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Pfc. Bradley Manning will plead guilty to a lesser offense on one of the 22 counts filed against him. NPR reports that Army Maj. Ashden Fein told the military judge that prosecutors will no longer seek to convict Manning of violating the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. They had been looking at that charge – which carries a 10-year maximum sentence – in connection with ... Read More »

By Tim Kelly TOKYO | Tue May 21, 2013 5:12pm EDT TOKYO (Reuters) – Few foreign activist investors have made much headway in forcing change in Japan, where a conservative corporate culture favors long-standing ties with banks, business partners and workers rather than shareholders seeking value. Struggling electronics giant Sony Corp, though, with more foreign and fewer bank shareholders, may ... Read More »

By Jonathan Stempel Tue May 21, 2013 5:16pm EDT (Reuters) – A divided federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit against Electronic Arts Inc by a former Rutgers University star football quarterback, who accused it of using his image in a video game without permission. By a 2-1 vote, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said on Tuesday that ... Read More »

By Patrick Temple-West and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON | Tue May 21, 2013 5:37pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook made no apology on Tuesday for the iPad maker saving billions of dollars in U.S. taxes through Irish subsidiaries and told lawmakers that his company backs corporate tax reform, even though it may end up paying more. ... Read More »

By Alina Selyukh and Jim Finkle WASHINGTON/BOSTON | Tue May 21, 2013 5:47pm EDT WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) – Several power utilities say they face a barrage of cyber attacks on their critical systems, a report by two Democratic lawmakers found echoing warnings from the Obama administration that foreign hackers were trying to bring down the U.S. power grid. California Representative Henry ... Read More »

By Conor Humphries and Padraic Halpin CORK/DUBLIN | Tue May 21, 2013 6:10pm EDT CORK/DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland said on Tuesday it was not to blame for Apple Inc’s low global tax payments and had no special rate deal with the company after the U.S. Senate said it paid little or no tax on tens of billions of dollars in ... Read More »

PALO ALTO, CA–(Marketwired – May 20, 2013) –  InsideSales.com, the leading provider of sales automation and analytics technology for inside sales professionals, today announced it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as an OnDemand Top 100 winner for the second consecutive year. Dave Elkington, CEO and founder of InsideSales.com, will also be speaking at OnDemand 2013, the annual internet enterprise summit ... Read More »

DISH Anywhere App Upgraded, Includes On Demand Access and Social Sharing Features for iPhone and Android Devices Access On Demand titles through DISH Anywhere app on iPhones, Android phones and tablets, in addition to iPad New social sharing features enable customers to share their mobile viewing experiences on Facebook and Twitter, while other enhancements improve on-the-go functionality ENGLEWOOD, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Available ... Read More »

20 May 2013 Last updated at 12:08 ET The smartphone has interchangeable back panels that alter the phone’s software A company made up of former Nokia employees has shown off Jolla, a new smartphone with a custom operating system known as Sailfish. The software has been built from the remnants of MeeGo, a project abandoned by Nokia in 2011 in ... Read More »

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has released a ask for information (RFI) that it hopes will assistance make a sovereign government’s cybersecurity some-more resilient. Issued in partnership with a sovereign cybersecurity interagency operative group, a RFI is an vicious step to improving merger cybersecurity policy, implementation, and coherence to softened conduct risks and security, a organisation said. In February, ... Read More »