Sunday, July 24, 2011
Cataline HD tops iPad Games of the Week (Appolicious)
Appolicious - In this edition of iPad Games of the Week, Cataline HD borrows from the game physics of Angry Birds and you defend earth from the dreaded Flamions in Allied Star Police, a game developed by PopCap with the input of 9-year-old Owain Weinert. Enjoy these titles and more!
Experts say Clemens likely to go on trial again (AP)
Theron, Stewart square off in new "Snow White" (Reuters)
Reuters - Things might get a little tense between co-stars Charlize Theron and Kristen Stewart on the set of the upcoming Universal movie "Snow White and the Huntsman."
FIFA bans Bin Hammam for life (AFP)
Official: Car bomb kills six soldiers in Yemen
A car exploded near a military air force camp in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, killing at least six soldiers and injuring others, a senior security official and witnesses said. 
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/yN7upaE6fBc/index.html
Nine space stars who should have gone into orbit - msnbc.com
 Reuters | Nine space stars who should have gone into orbit msnbc.com Christa McAuliffe gets a preview of microgravity on NASA's specially equipped KC-135 "zero gravity" aircraft on Jan. 13, 1986. McAuliffe and six crewmates died in the Challenger explosion two weeks later. By James Oberg NBC News space analyst HOUSTON ... NASA Reducing Space Shuttle Workforce From 6700 to 1000 Shuttle Atlantis Final Landing Completes US Retreat from Manned Spaceflight Daunting space task _ send astronauts to asteroid |
Train collision in China kills 35, injures 191 (AP)
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Chavez returns to Venezuela from Cuba after chemo (AP)
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Apple updates featherweight MacBook Air laptops, revamps its hardware lineup (Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News - Today, in tandem with the debut of its newest operating system, Apple made some sweeping changes to its hardware lineup. While an update to the company's lightest computer, the MacBook Air, has long been rumored, Apple also revamped its Mac mini ?
A boom in corporate profits, a bust in jobs, wages (AP)
Pittsburgh's Roethlisberger weds in quiet ceremony (AP)
Lodsys adds major game developers to infringement suit (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - Patent holding company Lodsys has filed infringement suits against app makers for both Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating system, alleging the app developers are violating a Lodsys patent that covers in-app purchasing technology. Now, Lodsys is expanding the pool of defendants, adding Angry Birds developer Rovio and game giant Electronic Arts to the suit, along with Atari, Square Enix, and Take-Two Interactive for specific game titles they’ve released for the iPhone and iPad. The new additions bring the total number of developers targeted by Lodsys to eleven; the company has dropped Vietnamese game developer Wulven from the case.
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Bin Hammam banned for life - ESPN
 Telegraph.co.uk | Bin Hammam banned for life ESPN FIFA executive committee member Mohamed bin Hammam has been banned from football for life after being found guilty of bribery by FIFA's ethics committee. Read | Duerden: Asia awaits fate Richard Jolly looked on as two different Liverpool midfields ... Bin Hammam banned for life by FIFA Paul Kelso: Fifa can't lead while Blatter is at the helm Mohamed Bin Hamman life ban 'no surprise' - BBC's David Bond |
"Glee" Star Darren Criss in Talks to 'Succeed' Daniel Radcliffe in 'How To' (Playbill)
Playbill -
Darren Criss, the heartthrob of TV's "Glee," is expected to realize a longtime dream of starring on Broadway. Playbill.com got independent confirmation that Criss is in talks with the producers of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying to take over for star Daniel Radcliffe when the latter's contract ends in January.
Justin Bieber Tweets Selena Gomez Happy Birthday & Promises It Will Be ?Special?
The Tweet has landed! Justin Bieber finally turned to his Twitter feed to wish girlfriend Selena Gomez a very happy 19th birthday, and the message was super sweet! OK! GALLERY: HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY, SELENA GOMEZ: FROM DISNEY PRINCESS TO JUSTIN BIEBER’S QUEEN This afternoon, Biebs Tweeted a special message at his leading lady: Does he [...]
Schwarzenegger son hurt in Malibu surf mishap (AP)
AP - The youngest son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver is recovering in a hospital after a body-boarding accident at a Malibu beach last weekend, a family statement said Friday.
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GE 2Q profit up 21 percent, financial arm improves (AP)
GE 2Q profit up 21 percent, financial arm improves (AP)
Obama seeks to salvage debt ceiling deal (Reuters)
Reuters - President Barack Obama summoned top lawmakers to a Saturday meeting to try to salvage a deal on the government's borrowing limit from the wreckage of deficit talks whose collapse pushed the world's largest economy closer to a catastrophic default.
Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/economy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110723/ts_nm/us_usa_debt
Friday, July 22, 2011
Unemployment rates rose in majority of US states (AP)
Review: 'Captain America' has the right stuff
Does Captain America have what it takes to wow cynical 21st-century kids? And more to the point, can Marvel resurrect a brand forged in the heat of World War II and resell it to a global audience no longer inspired by the Stars and Stripes?
