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• Daily Stock Market Activity23 May 2013, 1:49 pm
  Stocks dropped in New York after investors were rattled by signs of a slowdown in Chinese manufacturing and a potential easing of central bank support for the economy.    ...
• Global Stocks Slip on Signs of Economic Stress in China and Japan23 May 2013, 1:01 pm
  A stock retreat spread around the world, with European markets down around 2 percent. Wall Street was also down in early trading.    ...
• DealBook: Britain Fines JPMorgan’s Wealth Unit23 May 2013, 12:58 pm
  British regulators fined JPMorgan Chase $4.7 million on Thursday for failings in its wealth management division.    ...
• Special Report: French Open: A Puzzler in Paris: French Open or Roland Garros?23 May 2013, 12:26 pm
  French speakers call the tournament Roland Garros. Native English speakers, despite repeated attempts to convert them, still overwhelmingly favor French Open.    ...
• Special Report: French Open: A Puzzler in Paris: French Open or Roland Garros?23 May 2013, 11:54 am
  French speakers call the tournament Roland Garros. Native English speakers, despite repeated attempts to convert them, still overwhelmingly favor French Open.    ...
• British Security Chiefs Meet After Killing23 May 2013, 11:34 am
  Prime Minister David Cameron called a session of cabinet ministers and security officials after an attack in south London that raised new fears of terrorism.    ...
• Special Report: French Open: A Stunning Upset That Changed 2 Players' Lives23 May 2013, 9:49 am
  Serena Williams was so dispirited by her loss to a wild card in the first round of the French Open last year that she ripped up her career-long playbook and joined forces with a coach outside her family.    ...
• Malaysian Opposition Figures Are Detained23 May 2013, 9:43 am
  The arrests came two and a half weeks after elections that showed the governing party losing support with broad portions of the multicultural electorate.    ...
• 13 Pakistani Police Officers Killed in Explosion23 May 2013, 7:45 am
  The province where the attacks took place, Baluchistan, has been the site of a separatist insurgency and violence by other militants.    ...
• Survey Shows China Manufacturing Contracting23 May 2013, 4:45 am
  A survey shows China's manufacturing contracted this month, adding to signs a fragile recovery in the world's No. 2 economy is slowing.    ...
• Well: What’s in Your Green Tea?23 May 2013, 4:01 am
  A new report from ConsumerLab.com shows that some bottled varieties of green tea appear to be little more than sugar water, while some green tea leaves are contaminated with lead    ...
• Washington Memo: Torches and Pitchforks for I.R.S. but Cheers for Apple23 May 2013, 2:54 am
  While Wednesday’s I.R.S. hearing felt like an unforgiving, angry inquisition, senators seemed halfhearted in their desire to beat up on Apple, which has been accused of dodging taxes.    ...

CBC | World News

• Cleveland 'hero' Charles Ramsey offered free burgers for life23 May 2013, 2:40 pm
  Charles Ramsey, the Cleveland man who helped three women escape from his neighbour's house earlier this month, will get free burgers for life from more than a dozen local restaurants. ...
• Bangladesh factory owners' failings led to collapse, says report23 May 2013, 2:37 pm
  The defects and errors that led to the world's deadliest garment-industry accident extend from the swampy ground the doomed Rana Plaza was built on, to "extremely poor quality" construction materials, to the massive, vibrating equipment operating when the eight-story building collapsed, a committee appointed by Bangladesh's government concluded....
• U.K. attack suspects were focus of past security probes23 May 2013, 2:12 pm
  WARNING: This story contains graphic content. Two men accused of butchering a British soldier had featured in previous investigations by security services, a British official said, as investigators tried to determine whether the men were part of a wider radical Islamic plot....
• Tornado damage estimate tops $2B as cleanup begins23 May 2013, 2:00 pm
  Residents in Moore, Okla., begin returning to their homes to start the cleanup process as officials say the damage estimate could reach $2 billion. ...
• Boy Scouts of America to vote on approving gay youth members23 May 2013, 1:58 pm
  The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday in Texas on whether to allow openly gay scouts in its membership ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation's oldest youth organizations and its millions of members....
• Man shot by FBI knew Boston bombing suspect23 May 2013, 1:04 pm
  A Chechen immigrant shot to death in central Florida after an altercation with an FBI agent had several ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects who authorities were questioning him about at the time....
• 10 powerful women making news23 May 2013, 12:00 pm
  See some of the newsmakers on Forbes magazine's annual list of the world's most powerful women...
• Family of Ontario man missing in Australia pleads for army help23 May 2013, 11:58 am
  The family and friends of a Canadian missing in Australia's Snowy Mountains region for more than a week are calling for additional manpower to search for the hiker. ...
• Neil Macdonald: Harper no Obama when it comes to dealing with scandals23 May 2013, 11:39 am
  Beset by three so-called scandals at the moment, Barack Obama has been meeting his accusers and the press head on, Neil Macdonald writes. The same cannot be said for how Stephen Harper operates. ...
• 4 Americans killed in counterterrorism drone strikes23 May 2013, 2:01 am
  The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech by President Barack Obama....
• Deadlocked Arias jury must keep deliberating, says judge23 May 2013, 1:39 am
  Jurors in the Jodi Arias murder trial told the judge Wednesday they are unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether the convicted murderer should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one-time boyfriend, prompting the judge to send them back to the deliberation room to work through their differences. ...
• U.S. Republicans aim to take hold of Keystone XL decision23 May 2013, 1:03 am
  The American political brawl over the approval of TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline shifted into overdrive on Wednesday as Republicans in the House of Representatives made yet another attempt to take the decision out of U.S. President Barack Obama's hands. ...

World News Headlines - Yahoo! News

• Gunmen kill seven Iraqi soldiers in worsening conflict23 May 2013, 2:23 pm
  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Seven Iraqi soldiers were killed in clashes with gunmen on Thursday, police and hospital sources said, as fears mount that Iraq might slide back into bloody sectarian strife. Ten years after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, Sunni, Shi'ite and ethnic Kurdish factions have yet to find a stable power-sharing deal and security is deteriorating. More than 300 people have been killed in violence over the past week. More than 700 died in April, according to the Uni...
• Russia wary of deeper nuclear arms cuts23 May 2013, 2:18 pm
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's top military officer on Thursday voiced skepticism about deeper nuclear arms cuts, saying they should require parallel reductions in non-nuclear precision weapons....
• U.N. investigator seeks world moratorium on 'killer robots'23 May 2013, 2:16 pm
  By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights investigator called on Thursday for all states to declare a moratorium to prevent so-called "killer robots" being deployed on the battlefield. Christof Heyns, U.N. special rapporteur on executions, said that unmanned robotic weapons systems with varying degrees of autonomy and deadliness were being tested or used by the United States, Britain and Israel without debate on moraI and legal issues. ......
• Markets roiled by Nikkei's 7.3 percent slide23 May 2013, 2:12 pm
  LONDON (AP) — Financial markets around the world were roiled Thursday after Japanese stocks suffered their biggest slide since the country was hit by a devastating tsunami more than two years ago....
• Head of Muslim group who knew London knifeman blames UK foreign policy23 May 2013, 2:10 pm
  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - The head of a banned British radical Islamist group who knew one of the men who hacked a soldier to death on London streets said on Thursday British foreign policy was to blame for the attack. Anjem Choudary said Michael Adebolajo - filmed with his hands covered with blood, carrying a meat cleaver and knife after attacking an off-duty soldier in broad daylight - had attended lectures run by al-Muhajiroun, Choudary's organization, which was banned under anti-t...
• Police: Jewels stolen in Cap d'Antibes near Cannes23 May 2013, 2:10 pm
  PARIS (AP) — Police say an expensive necklace was stolen overnight in the luxurious resort town of Cap d'Antibes, the second jewelry theft on the French Riviera during the Cannes Film Festival....
• EU performs abrupt U-turn on olive oil regulation23 May 2013, 2:08 pm
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU has something important to say about its proposal to regulate olive oil on restaurant tables: Uh, never mind....
• Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest23 May 2013, 2:04 pm
  KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer on Thursday became the oldest person to reach the top of Mount Everest — although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous record, plans his own ascent next week....
• Britain: Soldier slaying suspects had been probed23 May 2013, 2:02 pm
  LONDON (AP) — Two men accused of butchering a British soldier had featured in previous investigations by security services, a British official said Thursday, as investigators searched several locations and tried to determine whether the men were part of a wider plot to instill terror on the streets of London....
• Islamists kill 20 in suicide attacks in Niger23 May 2013, 2:02 pm
  By Abdoulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY (Reuters) - Islamist suicide bombers struck a barracks and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, officials said, killing 20 people and wounding dozens in attacks that showed armed unrest spreading across West Africa. In Agadez, the largest town in northern Niger, at least 20 soldiers were killed and 16 injured when suicide bombers attacked a barracks at dawn, Defense Minister Mahamadou Karidjo told state radio. Three Islamists were also killed. ......
• France's Hollande says will protect interests in Niger23 May 2013, 2:02 pm
  PARIS (Reuters) - France will do everything to protect its interests in Niger after an attack on a uranium plant run by nuclear reactor maker Areva near the northern town of Arlit earlier on Thursday, French President Francois Hollande said. "We will have the same will to co-operate (with Niger) to fight against terrorism and will also protect our interests," he told reporters. "Everybody should know that we will let nothing pass and support Niger's authorities to end the hostage taking and anni...
• Ally of Kosovo PM among five arrested for war crimes23 May 2013, 2:01 pm
  PRISTINA (Reuters) - A close wartime ally of Kosovo's prime minister was among five people arrested by European Union police on Thursday on suspicion of war crimes during a 1998-99 insurgency against Serbian forces. The EU police and justice mission in Kosovo, EULEX, did not release the names of those arrested, but a lawyer for Sami Lushtaku, mayor of the town of Skenderaj, said his client was among them and would appear in court on Friday. ......

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• Expensive jewels stolen near Cannes23 May 2013, 2:19 pm
  Police say an expensive necklace was stolen overnight in the luxurious resort town of Cap d'Antibes, the second jewelry theft on the French Riviera during the Cannes Film Festival....
• Reports: London Muslim terrorists were already known to UK security forces23 May 2013, 2:12 pm
  The two suspected Muslim terrorists involved in the savage daylight murder of a serving British soldier near a London barracks on Wednesday had been previously investigated by UK security sources for possible terrorist links, it is being reported....
• Dutch arrest meat works owner in horse meat probe23 May 2013, 2:04 pm
  Dutch authorities on Thursday arrested the director of a meat-processing and wholesale company whose business is at the center of an investigation into undeclared mixing of horse meat with beef....
• AP Interview: Syria conflict uproots Palestinians23 May 2013, 1:33 pm
  Syria's fighting has uprooted more than half of the country's 530,000 Palestinians — descendants of refugees from a Mideast conflict half a century ago — and their situation is becoming increasingly desperate, the head of a U.N....
• Suicide bombers kill 25 in Niger car bomb attacks23 May 2013, 1:29 pm
  Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit inside a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 25 people and injuring 29, according to the ministry of defense....
• Court cancels Ukraine's first gay pride rally23 May 2013, 1:19 pm
  A court has banned what would have been Ukraine's first gay-pride demonstration....
• Iran denies its drone entered Bahrain's airspace23 May 2013, 1:03 pm
  An Iranian semi-official news agency reports the country is denying that an unmanned drone violated the airspace of Bahrain, the strategic Gulf kingdom that hosts the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet....
• El Salvador presses pope on Romero beatification23 May 2013, 12:49 pm
  El Salvador's president gave Pope Francis a relic of assassinated Archbishop Oscar Romero on Thursday amid mounting indications that the Vatican might soon move to beatify him....
• Russia wary of deeper nuclear arms cuts23 May 2013, 12:42 pm
  Russia's top military officer has voiced skepticism about deeper nuclear arms cuts, saying they should require parallel cuts in non-nuclear precision weapons....
• Father of man shot in Boston probe shares regrets23 May 2013, 12:25 pm
  The father of a Chechen immigrant shot dead by U.S. law enforcement agents while being questioned about his ties to a Boston Marathon bombings suspect said Thursday that he regrets allowing his son to go to the United States....

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• Weiner posts 'understated' tweet about mayor's race22 May 2013, 12:06 pm
  Anthony Weiner tweets about his race for mayor, suggesting he's starting off low key....
• Ex-Miss America thinking about Senate bid in Ky.22 May 2013, 9:58 am
  Heather French Henry, Miss America 2000, says she's being urged to take on Mitch McConnell....
• Gov. Walker travels to Iowa, sparks 2016 talk22 May 2013, 3:38 am
  GOP governor heads to Iowa, stoking speculation about future White House bid....
• Chelsea Clinton takes on multifaith role at NYU21 May 2013, 11:58 am
  Former first daughter helps lead a university program that reaches across religious lines....
• Conn. Sen. Murphy takes food stamp challenge21 May 2013, 2:04 am
  Democrat highlights the challenges of eating healthy on a budget of $1.60 per meal....
• Wall Street trade group taps ex-senator Gregg as CEO20 May 2013, 11:41 am
  Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association lobbies for Wall Street firms....
• Road to 2016: Rand Paul sells out N.H. GOP event20 May 2013, 10:33 am
  Kentucky senator makes third stop in tour of states key to presidential contenders....
• S.C. Gov. Haley's husband home for a short leave20 May 2013, 1:29 am
  It's family time for Gov. Haley, whose husband is on leave from his Afghanistan duty....
• Obama taps Gabby Giffords for Fulbright board17 May 2013, 10:15 am
  Ex-congresswoman was a Fulbright scholar in Mexico from 1993-94....
• Ex-Komen exec Karen Handel declares Ga. Senate bid17 May 2013, 8:42 am
  Senate candidate was at center of funding controversy at Susan G. Komen for the Cure....
• Mass. Senate hopeful refers to Newtown in campaign ad17 May 2013, 5:57 am
  Rep. Ed Markey slams GOP's Gabriel Gomez for opposing assault weapons in TV commercial....
• Sen. Harry Reid discloses niece is a lesbian16 May 2013, 10:55 am
  Senate leader says niece's employment shouldn't be affected because she's a lesbian....

