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HTC One Mini spied for AT&T
CNET - 29 Jul 2013 23:48
Press renders of the recently announced HTC One Mini have surfaced showing branding for Ma Bell.
Sharon Stone on Distorting Plastic Surgery
ABC News - 29 Jul 2013 20:35
At 55, Sharon Stone says she has a greater sense of confidence -- a fresh take on her life. "It's not like 50 is the new 30. It's like fifty is the new chapter," she told New You magazine. "We know so much at this...
70-Year-Old Court Employee Fired After Helping A Wrongly Convicted Man Seek DNA Tests
Business Insider - 29 Jul 2013 19:41
A Kansas judge fired a 34-year employee of the court -- nine months before her retirement -- after she showed a wrongly convicted man a publicly available court document on DNA testing, the Associated Press reported. Rob...
Husband Charged in Cyanide Death in Court
ABC News - 29 Jul 2013 18:56
A University of Pittsburgh researcher accused of fatally poisoning his neurologist wife with cyanide will appear in a West Virginia court later today.
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Forbes - 29 Jul 2013 17:21The details behind Tesla's China plans
GigaOM - 29 Jul 2013 11:52
While Tesla has publicly said it plans to launch its Model S electric car in China this year, the San Jose Mercury digs into the details: a show room at the Parkview Green mall in central Beijing, which will be three tim...
Liz O'Neill: What's the Future of Search?
The Huffington Post - 29 Jul 2013 23:53
My fourth grade computer class was pretty much the best thing about 1997. We spent half of the class immersed in "educational" games like Zoombinis...
Goldman's ReNew says India wind-forecast rule will erase profits
livemint.com - 29 Jul 2013 06:50
Wind-farm developers seek a court injunction against the directive ordering day-ahead forecasts for generation
MyChoice to let viewers skip the ads with channel-changing device
Boston - 29 Jul 2013 03:15
The New England Patriots kick off their season Sept. 8 at 1 p.m. with a game against the Buffalo Bills that will air on CBS. At the same time, up the dial on NESN, the Boston Red Sox will play the New York Yankees.
Asus could bring a phone to the US in 2014, says chairman
The Verge - 29 Jul 2013 23:56
Asus chairman Jonney Shih says his company is working hard on a phone that could potentially come to the US by 2014. In an interview with All Things D, Shih admitted that "for the phone, frankly speaking, we are still th...
Twitter's Sunnyvale Office Is Open And Hiring
TechCrunch - 29 Jul 2013 23:49
It looks like Twitter is now hiring out of its new Sunnyvale, Calif. office. The leasing of an 8,000 square foot office in downtown Sunnyvale was first reported in May -- apparently that should hold between 40 and 50 emp...
Modding the DNA of oranges may be the only way to save them
The Verge - 29 Jul 2013 23:14
Would you drink a genetically modified glass of orange juice? As The New York Times explores, that seemingly simple question is at the heart of an enormous debate among citrus growers. Faced with an unyielding disease th...
INSTANT MBA: Sincerity Is Vital To A Company
Business Insider - 29 Jul 2013 23:02
Today's advice comes from Rajat Taneja, executive vice president and CTO of Electronic Arts, via LinkedIn: "If there is a single attribute that can determine job satisfaction and our contributions to our customers, it is...
Why Romola Garai wants Tesco to lose the lads' mags
The Guardian - 29 Jul 2013 18:51
The actor is backing the campaign by feminist activism groups UK Feminista and Object to get magazines such as Nuts and Zoo removed from supermarket shelves "If I went in to this shop with my daughter we wouldn't have to...
Bernanke to give deposition in AIG bailout lawsuit
Boston - 29 Jul 2013 18:48
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. judge has ordered that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke can be questioned in a lawsuit against the government filed by the former head of American International Group Inc.
Microsoft accuses Microsoft of copyright infringement, asks Google to scrub search links
PC World - 29 Jul 2013 18:09
Chalk this up in the "funny, but not really" category: Last week, a company working with Microsoft to combat copyright pirates asked Google to remove multiple Microsoft web pages from Google searches--for infringing Micr...
Alterra Coffee changes name, splits with Mars
Boston - 29 Jul 2013 15:53
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Alterra Coffee is changing its name and parting ways with the Mars Corp.
Cambodian opposition challenges election results
Boston - 29 Jul 2013 06:43
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Cambodia's opposition party said Monday it would challenge the results of a general election in which it made impressive gains even though the ruling party of Prime Minister Hun Sen retained ...
Rescuers say 37 dead in Italy bus plunge
Boston - 29 Jul 2013 06:41
ROME (AP) -- A tour bus filled with Italians returning home after an excursion plunged off a highway into a ravine in southern Italy on Sunday night after it had smashed into several cars that were slowed by heavy traffi...
Boeing requests wider scrutiny of locator beacons
News Observer - 29 Jul 2013 06:13
Boeing Co. has expanded inspections of emergency locator beacons made by Honeywell International to include five more aircraft types after problems were discovered with the transmitters on 787 jets.
Amazon.com looks to fill 7,000 jobs in 13 states
Miami Herald - 29 Jul 2013 06:09
Amazon.com Inc. is looking to fill 7,000 jobs in 13 states.
Twitter CEO commits dumbest NCAA violation on Twitter
USA Today - 29 Jul 2013 06:05
This Michigan booster forgot the rules.