Bahrain activist sentenced for anti-king tweets

<p>Bahrain says a civil court has sentenced an online activist to six months in prison on charges of insulting the Gulf nation's king in Twitter posts.</p>

Review: ‘Assassin’s Creed’ stumbles on Vita

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/review-assassins-creed-stumbles-vita-152455851.html"><img alt="This undated publicity photo provided by Ubisoft shows a scene from "Assassin's Creed III: Liberation," viewed on the Sony PlayStation Vita. The daughter of an African slave and a French shipping magnate in New Orleans at the end of French and Indian War, Aveline is the deadly but charming protagonist of "Assassin's Creed III: Liberation" (Ubisoft, for the PlayStation Vita, $39.99) who seeks to fight injustices in and around the Big Easy as a member of the series' secret order of assassins. (AP Photo/Ubisoft)" height="86" src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/iZ7HOKCFEqM.SnzuGXIA9A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http%3A//media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e3e608f9b1c0931e1f0f6a706700e2bf.jpg" title="This undated publicity photo provided by Ubisoft shows a scene from "Assassin's Creed III: Liberation," viewed on the Sony PlayStation Vita. The daughter of an African slave and a French shipping magnate in New Orleans at the end of French and Indian War, Aveline is the deadly but charming protagonist of "Assassin's Creed III: Liberation" (Ubisoft, for the PlayStation Vita, $39.99) who seeks to fight injustices in and around the Big Easy as a member of the series' secret order of assassins. (AP Photo/Ubisoft)" width="130" /></a>There's never been a video game heroine quite like Aveline de Grandpre.</p>

New 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display Costs Only $200 More

<p>The MacBook Pro is Apple's line of professional notebooks, with higher-powered Intel Core processors than are featured on the thinner and lighter MacBook Air notebooks and features like SDXC slots. Earlier this year, Apple introduced a 15-inch MacBook Pro which sported a Retina display, a feature which used to only be found on its 2012 iPad model. The 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro started at $2,199, however, a price tag which put it out of reach of even many professionals.</p>

Sony says $375 million impact on China sales from protests, economy

<p>TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp said Thursday that anti-Japan sentiment in China and weakness in the world's second-largest economy is likely to dent the company's sales by 30 billion yen ($375.3 million) in the year ending next March 31. The company cut its overall full-year sales forecast by 200 billion yen on Thursday. ($1 = 79.9300 Japanese yen) (Reporting by Tim Kelly; Writing by Mari Saito; Editing by Michael Watson)</p>

Storm invigorates proponents of NYC sea barrier

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/storm-invigorates-proponents-nyc-sea-barrier-070545767--finance.html"><img alt="Water gushes from a hose as it is pumped out of a basement in New York's financial district, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Much of lower Manhattan and the financial district are still without electrical power. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is background center. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" height="86" src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.YW1cz5Ou_J_MuRk9gOCPA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http%3A//media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f21ac540b01a8c1e1f0f6a706700a516.jpg" title="Water gushes from a hose as it is pumped out of a basement in New York's financial district, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Much of lower Manhattan and the financial district are still without electrical power. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is background center. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" width="130" /></a>The vast destruction wreaked by the storm surge in New York could have been prevented with a sea barrier of the type that protects major cities in Europe, some scientists and engineers say. The multibillion price tag of such a project has been a hindrance, but may appear more palatable after the damage from Superstorm Sandy has been tallied.</p>

Sony reduces loss on sales recovery, restructuring

<p>Sony Corp. reported Thursday a smaller flow of red ink for the fiscal second quarter on a sales recovery and restructuring efforts and stuck to its full year forecast for a return to profit from its worst loss in company history the previous year.</p>

China’s Tianhe-2 supercomputer could hit 100 petaflops in 2015, may have a race on its hands

<p> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/01/china-tianhe-2-supercomputer-could-hit-100-petaflops-in-2015/"><img alt="Tianhe-1A supercomputer in China" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/10/mod-656188tianjin1.jpg" /></a></p>

