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Valve has announced that its global game distribution service for Linux, Mac and Windows, Steam, now has more than 65 million active users. This moves Steam ahead of Microsoft's Xbox Live game networking service (48 million), used on the Redmond giant's widely popular Xbox 360 home console. Sony's PlayStation Network (PSN) is still ahead however, at 110 million active users.The Steam team also...

The world's largest electronics assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry said on Thursday it will turn new software development centres in southern Taiwan into a data and cloud power base to focus on content creation.It is Hon Hai's latest effort to climb up the value business chain, after winning local 4G licences the previous day."Integration of software and hardware is the future," company chairman...

Google on Thursday unveiled its Nexus 5 smartphone, putting its premium brand on a device intended to champion the latest version of its Android operating system.The hotly anticipated addition to Google's Nexus line is powered by a new "KitKat" version of Android, which was redesigned to work across the wide range of handsets built with the Internet titan's free software inside."Now you have...

An early adopter of Google's Internet-connected eyeglasses plans to fight a citation for wearing the device while driving in San Diego, saying the technology makes navigation easier than smartphones and GPS devices.Driver Cecilia Abadie was pulled over for speeding Tuesday evening, when a California Highway Patrol officer noticed she was wearing Google Glass and tacked on a citation usually given...

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Ashton Kutcher, the?actor who recently played Apple's iconic founder in the movie?"Jobs", has?taken a position with computer maker Lenovo as a product engineer.The 35-year-old 'Two and A Half Men' star will help design and pitch its latest line of Yoga Android tablets.Kutcher is a common player in the tech sphere and has invested in startup companies such as Airbnb, Path and Uber.Calling it "not...

Japan's top electronics firms on Thursday reported mixed earnings, with Sony slashing its full-year profit outlook while hard-hit Panasonic turned in strong earnings and boosted its annual forecast.The firms have undergone painful restructuring to stem years of losses as they struggle to keep up in the low-margin television business, while rivals including Apple and South Korea's Samsung surge...

Facebook Inc shares steadied on Thursday after wobbling in the wake of post-earnings comments by company executives about slowing use and a strategy of not increasing the frequency of ads shown to users.Facebook shares breached the $50 mark in heavy premarket trading after at least 10 Wall Street analysts raised their price targets, to as much as $63. The stock has nearly doubled in value this...

Chipmaker Intel Corp is having second thoughts about its nascent television service and is in talks with Verizon Communications Inc to take over the business, according to a report on tech website All Things D, citing people familiar with the matter.While discussions were in the advanced stages, it was still unclear if Verizon plans to take full control of Intel's media unit or Intel would maintain...

A former American employee of Infosys, who had brought a whistleblower lawsuit against the IT giant, could receive between USD five to eight million of the total USD 34 million that the Indian company will pay to settle visa fraud allegations.In one of the largest settlements in an immigration fraud case, Bangalore-based Infosys has agreed to pay the amount to resolve claims made by federal prosecutors...

It seems that when Google will officially unveil the much-awaited Nexus 5 in the coming days, it would hardly be a surprise for anyone.A new leak, courtesy recognized phone tipster, @evleaks, has again revealed the yet-to-be-announced Nexus 5 in image, revealing the left panel housing volume rocker controls. The new image does not offer any new details about the upcoming Nexus smartphone, except...

The United Nations said today that the United States has pledged not to spy on the world body's communications after a report that the National Security Agency had gained access to the U.N. video conferencing system.The United Nations contacted U.S. authorities after the spying revelations were made by German news magazine Der Spiegel in August, citing documents leaked by former NSA contractor...

A new report has revealed that Android 4.4 KitKat, the next iteration of Google's mobile and tablet operating system, has been designed to work better on low-end phones, next-generation TVs and wearable devices.Amir Efrati reportedly reviewed a confidential file that was shared by Google with certain companies to reveal major new features in the upcoming iteration of Android. Amir in the report...

