TOKYO - Japan’s Sony Corp plans to sell a smaller and lighter PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld game machine later this year, according to video game web sites which cite what they say is Sony’s own promotional video clip.
TOKYO - Japan’s Sony Corp plans to sell a smaller and lighter PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld game machine later this year, according to video game web sites which cite what they say is Sony’s own promotional video clip.
SEOUL/BEIJING - Flush with cash from IPOs and a lucrative online game operating business, Chinese companies are trying to expand into game development, breaking free from their dependence on foreign titles and boosting incomes.
NEW YORK - On the short-messaging service Twitter, space is at a premium: You’ve got 140 characters to make your point, and you probably don’t want to waste half of it on a super-sized link to your latest YouTube obsession.
The display is small and the computing power is closer to that of an outdated PC. Yet because they are ideally suited for mobile use - whether on the sofa or on the train - netbooks are currently topping the electronics bestseller charts.
SAN FRANCISCO - Wikipedia has blocked the Church of Scientology from editing entries at the communally-crafted online encyclopedia due to an unrelenting battle over the group’s image.
Microsoft Corp is revamping its search engine to counter the dominance of Google Inc in the Web search and related advertising business.
Google encouraged software developers to ride into the future of email with a project called “Wave,” which opens inboxes to text, video, pictures, maps and even social network feeds.
CARLSBAD — Yahoo Inc.’s chief executive said Wednesday that she is open to joining forces with Microsoft Corp. so both companies can better compete in Internet search, but a deal would need a specific set of terms — including “boatloads of money.”
SAN FRANCISCO - Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies has invested 200 million dollars in Facebook in a deal that values the social-networking company at 10 billion dollars, Facebook said on Tuesday.
Microsoft Corp plans to launch a new version of its Zune portable media player later this year in the United States, incorporating high-definition video, touch screen technology and Wi-Fi connection.