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Shares in British banks were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading as Greece looked set to pass a series of austerity measures aimed at preventing a default.

Shares in British banks were broadly up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after France promised action aimed at putting off a Greek default.

Shares in British banks were broadly up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading despite the ongoing debt crisis in Greece.

Shares in British banks were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading as concerns about the eurozone and Chinese economies were eased.

In an interview with IndustryGamers Microsoft's interactive entertainment business COO and CFO Dennis Durkin reiterated his belief that Sony's PSN hacking plight has led to a united games industry ready to work together in its efforts to combat the world's growing cyber threat.

Shares in British banks were broadly down on the FTSE 100 in morning as gloom about the global economy descended on the market.

The virtual Bitcoin currency will recover from the recent hack attack that caused its share value to drop to near zero, says Bitcoin Senior Developer Gavin Andresen.

Since suspected LulzSec member Ryan Cleary's arrest the hacker collective has been uncharacteristically quiet and moody, even going so far as to release the names and addresses of two hackers it suspects of leaking its private chat logs to the police.

Shares in British banks were broadly down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading ahead of a meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Shares in British banks were broadly up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading despite the ongoing crisis that is engulfing Greece.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) has voted to allow the creation new website domain suffixes.

Eurozone finance ministers on Monday have failed to agree a critical €12bn worth of aid payments to Greece, instead vowing to wait until the country has proven itself capable of passing the austerity measures that have cause widespread protests and violence on the streets of Athens

Shares in British banks were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading as an agreement on Greek debt continued to prove elusive.

The leaders of Germany and France have agreed that private creditors should participate in a new rescue programme for Greece by voluntarily agreeing to roll over their holdings of Greek government bonds.

Shares in British banks were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading as troubles in Greece continued to loom over the market.

There is a growing fear in Paris that France is on the verge of a credit downgrade because of its exposure to Greek debt

Shares in British banks were broadly down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading as concerns about global debt appeared to weigh investor confidence.

Since claiming that only one per cent of its 21 million customers were affected by the recently revealed cyber attack its suffered, Citibank has since revealed that as many as 360,000 of its customers accounts may have been compromised.

Greece has been pushed ever closer to the harsh reality of default after Wednesday's general strike all but shut the country down. The strikes have closed schools, central and local government offices around the country, while hospitals were operating on skeleton staff. Port and public transport services were disrupted, while a walkout by journalists forced most morning news programming off the air.

With E3 out of the way and the sun beginning to set on the current generation of home entertainment consoles, recently released sales figures have revealed that Microsoft's Xbox 360 is currently beating Sony's PS3 in overall sales.

Following LulzSec's ongoing campaign against the games industry, a study by the NDP Group has revealed that game sales in the U.S. have hit their lowest point in five years, but interestingly the recent slew of cyber attacks has not been listed as a key reason for the sales lull.

Shares in British banks were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading as Greece continued to act as a drag on investor confidence.

With the games industry still licking its wounds after Sony's PlayStation Network nightmare and hacker collective LulzSec hot on it heals, a study by the NDP Group has reported that physical game sales in the U.S. have hit their lowest point in five years.

Shares in British banks were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading, despite ratings agency Standard & Poor's cutting Greece's credit rating to the lowest in the world.

Greece has become the lowest rated country in the world, falling behind nations such as Jamaica and Grenada after Standard and Poor's cut the country's rating by three notches. Greece now has a credit rating of CCC, down from its rating of B and it is expected to be reduced further. There is now growing frustration in Europe over the efforts being made by the Greek government with a default the most likely outcome.

The hacker group LulzSec, which has claimed responsibility for several high-publicity attacks on Sony, Nintendo and even the NHS, yesterday posted a message on its website claiming responsibility for a new successful cyber attack on the U.S. Senate.

According to a report from Nomura, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will overtake Nokia to become the world's largest smartphone maker this financial quarter.

Shares in British banks were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading following a report that Lloyds Banking Group is planning to cut 15,000 jobs in a bid to save a billion pounds.

A recent comment from an unnamed security expert to Bloomberg has indicated that like the recent attempt on Google's Gmail service, the recently revealed cyber attack on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) could have been state sponsored.