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Tony Parker helps Spurs cruise past Grizzlies to take Game 1

SAN ANTONIO -- The San Antonio Spurs opened the Western Conference finals resembling the past champions who've been there so many times before. The Memphis Grizzlies looked like the first-timers still trying to adapt to their first conference finals appearance. Tony Parker had 20 points and nine assists, Kawhi Leonard scored 18 points and the Spurs struck first by beating Memphis 105-83 on Sunday. San Antonio raced out to a 17-point lead in the first quarter, then came up with a … [Read more...]

Apple faces questions on US taxes, report says

Apple would have paid a tax rate of about 15 per cent last year, far below the 25.2 per cent that it reported, had it not used a form of reserve accounting, the Financial Times reported. The rare accounting treatment, that sets the iPhone maker apart from other big US tech companies, “has helped to distract attention from Apple” as other companies such as Google have come “under public attack”, the newspaper reported on its web site. Still, Apple chief executive Tim Cook will … [Read more...]

LeBron responds to Frank Vogel

MIAMI -- The Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers don't start the Eastern Conference finals until Wednesday, but that hasn't stopped the teams from engaging one another early. Heat star LeBron James took exception Sunday to Pacers coach Frank Vogel referring to Miami as "just the next team" standing between Indiana and a shot at an NBA title. Vogel made the statement during his postgame press conference Saturday after the Pacers closed out the Knicks in Game 6 of the conference … [Read more...]

White House accuses Republicans of ‘fishing expeditions’

U.S. President Barack Obama gestures as he walks back to the White House from the Treasury in Washington

(Reuters) - The White House on Sunday accused Republicans of conducting political "fishing expeditions," while Republican lawmakers showed no let up in attacking President Barack Obama's administration for a culture of what they called cover-up and "intimidation." With controversies on three fronts - the Internal Revenue Service, the administration's explanation of last year's Benghazi attack and the Justice Department's seizure of the Associated Press' phone records - White House senior … [Read more...]

Obama to discuss al Qaeda, drones, Guantanamo Bay in Thursday speech

U.S. President Barack Obama steps aboard Air Force one at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama, under fire for security lapses at a U.S. mission in Libya, will in a speech on Thursday lay out his wide-ranging counter-terrorism policy, from the controversial use of drones to efforts to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Obama's use of military drone aircraft to attack extremists has drawn fire and increased tensions in countries like Pakistan and been criticized by human rights activists in the United States. His inability to … [Read more...]

Exclusive: EU cites Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE for trade violations

EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht stands for a portrait while visiting Reuters in New York

(Reuters) - Europe's top trade official for the first time late on Friday officially cited Chinese mobile telecommunications equipment makers Huawei and ZTE Corp for violating anti-dumping and anti-subsidy guidelines. European Union Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said he was prepared to launch a formal investigation into anti-competitive behavior by these Chinese companies in order to protect a "strategic" sector of Europe's economy. "Huawei and ZTE are dumping their products on the … [Read more...]

New Xbox more than a game console for Microsoft

Visitors play with Microsoft's Xbox 360 consoles at the Tokyo Game Show in Chiba

(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 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. Gamers are gravitating to online play - suggesting the hey-day of console games are over - while Microsoft … [Read more...]

Google’s wearable Glass gadget: cool or creepy?

File photo of Google founder Sergey Brin posing for a portrait wearing Google Glass during New York Fashion Week

(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 … [Read more...]

Tech Conferences Are Destroying the World. I Have A Solution

Tech conferences aren't about the content, it's about the conversation. The conversations in the lobby, the hallways, over meals, across seats. The ability to connect with large numbers of people in an informal setting away from the office. In fact, the personal contact is so good that people travel long distances, mainly by airplane, to get a seat: San Francisco, New York, Austin, Paris, London, Hawaii and beyond. If you attend a few of these you're sure to grow your network and influence. … [Read more...]

Class of 2013: Don’t Pass Over Chances to be Great

People in my tribe generally recite four questions at a different holiday—at Passover, not graduation. But every college graduate should ask four key questions as they sort out plans for their next few or 40 years on the planet… and they should do it soon, before the job hunt starts in earnest. I never attended my college graduation, oh, some 43 years ago. The Vietnam War was on fire, so I had to report early to basic National Guard training. I missed all the platitudes, "you can be … [Read more...]

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New Xbox more than a game console for Microsoft

Google’s wearable Glass gadget: cool or creepy?

Tech Conferences Are Destroying the World. I Have A Solution

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