At least 19 Japanese websites, including those of a government ministry, courts and a hospital, have come under cyberattack, apparently from China, police said Wednesday.

Many of the websites were altered to show messages proclaiming Chinese sovereignty over the Diaoyu islands, a Japanese-administered chain Tokyo calls Senkaku, the National Police Agency (NPA) said in a statement.

Sony Corp. is introducing a smaller, slimmer and lighter version of its PlayStation 3 home console ahead of the year-end holidays as it gears up for growing competition in games from smartphones.

The announcement Wednesday from the Japanese electronics and entertainment company comes a day ahead of the annual Tokyo Game Show, where game makers show their wares. But the iPhone 5 smartphone from Apple Inc. is hogging much of the attention, already drawing long lines for pre-orders at some retailers, and more lines are expected ahead of Friday's launch.

Twentieth Century Fox, the cinema unit of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., said Tuesday it would offer streaming movies for various devices through Apple's iTunes, Google Play and other services.

The Digital HD project will allow access to new releases before DVDs are issued, "attractive pricing," cloud storage and availability across multiple devices, News Corp. said in a statement.

For the second consecutive year, Cleartag wins the renowned WebAwards for the “Best Bank Website”, a press release said Tuesday.

This year, the award went to Bank Audi’s “Audi Card Artist” website which allows customers to design payment cards, whether for their own use or as special gifts, in an interactive, engaging and personal manner.

For the first time in Lebanon, top marketing professionals from banking, finance, retail, and real estate sectors, amongst others, are to meet with leading digital specialists and highly recognized players in the field, to discuss the future of businesses and corporations in a highly digitalized world.

Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal’s Executive Director, Walid Abou Zaki emphasized the importance of such an event at a time of major transformation in corporate marketing and promotional strategies adding that Beirut is only the first stop for the DGTL#U road show which will subsequently be moving on to Jeddah, Muscat, Riyadh, Kuwait and Doha.

Google has snapped up the digital photo editing service Snapseed as part of its effort to compete against Facebook's online social network.

Snapseed is the centerpiece of Google's acquisition of Nik Software, which developed the service's photo-editing technology.

The German government agency overseeing IT-safety is warning of a security breach in Microsoft's Internet Explorer and recommending people use other browsers until the problem is fixed.

The Federal Office for Information Security said in a statement late Monday the browser's "weak point is already being used for targeted attacks."

LG Electronics launched Tuesday its new flagship smartphone which will have to compete against a flurry of new products from rivals Apple and Samsung who currently dominate the global market.

The South Korean electronics giant said the new gadget -- called Optimus G -- would hit domestic stores next week before sales begin in Japan in October and other regions including North America in November.

Apple said Monday that it received more than two million orders for its new iPhone 5 in 24 hours, and that many new orders would be pushed back into October because of strong demand.

"iPhone 5 pre-orders have shattered the previous record held by iPhone 4S and the customer response to iPhone 5 has been phenomenal," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing.

Mexican hackers have taken over more than a dozen websites belonging to political parties and local governments and posted a message criticizing the government on the nation's Independence Day.

The hackers targeted sites such as that of the government-owned National Auditorium, the National Action Party branch in the Yucatan and the southeastern Mexican town of Macuspana.