CBC | Politics News

• How was the Mike Duffy report 'whitewashed?'23 May 2013, 2:47 pm
  Liberal MPs and senators will spend today pressing the government to answer why the original Senate committee report on Senator Mike Duffy's expenses was significantly changed so that it omitted conclusions about his primary residence....
• Stephen Harper attends Pacific Alliance trade talks23 May 2013, 2:47 pm
  The leaders of Canada and the Pacific Alliance will be sizing each other up today to see if Canada might be a good fit with the nascent Latin American trade bloc. Canada has observer status at a two-day summit in Colombia. Watch our livestream as talks get underway....
• Internet bill would unlock personal details, says watchdog23 May 2013, 12:12 pm
  The Harper government's recent bid to give police more information about Internet users would have unlocked numerous revealing personal details — from web-surfing habits to names of friends, says a new study by the federal privacy watchdog. ...
• Neil Macdonald: Harper no Obama when it comes to dealing with scandals23 May 2013, 11:39 am
  Beset by three so-called scandals at the moment, Barack Obama has been meeting his accusers and the press head on, Neil Macdonald writes. The same cannot be said for how Stephen Harper operates. ...
• Mike Duffy's primary home not P.E.I., unedited Senate report says23 May 2013, 11:36 am
  A copy of the original report by an internal Senate committee on Senator Mike Duffy's expense claims, obtained by CBC News, makes it clear the committee believes Duffy's primary residence is in Ottawa, and not in P.E.I. ...
• Nanos Number: Few see positives in current political climate23 May 2013, 5:05 am
  Nik Nanos digs beneath the numbers with CBC New Network's Power & Politics to get to the political, economic and social forces that shape our lives. This week: Few Canadians believe the current political environment will result in positive results....
• Harper 'not consulted' about Duffy Senate expense repayment23 May 2013, 2:37 am
  Prime Minister Stephen Harper says that not only did he not know about his chief of staff's "gift" to repay Senator Mike Duffy's expenses before the story broke in the media, he was not consulted and did not sign off on Nigel Wright's decision to write a personal cheque....
• Wallin refuses to answer questions about repaying expenses22 May 2013, 8:14 pm
  Speaking as an independent Saskatchewan senator for the first time, Pamela Wallin is not answering any questions about whether or not she has repaid expense money....
• Harper's $100K+ Club: Tories lift veil on staffer salaries22 May 2013, 7:38 pm
  Documents tabled in the House reveal few aides could afford to cut a $90 K personal cheque to help out an embattled senator. ...
• Wednesdays with @Kady: Senate expenses questions continue22 May 2013, 6:34 pm
  As Ottawa waited to see whether Prime Minister Stephen Harper takes questions on the Senate expenses scandal in Peru this afternoon, CBC Politics blogger Kady O'Malley took readers questions on the latest controversial developments....
• Marshall asks Senate committee to review her pay22 May 2013, 6:16 pm
  Conservative Senator Elizabeth Marshall says she has asked the Senate Rules Committee to look at whether some of the additional pay she receives for additional work is appropriate. ...
• Stockwell Day: Abolish the Senate? Build it up instead22 May 2013, 4:35 pm
  Not only is abolishing the Senate next to impossible, it's also a bad idea. An Upper Chamber filled with provincially-elected representatives would be far better and address a major flaw in Canada's parliamentary system....

Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines

• Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest23 May 2013, 2:04 pm
  An 80-year-old man became the oldest person to conquer the 29,035-foot peak....
• Obama to address drones, Gitmo in security speech23 May 2013, 1:32 pm
  The administration revealed a fourth American citizen had been killed in drone strikes....
• Doctors save Ohio boy by 'printing' an airway tube23 May 2013, 12:52 pm
  An airway splint saved the life of a baby boy....
• Russian court denies punk rocker's parole23 May 2013, 12:48 pm
  MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has denied parole to a member of the Pussy Riot punk group....
• Feds investigate after plane parts hit Ga. home23 May 2013, 12:15 pm
  ELLENWOOD, Ga. (AP) — Federal authorities are investigating after a Boeing 747 on approach to Atlanta's airport lost parts from its right wing that landed on a woman's house....
• Saudi Arabia confirms another death from SARS-like virus23 May 2013, 12:11 pm
  The total number of deaths in the kingdom is now at 17....
• Brave woman tried to reason with London attackers23 May 2013, 11:57 am
  A scout leader has emerged as an unlikely hero in the apparent terror attack....
• U.S., Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart23 May 2013, 11:03 am
  So far, John Kerry has made little progress getting back to the negotiating table....
• Lawyers in Colorado shooting case to challenge insanity defense law23 May 2013, 10:31 am
  James Holmes is accused of spraying gunfire inside an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater....
• Czech police search for American suspected of killing family23 May 2013, 10:10 am
  The man, who police believe is 20-years-old, is the only suspect....
• How to fix college23 May 2013, 9:39 am
  Ten things Washington, and you, could do to make college cheaper....
• Colorado killer's reprieve sharply criticized23 May 2013, 8:03 am
  Gov. John Hickenlooper's decision to block a convicted killer's execution infuriates many....

NYT > Politics

• The Caucus: The Early Word: Pivot23 May 2013, 10:01 am
  Political news from today’s Times, plus a look at what’s happening in Washington.    ...
• The Caucus: Q & A: Answering Readers’ Queries on Drones23 May 2013, 10:00 am
  The Times’s national security reporting team responded to readers’ questions about drones ahead of President Obama’s speech on counterterrorism policy.    ...
• Washington Memo: Torches and Pitchforks for I.R.S. but Cheers for Apple23 May 2013, 2:54 am
  While Wednesday’s I.R.S. hearing felt like an unforgiving, angry inquisition, senators seemed halfhearted in their desire to beat up on Apple, which has been accused of dodging taxes.    ...
• Kerry May Make Bid to Restart Mideast Peace Talks23 May 2013, 2:38 am
  Since becoming secretary of state, John Kerry has worked to jump-start the stalled peace process, embracing a seemingly intractable issue.    ...
• U.S. Fears Syria Fighting Might Spill Into Lebanon23 May 2013, 2:07 am
  The decision by Hezbollah to fight for the Syrian government, and the prospect that Syrian rebels might fight Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon, has alarmed the Obama administration.    ...
• Long Wait for a Green Card Could Be Ending23 May 2013, 2:06 am
  Born overseas and educated in the United States, workers in the heart of the tech industry are in a kind of suspension as the Senate considers the immigration bill.    ...
• One Drone Victim’s Trail From Raleigh to Pakistan23 May 2013, 1:40 am
  Jude Kenan Mohammad was killed in what the C.I.A. calls a “signature strike,” an attack based on patterns of activity, in Pakistan in 2011.    ...
• U.S. Acknowledges Killing 4 Americans in Drone Strikes23 May 2013, 1:17 am
  A day after admitting the killing of four Americans in drone strikes, the president will announce new limits on the program of targeted attacks. Mr. Obama also plans to renew his effort to close Guantánamo prison.    ...
• Allies of Immigration Bill Aim for Added Support23 May 2013, 12:41 am
  Backers of the legislation headed to the Senate floor were mobilizing to bring more Republicans on board by focusing on strengthening its border-security provisions.    ...
• Garcetti Wins Los Angeles Mayor’s Race23 May 2013, 12:29 am
  Amid low voter turnout, City Councilman Eric Garcetti beat the city controller, Wendy Greuel, and will take over a city facing myriad problems.    ...
• National Briefing | Washington: Senate Committee Approves Bill on Compounding23 May 2013, 12:21 am
  A Senate committee approved a bill on Wednesday that would give the Food and Drug Administration greater authority over compounding pharmacies.    ...
• National Briefing | New England: Massachusetts: Lieutenant Governor to Resign23 May 2013, 12:03 am
  Timothy P. Murray said on Wednesday that he would resign on June 2, a move that surprised the political establishment there.    ...

Forbes - Business

• Government Transparency Run Amok -- The Federal Register23 May 2013, 1:55 pm
  Information is good and too much information is exhausting. One goal for this blog is to simplify two seriously complicated subjects for the general population – health care reform and finance. A regular information source for me on these subjects is the Federal Register, the daily newspaper of our Federal Government. I peruse the headlines of proposed rules, final rules, regulations, notices, Presidential documents, and corrections. Most days, the content is in the high 200 pages and fil...
• J&J: We're Creaming Medivation, Boehringer, Bristol And Pfizer23 May 2013, 1:46 pm
  I'm at Johnson & Johnson's Pharmaceutical Business Review today. Most of the day is dedicated to geeky drug R&D stuff, but Joaquin Duato started of the morning with a run-down of how J&J's pharmaceutical division is doing in terms of cold, hard sales....
• Motivation Mystery: How to Keep Employees Productive23 May 2013, 1:39 pm
  In my previous post, I explored the importance of positive work environments and one key benefit is that great workplaces can help motivate employees....
• China's Favorite U.S. States In 201223 May 2013, 1:24 pm
  A look at the top 10 U.S. states selling to China....
• In China, No Monetary Stimulus, Weakening Economy23 May 2013, 1:24 pm
  Investors have learned two things since 2008; don't fight the Fed is one of them. The other is to invest in stimulus. Big stimulus. None of this tax break stuff to one or two sectors. We are talking bazillions thrown at the entire economy coupled with market friendly monetary policy....
• Fresh Ticket Oak Campaign a Boost for StubHub Perception23 May 2013, 1:10 pm
  They say money doesn’t grow on trees, but for StubHub’s renewed Ticket Oak campaign consumer perception has been growing fast....
• 30 Must-Have iPhone Apps For Frequent Flyers23 May 2013, 1:07 pm
  Your iPhone could be your most valuable travel companion. It can help you get the best seats on and off the plane, get you to the gate on time, find convenient airport lounges, avoid weather cancellations and even help you find the bathroom in a pitch dark hotel room. All these apps are available in the iTunes Store. SeatGuru...
• Infectious Computer Worms Are Sucking Energy and Money From Companies23 May 2013, 1:05 pm
  It’s a stark reminder of the new world in which we are living: More than a dozen utilities are reporting that they are under routine attack -- assaults that are coming in the form of malware and spyware that are worming their way through company control systems. How to cope?...
• Luxury Consumers Value Products, Not Buying Experiences23 May 2013, 1:03 pm
  It used to be that a luxury buying experience involved dressing up and going into a high-end boutique to consult with a salesperson on what to buy and enjoying a glass of champagne while it was being carefully wrapped up for you. You'd feel proud to exit the shop with your branded shopping bags and something about spending a lot of money on yourself or a loved one felt good - as though the treat was deserved....
• Nikkei Tanks 7%, U.S. Stocks Struggle For Support23 May 2013, 1:01 pm
  Yesterday we had a perfect storm scenario to finally trigger the long-awaited 2013 pullback.  The market was very extended from its short-term moving averages and outside its Bollinger Bands, with the S&P 500 up 18% in less than five months to start the year.  Then, you had Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke testifying in front of Congress followed by the Fed minutes.  Many investors, I think, were wary of those two events given the recent rhetoric about QE tapering, and it appears big...
• Signet Jewelers U.S. and E-Commerce Businesses Lead To 10.4% Jump In Q1 Sales23 May 2013, 12:56 pm
  Signet Jewelers Ltd., the largest specialty retail jeweler in the U.S. and U.K., said Thursday that sales in the first quarter of the company's 2014 fiscal year increased 10.4% year-over-year to $993.6 million. Same store sales increased 6.4% compared to an increase of 1.2% for the same period in the prior year. E-Commerce sales rose 40.7% to $31.1 million....
• Pharma Continues To Seek External R&D Funding, This Time from The Government23 May 2013, 12:41 pm
  Pharma companies have traditionally funded their internal R&D efforts totally on their own by investing 15% or more of their top line revenues to pay for these endeavors. In addition, in order to tap into R&D going on outside their companies, pharma has financially supported external R&D efforts in deals with small biotech companies, research institutes, and universities. In fact, as funding for agencies like the NIH has stagnated over recent years, pharma has become an important sou...

Business News Headlines - Yahoo! News

• Apple enjoyed Irish tax holiday from the start23 May 2013, 1:54 pm
  By Poornima Gupta and Padraic Halpin SAN FRANCISCO/DUBLIN (Reuters) - Apple has operated almost tax-free in Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then one of Europe's poorest country, former company executives and Irish officials have said. Chief Executive Tim Cook faced criticism from a Senate subcommittee in Washington on Tuesday over the iPad and iPhone maker's tax practices, which had been shrouded from full view behind secretive tax-exempt Iri...
• Stock slump continues on Wall Street23 May 2013, 1:50 pm
  NEW YORK (AP) — A global stock market slump is continuing on Wall Street as traders worry about how committed the Federal Reserve remains to keeping up its bond-buying program....
• Jobless claims data suggests labor market strength23 May 2013, 1:47 pm
  By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, pointing to resilience in the labor market despite belt-tightening by Washington. Still, other data on Thursday suggested the federal austerity drive was combining with weak overseas demand to hold U.S. factory activity in May to its weakest rate of growth in seven months. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped more than expected last wee...
• Ralph Lauren's 4Q profit rises 35 pct23 May 2013, 1:41 pm
  NEW YORK (AP) — Ralph Lauren Corp. reported a 35 percent increase in fourth-quarter profit as the luxury retailer benefited from lower cotton prices. But economic challenges here and abroad and the move to eliminate some businesses to focus on the most profitable ones cut into sales....
• Wall St. falls at open on stimulus worry, China data23 May 2013, 1:40 pm
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell at the open on Thursday, putting the S&P 500 on track for its first back-to-back daily drop in a month, on concerns the U.S. Federal Reserve's stimulus measures may be scaled back sooner than hoped and over weak data in China. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 75.55 points, or 0.49 percent, to 15,231.62. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped 16.39 points, or 0.99 percent, to 1,638.96. The Nasdaq Composite Index lost 28.80 points, or 0.83 p...
• China formally approves Boeing's Dreamliner for use23 May 2013, 1:38 pm
  BEIJING (Reuters) - China's civil aviation regulator on Thursday formally approved Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner for use in the country, clearing the way for Chinese airlines to start operating the aircraft, which has been plagued with problems. The regulator made the announcement in a short statement on its website (www.caac.gov.cn), without giving further details. China Southern Airlines Co Ltd and smaller rival Hainan Airlines are among the global carriers which have ordered the aircra...
• Applications for US unemployment aid fall to 340K23 May 2013, 1:37 pm
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell 23,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 340,000, a level consistent with solid job growth....
• Ally to contribute $2.1 billion to settle ResCap litigation23 May 2013, 1:32 pm
  (Reuters) - Ally Financial Inc agreed to contribute $2.1 billion to Residential Capital LLC to settle claims that it stripped the bankrupt mortgage subsidiary of choice assets, paving the way for ResCap to pay back its creditors. Under the deal, which was detailed in a court filing on Thursday, Ally will contribute $1.95 billion in cash and Ally anticipates $150 million will come from its insurers. Ally said in a statement it expects to record a charge of $1.55 billion in the second quarter of 2...
• Apax Partners to take rue21 private in $1.1 billion deal23 May 2013, 1:21 pm
  (Reuters) - Private equity firm Apax Partners will acquire teen-apparel retailer rue21 Inc in a deal valued at about $1.1 billion, adding to a retail portfolio that includes Cole Haan and Takko Fashion. Rue21 said Apax, which already owns a 30 percent stake in the company, will pay $42.00 per share in cash, representing a premium of 23 percent to its Wednesday close. Shares of the company were up 23.2 percent before the bell, indicating that investors may be expecting a higher bid. ......
• Fed not "that close" to winding down stimulus: Bullard23 May 2013, 1:11 pm
  By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - A senior central banker sought to give reassurance on Thursday that the Fed is in no hurry to start winding down its economic stimulus after comments by chairman Ben Bernanke sent stock markets tumbling. James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, said on Thursday he did not think the Fed was "that close" to starting the process of winding down its support although it was the likely next step if the economy continued to improve an...
• EU wants big companies to reveal national tax bills23 May 2013, 12:44 pm
  By John O'Donnell BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's top regulatory official is seeking to force large companies to disclose how much tax they pay in each country where they operate, a measure some politicians say could curb tax avoidance. Michel Barnier, the European commissioner in charge of drafting business regulation, said in a speech in Amsterdam that rules which will force banks to report their profits, taxes and subsidies by country from 2015 should be extended to cover other compan...
• ECB seeks new tools while Fed toys with exit23 May 2013, 11:57 am
  By Leigh Thomas and Jason Lange PARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is looking into expanding its range of policy tools, while the U.S. central bank is mulling scaling back its support measures, highlighting the contrasting fortunes between the world's two biggest economic blocs. ECB Executive Board member Peter Praet said late on Wednesday that the central bank could try new policies if needed to battle deflation risks, adding that the central bank was also weighing meas...

