Sajjad Purvez - The Royal Wedding ( Royal Domain KateMiddleton.com Attracts International Attention as Kate and William's Wedding Looms)

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Sajjad Purvez - Kate Middleton’s non-official Royal website,http://www.KateMiddleton.com, has garnered international attention and visitors from over 100 countries and high profile news media across the world. Well-respected outlets like Forbes.com, NBC’s The Today Show, USAToday.com, YahooNews, and the San Francisco Chronicle have all picked up on the story of an unlikely team of Canadian bloggers who scooped up Kate’s domain name, KateMiddleton.com, and turned it into a full-service, informative, website dedicated to providing up-to-the minute status updates, live social media interaction, and live blogging on the Royal wedding and everything Kate Middleton.

What began as a lark amongst friends is fast becoming a compelling story on the power of social media and Internet savvy. “We started the site because we thought it would be fun to provide information on Kate and the Royal romance,” says website co-founder Greg Kureluk, “But a few days in we quickly learned that fans and news media across the world held a genuine interest not only in Kate Middleton, but in how a few friends from Canada were able to get their hands on KateMiddleton.com.”

The answer to that question is simple: They bought it. For a pauper’s price of less than $2,500, the previously unknown Canadian bloggers now hold ownership of the domain name of the future Queen of England. A remarkable story to be sure. Some might even call it a fairy tale. However unlikely, as interest in the Royal domain continues to build, Greg and his team hope to tell the story of Kate Middleton, her romance with Prince William, and their marriage for years to come.

“The evolution of social media happens at lightening speed,” says Tracey Hill, Lead Content Editor of KateMiddleton.com. “The future Queen of England will, no doubt, build her own social media presence and use it philanthropically as she begins to establish herself and her charities. Until that happens, our team is dedicated to providing a one-stop shop for authentic, accurate, and fair information on all things Kate and the Royal romance.”

To learn more about Kate Middleton and the luck group of business partners who manage her domain go tohttp://www.KateMiddleton.com or follow their Twitter account @TheKateUpdate.com.

Read the Edmonton Journal story that started it all.

1000's have visited KateMiddleton.com from London, England

“We started the site because we thought it would be fun to provide information on Kate and the Royal romance,” says website co-founder Greg Kureluk

SAJJAD PURVEZ - Sony PlayStation suffers massive data breach; firm criticised

SAJJAD PURVEZ By Isabel Reynolds and Liana B. Baker TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sony Corp suffered a huge breach in its video game online network that allowed the theft of names, add

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Sony Corp suffered a huge breach in its video game online network that allowed the theft of names, addresses and possibly credit card data belonging to 77 million user accounts, in one of the largest Internet security break-ins ever. Sony said it learned of the breach in its popular PlayStation Network on April 19, prompting it to shut down the network immediately. Sony did not tell the public about the stolen data until Tuesday, hours after it unveiled its first tablet computers in Japan. Executives at the tablet launch in Tokyo made no mention of the network crisis when the glossy devices were unveiled, nor at a later briefing with journalists. The tablets, which come in two sizes, will be the first to enable the use of PlayStation games and mark Sony's ambitious drive to compete with Apple's year-old iPad. An "illegal and unauthorized person" obtained names, addresses, email addresses, birth dates, user names, passwords, logins, security questions and more, Sony said on its U.S. PlayStation blog. A Sony spokesman said it took "several days of forensic investigation" after learning of the breach before the company knew consumers' data had been compromised. The news sparked fury among some users. "If you have compromised my credit information, you will never receive it again," read one message on the PlayStation Network blog from a user under the name Korbei83. "The fact that you've waited this long to divulge this information to your customers is deplorable. Shame on you." Sony is the latest Japanese company to come under fire for not disclosing bad news quickly. Tokyo Electric Power Co was criticized for how it handled the nuclear crisis after the March 11 earthquake. Last year, Toyota Motor Corp was slammed for being less than forthright about problems over a massive vehicle recall. U.S. Democratic senator Richard Blumenthal sent a letter to Sony asking it to explain why it didn't notify PlayStation owners sooner. Sony has also reported the breach to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the New York Times reported. The shutdown of the PlayStation Network prevented owners of Sony's video game console from buying and downloading games, as well as playing with rivals over the Internet. Sony said it could restore some of the network's services within a week. Alan Paller, research director of the SANS Institute, said the breach may be the largest theft of identity data information on record. The online network was launched in the autumn of 2006 and offers games, music and movies to people with PlayStation consoles. It had 77 million registered users as of March 20, a Sony spokesman said, almost 90 percent of them in Europe or the United States. Sony shares fell 2.0 percent in Tokyo in a broader market up 1.4 percent. MAJOR SETBACK The breach is a major setback for the electronics giant. Although video game hardware and software sales have declined globally, the PlayStation franchise is a substantial profit source and remains a flagship product for Sony. It will be a blow for Kazuo Hirai, who was appointed to the company's No. 2 position last month after building up Sony's networked services. The crisis could also overshadow Sony's plans to launch a new hand-held games device, the Next Generation Portable, by the end of the year. "It's a red flag to a lot of people as to how Sony conducts its business," said Sue Cato, head of corporate communications advisers Cato Counsel in Sydney. "This will have regulators concerned about security, it will have consumer organisations concerned, it will have some gamers concerned." How fast Sony can bounce back depends on a number of factors, said Ricardo Torres, editor-in-chief of Gamespot.com. "It depends how soon the network comes up, but more importantly how Sony deals with their user base," Torres said. "Some kind of compensation has to be provided. 'Sorry' doesn't cut it for a lot of consumers at this point." "The big question that will come up is what they're doing for security," he added. Sony said children with accounts established by their parents might have had their data exposed. It said it saw no evidence credit card numbers were stolen, but warned users it could not rule out the possibility. "Out of an abundance of caution, we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained," Sony said. Analysts said that while Sony has notified customers of the breach, it had still not provided information on how user data might have been compromised. "This is a huge data breach," said Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter, who estimated Sony generates $500 million in annual revenue from the service. "The bigger issue with Sony is how will the hacker use the info that has been illegally obtained"" Sony has hired an "outside recognised security firm"

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SAJJAD PURVEZ London: Barclays to cut jobs in corporate arm

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SAJJAD PURVEZ LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - British bank Barclays Plc has this week offered hundreds of staff in its corporate banking arm voluntary redundancy as part of its plan to cut costs and boost profitability.

A spokesman for Barclays confirmed voluntary redundancy is being offered.

"As part of the transformation of Barclays Corporate we are examining ways to optimise growth as well as control costs, and to this end have entered a period of consultation with our employees' trade union and representative bodies," he said in a statement.

Hundreds of UK staff had been offered the option, one source said. Barclays Corporate employs about 11,000 staff globally.

The move -- which a second source said is dubbed "Project Olive" -- is part of a shake-up by new Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond, who wants to cut costs by 500 million pounds ($822.6 million) this year and by at least 1 billion annually by 2013.

He also plans to sell or shrink units that do not measure up, after saying in February that tougher regulations are crimping profitability, prompting his action to get back to a 13 percent return on equity. ($1=.6078 Pound) (Reporting by Steve Slater and Sarah White; Editing by Jon Loades-Carter)

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