Mar
03
2010

Modest Improvements; Financial Winners Highlighted

Checkout the mobile browser market share worldwide.

The Feb. 27 magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile may have shortened the length of each Earth day says NASA.

As Android’s growth continues to explode since the release of the Droid, only the most foolish of app shops are not planning to expand beyond Apple’s walled garden. One developer, in [...]

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Mar
02
2010

Browsers Galore for EU; Apple Says Time To Sue

Some 100 million Europeans using Microsoft software will be asked to choose among rival Web browsers by mid-May under a deal the company struck to settle antitrust action, the European Union said Tuesday.

Prosecutors seeking to indict five Americans on terrorist charges submitted their case to a Pakistani judge Tuesday, accusing the men of waging war [...]

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Feb
27
2010

Apple Suppliers Are Sour; California Woes Are Louder

Apple’s suppliers may be violating the company’s code. Of cited violations in 2009, three involved the hiring of underage workers; three involved the use of noncertified vendors for the disposal of hazardous waste; three involved the presentation of falsified records during the audit; and eight involved excessive recruitment fees.

Warren Buffet admitted fault to the shareholders [...]

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Feb
26
2010

Hummer Deal Sours; Handshake With South Asian Powers

A massive earthquake in Chile has left at least 700 people dead and over one million homes damaged. The magnitude 8.8 quake also caused a tsunami that threatened the island of Hawaii but washed ashore before it could create major damage. A geophysicist at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said Hawaii “dodged a bullet.”

A New [...]

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Feb
16
2010

Buzz Needs A Buzzcut; Malaria Claimed The King Tut

Amidst privacy concerns, Google says it will revamp its Buzz social networking interface.

A majority of Germans want debt-ridden Greece to be thrown out of the euro zone if necessary.

Mr. Brainwash and Mr. Banksy are elusive.

Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile phone company by subscribers, offered to buy the African operations of the Kuwaiti telecommunications company Zain [...]

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Jan
31
2010

West Budget Is A Big Beast; Housing Riches in the East

U.S. stocks erased their gains Friday and logged their worst month in nearly a year as investors shrugged off some encouraging economic data and techs took another hit.

Home prices in Hong Kong, which jumped 27% this last year, may be cooling off some steam as concern over a bubble in asset prices in China looms.

The [...]

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Jan
28
2010

The Supersized iPhone and Ford In The Zone

Apple Inc., seeking to revolutionize the publishing business in the same way the iPod transformed the music industry, unveiled a tablet computer starting at $499, a price that was 50 percent lower than some analysts predicted.

A stock analyst claims that the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index may retreat 20 percent from a 15-month high because [...]

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