• Russia's top social network blacklisted in error - regulator

    Reuters - 51 minutes ago

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's leading online social network, VKontakte, was blacklisted in error and a ban on distributing content inside the country imposed earlier on Friday has already been lifted, according to the communications regulator. "This was a mistake that resulted from human error," a spokesman for the regulator Roskomnadzor was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying. (Reporting by Douglas Busvine; editing by Elizabeth Piper) More »Russia's top social network blacklisted in error - regulator

  • Google boss warns students against 'censorship of net' and 'digital ethnic cleansing'

    ANI - 1 hour 13 minutes ago

    London, May 24 (ANI): Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt and director of Google Ideas Jared Cohen have warned London School of Economics students against censorship on the internet and the dangers that 'digital ethnic cleansing' pose. More »Google boss warns students against 'censorship of net' and 'digital ethnic cleansing'

  • Hulu video site auction attracts four bidders - sources

    Reuters - 4 hours ago

    By Ronald Grover LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former News Corp president Peter Chernin and private equity fund Guggenheim Digital Media have placed bids for Hulu, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, triggering a tug-of-war for the online video service. Satellite operator DirecTV and cable operator Time Warner Cable Inc also put in bids, one of the people told Reuters. ... More »Hulu video site auction attracts four bidders - sources

  • Google, like Facebook, in talks to buy Waze for $1 billion: report

    Reuters - 5 hours ago

    REUTERS - Google Inc is considering buying Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze Inc, which may lead to a bidding war with Facebook Inc , Bloomberg news reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Waze is seeking more than $1 billion and is fielding expressions of interest from multiple parties, Bloomberg cited a source as saying. Maps and navigation services have become a key asset for technology companies as consumers increasingly adopt smartphones and other mobile devices. Other media have reported that Facebook Inc has held talks to buy Waze for as much as $1 billion. ... More »Google, like Facebook, in talks to buy Waze for $1 billion: report

  • Judge says leaning toward U.S. in Apple e-books case

    Reuters - 6 hours ago

    By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - In an unusual move before a trial, a federal judge expressed a tentative view that the U.S. Justice Department will be able to show evidence that Apple Inc engaged in a conspiracy with publishers to increase e-book prices. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote, who is set to oversee a trial on June 3, gave her view during a pretrial hearing on Thursday. ... More »Judge says leaning toward U.S. in Apple e-books case

  • Google faces new federal antitrust probe - source

    Reuters - 9 hours ago

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are in the early stages of an antitrust probe into whether Google Inc , the top player in web display advertising, breaks antitrust law in how it handles some ad sales, a source told Reuters on Thursday. The source said that it was unlikely that the Federal Trade Commission had sent out civil investigative demands in relation to the probe, which would be the sign of a formal and more serious investigation. ... More »Google faces new federal antitrust probe - source

  • Solar plane completes second leg of cross-country flight in Texas

    Reuters - 13 hours ago

    DALLAS (Reuters) - A solar airplane that developers hope to eventually pilot around the globe landed safely on Thursday in Texas, completing the second and longest leg of an attempt to fly across the United States powered only by the sun. The spindly experimental aircraft, dubbed Solar Impulse, touched down at Dallas/Forth Worth International Airport shortly after 1 a.m. local time, logging 18 hours and 21 minutes in the air to cover 823 nautical miles (1,541 km) from Arizona. The flight set a new absolute world distance record in solar aviation, organizers said. ... More »Solar plane completes second leg of cross-country flight in Texas

  • Large U.S. retailers sue Visa, MasterCard over card fees

    Reuters - 13 hours ago

    REUTERS - A group of U.S. retailers including Macy's Inc and Target Corp sued Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc on Thursday, breaking off from a proposed $7.2 billion settlement reached last year over fees to process credit card transactions. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan on behalf of many retailers that opted out of receiving proposed damages from the settlement. That settlement, pending in federal court in Brooklyn, would end litigation on behalf of merchants that accused Visa and MasterCard of inflating so-called interchange, or swipe, fees. ... More »Large U.S. retailers sue Visa, MasterCard over card fees

  • Apple enjoyed Irish tax holiday from the start

    Reuters - 15 hours ago

    By Poornima Gupta and Padraic Halpin SAN FRANCISCO/DUBLIN (Reuters) - Apple has operated almost tax-free in Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then one of Europe's poorest countries, former company executives and Irish officials have said. Chief Executive Tim Cook faced criticism from a Senate subcommittee in Washington on Tuesday over the iPad and iPhone maker's tax practices, which had been shrouded from full view behind secretive tax-exempt Irish-based corporate entities. ... More »Apple enjoyed Irish tax holiday from the start

  • Micromax launches Canvas 2 Plus A110Q for Rs 12,100

    Yahoo! India News - 21 hours ago

    The new Canvas 2 Plus A110Q Android smartphone comes with a quad core processor and Android Jelly Bean operating system. More »Micromax launches Canvas 2 Plus A110Q for Rs 12,100

  • Samsung Galaxy Tab 3's pictures, specification leaked

    Yahoo! India News - Thu 23 May, 2013

    The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 has an 8 inch display with 1280 x 800 pixel resolution. More »Samsung Galaxy Tab 3's pictures, specification leaked