Business - Google News

• Markets Rattled Amid Fears of Slowdown in Asia - New York Times23 May 2013, 2:00 pm
  New York TimesMarkets Rattled Amid Fears of Slowdown in AsiaNew York TimesHONG KONG — A 7 percent stock market sell-off in Tokyo led to moderate declines in equity markets across Europe and Asia on Thursday, and Wall Street opened weakly, amid concerns about global growth and uneasiness about central bank actions.Nikkei plunge sparks retreat from risky assetsFinancial TimesEuropean stock markets slide after Nikkei plunges 7% - liveThe GuardianJapan stocks plunge on weak China dataCNNMoneyGlobe...
• Jobless claims data suggests labor market strength - Reuters23 May 2013, 1:51 pm
  San Francisco ChronicleJobless claims data suggests labor market strengthReutersBy Lucia Mutikani. WASHINGTON | Thu May 23, 2013 9:47am EDT. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, pointing to resilience in the labor market despite ...Initial jobless claims drop to 340000 after one-week spikeLos Angeles TimesJobless claims fall, pointing to better MayCNNInitial jobless claims fall by 23000USA TODAYFinancial Tim...
• Rue21 to Sell Itself to Apax for $1.1 Billion - New York Times23 May 2013, 1:48 pm
  Rue21 to Sell Itself to Apax for $1.1 BillionNew York TimesRue21 said on Thursday that it would sell itself to Apax Partners for about $1.1 billion, including debt, as private equity firms continue their pursuit of purveyors of fashion. Under the terms of the deal, Apax will pay $42 a share, a 23 percent premium to ...Cranberry-based rue21 agrees to $1.1 billion buyout offerPittsburgh Post GazetteRue21 Inc. (RUE) Has Leaped To A New High On Merger NewsRTT NewsMore on Rue21 (RUE): An initial 40-d...
• Softbank Invites US Government Into the Boardroom to Soothe Security Fears - Businessweek23 May 2013, 1:42 pm
  ZDNetSoftbank Invites US Government Into the Boardroom to Soothe Security FearsBusinessweekTo win approval for its takeover of Sprint Nextel, Tokyo's SoftBank is apparently ready to let Washington OK a board director to oversee national security. The goal, of course, is to make sure our telecom networks aren't sullied with foreign intrusion (or, one ...US Government Would Approve 'Security' Director at Sprint Amid Security JittersFox BusinessSoftBank Said to Give US Veto Power Ov...
• Wall St. falls at open on stimulus worry, China data - Reuters23 May 2013, 1:42 pm
  Philly.comWall St. falls at open on stimulus worry, China dataReutersNEW YORK | Thu May 23, 2013 9:40am EDT. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell at the open on Thursday, putting the S&P 500 on track for its first back-to-back daily drop in a month, on concerns the U.S. Federal Reserve's stimulus measures may be scaled ...Morning MoneyBeat: Bernanke Sparks Global SelloffWall Street JournalWall St. to drop at open on stimulus plan worry, China dataReuters IndiaFed's Bullard Says Bond Buyi...
• UK Households Not Loosening Purse Strings - Wall Street Journal23 May 2013, 1:39 pm
  Economic TimesUK Households Not Loosening Purse StringsWall Street JournalLONDON—Weak wage growth, rising prices and economic uncertainty are keeping U.K. consumers from spending their cash, according to data released Thursday, raising concerns about the prospects for retailers and the wider economy this year.UK Economy Grows 0.3% on Inventories, Consumer SpendingBloombergBusiness leaders: GDP growth 'unacceptably weak'Plastics & Rubber WeeklyONS data reveals the UK's 7.1 million d...
• Factory activity slips to 7-month low in May: Markit - Fox Business23 May 2013, 1:25 pm
  Economic TimesFactory activity slips to 7-month low in May: MarkitFox BusinessNEW YORK – Manufacturing slowed for a second straight month in May as weak overseas demand and government belt-tightening at home led to the sector's most sluggish rate of growth since October, a survey showed on Thursday. Financial data firm ...Markit Flash May PMI Slips to 51.9 From 52.1 in AprilWall Street JournalUS May flash manufacturing PMI signals weaknessMarketWatchU.S. manufacturing index slips in MayUPI...
• Suburbs Show New Life With Sunbelt Growth After Housing Crash - Bloomberg23 May 2013, 1:12 pm
  WFMY News 2Suburbs Show New Life With Sunbelt Growth After Housing CrashBloombergReports of the death of suburbia have been exaggerated. After a five-year slump spurred by the collapse of the U.S. housing bubble, record gasoline prices and deepening poverty, the nation's largest suburbs showed increasing signs of life in 2012.Populations of Southwestern Connecticut Towns and CitiesDanbury News TimesTexas cities again lead nation in population growthFort Worth Star TelegramCensus Says Detroit...
• Solar Plane Completes 2nd Leg of Trip in Texas - ABC News23 May 2013, 1:06 pm
  AFPSolar Plane Completes 2nd Leg of Trip in TexasABC NewsA solar-powered plane has landed in Texas, completing the second leg of a trip across the United States. The Solar Impulse is making the first attempt by a solar airplane capable of flying day and night without fuel to fly across the U.S.. APTOPIX Solar Flight.Solar plane lands in Texas, completes 2nd leg of trip intended to boost clean ...Fox NewsRecord breaking solar plane lands in DallasKRMGSolar plane sets distance record on US tourAFP...
• IMF chief Christine Lagarde questioned by French judge - Los Angeles Times23 May 2013, 12:48 pm
  LivemintIMF chief Christine Lagarde questioned by French judgeLos Angeles TimesPARIS -- Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, was questioned by a judge Thursday over her role in a $366-million payout to a businessman supporter of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Lagarde appeared in a Paris court ...IMF Head Lagarde in Court in Fraud ProbeABC NewsIMF's Lagarde Heard by Court in Sarkozy-Ally Arbitration ProbeBloombergCourt to Question IMF Chief LagardeWall Str...

BBC News - Business

• JP Morgan fined £3m for failings23 May 2013, 12:48 pm
  JP Morgan's international bank division has been fined £3m by the Financial Conduct Authority for failures in client advice and record-keeping....
• Duff and Phelps: No Rangers conflict23 May 2013, 11:01 am
  The firm which acted as administrators for the former Rangers Football Club is cleared of any conflict of interest over its appointment....
• UK first quarter growth unchanged23 May 2013, 10:46 am
  The UK's economy grew at 0.3% in the first three months of the year, official figures confirm, but concerns remain over the strength of the recovery....
• Japan’s market takes a tumble23 May 2013, 10:44 am
  Is the stock market boom coming to an end?...
• Global markets fall on growth fears23 May 2013, 10:37 am
  Global stock markets fall after weak Chinese economic data and concerns that the US Federal Reserve may scale back monetary stimulus efforts....
• Twitter boosts security after hacks23 May 2013, 10:30 am
  Micro-blogging site Twitter says it is bringing in a two-step login for users to beef up security following recent high-profile breaches....
• French court questions IMF chief23 May 2013, 7:40 am
  IMF chief Christine Lagarde arrives at a Paris court for questioning over a payout to a tycoon when she was French finance minister....
• Nissan recalls over 800,000 vehicles23 May 2013, 7:14 am
  Nissan says it plans to recall about 841,000 vehicles worldwide due to a faulty steering wheel....
• Ford to shut Australian production23 May 2013, 3:02 am
  Ford Motor says it will shut all its Australian manufacturing plants by October 2016, after more than 85 years making cars in the country....
• The growth of start-up competitions23 May 2013, 12:09 am
  Why are there so many entrepreneurship awards?...
• 'Gang of four' aims to shake up Latam trade23 May 2013, 12:01 am
  Why Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru want to form a new trade bloc...
• Biting Apple: Taxing the big boys?22 May 2013, 11:51 pm
  Europe's tax chief on how to squeeze the corporate Apples...

BBC News - Health

• Universal flu jab 'edges closer'23 May 2013, 3:13 am
  A way of creating more effective vaccines which could protect against a broad range of flu viruses has been reported by US researchers....
• Feet home to more than 100 fungi22 May 2013, 5:00 pm
  Fungi live all over the human body but their favourite spots are the heel, under toenails and between the toes, according to a US study....
• Vitamin C can kill drug-resistant TB22 May 2013, 9:58 am
  Vitamin C can kill multidrug-resistant TB in the lab, scientists reveal....
• VIDEO: Iodine deficiency 'may lower IQs'22 May 2013, 8:29 am
  Mild iodine deficiency during pregnancy could be dimming the intellect of some babies born in the UK, say researchers....
• Iodine lack 'may lower UK baby IQs'22 May 2013, 6:53 am
  Mild iodine deficiency during pregnancy could be dimming the intellect of some babies born in the UK, say researchers who studied 1,000 families....
• NHS help in repairing genital mutilation21 May 2013, 4:28 pm
  NHS clinics help women damaged by female genital mutilation...
• Deadly virus kills Tunisian man21 May 2013, 2:43 pm
  A man has died of the novel coronavirus (NCoV) in Tunisia, in what is believed to be the first such case in Africa....
• Flu drug bill 'shocking waste'21 May 2013, 2:16 pm
  The government squandered taxpayers' money on a drug to treat flu, a public spending watchdog says....
• Arm breaks after six year recovery21 May 2013, 1:42 pm
  Man's arm breaks again after taking six years to heal...
• Bed-sharing 'raises cot death risk'21 May 2013, 11:47 am
  Sharing a bed with your newborn baby increases the risk of sudden death syndrome - commonly known as cot death - fivefold, research suggests....
• Premature babies have 'brain arrest'21 May 2013, 11:07 am
  Premature birth may interrupt vital brain development processes, medical scans reveal....
• VIDEO: Bed-sharing 'raises cot death risk'21 May 2013, 6:01 am
  Sharing a bed with a newborn increases the risk of sudden infant death syndrome fivefold, research claims....

ABC News: Health

• Teacher Offers Suicide Note Writing Class to Ease Fears23 May 2013, 2:25 pm
  Suicide notes range from the terse and emotionally conflicted -- "Dear Betty: I hate you, Love George -- to the narcissistic: "Now you will appreciate me."    ...
• 5 Food and Exercise Mistakes23 May 2013, 1:22 pm
  Whether you earn your living working up a sweat, or squeeze in workouts when you can, it's easy to fall prey to eating errors that unintentionally hold you back from getting the most out of your workouts. Here are five common missteps I see, and how to correct them to reap the rewards of your hard work.    ...
• Ala. Mystery Illness May Be Coincidence23 May 2013, 11:40 am
  A mystery illness has sickened seven people in southeastern Alabama, killing two of them, according to the state Health Department, but it's not clear whether the patients – or their symptoms – are connected.    ...
• Watch: Mystery Illness Kills 2 in Alabama23 May 2013, 11:02 am
  Five people are still hospitalized for respiratory illness.    ...
• Can You Do Yoga if You Aren't Flexible?23 May 2013, 10:00 am
  I always thought that of yoga as something only done by young, lithe ballet enthusiasts. It was definitely not something practiced by uncoordinated, middle-aged guys who can’t touch their toes. Put me in the latter category and add to that that I’m nearly six-and-a-half feet tall and have had two back...    ...
• Teen Births Decline in Most US States23 May 2013, 8:49 am
  Teen birth rates decline in most US states    ...
• Photos: Man Saved by Face Transplant22 May 2013, 10:15 pm
  Polish doctors say they saved a man's life by performing a face transplant just three weeks after he was severely maimed in a workplace accident.    ...
• Tech Giant Recruiting Autistic Workers22 May 2013, 8:29 pm
  Autism advocates are praising a German software company for its plan to hire people with autism as software testers, programmers and data quality assurance specialists.    ...
• Yoga, Meditation Benefit Both Brain and Body22 May 2013, 6:29 pm
  Reported by Dr. Katie Guttenberg for ABC News: Though the practices of yoga and meditation have their roots in ancient cultures, they’ve both become modern day movements. More than 20 million Americans meditate regularly, according to the 2007 National Health Interview Survey. More than 13...    ...
• Watch: Mystery Illness Kills 2 in Alabama22 May 2013, 5:13 pm
  Five people are still hospitalized due to the respiratory illness.    ...
• Joplin Survivor to Okla.: 'Be Strong'22 May 2013, 2:17 pm
  Survivor of the 2011 Joplin, Mo., tornado relives the loss of two grandchildren, 6 and 10, who were ripped from their mother's arms while the family huddled for safety in a bathtub. She tells those separated from their children in Moore, Okl., to turn to counseling and God.    ...
• Synthetic Peas Soothe Achy Joints22 May 2013, 1:56 pm
  Sir Isaac Newton found his inspiration in an apple.  MaryCarol Dolivier found hers in a bag of frozen peas. After Dolivier tumbled down a flight of stairs a few years ago she was forced to lay on the couch for several weeks, a bag of...    ...

Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News

• Report: Nation's kids need to get more physical23 May 2013, 2:17 pm
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Reading, writing, 'rithmetic — and PE?...
• J&J plans filing on more than 10 new drugs by 201723 May 2013, 12:31 pm
  (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday it plans to submit more than 10 new products for regulatory approval by 2017, including drugs to treat hepatitis C, immune diseases and schizophrenia, and vaccines for flu, rabies and polio. It said products launched since 2009 will account for nearly half of its pharmaceutical sales by 2017. It also said it plans to continue developing its pipeline of new development-stage drugs in Japan and China, where it also has drugs in later stages of develop...
• Saudi Arabia confirms another death from SARS-like virus23 May 2013, 12:11 pm
  DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has announced another death from the SARS-like novel coronavirus (nCoV) in its central al-Qassim region, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 17. A non-Saudi, whose nationality and age were not given, died on Tuesday, the Health Ministry said on its website late on Wednesday. It said he had been admitted to a hospital in al-Qassim several days ago with an "acute respiratory syndrome". "Most cases recorded so far are among elderly patients and peopl...
• BTG says interventional medicine buys could boost sales to $1 bln23 May 2013, 12:07 pm
  By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - British pharmaceutical company BTG announced two deals on Thursday that it said could create an interventional medicine business with potential sales of $1 billion. Chief Executive Louise Makin told Reuters the deals would more than double BTG's revenues in the fast-growing market of targeting specific areas rather than administering drugs to the whole body. BTG added to its liver cancer treatments by agreeing to buy the targeted therapies division of Nordion In...
• Ala. Mystery Illness May Be Coincidence23 May 2013, 11:40 am
  A mystery illness has sickened seven people in southeastern Alabama, killing two of them, according to the state Health Department, but it's not clear whether the patients – or their symptoms – are connected.        ...
• GSK flu shot may raise adult narcolepsy risk: Finnish scientists23 May 2013, 11:13 am
  HELSINKI/LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc's H1N1 pandemic flu shot may put adults at higher risk of developing narcolepsy, not only children as previous studies found, Finland's National Institute for Health and Welfare said on Thursday. Growing evidence of a link between GSK's Pandemrix vaccine and an increase in narcolepsy, a rare sleep disorder, among children who received it in Europe has delayed approval of a similar vaccine in the United States. ......
• Watch: Mystery Illness Kills 2 in Alabama23 May 2013, 11:02 am
  Five people are still hospitalized for respiratory illness.        ...
• Lawyers in Colorado shooting case to challenge insanity defense law23 May 2013, 10:31 am
  By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Public defenders representing James Holmes, accused of killing 12 moviegoers in Colorado last summer, will return to court on Thursday to challenge the state's insanity defense law in a bid to try to avoid the death penalty for their client. Lawyers representing Holmes, 25, are challenging Colorado's capital punishment statute on several fronts, and on Thursday are arguing that it unconstitutionally bars him from calling his own mental health experts...
• Can You Do Yoga if You Aren't Flexible?23 May 2013, 10:00 am
  I always thought that of yoga as something only done by young, lithe ballet enthusiasts. It was definitely not something practiced by uncoordinated, middle-aged guys who can’t touch their toes. Put me in the latter category and add to that that I’m nearly six-and-a-half feet tall and have had two back...        ...
• Birth control coverage up for federal appeal23 May 2013, 7:58 am
  DENVER (AP) — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill....
• BTG builds interventional medicine platform with deals23 May 2013, 7:01 am
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's BTG said it would make two acquisitions, one extending its expertise in liver cancer and the other a treatment for severe blood clots, to create an interventional medicine business with potential sales of $1 billion. The company said on Thursday it had agreed to buy the targeted therapies division of Nordion Inc, for about $200 million in a deal that adds Therasphere radioactive glass beads treatment for liver cancer to its chemotherapy beads unit. ......
• Pfizer takes its shot at a vaccine for evasive superbug23 May 2013, 5:28 am
  By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Kathrin Jansen is a microbiologist with at least two breakthrough vaccines to her name: she brought the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to market for Merck and helped develop the $4 billion a year pneumonia and meningitis vaccine Prevnar 13 for Pfizer. Jansen's next vaccine success could come by taming the superbug MRSA, a drug-resistant bacterium that she has seen ravage a healthy man up close and personally. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus au...

