Sally Bercow in Britain's most high-profile Twitter defamation case to date. ...

Google+ trends: changes to Hangouts, 1D's announcement

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:26:25 +0800

On Thursday, May 16, Google+ users are buzzing about the changes that Google has made to one of the social network's most popular features, "Hangouts," and discussing an anticipated announcement from boy band One Direction.

'Jeeks', 'nuffies' and moms targeted by cricketing Facebook

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:37:49 +0800

By Greg Stutchbury WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Hunched over desks staring at computer screens paid for in part by New Zealand cricket captain Brendon McCullum, employees at a small Wellington company are hard at work laying the foundations for what they hope will be the next social media revolution. Targeting the estimated billion players and fans of the English bat-and-ball game around the world, CricHQ aims to build an online community which could be crudely described as Facebook for cricket. "It's actually a little bit more than Facebook," CricHQ director of marketing Jarred Sewell told Reuters. ...

Cricket-'Jeeks', 'nuffies' and moms targeted by cricketing Facebook

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:59:52 +0800

By Greg Stutchbury WELLINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - Hunched over desks staring at computer screens paid for in part by New Zealand cricket captain Brendon McCullum, employees at a small Wellington company are hard at work laying the foundations for what they hope will be the next social media revolution. Targeting the estimated billion players and fans of the English bat-and-ball game around the world, CricHQ aims to build an online community which could be crudely described as Facebook for cricket. ...

YouTube adds first paid channel for horror films

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:30:01 +0800

By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - YouTube has a new paid channel for horror junkies, adding Screampix as the first subscription channel dedicated to frightful fare. It launched on Wednesday in the US and Canada for $2.99 a month, and will rollout to the U.K., France and Brazil later this year. The channel features more than 200 hours of horror footage, including full-length features, trailers and interviews. Movies are grouped into categories such as "Women on a Rampage" and "Zombiepalooza. ...

Orlando Jones on why Machinima's geek culture works for 'Tainted Love'

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:14:46 +0800

By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Orlando Jones is a self-described comic book nerd, so when it came to finding the perfect venue for "Tainted Love," his gritty and profane love letter to graphic novels, the actor and comedian said Machinima immediately sprung to mind. The popular YouTube channel is a gathering spot for fans of geek culture and it's a destination for Jones when he wants to get his inner fanboy on. "Tainted Love" debuted two weeks ago on Machinima Prime and the third episode airs Thursday. ...

Newegg, Overstock win patent fight with Alcatel-Lucent

Thu, 16 May 2013 05:08:39 +0800

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The online shopping sites Newegg and Overstock Inc won a patent battle on Wednesday with telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent SA, which had accused the companies of infringing its patented technology. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which hears all patent appeals, upheld a lower court decision which found that Newegg and Overstock did not infringe on a software patent that allows computers to adapt the shopping web sites to their own screen size rather than having a server do the work. ...