TECHNOLOGY News, Jun 25, 2011

Has Renren suffered enough from China stocks phobia? Fri,24 Jun 2011 05:21 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Renren Inc was hyped as the "Facebook" ofChina, a company that had access to the world's largest Internet market, and a good way to ride the buzz surrounding social media IPOs -- but investors who believed the story are nursing big wounds. Full Story1

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Hackers target Brazilian statistics agency Fri,24 Jun 2011 03:54 PM PDT Reuters - RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Hackers broke into the website of Brazil's statistics agency on Friday, the latest in a series of attacks on the South American nation's government sites. Full Story1

Foursquare raises $50 million in new round Fri,24 Jun 2011 03:06 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mobile location based start-up Foursquare raised $50 million in a round of financing lead by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, the company said on Friday. Full Story1

Kleiner Perkins weighing fund targeting the cloud Fri,24 Jun 2011 12:43 PM PDT Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Top venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is considering creating a specialized fund that focuses on cloud-based technologies.Full Story1

Hackers attack Electronic Arts website Fri,24 Jun 2011 11:38 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cyber hackers have breached an Electronic Arts Incwebsite and may have taken user information such as birth dates, phone numbers and mailing addresses, the company said on its website on Friday. Full Story1

Proxy advisor urges RIM CEO/chairman roles be split Fri,24 Jun 2011 11:28 AM PDT Reuters - TORONTO (Reuters) - Shareholders in Research In Motion should vote to split the roles of chief executive and chairman of the board at the BlackBerry maker's annual meeting next month, proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis said on Friday. Full Story1

Factbox: Key legal battles in wireless industry Fri,24 Jun 2011 10:37 AM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - The mobile telecoms industry has seen a wave of legal battles in recent years as long-established incumbents try to protect their position against newcomers like Google, the front-runner with a $900 million offer in an auction for Nortel's massive patent portfolio. Full Story1

KKR, Silver Lake in talks for GoDaddy.com: sources Fri,24 Jun 2011 08:02 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firms KKR and Silver Lake are in talks to buy Internet domain site GoDaddy.com and a deal could be more than $2 billion, two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. Full Story1

Slow Finnish phone sales may explain Nokia's woes Fri,24 Jun 2011 07:23 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Should Finland, Nokia's home base, take some of the blame for the one-time market leader's recent struggles to compete in smartphones? Full Story1

Exclusive: Forget Spy Kids, try kiddie hacker conference Thu,23 Jun 2011 06:26 PM PDT Reuters - BOSTON (Reuters) - Children as young as eight years old are invited to Las Vegas this summer to learn that it's cool to be a hacker -- provided they don't cheat, steal or commit other crimes. Full Story1

Instant view: Oracle shares drop after earnings report Thu,23 Jun 2011 03:08 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oracle Corp reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Thursday, but that failed to calm investor fears that spending on technology software and hardware could be in jeopardy. Full Story1

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Viacom sues Cablevision over iPad streaming Thu,23 Jun 2011 12:46 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Viacom Inc sued Cablevision Systems Corp to halt what it called the unauthorized streaming of its programing on devices such as Apple Inc's iPad.Full Story1

Hacker pleads guilty over AT&T-iPad breach Thu,23 Jun 2011 12:31 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A computer hacker pleaded guilty to helping write malicious code that let him breach AT&T Inc servers and steal personal data belonging to 120,000 Apple Inc iPad subscribers, U.S. prosecutors said. Full Story1

GPS worry prompts call for more LightSquared tests Thu,23 Jun 2011 12:14 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. government officials called for more testing of hedge fund manager Philip Falcone's satellite broadband start-up to address interference issues with global positioning systems, but showed interest in finding a solution rather than shutting the venture down. Full Story1

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WORLD News, Jun 25, 2011

Vietnam to switch to lethal injection for death penalty Fri,24 Jun 2011 07:49 PM PDT Reuters - HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam will carry out the death penalty using lethal injection from July instead of a firing squad, police said, to reduce suffering. Full Story1

Egyptians injured in clashes over Mubarak's fate Fri,24 Jun 2011 04:53 PM PDT Reuters - CAIRO, June 25 (Reuters) - Dozens of people were injured in clashes between two groups of protesters, for and against putting former president Hosni Mubarak on trial, Egypt's official news agency MENA reported Saturday. Full Story1

Ex-media mogul Conrad Black sent back to prison Fri,24 Jun 2011 04:34 PM PDT Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday ordered former media baron Conrad Black back to prison for 13 more months, cutting his original 6 1/2-year sentence nearly in half for remaining fraud and obstruction of justice convictions. Full Story1

Venezuela's Chavez reappears on Twitter from Cuba Fri,24 Jun 2011 04:12 PM PDT Reuters - CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, not seen in public for two weeks, ended his unusual silence with several Twitter messages on Friday, but said nothing about his health after an operation in Cuba. Full Story1

Yemenis pray for end to deadlock as blast rocks Aden Fri,24 Jun 2011 04:07 PM PDT Reuters - SANAA/ADEN, June 24 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Yemenis protested in Sanaa on a "Friday of the Revolutionary Will" to press for the overthrow of their wounded president. Full Story1