NYT > Health

• Well: Aging: Fewer Elderly Deaths in Flu Pandemics23 May 2013, 2:07 pm
  Age has its privileges, and a new study suggests that one of them may be immunity to some flu pandemics.    ...
• Well: Awareness: Heartburn Tied to Throat Cancer23 May 2013, 2:00 pm
  Frequent heartburn increases the risk for throat cancer, a new study has found, and over-the-counter antacids may provide protection.    ...
• Well: What’s in Your Green Tea?23 May 2013, 4:01 am
  A new report from ConsumerLab.com shows that some bottled varieties of green tea appear to be little more than sugar water, while some green tea leaves are contaminated with lead    ...
• Editorial: The Aftermath of Measles Vaccine Scare in Britain23 May 2013, 1:21 am
  A measles outbreak in Britain would have never occurred if parents had respected the proven safety record of a vaccine.    ...
• National Briefing | Washington: Senate Committee Approves Bill on Compounding23 May 2013, 12:21 am
  A Senate committee approved a bill on Wednesday that would give the Food and Drug Administration greater authority over compounding pharmacies.    ...
• Oregon: Fluoride Measure in Portland Is Defeated23 May 2013, 12:17 am
  Voters in Portland, Ore., defeated a measure on Tuesday to add fluoride to the water supply by a 60-to-40 percent margin.    ...
• From a Neanderthal Molar, Scientists Infer Early Weaning22 May 2013, 5:04 pm
  Patterns of barium in the fossil tooth of a child indicate that breast-feeding ended after 1.2 years, researchers say — much sooner than in modern nonindustrial populations.    ...
• The New Old Age Blog: DNR by Another Name22 May 2013, 3:30 pm
  A small experiment finds that family members are more comfortable with the phrase “allow a natural death.”    ...
• Phys Ed: Can Cholesterol Drugs Undo Exercise Benefits?22 May 2013, 2:45 pm
  An important new study suggests that statins, the cholesterol-lowering medications that are the most prescribed drugs in the world, may block some of the fitness benefits of exercise, one of the surest ways to improve health.    ...
• World Briefing | Asia: China: New Bird Flu Virus Is Controlled, Officials Say22 May 2013, 2:37 am
  The H7N9 virus appears under control in China largely through restrictions at bird markets, but it caused $6.5 billion in losses, United Nations experts said Tuesday.    ...
• Well: No Quick or Easy Choices22 May 2013, 1:30 am
  While a recent article by Angelina Jolie about her mastectomy and reconstruction raised awareness, it may have left the impression that the surgeries are quick and easy procedures, some doctors fear.    ...
• Well: When Children Pose a Danger to Parents22 May 2013, 1:29 am
  Although most attention is focused on the safety of infants and toddlers, their sudden jabs, bites, head-butts and kicks can inflict injuries on parents and other caregivers.    ...

NYT > Internet

• Online Dispute Becomes Internet-Snarling Attack2 April 2013, 1:32 am
  A squabble between a group battling spam and a Web hosting company said to be sending it has escalated into an attack clogging up infrastructure worldwide....
• ReDigi Loses Suit Over Reselling of Digital Music2 April 2013, 12:59 am
  A federal judge’s ruling could halt the resale of digital music as well as other digital good like e-books....
• After the Fact: Distributed Denial of Service2 April 2013, 12:00 am
  It is easy to slow down Internet servers by harnessing thousands of computers to simultaneously send streams of data to a single address, but careful monitoring by Web services can protect against such attacks....
• Aereo Wins a Battle, and Broadcasters Are Distressed1 April 2013, 11:55 pm
  An appeals court ruled in favor of the Internet streaming start-up’s system to avoid retransmission fees....
• To Fight Gridlock, Los Angeles Synchronizes Every Red Light1 April 2013, 11:42 pm
  With the number of cars on the road continuing to rise, boosters of Los Angeles’s new synchronized traffic system admit it may not be enough to prevent gridlock from worsening....
• Tim Cook of Apple Apologizes to China Over Warranty Policy1 April 2013, 6:41 pm
  Apple’s chief, Tim Cook, said he would improve customer service after increasingly ferocious criticism from Chinese media outlets....
• Box, a Data Storage Company, Prepares to Expand in Europe31 March 2013, 10:45 pm
  Box, a business data storage and management company, is expanding as part of plans for an expected initial public offering in 2014....
• Russia Begins Selectively Blocking Internet Content31 March 2013, 10:12 pm
  Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have been required by government officials to hide some posts, under a law that critics say paves the way for broader censorship....
• E-Commerce Companies Bypass Middlemen to Build Premium Brand31 March 2013, 9:36 pm
  E-commerce companies that make everything from bedding to eyeglasses are trying to build premium brands at discount prices by cutting out middlemen and going directly to manufacturers....
• Web Privacy, and How Consumers Let Down Their Guard30 March 2013, 7:57 pm
  Consumers insist that they treasure their online privacy. But their mouse clicks tell a far different tale, as the experiments of a behavioral economist show....
• Slipstream: In Privacy Laws, an Incomplete American Quilt30 March 2013, 6:45 pm
  Europe and the United States are operating at far different speeds with respect to data privacy regulation. And that could be a stumbling block in future trade talks....
• After Cyberattack, Sven Olaf Kamphuis Is at Heart of Investigation30 March 2013, 2:03 am
  Although Sven Olaf Kamphuis says he did not orchestrate a large-scale cyberattack this week and has not been charged, he is at the heart of an international investigation....

Internet News Headlines - Yahoo! News

• EU wants big companies to reveal national tax bills23 May 2013, 12:44 pm
  By John O'Donnell BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's top regulatory official is seeking to force large companies to disclose how much tax they pay in each country where they operate, a measure some politicians say could curb tax avoidance. Michel Barnier, the European commissioner in charge of drafting business regulation, said in a speech in Amsterdam that rules which will force banks to report their profits, taxes and subsidies by country from 2015 should be extended to cover other compan...
• Twitter beefs up security after hacking spree on media22 May 2013, 9:45 pm
  By Jim Finkle (Reuters) - Twitter Inc unveiled technology to boost security for its users, following a spate of attacks on accounts of prominent media outlets including the Associated Press, the Financial Times and The Onion. The micro blogging site, which transmits some 400 million messages a day, said on Wednesday that it had begun rolling out an optional "login verification" service to thwart hackers seeking to hijack accounts with stolen passwords. ......
• Pearson agrees $75 million settlement in U.S. e-books case22 May 2013, 4:41 pm
  By Kate Holton and Nate Raymond LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - British publisher Pearson's Penguin unit said on Wednesday it would pay $75 million in damages plus costs to U.S. states and consumers as part of an agreement over alleged price-fixing in the e-book market. Pearson, which will take an extra provision on its accounts this year after setting aside $40 million in 2012, had already reached an agreement with the U.S. Justice Department in the e-book pricing case. ......
• British opposition leader says Google tax behavior 'wrong'22 May 2013, 3:56 pm
  By Andrew Osborn and Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - Google Inc's tax affairs came under renewed scrutiny in Britain on Wednesday when the leader of the opposition Labour party accused the Internet company of wrongly going to "extraordinary lengths" to avoid paying tax. In comments designed to politically outflank Prime Minister David Cameron ahead of next month's G8 summit on what has become a high-profile issue, Ed Miliband, the Labour leader, said he was disappointed that ...
• Young faces enliven Kuwait's faded art scene22 May 2013, 3:47 pm
  By Sylvia Westall KUWAIT (Reuters) - After two lackluster decades, Kuwait is experiencing a quiet revival of an arts scene once known as the most avant garde in the Gulf, thanks to a new generation eager to tackle sensitive issues using cutting-edge art forms. The artists have been exhibiting works in the graphic arts, photography, animation and fashion in private galleries but also bypassing traditional venues and arts groups - and possible censorship - by showing their work online to reach an ...
• Disgraced ex-congressman Weiner announces candidacy for NYC mayor22 May 2013, 1:45 pm
  By Edith Honan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two years after resigning from Congress in a lewd photo scandal, former U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner announced in a video message early on Wednesday he is running for New York City mayor. "I made some big mistakes and I know I let a lot of people down, but I also learned some tough lessons," Weiner said in the video. "I'm running because I've been fighting for the middle class and those struggling to make it my entire life. ......
• The Irish loophole behind Apple's low tax bill22 May 2013, 12:23 pm
  By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters) - Apple's ability to shelter billions of dollars of income from tax has depended on an unusual loophole in the Irish tax code that helps the country compete with other countries for investment and jobs. A U.S. Senate investigation revealed Tuesday that Apple, maker of iPhones, iPads and Mac computers, channeled profits into Irish-incorporated subsidiaries that had "no declared tax residency anywhere in the world. ......
• China charges six in sex video "extortion" case22 May 2013, 5:46 am
  BEIJING (Reuters) - A court in the city of Chongqing has charged six people with working together to blackmail government officials by recording videos of them having sex, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. The six were charged with extortion on Monday, Xinhua said, citing a statement from judicial authorities in Chongqing, where they are slated to be tried. Investigators said the group "lured officials into having sex with women and secretly recorded their encounters to blac...
• Microsoft unveils Xbox One with Spielberg, Activision tie-up21 May 2013, 11:22 pm
  By Bill Rigby and Malathi Nayak REDMOND, Washington (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp unveiled the "Xbox One" on Tuesday, its first new gaming console in eight years, and its strongest push so far to dominate consumers' living rooms with an array of exclusive media content. The Xbox One took four years to develop and will be the launchpad for a "Halo" live-action video series produced by Steven Spielberg. It will be sold worldwide "later this year," games unit chief D...
• Iranians face new Internet curbs before presidential election21 May 2013, 12:27 pm
  By Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranians are struggling with slower Internet speeds and limited access ahead of an unpredictable presidential election that has put hardline Islamist authorities on alert for possible unrest. Experts and web users say they believe the Internet obstacles are related to the June 14 presidential vote, the first since 2009 polls in which accusations of fraud - denied by the government - kindled months of protests organised in part via social networking sites like...
• Amazon wins key cloud security clearance from government21 May 2013, 4:08 am
  By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has been given a security clearance by the U.S. government that will make it easier for federal agencies to use its cloud computing services. Amazon Web Services, known as AWS, was certified to operate as a cloud service provider for three years under the government's new FedRAMP program. The accreditation covers all AWS data centers in the United States, the company said on Tuesday. "This will cut the cost and time for agencies...
• Parents turn to Internet to help daughter charged with sex with girl minor20 May 2013, 11:47 pm
  By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Thousands of people have protested against the prosecution of an 18-year-old Florida high school senior after her parents launched an Internet petition claiming she was charged with sex crimes only because her lover, a then 14-year-old schoolmate, was another girl. By late Monday afternoon, almost 100,000 people had signed a Change.org petition or joined a Facebook group called "Free Kate" in support of Kaitlyn Hunt. ......

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• Cheaper telecoms on back burner23 May 2013, 12:45 pm
  Dina Pule Africa Analysis analyst Dobek Pater says, while consumer matters on the telecoms front need to be addressed - "more and more as the industry matures in SA and greater emphasis is placed on consumer protection" - this is unlikely to be done within the near future. Pater believes, however, that the issue will be addressed by the DOC sooner rather than later, but ICASA will ......
• Launch apps quickly not pretty23 May 2013, 12:45 pm
  Businesses looking to create a consumer app should challenge received wisdom by rolling out before the app is pristine, according to Justin Coetzee, founder of Go Metro. Speaking at the ITWeb Mobility Summit yesterday, Coetzee emphasised the benefits of treating an app as a work in progress. "Launch quickly - don't launch pretty, don't wait for things to happen, don't wait ......
• Putting social networks to work23 May 2013, 12:45 pm
  Social networking is not just social any more: more organisations are using social business apps to enhance communication and productivity. Jon Hoehler, manager, Mobile Technologies, Deloitte Digital, highlighted the trend towards social business in his keynote address at the ITWeb Mobility Summit in Johannesburg ......
• Network connectivity moving towards cloud-based23 May 2013, 12:45 pm
  "Reduction in cost of ownership and delivering of new services constitutes the overall success of network connectivity solutions." Many organisations today have already investigated the feasibility of consolidation and virtualisation, and are now exploring the possibility of pooling services in order to further reduce costs. In essence, these are all options when preparing to move the ......
• Twitter Ups Security to Prevent Further Hacking23 May 2013, 12:40 pm
  Following a spate of high-profile security breaches, Twitter has introduced an optional two-step login for users in an attempt to combat further attacks which it said has cleared the way for tougher security measures in the future. The social media website said users will be asked to register a phone number, which will be verified, and confirm their email address in an effort to prevent accounts ......
• How Will Enhanced Campaigns Affect AdWords Conversion Optimizer23 May 2013, 12:28 pm
  enhanced campaigns . The deadline is looming on the horizon (July 22). With so many elements changing in the AdWords management flow, advertisers are scrambling to ensure all details are accounted for. One area of interest is how campaigns that ......
• Google Penguin 2013 How to Evolve Link Building into Real SEO23 May 2013, 12:28 pm
  manipulative links in their profile . This prospect creates fear for many small businesses who depend on search engine optimization (SEO) for their livelihoods. But there is also a sense of confusion as the line often shifts and the message from Google ......
• Sony Blu-Ray makers sue Imation over blank discs23 May 2013, 12:17 pm
  Imation Corp.'s line of blank Blu-Ray discs has drawn a lawsuit by Sony Corp. and other Blu-Ray inventors who say that the data storage company is infringing on their patents. Bloomberg reports that One-Blue a consortium created by Sony, Panasonic Corp., Pioneer Corp. and Koninklijke Philips claims in the suit that Oakdale-based Imation violates several patents, wrongly includes the ......
• Cricket Australia batsman David Warner apologies for Twitter rant23 May 2013, 11:43 am
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• Google expanding Fiber to Raytown Mo.23 May 2013, 11:37 am
  Raytown, Missouri, is the latest Kansas City suburb to get approval for a Google Fiber expansion. Raytown, Missouri, is the latest Kansas City suburb to get approval for a Google Fiber expansion. The city approved Google Fiber on Tuesday night, according to the Google Fiber blog, and it becomes the tenth Kansas City-area expansion. Google didn't disclose when the network would go live, saying ......
• Bernanke Fed send markets tumbling + Nissan recalling 841000 + Tesla repays loan early + HP raises outlook23 May 2013, 11:36 am
  Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, listens to a question during a Joint Economic Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Bernanke said the U.S. economy remains hampered by high unemployment and government spending cuts, and tightening policy too soon would endanger the recovery. Hot and wet Thursday. High of 89. See more weather at Action News ......
• IPL spot-fixing Bollywood celebs and Tinsel Town take to twitter23 May 2013, 11:35 am
  India News: B'wood celebs and Tinsel Town in large numbers took on the social networking sites to present their despair and concern. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is disappointed with the spot-fixing scandals surrounding the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL). Nevertheless, he believes it has been an exceptional ......

