AFP - A "Red Steel 2" sword and gunplay videogame hitting the market on Tuesday pays tribute to the nameless hero carved into film legend by director Sergio Leone.
AFP - President Barack Obama Saturday subtly shifted US rhetoric on Iran, pledging to ensure Iranians could access the Internet without fear of censorship, and blaming Tehran for isolating itself.
AP - In a fresh appeal directly to the Iranian people, President Barack Obama says in an online video that the United States wants more educational and cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.
AP - Lin Xiuying believes her daughter bled to death after being gang-raped two years ago by a group of thugs that had ties to the police in their southern Chinese town.
Reuters - Shares of mobile phone maker Palm tumbled on Friday on questions over its ability to survive in a tough market dominated by Apple, Google and Research in Motion.
AP - Yelp, one of the most popular Web sites that let people post opinions about restaurants, shops and local services, is being sued by several small businesses that claim they've been pressured to advertise on the site in exchange for getting negative reviews squashed.
AP - Hollywood and Bollywood linked arms Thursday to fight piracy, with the announcement of a coalition among the Motion Picture Association of America and seven Indian companies to tackle counterfeiting in one of the world's largest film markets.
AP - Viacom Inc. and Google Inc.'s YouTube site began airing each other's dirty laundry Thursday, providing a tantalizing peek at the wheeling and dealing that triggered a bitter battle over the copyright laws governing the Internet.
AP - A songwriter and music producer who claims he helped launch pop star Lady Gaga says she squeezed him out of her lucrative career after he co-wrote some of her songs, came up with her stage name and helped get her record deal.
Reuters - Palm Inc warned that revenue for the current quarter would be far below Wall Street's expectations, after tepid demand for its smartphones left wireless carriers with piles of excess inventory.
AP - Palm Inc. reported sales figures Thursday that showed it's having a difficult time getting consumers to pay attention to its phones in a market dominated by iPhones and BlackBerrys. The company's shares plunged in after-hours trading.
AP - Jerome York, an Apple Inc. board member and a financial wizard credited with turning around Chrysler and IBM, died Thursday of a brain aneurysm. He was 71.
AFP - China Mobile said on Thursday it hopes to soon reach a deal with Apple to sell the iPhone, several months after rival China Unicom launched the iconic smartphone in the country.
AFP - IBM Japan on Thursday denied it had evaded taxes after news reports said authorities were probing whether it had failed to declare more than 4.4 billion dollars in income.
AFP - PayPal, the online payment platform of US e-commerce giant eBay, will tie up with a Chinese partner to allow consumers in China to buy from overseas merchants, according to a report.
Reuters - China Mobile (0941.HK), the world's largest mobile operator, reported its best quarterly profit in a year, beating expectations for little growth, as customers began spending more on value-added services.
AP - A legal tussle pitting media conglomerate Viacom Inc. against online video leader YouTube is about to get dirtier as a federal judge prepares to release documents that will expose their secrets and other confidential information.
Telegraph.co.uk Pope Benedict accused of ignoring .. - Telegraph NOT long after a portly, jovial priest in the German industrial city of Essen was accused of sexually abusing three boys in 1979, he was offered a new home in Munich by Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI.
The Malaysian Insider Election For MCA Presidency Is .. - Themalaysianinside KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 (Bernama) -- MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat said the election for the MCA presidency was not a contest of personalities.
AsiaOne Singaporean girl dreams of becoming .. - Asiaone A Singaporean girl has revealed she has ambitions of becoming a millionaire within a year by asking her fellow citizens to donate 10-cents each.
Boston Globe Wal-Mart pushing store remodeling in area - Boston Wal-Mart Stores Inc. isn't planning to add any stores in Central Ohio this year, but a third of its area stores will sport updated looks and layouts by the end of 2010.
MSN Singapore SUTD holds its first student admission .. - Sg By Saifulbahri Ismail Posted: 20 March 2010 2313 hrs SINGAPORE : The Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) held its first student admission exercise on Saturday.
Laredo Sun Quarter of UK kids try hacking - Laredosun Most of the hacking -- 27 percent -- was done from the children's bedrooms, but 22 percent was done in Internet cafes, 21 percent was done in the school ...
The Hindu Microsoft speeds up app development with .. - Beta Microsoft hopes that its foray into mobile phones will give it a significant share in the mobile data segment, which is estimated to grow at an annual ...
BBC News Tracking down the elusive Knysna elephants - Bbc There has not been a confirmed sighting of an elephant in the Knysna forests of South Africa for decades, after they were hunted to the brink of extinction in the early 1900s.
Malaysia Star Common myths about suicide - Thestar Reality: People who talk about suicide are usually in a lot of emotional or physical pain and are trying to reach out for help. According to suicidologist Dr Adnan Omar, 80% of those who kill themselves give out warning signs of their suicidal ...
Cat-calling men give all men a bad name? - Yahoo Reuters - Men who harass women with cat calls and sexual comments are actually harming their whole gender, a study has found.