Sarkozy defends Libya mission as House keeps funding Fri,24 Jun 2011 03:42 PM PDT Reuters - BRUSSELS/TRIPOLI (Reuters) - France rejected on Friday U.S. criticism of Europe's performance in the NATO operation against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi while the U.S. administration survived Congressional anger in a funding vote. Full Story1

Syrian forces kill 15 protesters, activists say Fri,24 Jun 2011 03:20 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian security forces shot dead at least 15 people on Friday after tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets demanding the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad, witnesses and activists said. Full Story1

Yemen blacklists 43 opponents for pipeline blasts Fri,24 Jun 2011 03:18 PM PDT Reuters - SANAA, June 24 (Reuters) - Yemen's Interior Ministry published the names of 43 members of the opposition it accuses of blowing up oil pipelines and attacks on power pylons, its news agency said on Friday. Full Story1

Tunisia joins international war crimes court Fri,24 Jun 2011 03:08 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Tunisia, whose demonstrations inspired the so-called 'Arab Spring' uprisings across the region, on Friday became the first North African state to join the International Criminal Court (ICC). Full Story1

Factbox - Latest pro-democracy protests in Syria Fri,24 Jun 2011 02:54 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Syrians took to the streets on Friday to protest against President Bashar al-Assad's rule in defiance of a military crackdown, witnesses and activists said. Full Story1

Hezbollah says finds three spies within group Fri,24 Jun 2011 01:28 PM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Friday the group had captured three spies among its members, two of whom were recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency. Full Story1

Peru protests turn deadly as govt halts mine project Fri,24 Jun 2011 12:58 PM PDT Reuters - LIMA (Reuters) - Protests against mining and energy projects in southeastern Peru turned deadly on Friday, killing at least two people, hours after the government said a Canadian firm's mining license would be revoked in a bid to calm unrest. Full Story1

Argentine heirs hope DNA test ends identity fight Fri,24 Jun 2011 12:21 PM PDT Reuters - BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The adopted children of one of Argentina's wealthiest women came forward to give blood samples on Friday, hoping to quell suspicions they were stolen as babies from murdered political prisoners during military rule. Full Story1

Hezbollah says finds three spies within group Fri,24 Jun 2011 11:21 AM PDT Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Friday the group had captured three spies among its members, two of whom were recruited by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency . Full Story1

Egypt's Brotherhood to fire members joining other parties Fri,24 Jun 2011 10:00 AM PDT Reuters - CAIRO (Reuters) - A Muslim Brotherhood leader vowed on Friday that members who join other political parties would be expelled from the group, in the latest sign of internal rifts. Full Story1

EU leaders give conditional go-ahead to Croatia entry Fri,24 Jun 2011 09:51 AM PDT Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders gave the go-ahead on Friday for Croatia to join the EU, after six years of preparations marred by slow democratic reforms in Zagreb and the EU's reluctance to expand. Full Story1

Argentine leader to announce running mate Saturday Fri,24 Jun 2011 09:46 AM PDT Reuters - BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez will announce her running mate for an October 23 election on Saturday after a close ally tipped as a leading contender said he was not in the running. Full Story1

WikiLeaks' Assange builds new, less-confrontational legal team Fri,24 Jun 2011 09:43 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is hiring a new legal team to take a less confrontational approach in his next British court appeal against a Swedish request he be extradited for questioning in a sexual misconduct case. Full Story1

Pakistan army rejects report on bin Laden's cellphone Fri,24 Jun 2011 09:42 AM PDT Reuters - ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The Pakistan army condemned Friday a report in the New York Times that a cellphone found in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden contained contacts to a militant group with ties to Pakistan's intelligence agency. Full Story1

Analysis: Mexican ex-presidents lead debate on legalizing drugs Fri,24 Jun 2011 09:27 AM PDT Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Once praised lavishly by the United States for waging a war on drugs, Mexico's last two presidents now say legalizing them may be the best way to end the rising violence the U.S.-backed campaign has unleashed. Full Story1

Ex-Ukraine PM accuses Yanukovich of "mock" trial Fri,24 Jun 2011 08:53 AM PDT Reuters - KIEV (Reuters) - Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko used a pre-trial hearing Friday to allege President Viktor Yanukovich was behind a crooked court action that was certain to convict her of abuse of power. Full Story1

Tripoli opposition waits for its moment Fri,24 Jun 2011 08:10 AM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's fearsome security apparatus appears to be weakening in Tripoli, but it is still too powerful to risk an uprising -- that is the view of Libyans who say they are part of a burgeoning underground opposition network in the capital. Full Story1

After tasting freedom, many Libyans can't keep quiet Fri,24 Jun 2011 08:09 AM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Standing opposite the wreckage of what used to be the Hotel Wenzrik in central Tripoli, the Libyan man spoke his mind to reporters for a good few minutes, even as their government minders began to zero in on him. Full Story1

Tripoli activists plot revolt without Facebook Fri,24 Jun 2011 08:08 AM PDT Reuters - TRIPOLI (Reuters) - In the brief, heady period at the start of the uprising in the Libyan capital against Muammar Gaddafi, activists relied on Facebook and text messages to network, organize and express themselves. Full Story1