Entertainment on HuffingtonPost.com

• Arianna Huffington: Huffington This Week: Stressless Summer23 May 2013, 12:29 am
  In this week's special summer issue, we're putting the spotlight on all the season's diverse offerings, with an emphasis on ways to enjoy the summer with less stress....
• Cleveland Kidnapping Hero To Get Free Burgers For Life22 May 2013, 11:30 pm
  Local hero and burger enthusiast Charles Ramsey will never have to pay for a beef patty in Cleveland again, thanks to a special free burger......
• Marcia Cross: Take Control by Taking Action22 May 2013, 10:51 pm
  When I think about how lucky I am that my husband survived, it only reinforces my dedication to taking action against this disease. My wish for every man faced with a cancer diagnosis is to have the same success story....
• Charlotte Robinson: Somer Bingham Talks LGBT Issues and Life After The Real L Word (AUDIO)22 May 2013, 10:51 pm
  Somer's gutsy performance style and authenticity led to her being cast on The Real L Word, where the lesbian community got to know her as relatable and uncompromising. Now she's started a new music project, Clinical Trials, inspired by Nirvana and Patti Smith....
• PHOTOS: Has Ellen Had Enough Of LA?22 May 2013, 10:44 pm
  Rhetorically speaking, how many mansions does one celebrity couple actually need? Add this Santa Barbara stunner to the real estate portfolio of Ellen DeGeneres and......
• Karin Badt: Cannes 2013: Claire Denis' "Bastards" Perplexes Audience22 May 2013, 10:22 pm
  "Boy that was so good!" said a fellow journalist coming out of the premiere of Claire Denis' Bastards in the Grand Lumiere theater. "The film?"......
• Jennifer Aniston On 'Friends' Reunion: 'We All Miss Working Together'22 May 2013, 10:19 pm
  Before Jennifer Aniston co-hosted the "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Wednesday, the "Friends" alumna stopped by Matthew Perry's place for some advice and found out......
• WATCH: Man With Disability Fulfills Spider-Man Dream22 May 2013, 9:32 pm
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• AMC Boss Reveals Plans For 'The Walking Dead's' Future22 May 2013, 9:25 pm
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• Elizabeth Warren Coming To A Bookshelf Near You22 May 2013, 9:21 pm
  NEW YORK — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a favorite among liberals for her forceful advocacy for consumers and criticisms of the financial industry, has a......
• Jennifer Aniston Strips In New Movie22 May 2013, 9:20 pm
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• Carole King's Major Honor22 May 2013, 9:14 pm
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, saluting Carole King's five decades as an award-winning singer-songwriter, said Wednesday that music often is a place where people seek......

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• Television review: 'Save Me,' with Anne Heche, goes unrescued23 May 2013, 12:00 pm
  An NBC comedy about a housewife who has a new mission after apparently being saved by divine intervention features ludicrous machinations. If there were an Emmy for Most Disturbingly Apt Title of Series, NBC's new comedy "Save Me" would win hands down. It just works on so many levels....
• Cannes Notebook 2013: A hotbed of criminal activity too?23 May 2013, 11:00 am
  Plus, at Le Marche, movies from across the globe are for sale; and, dumpster-diving for festival-related trash. CANNES, France — Visitors exiting the Carlton hotel's front door on this city's beachfront main street this week can't help but see a giant map of France with Cannes listed as being a "Safe Zone." "This Is the Safest Place to Be," one poster insists, though another implores the public, "Stay Off the Streets."...
• Justin Bieber may sue guests if they break his home's NDA23 May 2013, 1:20 am
  Justin Bieber may sue guests who visit his home if they violate his non-disclosure agreement....
• 'Girls Gone Wild' founder Joe Francis lashes out at jurors23 May 2013, 1:13 am
  Digging deeper in his never-ending war on everyone, Joe Francis has now suggested that the jurors in his recent trial be shot by firing squad....
• TV actress JoAnna Garcia, MLB's Nick Swisher welcome baby girl23 May 2013, 12:58 am
  JoAnna Garcia Swisher is a new mom! The actress and her baseball-playing husband, Nick Swisher, have welcomed their first child....
• Cannes 2013: Reviewers onboard for 'All Is Lost'23 May 2013, 12:16 am
  Some called it “Life of Pi” without the tiger....
• Paris Hilton plots music comeback with Cash Money Records23 May 2013, 12:08 am
  News that Paris Hilton had signed a record deal with Cash Money Records heated up the blogosphere Wednesday....
• Review: 'Hangover Part III' is just one long headache22 May 2013, 11:20 pm
  The Wolfpack and Mr. Chow are back for a third time, too bad the genuine hilarity and fun from Todd Phillips' first 'Hangover' aren't.The Wolfpack and Mr. Chow are back for a third time, too bad the genuine hilarity and fun from Todd Phillips' first 'Hangover' aren't....
• Alexander Payne feels at home with 'Nebraska'22 May 2013, 11:05 pm
  The script for the impressive film resonated with the director, who put off the project for years — a delay that deepened the material for him. CANNES, France — Writer-director Alexander Payne has been nominated for three screenplay Oscars and has won two. So what did the man responsible for films including "Election," "Sideways" and "The Descendants" feel about working with someone else's script for the first time?...
• Jennifer Aniston reunites with 'Friends' co-stars on 'Ellen'22 May 2013, 8:22 pm
  Jennifer Aniston joined Ellen DeGeneres as guest co-host Wednesday on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." To prepare for the gig, she went to the house of former co-star Matthew Perry with cameras in tow to ask for advice. What she got was a mini "Friends" reunion....

Celebrity News Headlines - Yahoo! News

• Singer and Piaf songwriter Georges Moustaki dies at 7923 May 2013, 1:12 pm
  PARIS (Reuters) - French singer and songwriter Georges Moustaki, beloved in France for his songs celebrating liberty and collaborations with Edith Piaf, died on Thursday after a long illness. He was 79. The Greek-born singer grew up in Alexandria, Egypt, and arrived in Paris in 1951, where he began to play guitar at nightclubs and met some of the period's best-known singers. He was introduced to Edith Piaf in the late 1950s and started to write songs for the Parisian star, the most famous o...
• Japanese octogenarian becomes oldest to reach Everest summit23 May 2013, 8:34 am
  By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had four heart surgeries reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday becoming the oldest person to conquer the world's highest mountain. Yuichiro Miura, who took the standard southeast ridge route pioneered by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay 60 years ago, reached the top of the 8,848 meter (29,028 feet) mountain at about 9:00 a.m. (0315 GMT). He was accompanied by three other Japanese, including hi...
• Jon Stewart's humor a hit with millions of envious Chinese20 May 2013, 6:39 am
  By Jane Lee SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Humor may not always translate well, but Jon Stewart is picking up millions of fans in China, where his gloves-off political satire is refreshing for many in a country where such criticism is a rarity - especially when directed at their own leaders. A recent segment on North Korea scored over 4 million views on microblogger Sina Weibo, and even stodgy state broadcaster CCTV has used Stewart's "The Daily Show" in a report, though they wouldn't ...
• Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift big winners at Billboard Awards20 May 2013, 4:13 am
  (Reuters) - Pop stars Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift won the big prizes on Sunday at the Billboard Music Awards, which also honored legendary performers Madonna and Prince. Bieber, who was named top male artist, also performed at the show at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. He also took home Billboard's first Milestone Award, chosen by fans, for musical innovation and ingenuity. "I'm 19 years old. I think I'm doing a pretty good job, Bieber said. "It should reall...
• Singer George Michael gets medical treatment after car crash17 May 2013, 2:52 pm
  LONDON (Reuters) - British singer George Michael has received medical treatment after a car crash on Thursday, his publicist said. The 49-year-old former Wham! frontman was being treated for "minor cuts and bruises" after the accident, Michael's spokeswoman said. "George Michael was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a traffic accident yesterday evening, no third party was involved," a spokeswoman said on Friday. "He is being treated for superficial cuts and bruis...
• Steve Carell helps 'The Office' close its doors in moving finale17 May 2013, 3:39 am
  By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The doors of Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch closed for the last time on Thursday as NBC's "The Office" wrapped up after a nine-season run with a nostalgic finale featuring a long-awaited wedding and the return of the show's biggest star, Steve Carell. Emmy-winning mockumentary "The Office," adapted from Ricky Gervais' British series of the same name, saw a documentary crew filming the daily lives of employees at ...
• Human Rights Watch advocate Cynthia Brown dead at 6017 May 2013, 3:26 am
  (Reuters) - Cynthia Brown, who played a key role for Human Rights Watch for almost two decades, has died after a battle with cancer, the global advocacy group said. She was 60 years old. Brown, who joined the organization in 1982 as a researcher and became program director in 1993, died Sunday in New York City, Human Rights Watch said on its website. "She was principled and uncompromising — and played a big part in making Human Rights Watch that way," Kenneth Roth, the group's executive direct...
• A Minute With: Zachary Quinto on 'Star Trek,' Spock and coming out15 May 2013, 2:17 pm
  By Zorianna Kit LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Zachary Quinto has transitioned swiftly from a television villain into an unlikely action film star in J.J Abrams' rebooted "Star Trek" franchise, playing the series' most recognizable half-Vulcan, Spock. The 35-year-old actor, who gained fame as super-villain Sylar in sci-fi television series "Heroes," will reprise his role as the pointy-eared first officer of the starship Enterprise in "Star Trek Into Darkness,&qu...
• Actress Gina Lollobrigida's diamonds fetch $4.9 million at auction15 May 2013, 1:59 am
  (Reuters) - Diamond jewelry belonging to Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida sold for more than 4.74 million Swiss francs ($4.9 million) on Tuesday in Geneva and set a record for pearl earrings, auctioneer Sotheby's said. Lollobrigida, a leading sex symbol of the 1950s and 1960s, said she was selling the jewelry to raise money for stem cell research. A pair of diamond and natural pearl earrings sold for 2.29 million francs ($2.37 million), an auction record. The earrings beat the $1. ......
• Angelina Jolie has double mastectomy to elude cancer14 May 2013, 10:23 pm
  By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oscar-winning film star Angelina Jolie revealed on Tuesday that she underwent a double mastectomy after learning she had inherited a high risk of breast cancer and said she hoped her story would inspire other women fighting the life-threatening disease. Jolie, an actress who has long embodied Hollywood glamour and has in recent years drawn nearly as much attention for her globe-trotting work on behalf of refugees as for her role as a celebrity mom, disclos...
• New York mayoral hopeful Quinn opens up about overcoming bulimia14 May 2013, 9:18 pm
  By Edith Honan NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn spoke out on Tuesday about her decade-long struggle with bulimia and alcohol abuse after her mother's death from breast cancer. "It was such a challenging time, and it was a time where everything was just bad," Quinn, the speaker of the New York City Council, told an audience at Barnard College. "I thought I was the only 16-year-old girl in the world who had no ability to deal with her mother dy...
• DiCaprio's wildlife charity auction brings in $38.8 million14 May 2013, 3:39 pm
  By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and Christie's auction house raised $38.8 million through a charity art auction and donations, Christie's said on Tuesday, with proceeds to benefit environmental and conservation causes. The 33 works in The 11th Hour Auction organized by the star of the new film "The Great Gatsby" sold for $31.74 million on Monday evening and set 13 records for artists including Carol Bove, Joe Bradley, Mark Grotjahn, Raymond Pet...

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• Givenchy's family affair for autumn/winter 2013 campaign23 May 2013, 10:42 am
  For Givenchy's autumn/winter 2013 campaign, creative director Riccardo Tisci has enlisted his fashion 'family' including actress Amanda Seyfried and stylish mother-daughter duo Carine and Julia Roitfeld.    ...
• Looks of the day23 May 2013, 8:40 am
  Thandie Newton and Laura Bailey looked pretty in London as Carey Mulligan continued her monochrome love affair in Sydney....
• Cannes Film Festival 2013: red carpet style23 May 2013, 8:14 am
  Milla Jovovich, Jessica Chastain and Kristin Scott-Thomas formed a glittering, navy army on the seventh day of the Cannes Film Festival.    ...
• Go backstage at Carine Roitfeld's Cannes fashion show23 May 2013, 7:25 am
  As Carine Roitfeld gears up for tonight's 'Ultimate Gold Collection Fashion Show' in Cannes, head behind the scenes to see the final preparations being made.    ...
• Hay Festival 2013: Mariella Frostrup Q&A on books23 May 2013, 6:00 am
  As the 2013 Telegraph Hay Festival begins, Mariella Frostrup, who will be filming her book show at the festival again, answers a Q&A on literature.    ...
• Richard Thorp, Emmerdale's Alan Turner, dies aged 8122 May 2013, 1:09 pm
  Richard Thorp, who played Emmerdale's Alan Turner for more than 30 years, has died at the age of 81.    ...
• Victoria Beckham in trainers shocker22 May 2013, 12:12 pm
  Hold the phone, popstar-turned-designer Victoria Beckham has a pair of trainers - and they're personalised.    ...
• Cannes Film Festival: Did Cara Delevingne give Leonardo DiCaprio the brush off?22 May 2013, 10:12 am
  Rumour has it British model-of-the-moment Cara Delevingne spurned the advances of Hollywood heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio.    ...
• Denise van Outen books two men for hotel date22 May 2013, 6:28 am
  Denise van Outen, the former 'Strictly Come Dancing' contestant, says two men turned up at her hotel expecting romance.    ...
• Jason Bateman interview: 'Arrested Development gave me a new life'22 May 2013, 6:00 am
  The star of the cult US sitcom talks to Patrick Smith.    ...
• The pursuit of beauty: what compels women to go under the knife?22 May 2013, 6:00 am
  Leading plastic surgeon Dr Bryan Mendelson talks to Louisa Peacock about the pursuit of beauty and what leads women to having cosmetic surgery.    ...
• Sir Elton John, Ray Davies and Elvis Costello to play Hyde Park Summer Time Festival21 May 2013, 6:15 pm
  Sir Elton John, Ray Davies and Elvis Costello will headline a celebration of British songwriters during the British Summer Time Festival in Hyde Park, which includes Nick Lowe, Del Amitri's Justin Currie and Thea Gilmore.    ...

