A leaked memo shows Barnes and Noble's plans to bring both email and web browsing to its Simple Touch eReader line up. The updates, which are planned for release on 1 June this year, will be coming to the Nook Simple Touch and Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight. More »Barnes and Noble bringing web browser and email to Simple Touch eReaders
The next three Sonic The Hedgehog games are to be exclusively released on Nintendo platforms, Sega has announced. More »Sonic games coming to Nintendo
Pinterest has been given a fairly significant redesign in an attempt to bring an increased amount of information to each pin posted to the service. Working with a number of websites, you now can see extra info around things like movies, recipes and products. More »Pinterest redesign brings more info to what you pin
The world hydroelectric industry's decision to meet in a Malaysian state where dams have uprooted rainforests and native peoples is drawing bitter fire from environmental and tribal groups. More »Malaysia hydropower meeting to open amid controversy
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Infosys Ltd, India's No. 2 software services exporter, said on Monday it would challenge a 5.77 billion rupees ($105.3 million) income tax demand raised by Indian authorities earlier this month. The demand relates to certain tax benefits on income from software development done overseas at the clients' location and revenue from special economic zones in India, Infosys said in a statement. It said the latest tax demand disregards a clarification by the government in January. ... More »Infosys to challenge latest tax demand of $105.3 million
Scientists say they have formed the most complete picture yet of how the body controls the production of proteins needed to stay healthy. More »Tiny genetic code strands observed
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's board has approved a deal to buy blogging and social networking site Tumblr for $1.1 billion (724 million pounds) 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 in July 2012. Yahoo is keen on fast-growing Tumblr because its younger user base would bolster the older website's "cool factor," the technology blog AllThingsD cited the sources as saying. ... More »Yahoo's board approves Tumblr acquisition -WSJ
Breathing difficulties during sleep may be an early warning sign of future Alzheimer's disease, researchers believe. More »Sleep problem Alzheimer's 'warning'
Spicing up asthma medications with ginger may make them more effective, a study has shown. More »Ginger 'helps alleviate asthma'
Asia's flood-prone megacities should fund major drainage, water recycling and waste reduction projects to stem deluges and secure clean supply for their booming populations, experts said Sunday. More »Bold action, big money needed to curb Asia floods
A global warming "pause" over the past decade may invalidate the harshest climate change predictions for the next 50 to 100 years, a study said Sunday -- though levels remain in the danger zone. More »Dire outlook despite global warming 'pause': study
A number of mice and eight gerbils sent into space in a Russian capsule destined to find out how well organisms can withstand extended flights perished during their journey, scientists said Sunday as the month-long mission touched back down on Earth. More »Mice, gerbils perish in Russia space flight
Tense engineers have their eyes peeled on complex colour-coded diagrams on a wall-sized screen that makes their control room look like the inside of a spaceship. More »German energy shift faces headwinds
A plant first used by prehistoric man 30,000 years BC can help fight infections, according to scientists following a four-year research project. More »Flax plant 'can fight infection'
By Malathi Nayak and Bill Rigby SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is set to make a splash this week with the eagerly awaited unveiling of its new Xbox game console, eight years after the last version, as it seeks a larger share of the $65 billion (£42.84 billion) a year global computer gaming industry. But the small device faces some big competition from the PlayStation 4 by Sony Corp and the Wii U by Nintendo Co Ltd in a shifting market. ... More »New Xbox more than a game console for Microsoft
By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its "Glass" wearable computer during this week's developer conference. Missing from the agenda, however, was a session on etiquette when using the recording-capable gadget, which some attendees faithfully wore everywhere - including to the crowded bathrooms. Google Glass, a cross between a mobile computer and eyeglasses that can both record video and surf the Internet, is now available to a select few but is already among the year's most buzz-worthy new gadgets. ... More »Google's wearable Glass gadget: cool or creepy?
China will not pay for CO2 emissions by its airlines on flights within Europe, a top civil aviation official reportedly said after the European Commission warned eight Chinese firms face fines for nonpayment. More »China 'will not accept' carbon tax on EU flights: report
Morocco is ploughing ahead with a programme to boost wind energy production, particularly in the southern Tarfaya region, where Africa's largest wind farm is set to open in 2014. More »Morocco to harness the wind in energy hunt
Hong Kong saw its first electric taxis hit the streets on Saturday in a step towards reducing the city's high levels of roadside pollution. More »Hong Kong launches first electric taxis
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's board will meet on Sunday to vote on whether to offer $1.1 billion (725 million pounds) in cash for New York-based blogging service Tumblr, tech blog AllThingsD cited sources close to the situation as saying on Friday. Such an acquisition would be CEO Marissa Mayer's largest deal since taking the helm of the once-iconic Internet company in July 2012. Yahoo is keen on Tumblr because its younger user base would enhance the older website's "cool factor," the technology blog cited the sources as saying. The news could be announced as soon as Monday, it said. ... More »Yahoo to vote on $1.1 billion Tumblr buy - AllThingsD
By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Target Corp said on Friday it opened a new San Francisco office to track down technology companies that can help the second-largest U.S. retailer grow its online commerce business. Target's Technology Innovation Center is run by David Newman, an executive who spent six years at the online business of Wal-Mart Stores Inc, which has had a major presence in Silicon Valley for several years. "Partnership is in our DNA and early-stage companies can sense that and are proving to be very willing to partner and co-develop," said Newman. ... More »Target goes hunting in Silicon Valley, following Wal-Mart
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - British supermarket chain Wm Morrison is investing more than 200 million pounds in a 25-year deal with online grocer Ocado, seeking to catch up with rivals in home delivery and sending Ocado shares to a record high. Morrison, which trails Tesco, Wal-Mart's Asda and J Sainsbury in annual sales, has suffered falling profits and market share, partly due to its late entry into online grocery which is growing about 16 percent a year. Morrison and Ocado said their deal would not affect Ocado's arrangement with upmarket grocer Waitrose, due to run to 2020. ... More »Morrison seals $306 million Ocado deal in online catch-up
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Two Mexican firms embroiled in a contractual dispute with Yahoo Inc will appeal a court ruling that overturned an earlier $2.75 billion (1.81 billion pounds) judgment in their favour, a director of the companies said on Friday. Yahoo announced the decision by the Mexican appellate court on Thursday. Both Worldwide Directories S.A. de C.V. and Ideas Interactivas S.A. de C.V. will contest the ruling, said Carlos Bazan-Canabal, a director at the companies. ... More »Plaintiffs in Mexico Yahoo case say will appeal court ruling
LONDON (Reuters) - Four more people in China have died from a new strain of bird flu, bringing the death toll from the H7N9 virus to 36 from 131 confirmed cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday. The United Nations health agency said the four deaths were from cases that had already been identified in laboratories. Since May 8, there have been no new cases of infection with H7N9, it added. ... More »Death toll from new bird flu in China rises to 36 - WHO
By Jim Finkle and Jennifer Saba (Reuters) - The Financial Times' website and Twitter feeds were hacked on Friday, renewing questions about whether the popular social media service has done enough to tighten security as cyber-attacks on the news media intensify. The Syrian Electronic Army, an online group that supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was behind the incident which followed a phishing attack on the company's email accounts, FT reported on its website. The attack is the latest in which hackers commandeered the Twitter account of a prominent news organization to push their ... More »Syria government supporters hack Financial Times