Technology Report: Facebook blocks access to NBC.com after reports site is infected

	Click to View in Browser 02/21/2013 Facebook blocks access to NBC.com after reports site is infected BOSTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc has blocked users from accessing the NBC.com website following reports that the site is infected with a computer virus. HP revenue falls 6 percent, beats Wall Street view SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co posted a 6 percent drop in fiscal first-quarter revenue of $28.4 billion, but it beat Wall Street expectations in a flat to shrinking personal computing market. Sony seeks head start over Microsoft with new PlayStation NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sony Corp said it will launch its next-generation PlayStation this year, hoping its first video game console in seven years will give it a much-needed head start over the next version of Microsoft's Xbox and help revive its stumbling electronics business. Hedge fund manager Einhorn takes Apple campaign to shareholders SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hedge fund manager David Einhorn, who is battling Apple Inc in court as part of a wider effort to get the iPhone-maker to share more of its cash pile, will now make a direct appeal to the company's shareholders. Marvell Technology's profit falls 38 percent (Reuters) - Chipmaker Marvell Technology Group Ltd's quarterly profit fell 38 percent on lower sales to hard drive makers as PC sales declined. EU takes France, Luxembourg to court over low VAT on e-books BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission is taking France and Luxembourg to court for applying reduced tax rates on the sale of electronic books, which the EU executive says breaks current EU rules. Apple supplier Foxconn freezes hiring at largest plant TAIPEI/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc's manufacturing partner Foxconn Technology Group has frozen hiring at a Shenzhen plant that makes gadgets including the iPhone 5 and put the brakes on recruiting for other factories across China, but said the move was not linked to any single client. Jazzed-up Microsoft is cooler than before: Reuters/Ipsos SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is cooler than you might think. Exclusive: Compuware, after rejecting Elliott bid, explores sale NEW YORK (Reuters) - Business software maker Compuware Corp, which has rejected a $2.3 billion bid by an activist investor, is exploring a sale and talking to buyout firms to gauge takeover interest, four people familiar with the matter said. Ladbrokes gaining ground in online gambling LONDON (Reuters) - Ladbrokes, Britain's second-largest bookmaker, expects to see payback this year from a 50 million pound ($77 million investment in an online business that had failed to keep pace with rivals. Related Video Techquity: Apple iWatch clues, Google gains 3D study offers clues to violence and 'bystander effect' Mediafile John C Abell Apple 11″ Macbook Air: No compromise Jennifer Saba Inkling takes aim at Amazon A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend