PayPal making belated foray in Japan, without eBay Herald Tribune | TOKYO - PayPal, the online payment unit of Internet commerce firm eBay Inc., is planning to break into the Japanese market - the first time it has entered a region without eBay's powerful auction business. | Acquired by eBay in 2002, PayPal in most markets relies on its parent company's online auc...
Yahoo Japan Teams With Google on Search Herald Tribune | TOKYO — Yahoo Japan will use Google technology to power its Internet search engine and search advertising platform, the Japanese company announced Tuesday, diverging from a nascent alliance between the U.S. Internet portal Yahoo and Microsoft. | The deal puts Yahoo Japan, partly owned by th...
UK giant muscles in on betting shortlist The Australian | BRITISH gambling giant Ladbrokes has been included alongside Tabcorp and Tatts Group on the shortlist for Victoria's wagering licence. | State Gaming Minister Tony Robinson said the three applicants for the wagering and sports betting licence,...
Bright Talent for Pakistan Has a Plan B The New York Times | NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND — So what do you do as a teenager who is the newest hero of a nation badly in need of good news, already a world champion and the fastest-rising star in a sport offering previously undreamt of wealth? | Obviously, you regi...
Dragon Quest IX hits the road, Gamestop distributing treasure maps Joystiq Look, America isn't blessed with the near-universal dependence on public transportation and cultural adoption of Square Enix's portable games that makes using Dragon Quest IX's "Tag mode" and other networking features worthwhile. Rather than let our ...
New GoldenEye 007 also coming to DS this year Joystiq When rumors were flying about a GoldenEye remake just before E3, both a Wii and DS version were supposedly in the re-works. But when Nintendo and Activision made it official during the expo, only the Daniel Craig-ified Wii game was announced (despite...
Twitter CEO celebrates dramatic growth in Japan PhysOrg | (AP) -- Twitter Chief Executive Evan Williams celebrated the dramatic growth of the microblogging service he co-founded at a dinner event Friday with 500 Japanese fans and promis...
STL here to stay, says PCSO Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines—Without a viable replacement, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office is unlikely to stop small town lottery operations despite appeals from the Catholic bi...
The Wii Party Party Won't Stop For Japan Kotaku | After taking a breather from dominating Japan's sales charts, Nintendo's Wii Party continues to party hard at the top of the list. Wii Party could be a great game, so why shouldn't it sell really well? | Well, it didn't have much strong competition...
Wii Is Now a Registered Trademark Kotaku | Attention trademark buffs! "Wii" is now a registered trademark. Nintendo filed the trademark in 2006 but only got it registered by the U.S. Government on Tuesday. So now if you infringe, they can go after you with even more weight. | ...
Metroid: Other M's latest Japanese trailer beams in Joystiq We can't tell you everything that's being said in this newest trailer for Metroid: Other M -- not because we're jerks and don't want to, but because it's in another language. Japanese, to be specific. Thankfully, the characters introduced during this...
Europe Unleashes Online Gambling to Fill Coffers The New York Times | PARIS — Across Europe, cash-strapped governments looking for ways to reduce yawning budget gaps are embracing online gambling, a source of revenue they once viewed with wary skepticism. | While U.S. opposition to Internet betting has centered on concerns about gambling addiction, European politicians previously objected for a different reas...
Tendulkar boosts India in S.Lanka cricket Test The Himalayan | COLOMBO: Star batsman Sachin Tendulkar hit 203 and debutant Suresh Raina made 120 as India bettered Sri Lanka's run-spree in the high-scoring second cricket Test on Thursday. | India, kept on the field for the first two days during Sri Lanka's massive 642-4 declared, responded by piling up 669-9 by stumps on the fourth day at the Sinhalese Sports...
