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Financial paper hacked by Syrians

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:37:49 -0400

Britain's Financial Times was hacked last week by a mysterious group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army. The newspaper's technology blog was hacked to display a slogan saying: "Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army." Several Twitter feeds run by the Financial Times were also plastered with similar slogans. The FT later said its blogs and social media accounts had been compromised ...

Yahoos board approves $1.1 billion Tumblr acquisition WSJ

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:36:07 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO | Sun May 19, 2013 4:36pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's board has approved a deal to buy blogging and social networking site Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, the Wall Street Journal cited people familiar with the matter as saying on Sunday. Such an acquisition would be Marissa Mayer's largest deal since taking the helm of the once-iconic Internet company ...

UPDATE 1-Star Trek sequel tops weekend box office in North America

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:25:48 -0400

Sun May 19, 2013 4:25pm EDT By Lisa Richwine and Andrea Burzynski May 19 (Reuters) - "Star Trek Into Darkness," the newest installment in the classic intergalactic franchise, blasted to the top of movie box office charts with $70.6 million in weekend ticket sales at theaters in the United States and Canada. The new 3D voyage for Captain Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise knocked ...

UPDATE 1-Indian cinema on a mission at Cannes to dispel Bollywood image

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:54:27 -0400

Sun May 19, 2013 3:54pm EDT * Bollywood films have struggled at global box office * Four Indian films screened at Cannes film festival * Industry keen to lure investment to India (Adds Bombay Talkies premiere) By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES, May 19 (Reuters) - Indian movie actors and a new wave of directors are on a mission at the Cannes film festival - to show that their industry, which turns 100 ...

White House accuses Republicans of fishing expeditions

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:18:30 -0400

By Tabassum Zakaria and Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON | Sun May 19, 2013 3:18pm EDT WASHINGTON May 19 (Reuters) - The White House on Sunday accused Republicans of conducting political "fishing expeditions," while Republican lawmakers showed no let up in attacking President Barack Obama's administration for a culture of what they called cover-up and "intimidation." With ...

Google Americas third political party

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:47:25 -0400

(Credit: James Martin/CNET) Congress is a dog that won't go for a walk. We can tug at its leash as hard as we want, but it sits in the middle of the sidewalk, barking a defiant "no." It's not a purposeful no. It's just a refusal for the sake of it, couched in principle. Then along comes America's most ambitious politician. No, it's not Paul Ryan or ...

Slim broadcasters take fight to soccer field

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:08:51 -0400

Mexicans often feel that billionaire Carlos Slim owns everything in their country, from telephone and Internet companies to banks and chain stores, but his latest acquisitive foray is meeting resistance after touching a national passion: ...

Twitter will damn your soul Saudi cleric says

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:55:00 -0400

(Credit: Twitter/YouTube Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET) Life becomes more meaningful when someone from a long way away reflects your own thoughts. It makes you feel less alone, less forlorn on your island of one. I was, therefore, lifted to heights previously unimagined on hearing that the head of Saudi Arabia's religious police has declared that Twitter is an appalling waste ...

AP chief says phone probe makes news sources reluctant to talk

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:29:29 -0400

WASHINGTON | Sun May 19, 2013 1:29pm EDT WASHINGTON May 19 (Reuters) - The Justice Department's seizure of phone records for journalists at the Associated Press is hurting the agency's ability to gather news, the wire service's Chief Executive and President Gary Pruitt said on Sunday. "Officials that would normally talk to us and people we talk to in the normal course of ...

UK opposition calls for country-by-country tax reporting

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:18:24 -0400

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (L) and the leader of the opposition Labour Party Ed Miliband leave after a service to mark the 20th anniversary of the murder of teenager Stephen Lawrence, at St Martin-in-the-Fields church in London April 22, ...

Old rules dont mean much to broadcasters

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:44:30 -0400

Broadcasters are more frequently embracing the cable TV idea of limited run series, of taking favorites off the air for a time instead of showing reruns, and of not treating summer as an ...

Bangladesh court orders action against factory owner in Nov fire

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:36:58 -0400

Delwar Hossain, owner of the Tazreen Fashions garment factory, where 112 workers died in a devastating fire last month, speaks during an interview at the office of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BGMEA) in Dhaka November 29, ...

Fugitive to police on Facebook Catch me if you can. They do

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:20:41 -0400

Taunting the police on Facebook has limited benefits -- as one wanted man in the U.K. discovers when it takes police just 12 hours to catch up with him. They leave him a taunting message on Facebook in ...

How to really really make your naked Snapchat photos disappear

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:23:12 -0400

App maker KS Mobile insists that its Clean Master can help all those who are concerned that their spontaneous naked Snapchat snaps might linger in some technological depths. At least it can help users on ...

Google Translate now serves 200 million people daily

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:23:31 -0400

(Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Translate provides a billion translations a day for 200 million users, the company revealed here Friday at ...