NYT > Fashion & Style

• On the Runway Blog: With Endorsements, Uniqlo Has a Knack for Picking Winners23 May 2013, 3:00 am
  If you are a betting person, you might want to keep an eye out for Uniqlo’s now familiar red square logo appearing on athletes in the future.    ...
• Changes in the Marketing of Men’s Underwear23 May 2013, 1:12 am
  The product, rather than the model’s body, may be the focus of new campaigns. Or not.    ...
• Skin Deep: ‘Beach Hair’ Is Riding the Wave — Skin Deep23 May 2013, 12:29 am
  ‘Beach hair,’ once an unavoidable result of summer weather and activities, has taken on a certain artfulness.    ...
• Looking Back on Fire Island Pines and Its Importance to Gay Culture22 May 2013, 11:28 pm
  For 60 summers, Fire Island Pine has provided both shelter and refuge to generations of gay men.    ...
• Looking Back on Fire Island Pines22 May 2013, 11:23 pm
  As the Pines is rebuilt after damage from a fire and a hurricane, photographers and others revisit the years before both AIDS and, later, broader social acceptance of homosexuals.    ...
• Scene City: Scene City | MoMA Garden Party22 May 2013, 10:12 pm
  The MoMA garden party put the artists and their benefactors on display.    ...
• Beauty Spots22 May 2013, 9:53 pm
  As high-end treatments for the face, eyes and neck continue to bombard the beauty market, it’s no surprise that ones for the lips are following suit.    ...
• T Magazine: On the Make | Scott Campbell’s Jailhouse Tattoo Rigs22 May 2013, 9:31 pm
  Where does a true believer in tattoo culture go for inspiration? For Scott Campbell, the answer was Mexican prisons.    ...
• Getting Ready for the Beach, Sales and Kate Spade by Gilt – Scouting Report22 May 2013, 9:04 pm
  Swimwear, leisure shoes, dresses and Kate Spade.    ...
• Shopping Snapshots: May 2322 May 2013, 8:34 pm
  New denim iterations; The SoHo optician introduces its own line; cutout sandals, cool shades and more.    ...
• T Magazine: About Last Night | Fun Times at MoMA’s Party in the Garden22 May 2013, 8:16 pm
  The star-studded gathering honored Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the artists Ellsworth Kelly and Cindy Sherman.    ...
• On the Runway Blog | Front Row: Flouting the Uniform Code22 May 2013, 8:13 pm
  Two N.F.L. players design their own personal uniforms.    ...

Lifestyle

• Poll: Who bobbed it best among these celebs?23 May 2013, 2:44 am
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Fashion News Headlines - Yahoo! News

• Ralph Lauren's 4Q profit rises 35 pct23 May 2013, 1:41 pm
  NEW YORK (AP) — Ralph Lauren Corp. reported a 35 percent increase in fourth-quarter profit as the luxury retailer benefited from lower cotton prices. But economic challenges here and abroad and the move to eliminate some businesses to focus on the most profitable ones cut into sales....
• Part of Marilyn Monroe exhibition stolen on way to Prague22 May 2013, 4:37 pm
  PRAGUE (Reuters) - Part of an exhibition displaying outfits and photographs of Marilyn Monroe was stolen while being transported to the Czech Republic from Italy, the event's curator said on Wednesday. The exhibition, commemorating the 50th anniversary of her death, was created by the Museo Salvatore Ferragamo in Florence last year. Ferragamo was the actress' favorite shoemaker and she owned a dozen pairs of his hand-made shoes. ......
• 'Great Gatsby' director, cast come home with Sydney premiere22 May 2013, 10:23 am
  By Thuy Ong SYDNEY (Reuters) - Director Baz Luhrmann brought "The Great Gatsby" home on Wednesday for its Australian premiere, with box-office success for the Sydney-produced film bolstering hopes for the resurgence of the local film industry. The film, set in 1920s New York and starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby, is one of several international productions recently lured to Australia by federal government tax breaks and grants. The ambitious third adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgera...
• Nerves of steel and hairspray are musts for Cannes red carpet22 May 2013, 10:12 am
  By Alexandria Sage CANNES (Reuters) - Walking the red carpet of the world's most famous film showcase is a test of nerves for celebrities, not helped by wind, rain and the chaos of hundreds of photographers shouting their names. From choosing the perfect dress and hairdo, to trying not to trip on the famous red steps, the pressure is on for movie stars and glitterati at the 12-day Cannes film festival on the swanky French Riviera which wraps up on May 26. ......
• In Miami, Donna Karan showcases Haitian artisans17 May 2013, 10:25 pm
  MIAMI (AP) — The handbag Donna Karan was showing off Friday lacked her signature logo, or any designer's logo. It was made of paper mache and, the fashion designer said, represented Haiti's handmade carnival masks — in wearable form....
• 'Fashion Police' strike: E! president defends Joan Rivers, demands WGA election16 May 2013, 1:27 am
  By Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - E! president Suzanne Kolb on Wednesday sent a letter to eight striking "Fashion Police" writers, defending the show's host Joan Rivers and insisting on a sanctioned election before it would come to the negotiating table. The writers have been on strike since April 17, after expressing a desire to organize and join the Writers Guild of America West. The writers want the network to recognize the WGA as their bargaining representative, w...
• M&S's make-or-break clothing strategy gets early thumbs-up15 May 2013, 11:59 am
  By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Fashion media and analysts broadly welcomed Marks & Spencer's new clothing strategy and a preview of autumn/winter fashion ranges, giving the firm's boss some respite from pressure over falling sales. Britain's biggest clothing retailer said on Tuesday it would focus on better quality and styles in womenswear, deliver more compelling and clearer sub-brands, and make shopping easier in stores, as it tries to reverse nearly two years of declinin...
• Actress Gina Lollobrigida's diamonds fetch $4.9 million at auction15 May 2013, 1:59 am
  (Reuters) - Diamond jewelry belonging to Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida sold for more than 4.74 million Swiss francs ($4.9 million) on Tuesday in Geneva and set a record for pearl earrings, auctioneer Sotheby's said. Lollobrigida, a leading sex symbol of the 1950s and 1960s, said she was selling the jewelry to raise money for stem cell research. A pair of diamond and natural pearl earrings sold for 2.29 million francs ($2.37 million), an auction record. The earrings beat the $1. ......
• Shenae Grimes Marries Josh Beech In A Black Vera Wang Gown11 May 2013, 4:27 pm
  Here comes the bride, all dressed in... black!? "90210" star Shenae Grimes - clad in a black wedding gown -- tied the knot with fiance Josh Beech, she revealed on Twitter on Friday....
• Fashion's Betsey Johnson goes to therapy in made-for-TV comeback10 May 2013, 4:32 pm
  By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mother-daughter therapy, nightly branzino dinners and pulls from a mimosa-filled water bottle at the gym. Welcome to just some of the life of Betsey Johnson, the eccentric and frenetic fashion designer whose personality goes on display in a reality television series beginning on Sunday on U.S. cable network Style. "XOX Betsey Johnson" casts an eye on Johnson, 70, best known for her bright, girly punk dresses, and her daughter Lulu as the inseparab...
• Lady Antebellum 'dial back' for 'Golden' sound9 May 2013, 10:16 pm
  By Vernell Hackett NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Lady Antebellum are growing up and getting sassy with their fourth studio album, "Golden," embracing a stripped-down sound to showcase their vocal strength as they prepare for an upcoming tour with a baby on board. The country band, formed by vocalists Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and guitarist Dave Haywood in Nashville, Tennessee, released its latest album this week, which saw band members drawing on their live tour experiences. ......
• Founder of Italy's fashion house Missoni dies at 929 May 2013, 1:16 pm
  By Isla Binnie MILAN (Reuters) - Ottavio Missoni, founder of the global family fashion empire that spawned the no-bra look and revolutionized textile patterns with its trademark bold stripes and zig-zag patterns, died on Thursday aged 92. A company spokeswoman said Missoni, commonly known by his nickname "Tai," died during the night in the northern town of Sumirago, at the family home next to the company's factory. He had been recently hospitalized for heart problems. ......

BuzzFeed - DIY

• 25 Awesome Swimsuit DIYs You Have To Try This Summer22 May 2013, 8:53 pm
  Save yourself the agony of swimsuit shopping this season and make your own. Cut triangles out of a triangle top bikini. Get the tutorial here. Source: goldfishkiss.com Buy some fancy fringe trim and sew it on to the top of a simple bandeau. Get the directions here. Source: runwaydiy.com Revamp a bikini with Sharpies and fringe. Get the directions here. Source: teenvogue.com ...
• Life-Changing Tip Of The Day: The Leftover Sushi Hack22 May 2013, 8:05 pm
  There’s usually a dilemma when you come to the end of a sushi meal: do you take home those two lone rolls that are left, or just leave ‘em? With this brilliant hack, you’ll have a little snack for later. You don't want to waste this. Sushi is a beautiful, perfect food. So save your leftover rolls individually in take-out soy sauce containers. That way you don't have to feel stupid asking for a gian...
• 38 Perfect Books To Read Aloud With Kids22 May 2013, 7:27 pm
  Or to revisit yourself whenever you need an extra dose of wonder. The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry This story, about meeting a small boy from a faraway planet, is magical. Its themes, like becoming a grown-up and finding extraordinary things in the ordinary world, are magical. All the little drawings peppered throughout are magical. It's one of those books that's just as worthwhile for adults to read as children, and I&#...
• 5 Home Depot Hacks22 May 2013, 4:52 pm
  Home Depot may not have Swedish meatballs, but it can be the ultimate store for affordable, durable, modern furniture if you know how to hack it. Ben Uyeda of HomeMade-Modern.com shares his 5 favorite Home Depot hack recipes along with tips on how to get Home Depot staff to help do some of the work for you. Most tables made from solid wood – like this one from CB2 and this one from Restoration Hardware – can be really expensive.Sure you could get a ch...
• 32 Things You Need In Your Man Cave21 May 2013, 7:47 pm
  All the manteresting things you could ever dream of for your mantuary. A Sign That Proclaims "YOU ARE NOW ENTERING MAN CAVE" Source: mancavegifts.com Here's the DIY version. Source: etsy.com A foosball coat hanger. This would also be perfect in a 10-year-old boy's room. Source: thefancy.com This hammock. Source: jeremyperson.com View Entire List ›...
• 27 Creative And Inexpensive Ways To Keep Kids Busy This Summer21 May 2013, 7:22 pm
  School’s out, the sun is high, and it should be a crime for any kid to plop down in front of the TV for the next three months. Bananagrams is great, but GIANT BANANAGRAMS is best. Just cut out the letters together and prepare for some major scrambling. Source: constantlylovestruck.blogspot.com Take Twister outside. Here's how to do it yourselves. Source: youplusmeforalways.blogspot.com ...
• 13 Ways To Turn Your Outdated '90s Tech Into Truly Usable Things21 May 2013, 7:15 pm
  Floppy disks + succulents = worlds colliding. Turn your old floppy disks into succulent planters. Get directions here. Source: brit.co Around the holidays, you can break up old CDs to make sparkly ornaments (or create a mobile of them for year-round decor). Get instructions here. Source: shelterness.com Have you also spent the past few years trying to fill your old CD rack with something useful? Take it outside instead an...
• 13 Reasons Why Leslie Knope Is The Most DIY Character On Television21 May 2013, 3:36 pm
  She’s basically Hillary Clinton with a Pinterest account. She shops on Etsy. Source: tinyhandsonline.com Leslie's signature waffle pendant necklace was created by Etsy seller tinyhands and can be yours for only $28! It actually smells like waffles. She sews conflict-resolving quilts. In an attempt to bring together Ben Wyatt's feuding parents, Leslie created "The Unity Quilt." This wasn't the first t...
• 30 Foods You'll Never Have To Buy Again21 May 2013, 2:54 pm
  Cut your grocery list in half by making delicious, healthy versions of your favorite foods at home. Bake low-fat tortilla chips in the oven. Takes 10 minutes and zero skills. Here's how to do it. Optional: You can make the corn tortillas yourself too. Source: food52 Skip the not-so-awesome palm oil in Nutella by making your own. Essentials: Hazelnuts, good milk chocolate, and a food processor you believe in. Recip...
• 3 Ways To Make A Beautiful DIY Planter21 May 2013, 2:39 pm
  Show off your green thumb with one of these clever cork, cement, or cardboard homes for your plants. These shimmery planters were created by Laurel at A Bubbly Life. What you'll need: concrete, water, gloves, a container for mixing, oil (vegetable or olive will do), one large container for the mold and one smaller container to fit inside the larger, a heavy rock (or other heavy item), a drill, spray paint, and painter's tape. Directions: Gene...
• 25 Of The Best Toddler Crafts For Little Hands21 May 2013, 2:23 pm
  This collection of arts and crafts is perfect for little hands. And big hands, too. Because let’s be real, you’re going to want to join in. Homemade Scented Play Dough Um, remember Play-Doh? It was always so fun until it hardened into a rock or you tried eating it and couldn't feel your tongue for a few weeks. Well, now there's a recipe that's just as fun and probably a lot less toxic! Plus, this recipe is made with powdered drink mixes, which means it ...
• 23 Solutions To Your Most Pressing First World Problems20 May 2013, 8:01 pm
  Now you know what to do when utter tragedy strikes. If your burger is falling apart, turn it upside down. The top bun is usually bigger and can support the ingredients better. Source: aht.seriouseats.com Make sure both the plate and the bowl are microwave-safe, and that the plate fits snugly over the bowl. Via: onegoodthingbyjillee.com Source: reddit.com Source: octaneshop....

Latest Science News

• Hay Festival 2013: Gardeners should 'make friends' with snails23 May 2013, 11:38 am
  Snails are not waging war on your garden, author and scientist Ruth Brooks tells Hay Festival 2013.    ...
• Electric lighting 'prevents proper night's sleep'22 May 2013, 5:00 pm
  Electric lighting prevents us getting a proper night's sleep because it gives us a "second wind" before bedtime when our body clocks should be winding down, researchers claim.    ...
• Prime number breakthrough by unknown professor22 May 2013, 11:02 am
  Virtually unknown professor takes major step towards solving a numerical problem which has baffled the finest minds for centuries.    ...
• More than half of plant and animal species in UK dying out, says report22 May 2013, 7:33 am
  Species including hedgehogs and skylarks are dying out according to study that, Sir David Attenborough says, confirms "worst thoughts".    ...
• Stressful jobs could leave women unlucky in love22 May 2013, 6:02 am
  Women with high-pressure jobs could struggle to find a partner, a study suggests, as high levels of a stress hormone make them less attractive to men.    ...
• Pregnant women should up iodine intake to increase child's IQ21 May 2013, 10:30 pm
  Women who are pregnant or planning to have children should ensure they consume the right amount of iodine or risk their child having a low IQ, according to researchers.    ...
• Drink milk to increase child's IQ, pregnant women told21 May 2013, 10:30 pm
  Women who are pregnant or planning to have children should ensure they consume the right amount of iodine, which is found in milk, or risk their child having a low IQ, according to researchers.    ...
• Oklahoma tornado: why it caused so much damage21 May 2013, 8:01 pm
  Cutting a swathe across the landscape at around 30 miles per hour, the Oklahoma tornado ranks among the most destructive in history due the time it remained on the ground for and the path it took.    ...
• Exploding meteorite may have sealed fate of the mammoths21 May 2013, 4:37 pm
  A giant meteorite that exploded in the Earth's atmosphere may have triggered the extinction of ice age animals such as the woolly mammoths, scientists have claimed.    ...
• Exploding meteorite may have sealed fate of the mammoths21 May 2013, 4:37 pm
  A giant meteorite that exploded in the Earth's atmosphere may have triggered the extinction of ice age animals such as the woolly mammoths, scientists have claimed.    ...
• Major Tim puts an end to Britain's space oddity21 May 2013, 7:31 am
  The country's first astronaut for two decades could kick-start a giant leap for our space industries, says David Willetts.    ...
• Britain's first astronaut Major Tim Peake to tweet from space but leave his guitar at home20 May 2013, 10:45 am
  Britain's first official astronaut has promised to inspire a generation of children by tweeting from space - but pledged to spare them his singing voice.    ...

