PARIS (AFP) - Machinimas, animation films that use characters pulled from video games, are popping up all over the Internet, highlighting the creativity of gamers and bringing together the worlds of film and video-games.
TAIPEI (AFP) - A Taiwanese man has been arrested for allegedly distributing obscene photographs of Hong Kong celebrities that have attracted 140,000 Internet viewers, police here said Thursday.
SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. will begin storing the medical records of a few thousand people as it tests a long-awaited health service that's likely to raise more concerns about the volume of sensitive information entrusted to the Internet search leader.
LOS ANGELES - Members of the Directors Guild of America voted to ratify a new contract that increases compensation for projects distributed on the Internet and other digital media, the union said Wednesday.
San Francisco - Microsoft is pushing ahead with plans to expand its enterprise and Internet search offerings even as its quest to purchase Yahoo remains uncertain and could get uglier.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp and Nintendo Co Ltd unveiled on Wednesday new online services for their video game consoles to showcase games by independent developers, part of a push by the companies to tap enthusiasm for so-called casual games.