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  • Sony mulls hedge funds entertainment sale idea

    TOKYO -; Sony's CEO Kazuo Hirai says the company's board will discuss a proposal by U.S. hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb to spin off up to 20 percent of its movie, TV and music ...

  • Google tax behaviour wrong UK opposition leader

    Google Inc's tax affairs will come under renewed scrutiny in Britain on Wednesday when the leader of the opposition Labour party accuses 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 ...

  • EU looks to end Apple-style tax avoidance schemes

    Growing concern in European capitals about aggressive tax avoidance by high-profile corporations such as Amazon, Google and Apple looks set to steal the agenda of a European Union summit in ...

  • US will not need drones to spy on people

    that the US government will be using drones to spy on its citizens might not have any basis, as its security forces move towards satellite spying instead. In September, the US government will fire into orbit a two-stage rocket from a Virginia launchpad. According to official reports, the mission is scientific one, designed to improve America's ability to send small satellites into space ...

  • America faces high tech workforce shortage

    of immigration reform in the US has been halted by partisan bickering for years, and it might be about to start taking its toll on the economy, coupled with less than stellar high school education. New York state faces a shortfall of thousands of skilled techies to sustain the growth of its tech sector ...


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The Social Network

The Social Network

Combining the dizzying pace of a legal thriller with the rapid-fire verbal wit of a screwball comedy and the dramatic betrayals of a Shakespearean tragedy, David Finchers The Social Network gives us an illuminating, albeit highly fictionalized, account of how a 19-year-ol ... ...

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  • AMD falls behind Qualcomm and Samsung

    , while AMD has been trying to boost its mobile processing range it seems that Qualcomm and Samsung have used the interest in smartphones and tablets to their advantage. Unfettered by the slump in the PC market and with products in place to take advantage of the interest in tablets and smartphones, Qualcomm and Samsung have managed to push AMD off the second and third rankings to a dismissal ...

  • Intels new broom orders sweeping restructure

    , Brian Krzanich, has surprised analysts by ordering a sweeping company reorganization. It had been thought that Krzanich would keep the status quo ...

  • New Chrome bowser is out

    Chrome browser for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Armed with the catchy title of "version 27" the browser is apparently five percent faster at loading pages than earlier versions. Anyone who can spot a five percent speed increase without monitoring tools is probably imagining it, but it does show the level of programming skill that Google is throwing behind its new ...

  • HTC faces executive exodus

    HTC is trying to reinvent itself and transform its somewhat geeky brand image. It's off to a good start, as its flagship HTC One handset is getting very positive reviews and ...

  • Restaurant learns online reviews can make or break

    PHOENIX -- It was the customer service disaster heard around the Internet.An Arizona restaurateur, fed up after years of negative online reviews and an embarrassing appearance on a reality television show, posted a social media rant laced with salty language and angry, uppercase letters that quickly went viral last week, to the delight of people who love a good Internet meltdown."I AM NOT ...

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