Science News Headlines - Yahoo! News

• 3D Printers Demonstrate Rapid Robot Evolution23 May 2013, 12:57 pm
  NEW YORK — Robots are simply more efficient than humans at certain tasks. They already excel at building cars, exploring distant planets and hunting for explosives, but it turns out that robots might also evolve much faster than their flesh-and-blood counterparts....
• The Art and Science of the Diagram: Communicating the Knowledge of the Heavens, the Earth and the Arcane, Final Part23 May 2013, 12:23 pm
  The Art and Science of the Diagram: Communicating the Knowledge of the Heavens, the Earth and the Arcane, Final Part...
• Can We Protect Against the Next Moore Tornado?23 May 2013, 12:02 pm
  The scenes of devastation in Moore, Okla., after a possibly 2-mile-wide tornado tore apart schools and homes on Monday (May 20) led to an inevitable question: Could anything have been done to save buildings and lives?...
• Tornado Recovery: What Moore Can Learn from Joplin23 May 2013, 12:01 pm
  Monday's monster tornado in Moore, Okla., was a terrible reminder of nature's tremendous wrath for people in Joplin, Mo., a town also hit by one of the country's worst twisters....
• Lost Apollo 11 Moon Dust Found in Storage23 May 2013, 11:17 am
  Vials of moon dust brought back to Earth by the first men on the moon have been found inside a lab warehouse in California after sitting in storage unnoticed for more than 40 years....
• China Space Program Ramping Up Capabilities, Pentagon Says23 May 2013, 11:17 am
  China’s growing space prowess shows no signs of slowing, the U.S. Department of Defense said in its annual report to Congress on military and security developments involving the People’s Republic of China....
• U.S. industry touts 'drone' promise as public debate flares23 May 2013, 2:02 am
  By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Public backlash against deadly overseas drone strikes may undermine promising uses of such technology for anything from disaster response to mail delivery, a top U.S. industry group said as it launched a lobbying effort to "demystify" unmanned planes. The Aerospace Industries Association wants to prevent misperceptions and regulatory roadblocks from cutting into a market it says could be worth $89 billion over the next decade, according to a ...
• NASA investing in 3-D food printer for astronauts22 May 2013, 11:02 pm
  By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - In a scene right out of Star Trek, a Texas company is developing a 3-D food printer for astronauts to create custom meals on the fly. With support from NASA, the firm, Systems and Materials Research Corp of Austin, intends to design, build and test a food printer that can work in space. "This project is to demonstrate we can create and change the nutrition of the food and be able to print it in a low-gravity environment," the company&#...
• Could Science Hatch the Perfect Fake Egg?22 May 2013, 3:09 pm
  SAN MATEO, Calif. — Fake eggs made from plant materials could one day replace chicken eggs, one researcher says....
• Genomics Reveals Great Famine Culprit21 May 2013, 10:09 pm
  Genome analysis of stored potato leaf samples identified exactly what strain of blight ravaged potatoes in the Irish famine. Sophie Bushwick reports...
• More tornadoes from global warming? Nobody knows21 May 2013, 9:15 pm
  A deadly tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City on Monday. A quick look at some basic facts:...
• Brilliant Science Blunders: Astrophysicist Mario Livio Speaks Out20 May 2013, 1:17 pm
  Everyone makes mistakes — even Einstein. The truth is, many of the world's greatest scientists made significant blunders along the path toward genius, which should be comforting news for the rest of us....

NYT > Science

• Scientist at Work Blog: Mekong Mystery: Dwindling Fish23 May 2013, 11:30 am
  The harvest from Tonle Sap had almost doubled between 1940 and 1995, while the number of people fishing has quadrupled during that period, cutting the per-fisher catch in half.    ...
• Dot Earth Blog: Terrible Tornadoes in a Changing Climate23 May 2013, 11:00 am
  A deeper look at tornadoes in a changing climate.    ...
• Active Fault May Block Restart of Tsuruga Reactor in Japan23 May 2013, 2:56 am
  The No. 2 reactor at Tsuruga now faces indefinite stoppage or likely decommissioning unless its operator provides new data on the fault.    ...
• Cicadas Take Stage for Their Final Act on Staten Island23 May 2013, 2:15 am
  After weeks of anticipation, Staten Island has seen some of the first of a brood of cicadas that has matured underground for 17 years, and which will be emerging in the coming days.    ...
• Scientist at Work Blog: A Forest Denizen at Risk22 May 2013, 7:11 pm
  Slow lorises in the deep dark of the Vietnamese forest are probably wise to avoid the scientist who wanders by with a flashlight and a notebook. There are other humans about with less noble intentions.    ...
• From a Neanderthal Molar, Scientists Infer Early Weaning22 May 2013, 5:04 pm
  Patterns of barium in the fossil tooth of a child indicate that breast-feeding ended after 1.2 years, researchers say — much sooner than in modern nonindustrial populations.    ...
• Observatory: Ear Bones of Ancestors Are Like Those of Modern Humans22 May 2013, 4:47 pm
  Researchers are reporting that early ancestors of humans had inner ear bones very similar to those of modern men and women.    ...
• Dot Earth Blog: Kids (and Teachers) in Peril, From Oklahoma to Oregon22 May 2013, 11:29 am
  Why do communities fail to secure the buildings that house their children against momentous hazards?    ...
• Heinrich Rohrer, Physicist Who Won Nobel, Dies at 7922 May 2013, 3:22 am
  Dr. Rohrer helped invent the scanning tunneling microscope, which made it possible to see individual atoms and move them around.    ...
• Jet Stream Causing Tornado Outbreak22 May 2013, 2:59 am
  First, the jet stream caused a cold snap by bringing Arctic air farther south than normal, but when it shifted north, it allowed tornado-causing moist air to move into the Midwest.    ...
• Well: No Quick or Easy Choices22 May 2013, 1:30 am
  While a recent article by Angelina Jolie about her mastectomy and reconstruction raised awareness, it may have left the impression that the surgeries are quick and easy procedures, some doctors fear.    ...
• Joseph Farman, 82, Is Dead; Discovered Ozone Hole22 May 2013, 1:26 am
  Mr. Farman’s single-minded and at times officially derided study of atmospheric changes in the Antarctic led to one of the most important environmental discoveries of the 20th century.    ...

BBC News - Science & Environment

• Ecuador satellite space crash fears23 May 2013, 12:30 pm
  Space engineers in Ecuador are trying to establish if the country's only satellite has been damaged in a crash with space debris....
• VIDEO: 'Worrying declines' for UK species23 May 2013, 8:21 am
  A major new report from 25 wildlife organisations, assessing the state of Britain's Nature, is warning that many species of wildlife are facing extinction in the UK unless urgent action is taken....
• Trans-US solar plane sets new record23 May 2013, 8:12 am
  The Solar Impulse plane sets a new record for distance flown by a solar-powered craft as it completes the second leg of a bid to cross the US....
• Iceland expands volcano monitoring23 May 2013, 7:39 am
  Installation is under way of an expanded monitoring system for Iceland's volcanoes, which it is hoped will give the world more warning of the next big eruption....
• Ospreys first in England to hatch23 May 2013, 6:33 am
  Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust capture osprey chicks hatching on camera for the first time....
• Cave paintings uncovered in Mexico23 May 2013, 3:44 am
  Archaeologists in Mexico find 4,926 cave paintings in red, yellow, black and white in the north-eastern region of Burgos....
• How the men from the ministry saved England's heritage23 May 2013, 3:11 am
  How historic UK sites were saved from destruction...
• Can science be kick started?22 May 2013, 11:29 pm
  Could attempts to crowd-fund research skew science?...
• VIDEO: Journey into an Icelandic volcano22 May 2013, 5:59 pm
  Dr Freysteinn Sigmundsson shows the BBC's Neil Bowdler around the Thrihnukagigur volcano in Iceland....
• Feet home to more than 100 fungi22 May 2013, 5:00 pm
  Fungi live all over the human body but their favourite spots are the heel, under toenails and between the toes, according to a US study....
• Climate 'spurred human innovation'22 May 2013, 4:58 pm
  Abrupt climate change in Africa helped trigger technological and cultural advances in early modern humans, according to new research....
• Just how bad is an EF5 tornado?22 May 2013, 2:11 pm
  Oklahoma tornado upgraded to an "EF5" - but what does that mean?...

PCWorld

• Penguin settles with U.S. states in e-book price-fixing lawsuit23 May 2013, 2:10 pm
  Penguin has settled with U.S. states in an e-book price-fixing lawsuit, leaving only Apple now in the fray. Four other publishers accused of price-fixing with Apple settled earlier with the 33 states and territories and the U.S. Department of Justice. Penguin had earlier settled in December with the DOJ in a case that is currently scheduled to go to trial in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on June 3. Penguin said in a statement on Wednesday that it had reached an a...
• Lenovo's profit soars while the PC industry struggles23 May 2013, 1:51 pm
  PC sales in China and high growth in smartphones shipments helped boost Lenovo's net profit for its fiscal fourth quarter by 90 percent year-over-year. For the quarter ended March 31, Lenovo's net profit was $127 million, the company said on Thursday. Revenue broke records and was at $7.8 billion, growing four percent from the same period last year. In Lenovo's home market of China, the company had an operating margin of 4.9 percent, an increase of 8 percent year-over-year. The company also...
• AMD is willing to embrace Android23 May 2013, 1:35 pm
  Advanced Micro Devices has opened the door to embrace Google's Android operating system, but said it would continue to focus on Windows with its upcoming tablet and laptop chips. AMD on multiple occasions has said it had no interest in putting its chips in Android tablets and would focus exclusively on Windows 8. A change of heart could open up a wider market for tablets for the company. For now, the company's focus remains on optimizing chips for usage on Windows laptops, desktops and tabl...
• Nvidia's GeForce GTX 780: a Titan for the rest of us23 May 2013, 1:00 pm
  When Nvidia announced its graphical powerhouse, the $999 GeForce GTX Titan, in February, eyeballs widened. Fortunately Nvidia now offers the lower-performance GeForce GTX 780, which also cuts the price by a third, to $649. Today Nvidia will begin shipping its new enthusiast cards to partners, in the form of reference designs that its hardware partners will tweak over time. These third-party versions of the GeForce GTX 780 will be available in about a month’s time, Justin Walker, program ...
• 11 killer sim games that immerse you in reality23 May 2013, 12:35 pm
  Some sim games are hell-bent on putting you in the middle of realistic action scenarios. Others let you experience some of the world's most elite (or obscure) professions. Looking for science fiction or fantasy? You won't find it here. So grab your mouse, keyboard, joystick, or driving wheel, and step into some of the most dangerous, toughest, and craziest jobs in the (virtual) world. Seriously, train conducting? Yes, there's a sim game for that. ...
• Microsoft boosts Japan Azure offering, adds data centers in two regions23 May 2013, 11:15 am
  Microsoft will boost its Azure cloud offering in Japan, adding two domestic data centers to speed response times and improve reliability in the face of natural disasters.The software giant said Thursday that it would add cloud-based hosting services in two regions, one near Tokyo and one in the Kansai region further south. Redundancy is a priority in earthquake-prone Japan, where the use of online services usually skyrockets after natural disasters."By using two sub-regions, customers will be...
• Adobe continues social push, acquires mobile app agency23 May 2013, 10:30 am
  Adobe has acquired Thumb Labs, a small mobile app agency, as part of its broader push to give its new cloud-enabled software offerings a more social flavor.Thumb Labs, based in New York, posted a message on its website and Twitter feed on Thursday saying the firm had accepted an offer to become part of Adobe. The company said it will fulfill its existing contracts and begin its new role at the end of the month. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Adobe began a major shift last year...
• French police end missing persons searches, suggest using Facebook instead23 May 2013, 9:25 am
  The latest victim of disruption by Internet technologies is a veteran of World War I: the missing persons search.French police will no longer search for adults reported missing by their families unless there are signs that the person is in danger. The police have abandoned searches in progress and stopped accepting new search requests, according to an announcement on a government website Monday. The changes took effect on Friday.Such "searches in the interests of the family" were conducted un...
• SoftBank said to be in talks with US to allay national security fears23 May 2013, 7:05 am
  The U.S. government is in negotiations with SoftBank for greater control over equipment purchases by Sprint Nextel and the selection of one of the Japanese company's nominee to the U.S. carrier's board, according to a news report.Dish Network, SoftBank's rival bidder for Sprint, has meanwhile launched an advertising campaign and a website to argue that "the sale of wireless and wireline infrastructure with national strategic importance to a foreign company will weaken the security of the Unit...
• Ericsson makes bus windows part of a Wi-Fi network23 May 2013, 5:00 am
  Ericsson may have a contender for oddest networking product if it commercializes the wireless bus windows it demonstrated at this week's CTIA Wireless trade show.The windows would have built-in, translucent antennas connected to an internal Wi-Fi system for passenger use while on the road. In the example Ericsson showed at CTIA, the dual-band Wi-Fi antenna was just a square of barely visible red metal embedded between layers of glass.The mobile infrastructure giant demonstrated the concept on...
• HP launches consumer laptops with plenty of touch23 May 2013, 4:59 am
  On the same day that HP had to admit to lackluster consumer PC sales, the company is announcing a new raft of consumer notebook computers. Touchscreens will be available even on a lower-end models, a key move for HP to stay on-trend. The flashiest models are the Envy Touchsmart 15 and 17 Notebooks. Clad in shiny cases, both models will be available with touch or non-touch displays and 6-cell batteries. Laptop multimedia has its challenges, but HP’s equipping these models with Beats Audio...
• Windows 8.1 laptops with AMD's new chips to support wireless display23 May 2013, 4:20 am
  Advanced Micro Devices hopes to regain share in the PC processor market with its upcoming chips based on the Jaguar core, which will bring console-like gaming and wireless displays to laptops with Windows 8 and its successor, Windows Blue.(pcworld.com)...

Technology News

• Xbox One: gamer backlash over 'fee' for pre-owned titles23 May 2013, 10:56 am
  For many gamers, swapping among friends is a free and legal way of experiencing more games for less hard-earned cash. But for Xbox users, that may be all about to change.    ...
• Beethoven's 9th Symphony app review23 May 2013, 10:06 am
  The latest from one of Apple's top developers shows the app is coming of age as a new art form, says Matt Warman    ...
• Twitter security braces for further attacks23 May 2013, 8:25 am
  Micro-blogging site Twitter has upgraded security features in a bid to combat the growing number of hacking attacks.    ...
• Eric Schmidt denies unethical tax affairs at Google22 May 2013, 4:09 pm
  Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman, mounted a staunch defence of the search giant's tax affairs today, arguing it was for governments to make the laws and for businesses to abide by them.    ...
• Xbox One: 'Core gamers' left unhappy after Microsoft launch22 May 2013, 2:55 pm
  Microsoft's Xbox One launch has left dedicated gamers feeling shortchanged, but their time will come says gaming journalist Johnny Chiodini.    ...
• Ed Miliband says Google and Apple as bad as banks22 May 2013, 11:55 am
  Ed Miliband has launched a stinging attack on global businesses including Apple and Google, comparing their behaviour to that of investment banks Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers.    ...
• The Last of Us hands-on preview22 May 2013, 9:30 am
  Tom Hoggins gets to grips with The Last of Us, a fascinating survival horror game which looks to combine ambient story-telling and tense thrills.    ...
• Microsoft mocked for emphasising TV on Xbox One over games22 May 2013, 9:30 am
  Only hours after the Xbox One was officially launched in the US, the online community is already beginning to poke fun at Microsoft's focus on one of the console's new features, television.    ...
• Microsoft hopes Xbox One will integrate home entertainment22 May 2013, 7:56 am
  Microsoft unveils the Xbox One, a console the technology giant promises will provide all-in-one entertainment.    ...
• Apple disputes claims of tax avoidance21 May 2013, 9:49 pm
  Apple's CEO rejects assertions by a Senate panel that the company avoids billions of dollars in US taxes by shifting profits to foreign affiliates.    ...
• Microsoft Xbox One powered by voice and facial recognition21 May 2013, 6:50 pm
  Microsoft has launched a new Xbox video games console that it claims will become the single device that users need to control TV, video games, music and entertainment in the living room.    ...
• Vodafone delays 4G network until late summer for iPhone 5S21 May 2013, 5:58 pm
  Vodafone has delayed the commercial launch of its 4G network until late summer to coincide with the introduction of a new iPhone.    ...