Finnish telecoms group Nokia scored another victory on Wednesday in its patent battle against Taiwan-based rival HTC Corporation with a British court ruling in its favour over mobile telecoms technology.After hearing the case in the Patents Court in London, the judge decided that HTC had infringed on a European Patent held by Nokia entitled "Modulator structure for a transmitter and a mobile...

Twitter Inc was sued for $124 million on Wednesday by two companies claiming the social media darling fraudulently had them organize a private sale of its shares to stoke investor interest for an initial public offering then canceled it.In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Precedo Capital Group Inc and Continental Advisors SA accused Twitter of using the aborted sale as a way...

The Galaxy Round created some buzz in tech circles when Samsung announced it earlier this month, but no one in the downtown Seoul cafe where I played with the curved screen smartphone asked me about it or even gave a curious glance.That is likely because the curve is so subtle it is not apparent without a close look.At first glance, the Galaxy Round appears similar to the Galaxy Note 3 phone,...

The National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world, the Washington Post reported Wednesday, citing documents obtained from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.A secret accounting dated Jan. 9, 2013, indicates that NSA sends millions of records every day from Yahoo and Google internal networks to data...

Facebook Inc posted strong growth in its mobile advertising business on Wednesday but rattled investors after saying that it did not plan to boost the frequency of ads shown to users.Shares of the world's No. 1 online social network soared as much as 15 percent in extended trading before suddenly falling to $47.40, down 3 percent from its $49.10 close. The stock settled at $49.16.In July, Facebook...

The founder of the Lavabit encrypted email service, which shut down rather than allow potentially unlimited government interception, said he will release his programming code to the public in an effort to improve communication security.Ladar Levison, who shuttered his startup Lavabit after a U.S. court forced him to turn over the company's cryptographic keys to federal agents, said he would work...

It sounds really bizarre, but a number of consumers who bought a particular model of a Dell laptop, the Latitude E6430u, have been complaining about their computers smelling like cat urine.A few users posted about the issue that affected Dell Latitude E6430u laptops, on Dell's support forums in June but it went viral after someone posted a link to the thread on Reddit."A few weeks ago I got a new...

The United Nations said on Wednesday that the United States has pledged not to spy on the world body's communications after a report that the National Security Agency had gained access to the U.N. video conferencing system.The United Nations contacted U.S. authorities after the spying revelations were made by German news magazine Der Spiegel in August, citing documents leaked by former NSA contractor...

Apple is having a bit of trouble with its latest marquee iPhone. The company said late Tuesday that the batteries in some of its iPhone 5s handsets are draining more quickly than they should. “We recently discovered a manufacturing issue affecting a very limited number of iPhone 5s devices that could cause the battery to take longer to charge or result in reduced battery life,” Apple spokeswoman...

Mozilla has released the updated version of its Firefox web browser for Android, Linux, Mac and Windows.The desktop version of Firefox now offersWeb Audio API support, and a separate find bar for individual tabs. The Android version brings guest browsing mode and mixed content blocking.According to Mozilla, the Web Audio API represents a substantial upgrade to the web's ability to process audio....

U.S. President Barack Obama recently ordered the National Security Agency to curtail eavesdropping on the United Nations headquarters in New York as part of a review of U.S. electronic surveillance, according to a U.S. official familiar with the decision.Obama's order is the latest known move by the White House to limit the NSA's vast intelligence collection, in the wake of protests by allies,...

Lenovo has launched two new Android tablets, the Yoga 8-inch and Yoga 10-inch. The Lenovo Yoga 8-inch tablet comes at $249 while the Lenovo Yoga 10-inch tablet has been priced at $299. The tablets have been launched in the US, and for now, no global availability details have been released.Both the newly announced tablets sports Lenovo's multimode feature, offering three modes to work - hold,...

LinkedIn Corp issued a conservative revenue forecast through the end of the year that damped a sizzling run in its stock price, taking the shine off an upbeat performance at the professional social network in the third quarter.The company said it expected between $415 million and $420 million in revenue for the final three months of the year, lower than the $438 million expected by analysts polled...