<p> China's supercomputer development is as much driven by national reputation as by military prowess and science; the country chose to build the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/31/china-debuts-homegrown-supercomputer-hits-one-petaflop-mark/">Sunway BlueLight MPP</a> with domestic chips knowing that it wouldn't get the absolute performance crown. It won't be quite so modest the next time around. China's National University of Defense Technology wants the Tianhe-2 supercomputer due in 2015 to crack an extremely high 100 petaflops, or five times faster than the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/29/cray-titan-supercomputer-nvidia-tesla-gpu-k20/">record-setting Titan</a> over in the US and a whopping 40 times faster than the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/28/chinas-tianhe-1a-is-now-worlds-fastest-supercomputer-plans-to/">Tianhe-1A</a>. Before we hand the crown over, though, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/Top500/">Top 500</a> supercomputer chart keeper Jack Dongarra notes to <em>ITworld</em> that China might have to sprint if it wants the symbolic title: the EU, Japan and US are all striving for the same benchmark, and they're <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/20/fujitsu-k-supercomputer-now-ranked-fastest-in-the-world-dethron/">not backing off</a> anytime soon. The nation's trump card may have to be long-term plans for an <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/exaflop/">exaflop</a>-strength supercomputer by 2018, at which point we suspect the bragging will simmer down. For awhile.</p>

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Sony cuts PSP, Vita 2012/13 sales forecast to 10 million from 12 million

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sony-cuts-psp-vita-2012-13-sales-forecast-060712798--sector.html"><img alt="Sony Corp's logo is pictured on a Walkman speaker displayed at an electronics store in Tokyo" height="86" src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/gLQVKeneoT2Dw8YGwbsf3A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http%3A//media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-11-01T060712Z_1_CBRE8A00H0600_RTROPTP_2_SONY-EARNINGS.JPG" title="Sony Corp's logo is pictured on a Walkman speaker displayed at an electronics store in Tokyo" width="130" /></a>TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp cut its forecast for full-year sales of handheld PSP and Vita game consoles to 10 million compared with a prediction it made in August for 12 million. It stuck to its forecast for its PlayStation home consoles of 16 million. The company also said it expects to sell 14.5 million TV sets in the year to next March 31. Three months ago it had a target of 15.5 million. It forecast full-year sales of compact digital cameras of 16 million compared with 18 million predicted in August. (Reporting by Tim Kelly; Editing by Michael Watson)</p>

China launches probe of European solar silicon

<p>China says it has launched a trade probe of European solar-grade polysilicon in the latest of a series of disputes with the United States and European Union.</p>

Sharp forecasts bigger full-year operating loss

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sharp-forecasts-bigger-full-operating-loss-061902089--finance.html"><img alt="Logo of Sharp Corp is pictured at CEATEC JAPAN 2012 electronics show in Chiba" height="86" src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/h76AGXlzSulrVXISgy11VQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http%3A//media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-11-01T061902Z_1_CBRE8A00HK200_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-SHARP-EARNINGS.JPG" title="Logo of Sharp Corp is pictured at CEATEC JAPAN 2012 electronics show in Chiba" width="130" /></a>TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sharp Corp, the struggling maker of Aquos TVs, increased its full-year operating loss forecast to 155 billion yen ($1.94 billion) from a previous 100 billion yen loss forecast. At a net level, Sharp slashed its full-year loss forecast to 450 billion yen from a previous forecast of 250 billion yen. Sharp said, however, it expects to post an operating profit in the current October-March second half, after losing 168.9 billion yen ($2.11 billion) in the first half year - a target that will allow its banks to justify a $4.6 billion bailout of the TV maker. ...</p>

Sony reduces fiscal second quarter loss to 15.5 billion yen ($193 million) on sales recovery

<p>Sony reduces fiscal second quarter loss to 15.5 billion yen ($193 million) on sales recovery .</p>

Sony posts second-quarter operating profit of 30.30 billion yen

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/changing-channels-sony-sharp-turnaround-battle-001845621.html"><img alt="A man stands behind Sony Corp's logo at an electronics store in Tokyo" height="86" src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0rhRains4q7liCtWYh_XJA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http%3A//media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-11-01T062012Z_1_CBRE8A00HLU00_RTROPTP_2_SONY-EARNINGS.JPG" title="A man stands behind Sony Corp's logo at an electronics store in Tokyo" width="130" /></a>TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp returned to an operating profit in the second quarter after a loss a year ago, helped by the sale of a chemicals business that offset weak demand for its TVs and other devices, and it kept its full-year profit guidance. The July-September operating profit of 30.30 billion yen ($379.08 million) compared with a 1.64 billion yen loss a year ago, and was close to the average 33.8 billion yen profit estimated by five analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. ...</p>