Libyan swap of detainees may signal broader talks Fri,24 Jun 2011 08:01 AM PDT Reuters - BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has released dozens of rebel supporters and allowed them to sail back to Benghazi on Friday in a move that could mark the beginning of broader talks between the adversaries. Full Story1

Israel PM's son accused of anti-Islamic comments Fri,24 Jun 2011 07:24 AM PDT Reuters - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli newspaper reported on Friday that one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's sons had posted anti-Islamic remarks on his Facebook page. Full Story1

Afghanistan says 4 children killed in Pakistani border shelling Fri,24 Jun 2011 07:20 AM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan on Friday complained to Pakistan for a second time in a week about its shelling of Afghan villages in which four children were killed, fighting that threatens to raise regional tensions as the United States begins a gradual troop withdrawal. Full Story1

Palestinians use bulldozer to ram Israeli fence Fri,24 Jun 2011 07:16 AM PDT Reuters - BILIN, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian protesters rammed a bulldozer Friday into a contested barrier near the village of Bilin, days after the Israeli army said it would finally comply with a court order and reposition the fence. Full Story1

U.N. says sending human rights team to Yemen Fri,24 Jun 2011 07:13 AM PDT Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - A team of United Nations human rights investigators will travel to Yemen next week to assess the situation after months of unrest, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Friday. Full Story1

After decades of war, Sudan's Abyei defies quick fixes Fri,24 Jun 2011 07:07 AM PDT Reuters - KHARTOUM/JUBA (Reuters) - When Abdeljalil Abdelrahim talks about Abyei, a war-scarred region in central Sudan prized by northern nomads for its grazing land, he has no doubt it belongs to the north. Full Story1

Pakistan, India to explore new nuclear confidence building Fri,24 Jun 2011 07:02 AM PDT Reuters - ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan and India agreed on Friday to work on new nuclear confidence-building measures and expanded trade and travel across the ceasefire line dividing disputed Kashmir. Full Story1

Sarkozy says Europeans "doing the work" in Libya Fri,24 Jun 2011 06:55 AM PDT Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy rejected on Friday criticism of Europe's role in the Libyan war effort by outgoing U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and insisted Washington's allies were "doing the work." Full Story1

Candidacy of Senegal's Wade now critics' target Fri,24 Jun 2011 06:52 AM PDT Reuters - The capital Dakar was calm on Friday after violent street protests on Thursday had forced Wade to abandon proposed changes to the election law that appeared designed to smooth his path to re-election in February 2012. Full Story1

Special report: Japan's "throwaway" nuclear workers Fri,24 Jun 2011 06:19 AM PDT Reuters - FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - A decade and a half before it blew apart in a hydrogen blast that punctuated the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, the No. 3 reactor at the Fukushima nuclear power plant was the scene of an earlier safety crisis. Full Story1

Explosions rock Myanmar's capital, two other towns Fri,24 Jun 2011 06:09 AM PDT Reuters - YANGON (Reuters) - Four explosions rocked Myanmar's capital, Naypyitaw, and two other towns on Friday, residents said, adding several people were wounded but no one had been killed. Full Story1

Thai PM's speech boosts ruling party's election chances Fri,24 Jun 2011 06:07 AM PDT Reuters - BANGKOK (Reuters) - A tirade by Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva against ousted former premier Thaksin Shinawatra could garner more support for his ruling Democrat Party in a July 3 election, but a win looks unlikely as the main opposition races ahead in opinion polls. Full Story1

Some 170 women raped in attack on Congo villages: U.N. Fri,24 Jun 2011 05:32 AM PDT Reuters - KINSHASA (Reuters) - The number of reported victims of a recent mass rape by gunmen in Democratic Republic of Congo has risen by about 70 to as many as 170, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday. Full Story1

Rebels say Gaddafi could stay in Libya: report Fri,24 Jun 2011 04:56 AM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - Libyan rebels rule out any role for Muammar Gaddafi in a future government but could let him remain "in a remote part of Libya" as part of a settlement, France's Le Figaro reported on Friday. Full Story1

Rights investigations needed in Sudan border areas: U.N. Fri,24 Jun 2011 04:45 AM PDT Reuters - KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Huts were still burning and looters roamed the main town of Sudan's disputed Abyei region this week, a senior U.N. official said, more than a month after Khartoum seized it and shut down a joint north-south administration. Full Story1

EU leaders give conditional go-ahead to Croatia entry Fri,24 Jun 2011 04:20 AM PDT Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders gave the go-ahead on Friday for Croatia to join the EU, after six years of preparations marred by slow democratic reforms in Zagreb and the EU's reluctance to expand. Full Story1

 

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CELEBRITY Gossip News, Jun 25, 2011

Jerry Lewis briefly hospitalized in Sydney Fri,24 Jun 2011 06:21 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran entertainer Jerry Lewis canceled a benefit show in Australia on Friday when he fell ill and was taken to a hospital, but he has since returned to his normal routine, his publicist said.