  • China's Lenovo buys and diversifies to outshine PC rivals

    Reuters - Thu 23 May, 2013

    By Lee Chyen Yee and Umesh Desai HONG KONG (Reuters) - Lenovo Group Ltd's bold acquisitions in its flagship PC business, a foray into mobile gadgets, and a relatively light debt load are setting it apart from PC rivals as industry shipments take their steepest fall in decades. Lenovo, a sliver away from unseating Hewlett-Packard Co as the world's top PC maker by shipments, posted on Thursday an estimate-beating 90 percent rise in quarterly profit, its fastest in seven quarters. ... More »China's Lenovo buys and diversifies to outshine PC rivals

  • Samsung says Galaxy S4 sales hit 10 million

    Reuters - Thu 23 May, 2013

    SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co said sales of the latest version of its flagship Galaxy S smartphone have reached 10 million since its launch in late April, making the model its fastest selling smartphone. The S4, the South Korean firm's challenge to Apple Inc's iPhone, is already selling in 60 countries and Samsung plans to expand sales to 327 carriers in 155 countries by next month, the world's biggest smartphone maker said on Thursday. Solid sales have come even as supply issues have snarled the U.S. rollout through some carriers. ... More »Samsung says Galaxy S4 sales hit 10 million

  • HP raises 2013 outlook as Whitman's plan takes hold

    Reuters - Thu 23 May, 2013

    By Poornima Gupta SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co raised its 2013 earnings outlook after quarterly results beat low expectations, as CEO Meg Whitman's turnaround plan helped offset shrinking personal computer sales with enterprise computing services. While fiscal second-quarter profit plummeted 32 percent, Wall Street had braced for worse. HP shares gained 14 percent after the company projected full-year earnings per share of $3.50 to $3.60, raising the lower end by 10 cents, and fiscal third-quarter profit that topped analyst estimates. ... More »HP raises 2013 outlook as Whitman's plan takes hold

  • Apple, former Washington wallflower, now at center of tax fight

    Reuters - Thu 23 May, 2013

    By Andy Sullivan, Gabriel Debenedetti and Poornima Gupta WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For years, Apple Inc kept a low profile in Washington as it grew into one of the most valuable companies in the world. Now the iPad maker has taken the lead, perhaps inadvertently, on a top priority for U.S. business: simplifying America's tax code. Chief Executive Tim Cook, who was called before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on Tuesday to answer questions about Apple's alleged tax avoidance, used his appearance to plead for an overhaul of corporate taxes. ... More »Apple, former Washington wallflower, now at center of tax fight

  • Twitter beefs up security after hacking spree on media

    Reuters - Thu 23 May, 2013

    By Jim Finkle REUTERS - Twitter Inc unveiled technology to boost security for its users, following a spate of attacks on accounts of prominent media outlets including the Associated Press, the Financial Times and The Onion. The micro blogging site, which transmits some 400 million messages a day, said on Wednesday that it had begun rolling out an optional "login verification" service to thwart hackers seeking to hijack accounts with stolen passwords. ... More »Twitter beefs up security after hacking spree on media

  • Ireland says will not be U.S. "whipping boy" on tax

    Reuters - Thu 23 May, 2013

    By Carmel Crimmins and Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's finance minister said the country would not be the "whipping boy" for what he called a flawed U.S. Senate report that said Irish loopholes helped technology giant Apple shrink its tax bill. Ireland has been forced to defend its corporate tax rate after the Senate said on Monday that Apple paid little or no tax on tens of billions of dollars in profits channelled through Irish subsidiaries and that it had negotiated a special corporate tax rate of less than 2 percent. ... More »Ireland says will not be U.S. "whipping boy" on tax

  • Feature: 'Irrational' hackers are growing U.S. security fear

    Reuters - Thu 23 May, 2013

    By Jim Finkle REUTERS - Cybersecurity researcher HD Moore discovered he could use the Internet to access the controls of some 30 pipeline sensors around the country that were not password protected. A hacking expert who helps companies uncover network vulnerabilities, Moore said he found the sensors last month while analyzing information in huge, publicly available databases of Internet-connected devices. "We know that systems are exposed and vulnerable. ... More »Feature: 'Irrational' hackers are growing U.S. security fear

  • SAP looks to recruit people with autism as programmers

    Reuters - Wed 22 May, 2013

    FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German software company SAP is looking to recruit people with autism as programmers and product testers, drawing on skills that can include a close attention to detail and an ability to solve complex problems. SAP has asked start-up Danish recruitment company Specialisterne to help it find, train and manage employees diagnosed with the disability. "They bring a special set of skills to the table, which fits with SAP," said a spokesman for the company, which has already hired people with autism in India and Ireland. ... More »SAP looks to recruit people with autism as programmers

  • British opposition leader says Google tax behaviour "wrong"

    Reuters - Wed 22 May, 2013

    By Andrew Osborn and Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - Google Inc's tax affairs came under renewed scrutiny in Britain on Wednesday when the leader of the opposition Labour party accused the Internet company of wrongly going to "extraordinary lengths" to avoid paying tax. In comments designed to politically outflank Prime Minister David Cameron ahead of next month's G8 summit on what has become a high-profile issue, Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, said he was disappointed that Google paid so little tax. "I can't be the only person here who feels disappointed that such a great company as Google ... More »British opposition leader says Google tax behaviour "wrong"

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