http://news.net/Copyright (c) 2012 Publishing Services International Limited. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks, brands and domain names are the property of their respective owners.Attempting to replace all your living room devices with a single unit, Microsoft has launched its new gaming console, the Xbox One, at Microsoft HQ in Seattle.The successor to the hugely successful Xbox 360, the Xbox One was unveiled to an audience of a few hundred journalists by Microsoft's preside...http://news.net/article/293744/Technology2013-05-21 06:08:31 German software giant SAP AG says it plans to recruit hundreds of staff with autism to make full use of their talents to process information. Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties in communicating, emotional detachment and rigid or repetitive behavior. But ...http://news.net/article/293856/Technology2013-05-21 16:40:47 It's almost time for a new Xbox. Eight years have passed since Microsoft unveiled the Xbox 360, double the amount of time between the original Xbox debut in 2001 and its high-definition successor's launch in 2005. With the next-generation Xbox expected to be revealed Tuesday, an...http://news.net/article/290828/Technology2013-05-19 16:46:30 Google's sixth annual conference for software developers opened Wednesday with a chance for the company to showcase its latest services. Announcements included new features for online games, maps and search, a new music-streaming service and enhancements to its Google Plus soc...http://news.net/article/285765/Technology2013-05-15 23:18:42 The man charged with reviving France's shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest here is gaining a reputation for doing the opposite. As the country's first-ever minister for industrial renewal, Arnaud Montebourg has told the world's largest steelmaker it is not welcome in...http://news.net/article/293329/Technology2013-05-21 14:32:01 The Senate dragged Apple Inc., the world's most valuable company, into the debate over the U.S. tax code Tuesday, grilling CEO Tim Cook over allegations that its Irish subsidiaries help the company avoid billions in U.S. taxes. Cook said the subsidiaries have nothing to do with r...http://news.net/article/293408/Technology2013-05-21 21:46:22 The meeting on a sunny Havana square was a little bit revolutionary for Cuba's revolution. And for U.S. diplomacy as well. Dozens of young bloggers and tweeters gathered to talk about their place in a socialist society whose leaders have referred to the Internet as "a wild colt" to b...http://news.net/article/293842/Technology2013-05-21 17:40:00 Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior. It said teens are sharing more personal information about themselves even as they tr...http://news.net/article/293816/Technology2013-05-21 17:39:30 Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, a next-generation entertainment console that promises to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies and other entertainment. It will go on sale later this year. Don Mattrick, Microso...http://news.net/article/293421/Technology2013-05-21 18:08:25 Fresh on the heels of its $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr, Yahoo says it is rebooting its languishing photo-sharing site Flickr with plans to make it "awesome" again. Yahoo Inc. said at an event in New York City's Times Square on Monday that it is now offering users 1 terabyte o...http://news.net/article/293195/Technology2013-05-20 23:34:04 A survey has found a quarter of Australian children aged between eight and 12 use Facebook, despite the fact that the minimum age for a user is 13....http://news.net/article/293152/Technology2013-05-21 05:12:50 It's one thing to say tech geniuses don't need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college. But now we've got David Karp, who doesn't even have a high school diploma. Karp, 26, founded Tumblr, the online blogging forum, and sold it to Y...http://news.net/article/293093/Technology2013-05-20 23:39:37 Yahoo Inc. lured Marissa Mayer from Google in July to become its fifth CEO in as many years. Her task: Help the Internet pioneer regain its stature after years in a financial funk. In her 10 months leading the company, she has overseen a redesign of Yahoo services and orchestrated several acquisitio...http://news.net/article/293073/Technology2013-05-20 22:42:45 The South Australian Opposition said the Premier Jay Weatherill needed to clarify exactly what gambling advertising would be banned on television and during sports matches. Opposition treasury spokesman Iain Evans said comments by the Premier on ABC Radio showed he was retreating from the position he had announced just a day earlier. Asked if his Government planned to ban the advertising of live odds before a game and after, Mr Weatherill responded: "No, it will be when the game starts. That's the time from which ... advertising of the live odds can't continue."...http://news.net/article/293046/Technology2013-05-21 03:30:49 Senate supporters of far-reaching immigration legislation accepted minor changes in public while negotiating over more sweeping alterations in private Monday as they drove toward expected Judiciary Committee approval by mid-week. In a long day of drafting, the panel voted to begi...http://news.net/article/293044/Technology2013-05-20 22:20:47 As a teenager, Tumblr CEO David Karp would canvass the streets of New York City's Upper West Side, offering to build websites for local businesses. After his freshman year of high school, the precocious, computer-savvy kid decided to drop out altogether to devote more time to his p...http://news.net/article/292852/Technology2013-05-21 00:01:54 After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders. That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 billion bet on online blogging forum Tumblr in a risky acquisition that revolves around the vision...http://news.net/article/292070/Technology2013-05-21 00:07:39 Scientists in Canberra have trusted two robots with making sure all the measurements made by satellite are correct....http://news.net/article/291975/Technology2013-05-20 09:03:10 Samaritan owners will be able to pinpoint their locations with much greater accuracy in the next decade courtesy of a new robot that could also help the development of global positioning system (GPS) driven cars.The new robot system designed to be able to measure changes in the Australian continent'...http://news.net/article/291936/Technology2013-05-20 07:57:51 The South Australian Government is to ban advertising of live odds betting on television and during sporting matches....http://news.net/article/291816/Technology2013-05-20 05:44:09