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_entertainment/~3/s9yJ8j3Yrsg/index.html
Debt talks collapse between Obama, Boehner - Washington Post
 Reuters | Debt talks collapse between Obama, Boehner Washington Post House Speaker John A. Boehner abandoned talks with the White House on Friday about a landmark debt-reduction deal, throwing into chaos efforts to raise the legal limit on government borrowing just 11 days before the US ... Scenarios: Dwindling options left for debt limit talks Grand Bargain Talks Collapse Debt ceiling talks between Obama and Republicans collapse |
Watch Justin Timberlake & Amanda Seyfried's Comic-Con 'In Time' Trailer - OK! Magazine
 Reuters | Watch Justin Timberlake & Amanda Seyfried's Comic-Con 'In Time' Trailer OK! Magazine So many trailers today, so little time! And time is of the essence in Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried's new trailer, In Time, that has now hit the web thanks to Comic-Com! According to What Culture, 20th Century Fox revealed an extended footage ... SDCC 2011 EXCLUSIVE: In Time Interviews with Justin Timberlake, Amanda ... 'In Time': Justin Timberlake's sci-fi debut teased at Comic-Con Justin Timberlake makes a run at sci-fi |
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Confronting Antitrust Issues in a Giant Merger - New York Times
 New York Times | Confronting Antitrust Issues in a Giant Merger New York Times There are three giants in the prescription drug sector: Express Scripts, CVS Caremark and Medco. A combined Medco-Express Scripts would control at least 30 percent or more of the drug benefit administration market. ... Healthcare Takeovers Targets: Express Scripts Buys Medco Express Scripts takes $14 billion bridge loan for Medco buy Medco Opts for Clarity Over Termination Fee |
Ex-Akamai worker to plead guilty to spy charge (AP)
AP - A former employee of a website content delivery company has agreed to plead guilty to a charge of foreign economic espionage for providing company trade secrets to an undercover FBI agent posing as an Israeli intelligence officer, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
Google+ hits 20 million users in less than a month (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - Google+ may still have some way to go to equal Facebook’s 700 million users and Twitter’s 200 million, but 20 million unique visitors to the new social networking site in the space of just three weeks isn’t a bad way to start. Of the 20 million, five million were inside the US. The Google+ iPhone app released on Tuesday is sure to boost numbers further.
Would you want your smartphone to have a pulse? (Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News - Most of us look after our beloved smartphones as though they were our children, but what if your handset was just a little more human? That's what designer Fabian Hemmert envisions with a trio of new concepts that range from mild ?
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Nokia Ceding Share to Motorola Mobility - Barron's
 The Guardian | Nokia Ceding Share to Motorola Mobility Barron's We believe Nokia has chosen to give up market share on a large scale, particularly in Europe and China, in order to protect its margins. We view this as a short-sighted move, though it did help Nokia (ticker: NOK) (rated at Neutral) beat our ... Nokia abdicates smartphone crown to iPhone As Bad As It Seems Now, Nokia's Future Looks Worse Nokia's uphill battle to recovery |
Ex-Akamai worker to plead guilty to spy charge (AP)
AP - A former employee of a website content delivery company has agreed to plead guilty to a charge of foreign economic espionage for providing company trade secrets to an undercover FBI agent posing as an Israeli intelligence officer, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
How Apple?s new entry-level laptop runs circles around more serious MacBooks (Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News - Yesterday Apple released its new lineup of ultralight MacBook Air notebooks, killing off the white MacBook that's been in the family since 2006 while they were at it. The funny thing? According to many tests, the new "starter Mac" is actually ?
Watch: Taylor Lautner talks 'Twilight' challenges, next projects - HitFix
 CTV.ca | Watch: Taylor Lautner talks 'Twilight' challenges, next projects HitFix SAN DIEGO - Talyor Lautner's character Jacob in "The Twilight Saga" series has been all over the map, emotionally, throughout the series, but the young actor concedes that it's in Part One of the "Breaking Dawn" finale that fans will see those feelings ... 'Breaking Dawn' Imprinting Scene 'Tough' For Taylor Lautner Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Panel: A Horrific Treat SDCC 2011: Watch The Twilight: Breaking Dawn Panel and Interviews! |
Thursday, July 21, 2011
In Battle of Aces, Weaver Leads Angels by Rangers - New York Times
 USA Today | In Battle of Aces, Weaver Leads Angels by Rangers New York Times By AP Less than two weeks after sharing a dugout and clubhouse at the All-Star Game, Jered Weaver and CJ Wilson were all business in a riveting duel between aces. Jordan Schafer, left, and Jason Heyward celebrated Atlanta's 9-6 win at Colorado. ... Two hits is all it takes as Angels beat Texas, 1-0 Young's hamstring fine Weaver wows Rangers in Angels' 1-0 win |
Windows revenues disappoint with 2% decline in fiscal 2011 - Apple Insider
 Reuters | Windows revenues disappoint with 2% decline in fiscal 2011 Apple Insider After Microsoft on Thursday announced record revenue of $17.37 billion, analysts quickly voiced concerns over the news that revenue from the company's Windows division declined 2 percent in fiscal 2011. The Redmond, Wash., Windows maker ... Microsoft Sets Quarterly Revenue Record, But Online Lags Microsoft beats expectations for fourth-quarter earnings 2nd UPDATE Microsoft 4Q Net Jumps 30% On Broad Gains; Results Top Street |
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