BBC News - 23 minutes ago Greece's new coalition cabinet and PM Lucas Papademos have been sworn in after a week of political turmoil. The new government's most pressing task is to approve Greece's recent EU bailout package and avoid bankruptcy. |
New York Times (blog) - 2 hours ago Microsoft and Nokia have their eyes set on a luminous prize - competing with Apple and Android to become one of the top smartphone sellers in the world. |
BBC News - 2 hours ago Egypt has closed the Great Pyramid outside Cairo after rumours that groups would try to hold special rituals on 11 November at 11:11 (09:11 GMT). Great Pyramid Shut Down After Rumors of 11/11/11 Rituals LiveScience.com more » |
PC Magazine - 2 hours ago The Motorola Droid RAZR is one of the most-hyped phones in recent memory. But you don't need to think back too far to recall the months of rumors and speculation surrounding the Apple iPhone 4S. |
Image via WikipediaNew York Times - 24 minutes ago BEIRUT, Lebanon - Thousands of Syrians took to the streets of their country Friday, calling on the Arab League to suspend the Syria government's membership because of the armed crackdown on the eight-month-old political uprising, ... |
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Los Angeles Times - 42 minutes ago REPORTING FROM ROME -- The Italian government, seeking to mollify financial markets threatening to crash its finances, took a major step Friday toward passing a budget and an economic reform bill that could clear the way for Prime Minister Silvio ... FOREX WEEK AHEAD: Europe-Watching The New Normal Wall Street Journal all 7,205 news articles » |
USA Today - 1 hour ago STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Penn State's board of trustees on Friday vowed to restore "public trust in the university" and created a special committee to investigate the sex abuse scandal that has rocked the campus and ... Paterno never needed hindsight Fox News all 25,686 news articles » |
CBS News - 33 minutes ago Republican presidential candidates former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and businessman Herman Cain pose before a Republican presidential debate at Oakland University in Auburn Hills, Mich. Herman Cain, GOPer accused of sexual assault, wins in race against Mitt Romney ... New York Daily News all 11,002 news articles » |
Image via Wikipediamsnbc.com - 1 hour ago This weekend, Mother Nature showed she has the power to do something that no goblin or ghoul, no witches' spell or hockey mask-wearing axe murderer can do - cancel Halloween. Trick-or-treating and other Halloween activities have been ... Halloween faces postponement due to scary weather Christian Science Monitor See all 1,865 sources » |
PC Magazine - 6 hours ago Google is celebrating Halloween with a time-lapse video "doodle" featuring Googlers who carved six giant pumpkins to spell out the search giant's name. Happy Halloween: The story behind Google's 1000-pound pumpkins Christian Science Monitor See all 51 sources » |
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago Halloween history quiz: Is Halloween an American holiday? Absolutely not. In fact, Halloween is considered to be one of the oldest holidays in the world, and one celebrated around the globe in one fashion or another. History of Halloween Isn't Sweet Shoshone News Press History of Halloween ABC News (blog) See all 32 sources » |
New York Daily News - 1 hour ago Jasmen Gonzalez, of Oklahoma, vanished from the home of a relative late Saturday night in Carrollton, a city north of Dallas. A missing 10-year-old girl's body was found in Texas with a stab wound in the chest, authorities said ... 10-year-old girl abducted in Carrollton was stabbed to death Dallas Morning News (subscription) See all 81 sources » |
CNN - 1 hour ago Washington (CNN) -- At least 70 suspected drug smugglers with alleged ties to the powerful Sinaloa cartel have been arrested in Arizona, according to officials familiar with the operation. |
Kansas City Star - 5 hours ago HTC Corp., Asia's second-largest smartphone maker, forecast revenue and shipments that missed analyst estimates as competition from Samsung Electronics Co. |
Computerworld - 8 hours ago Computerworld - IBM has embraced -- nearly -- the growing "bring your own device" trend of allowing employees to buy and use their own smartphones and tablets for work tasks, said IBM's CTO for mobility, Bill Bodin. |
CBS News - 7 minutes ago Newborn Danica Camacho, the Philippines' symbolic seven billionth baby, as part of the United Nations' seven billion global population projection, lies on her mother's chest in the Fabella Maternity hospital in Manila, Oct. 31, 2011. |
CNN - 1 hour ago Washington (CNN) -- At least 70 suspected drug smugglers with alleged ties to the powerful Sinaloa cartel have been arrested in Arizona, according to officials familiar with the operation. |
Fox News - 21 minutes ago AP Oct. 31, 2011: Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Maliki, left, is seen with historian and Ambassador for Palestine at UNESCO Elias Sanbar, left, during a session of UNESCO's 36th General Conference, in Paris. |
USA Today - 1 hour ago GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain repeated that he has "never sexually harassed anyone," adding that he believes he is the victim of a "witch hunt. |
Arab News - 12 hours ago STOCKHOLM: LM Ericsson and Sony Corp. announced they will go separate ways as Ericsson sells its 50 percent stake in mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson to Sony for 1.05 billion euros ($1.46 billion). |
PC Magazine - 12 hours ago Remember Samsung's flexible AMOLED displays? The Korean tech giant gave us a sneak peek of the bendy screens in rigid mobile device cases at CES in January (video below) and now plans to use them in mobile phones that could be released ... |
CNET - Oct 27, 2011 The Xperia Play was Sony Ericsson's big push into the US market. It didn't fare so well. For Sony and its handset ambitions, it may be too little, too late. |
MiamiHerald.com - 5 hours ago This Halloween, a crop of geo-location apps can help parents keep tabs on their kids as they roam the neighborhood in search of tricks and treats. |
Inquirer - 22 hours ago THE SMARTPHONE MARKET is beginning to slow down, with lower shipment growth experienced in the third quarter of this year, according to reports by both Internationl Data Corporation (IDC) and ABI Research. Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Experiences Slower Growth as Smartphone ... MarketWatch (press release) See all 18 sources » |
PCWorld - 15 hours ago Apple's position in the catbird seat for global smartphone shipments has been short-lived. Just a scant three months ago, the maker of the iPhone knocked Nokia out of the top spot. |
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago LOS ANGELES (AP) - With dramatic courtroom testimony, attorneys for Michael Jackson's doctor have dropped the bombshell they've been hinting at for months - an expert opinion accusing the singer of causing his own death. |
Atlanta Journal Constitution - 55 minutes ago AP OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland's police chief says he takes responsibility for a crackdown on anti-Wall Street protesters, who have accused police of seriously injuring an Iraq War veteran during a clash earlier this week. |
HeraldNet - 1 hour ago Wells Fargo and Co. said Friday it is cancelling its planned five-state pilot of a monthly $3 fee for users of its debit cards as a response to customer feedback the bank has received. |
USA Today - 4 hours ago GREENVILLE, SC (AP) - A gunman who authorities said fired on a South Carolina police officer checking on a suspicious license plate and caused 10 schools to go on lockdown was arrested Friday. |