Tech News Headlines - Yahoo! News

• Video: Microsoft takes a page from Samsung’s Apple-bashing playbook in new ad23 May 2013, 2:10 pm
  Samsung’s smartphone commercials didn’t really begin to generate any buzz until the company took aim at Apple and started to mock its products and users. Now, it appears Microsoft is going to try to take the same road to riches with Windows 8 and Windows RT. Alongside a new campaign that compares Windows RT tablets like the ASUS VivoTab Smart to the competition, Microsoft has debuted a clever ad that pits Apple’s iPad against Windows RT. As the commercial shows off various features of Micr...
• Apple enjoyed Irish tax holiday from the start23 May 2013, 1:54 pm
  By Poornima Gupta and Padraic Halpin SAN FRANCISCO/DUBLIN (Reuters) - Apple has operated almost tax-free in Ireland since 1980, welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs to what was then one of Europe's poorest country, former company executives and Irish officials have said. Chief Executive Tim Cook faced criticism from a Senate subcommittee in Washington on Tuesday over the iPad and iPhone maker's tax practices, which had been shrouded from full view behind secretive tax-exempt Iri...
• More signs of imminent doom for ‘Facebook phone’: U.K. launch canceled23 May 2013, 1:35 pm
  BGR exclusively reported last week that HTC’s First, also known as the “Facebook phone,” will soon be discontinued at AT&T. Sales during the phone’s first month of availability totaled less than 15,000 units according to our source, and AT&T has given up hope that things might turn around. According to a new report, AT&T isn’t alone. Mobile News on Thursday reported that the HTC First’s launch has been canceled in the United Kingdom. Facebook, which is footing the bill for HTC’s ne...
• The Return of the Mac-vs.-PC Ad Wars, Siri-vs.-Surface Edition23 May 2013, 1:21 pm
  After taking a little break from the classic Mac-vs- PC wars to punch a little lower (at Samsung), Microsoft has decided to return to its old rivalry, hoping to revive slow Surface tablet sales with a little anti-Apple advertising. This latest spot is a robot-future version of the cool Mac-guy-and-dorky-PC-guy campaigns that Apple used to build up its hip-cred in the aughts. But instead of getting actors to do its bidding, Microsoft used dueling tablets, creating a Siri-vs. ......
• GameStop results beat on higher mobile sales23 May 2013, 12:53 pm
  (Reuters) - GameStop Corp, the world's largest retailer of video game products, reported quarterly results ahead of Wall Street estimates helped by higher sales of mobile devices and digital content. Net income fell to $54.6 million, or 46 cents per share, in the first quarter, compared with $72.5 million, or 54 cents, a year earlier. Revenue fell about 7 percent to $1.87 billion. Mobile sales rose 290 percent to $46.8 million. Analysts on average were expecting earnings of 40 cents per sha...
• It’s official: Samsung’s Galaxy S4 is the fastest-selling Android phone ever23 May 2013, 12:50 pm
  We all expected Samsung to reach its goal of selling 10 million Galaxy S4 smartphones into distribution channels within the phone’s first month of availability. An unnamed Samsung executive confirmed last week that shipments had reached 6 million units in two weeks following the phone’s launch, and now Samsung is on record confirming that global channel sales of the Galaxy S4 have reached 10 million units. “On behalf of Samsung, I would like to thank the millions of customers around the wo...
• EU wants big companies to reveal national tax bills23 May 2013, 12:44 pm
  By John O'Donnell BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's top regulatory official is seeking to force large companies to disclose how much tax they pay in each country where they operate, a measure some politicians say could curb tax avoidance. Michel Barnier, the European commissioner in charge of drafting business regulation, said in a speech in Amsterdam that rules which will force banks to report their profits, taxes and subsidies by country from 2015 should be extended to cover other compan...
• SoftBank would add 'security director' to Sprint board23 May 2013, 12:29 pm
  (Reuters) - SoftBank Corp would appoint a "security director" to Sprint Nextel Corp's board if its takeover bid succeeds and give the U.S. government right of approval on the appointment in hopes of easing national security concerns raised by the proposed deal. Sprint said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1 that the new director appointed by Tokyo-based SoftBank would oversee public safety concerns related to Sprint's wireless and wireline o...
• Aixtron shake-up aims for LED equipment top spot23 May 2013, 12:23 pm
  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Aixtron's new chief executive laid out a strategy focused on returning to profit and wrestling back leadership of the global market for LED chip-making equipment from U.S. rival Veeco Instruments. The German company swung from a profit in 2011 to a net loss of 103.2 million euros ($132.9 million) last year as orders from customers making light-emitting diode (LED) chips for televisions and lighting equipment dried up. ......
• The Art and Science of the Diagram: Communicating the Knowledge of the Heavens, the Earth and the Arcane, Final Part23 May 2013, 12:23 pm
  The Art and Science of the Diagram: Communicating the Knowledge of the Heavens, the Earth and the Arcane, Final Part...
• New Android apps worth downloading: Gravy - local events, CallSnap, Sonic the Hedgehog23 May 2013, 12:18 pm
  Need help finding things to do? Grab Gravy, today's first app worth downloading, and find local events and all the information you need to plan to attend them. We've also got CallSnap, an app that lets you respond to a call you can't take by snapping and sending a photo. Finally, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sega's classic high-speed platformer, has finally come to Android for your old-school gaming approval....
• Apple’s iWatch reportedly won’t launch until late next year23 May 2013, 12:05 pm
  Apple’s had previously been rumored to be reading its “iWatch” smart watch for a late 2013 launch, however a new report suggests the device won’t launch until late 2014. In what reeked of a controlled leak earlier this year, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg all issued exclusive reports on the iWatch within days of each other. Details were scarce at the time, but Apple reportedly had a team of more than 100 people working on the smart watch, which it hoped to deb...

Tech | TIME.com

• Jennifer Lopez to Open Cellphone Stores23 May 2013, 1:18 pm
  NEW YORK (AP) — “Jenny from the Block” wants the block to buy Verizon phones from her. Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez on Wednesday announced she’s opening a chain of 15 cellphone stores and a website under the Viva Movil brand. The aim is to sell Verizon phones and services to Latinos. The first store will open in New York on June 15, with others following in Los Angeles and Miami. The stores will have bilingual staff and provide a “culturally relevant shopping e...
• Google X: A Secret Lab for Moonshots and More23 May 2013, 1:14 pm
  Businessweek’s Brad Stone details Google X, the search giant’s secret lab that’s “home to the self-driving car initiative and the Internet-connected eyeglasses, Google Glass, among other improbable projects.” Inside Google’s Secret Lab [Businessweek]...
• Mailbox: Still Beautiful, Still Clever, Now on the iPad23 May 2013, 12:00 pm
  Lots of nifty new iPhone apps are instantly greeted by enthusiastic throngs of users, but when an e-mail app called Mailbox debuted in February, being excited over its arrival became a particular obsession in iPhone nation. Its creators put prospective users into a reservation queue that grew enormous, helping to reduce the strain on its servers while also stoking demand even further. I wasn’t startled by the rapturous reception: Mailbox is a beautifully-designed piece of software with cl...
• Twitter Adds Security Measure to Logins23 May 2013, 11:59 am
  NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter is adding an extra security measure to users’ accounts in an effort to prevent unauthorized logins. Twitter said in a blog post Wednesday that users will be able to enroll in a login verification program. For those who sign up, Twitter will send a six-digit code using a text message each time they sign in to Twitter.com. Besides their username and password, users will have to enter the code as well to log in. Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. alre...
• The Making of ‘The Mystery of Minecraft’23 May 2013, 11:17 am
  Most of the time, my job involves me telling my TIME overlords what I want to write about, and then writing it. It is, as I’m quick to tell anyone who asks, a sweet gig. Every so often, however, said overlords come to me with an idea. Oftentimes, those assignments turn out to be among the most enjoyable ones to tackle. And never more so than in the case of “The Mystery of Minecraft,” a story on the phenomenally popular block-building video game in our new print issue, arriving ...
• Surviving Minecraft: 9 Easy Steps to Get Started23 May 2013, 11:17 am
  Much of Minecraft‘s fun comes from exploring, building and discovering things on your own. It’s like a set of LEGOs, except Minecraft only provides the most rudimentary guidelines. To help out with your first day in Minecraft’s pixelated wilderness, here are some steps to follow. You should be able to get all the essentials done before the sun goes down and the monsters come out. Of course, you don’t have to follow these instructions right away. Spend some time running ar...
• The 15 Best Minecraft Creations (and Wildest Destinations)23 May 2013, 11:10 am
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• 4 Ways Minecraft Hasn’t Actually Changed Gaming23 May 2013, 11:02 am
  The objective seemed simple enough: Come up with a list of ways in which Minecraft has changed the video game industry. For a game so often hailed as one of the best ever, with more than 20 million copies sold, I figured the signs of Minecraft’s influence would be easy to rattle off. But the more I considered it, the more I felt the opposite way. Certainly, Minecraft has resonated with players, who’ve spent countless hours letting their creativity run wild within the game’s pro...
• Survival of the Blockiest23 May 2013, 10:55 am
  In Minecraft’s aptly named Survival Mode, players must find shelter, feed themselves and fend off monsters. But they start by mining blocks, the basic building elements that can be assembled into tools, weapons, structures, crops and even livestock. Illustrations by Ole Ostring for TIME; Steve’s World: Mojang Click here to read editor-at-large Harry McCracken’s full magazine story on The Mystery of Minecraft — including an in-depth trip to the developer’s headquarters in Sw...
• The Xbox One Is All-New — But Familiar, Too22 May 2013, 8:00 pm
  New game consoles don’t exactly come along every week. Microsoft unveiled its current one, the Xbox 360, back on May 12, 2005 — an era when the newest version of Windows was XP, almost all forms of gadget input involved clacky little buttons and the fastest way to get Netflix into your living room involved a red envelope and the U.S. postal system. In the eight years since that announcement, the Xbox 360 has evolved — a lot. Microsoft has reworked its user interface repeatedly ...
• Xbox One Raises the Burden of Privacy Safeguards: 5 Questions for Microsoft22 May 2013, 4:40 pm
  Some things you take for granted, like the fact that in Star Trek, there’s a computer that’s always listening, always observing, always standing by cataloging data. Who owns that data? Where’s it stored? Who determines how it’s used? Who knows. The shows chose to slide by those questions and focus on others. The holodeck was creepy because, whoops, maybe you’d get trapped, or addicted, or its fictional denizens might inexplicably come to life, not because the com...
• Finally: DVDs That Smell Like Pizza After You’re Done Watching Them22 May 2013, 2:51 pm
  Tell you what: Why doesn’t everyone take the rest of the week off (take Monday off, too, if you’re not American) and let’s all meet back here on Tuesday. Why? Because innovation as we know it has reached its apex. There’s no sense in trying to outdo DVD rentals with magical, odorous ink that heats up as the disc is spinning and smells like pizza when all is said and done. Oh, and the ink also turns into an ad for Domino’s. Domino’s sells pizza. It’s not ...

Sci/Tech - Google News

• Xbox One Promises to Change How We Watch TV (But So Did the Wii U) - PC Magazine23 May 2013, 2:18 pm
  Telegraph.co.ukXbox One Promises to Change How We Watch TV (But So Did the Wii U)PC MagazineThe Xbox One will let you watch TV! Well, you probably can already watch TV, but the Xbox One will let you watch TV better! At least, that's what Microsoft claims about its new game system. It's almost revolutionary, adding a full program guide and television ...Xbox One: should TV broadcasters be afraid?The GuardianXbox One: gamer backlash over 'fee' for pre-owned titlesTelegraph.co.ukHar...
• Twitter Two-Factor Security Combats Takeovers - InformationWeek23 May 2013, 2:16 pm
  LivemintTwitter Two-Factor Security Combats TakeoversInformationWeekAuthentication measure comes in wake of Syrian Electronic Army account hacks, further security steps coming. Start The Discussion. Tweet; Mail Mail; Print Print · Mathew J. Schwartz | May 23, 2013 10:13 AM. The Syrian Electronic Army: 9 Things We Know ...Twitter launches two-factor authenticationUSA TODAYHow to turn on Twitter's new security feature — and why you shouldWashington Post (blog)Twitter Releases New Auth...
• Samsung Touts Galaxy S 4's Quick Rise - InformationWeek23 May 2013, 1:33 pm
  Indian ExpressSamsung Touts Galaxy S 4's Quick RiseInformationWeekSamsung's Galaxy S 4 is its fastest-shipping smartphone, the company says. HTC's One also moving briskly. Start The Discussion · Tweet; Mail Mail; Print Print · Eric Zeman | May 23, 2013 09:32 AM. Samsung Galaxy S 4: 11 Clever Tricks. (click image for ...Samsung Galaxy S 4 officially reaches 10 million sales milestoneMobile BurnSamsung touts 10M sales figure for Galaxy S4CNETSamsung sells over 10 million ...
• Mailbox Comes to iPad - Mashable23 May 2013, 1:10 pm
  Apple InsiderMailbox Comes to iPadMashableLike the iPhone app, the iPad version of Mailbox lets users schedule incoming messages to read later and sort into different lists, such as "To Buy" and "To Watch," with simple gestures. In this way, the app is intended to help users perform "triage" on their ...Superhyped email app Mailbox comes to iPad, and, eventually, AndroidVentureBeatGmail service Mailbox redesigns app with iPad in mindCNETMailbox for iOS gains native ...
• Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Review: Titan's Baby Brother Is Born - Tom's Hardware Guide23 May 2013, 1:07 pm
  MCVNvidia GeForce GTX 780 Review: Titan's Baby Brother Is BornTom's Hardware GuideAt $1,000, GeForce GTX Titan only made sense for folks building small form factor PCs and multi-GPU powerhouses. Now there's another option with every bit of panache, a slightly de-tuned GPU, and a price tag $350 lower: meet Nvidia's GeForce GTX 780.Maingear Now Offering GeForce GTX 780 Graphics Cards in Gaming RigsHot HardwareNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 SLI ReviewBenchmark ReviewsNvidia launches the new GeF...
• AMD Releases New Temash, Kabini, and Richland APUs - PC Magazine23 May 2013, 12:06 pm
  LAPTOP MagazineAMD Releases New Temash, Kabini, and Richland APUsPC MagazineAMD today announced the availability a new set of dual- and quad-core processors for the so-called convergence form factors between mobile OS tablets and Windows-based, high-end performance notebooks. The APUs are code named Temash, Kabini, ...AMD reveals next-gen mobile CPUs, claims unprecedented graphics performancePCWorldAMD's last and only hope: Low-power Kabini, Temash are ready for actionExtremeTechAMD details ...
• Microsoft Makes Fun Of The iPad In Its Best Windows 8 Ad Yet - Business Insider Australia23 May 2013, 12:22 am
  Microsoft Makes Fun Of The iPad In Its Best Windows 8 Ad YetBusiness Insider AustraliaMicrosoft is taking the fight right to Apple and the iPad in a new commercial. In the spot, embedded below, Microsoft uses Apple's Siri to highlight things that the iPad can not do that a Windows 8 tablet can do. Interestingly, it's not an ad for Microsoft's Surface ...and more »...
• The HTC First failed for the same reasons as Microsoft's Kin - IntoMobile22 May 2013, 8:33 pm
  The HTC First failed for the same reasons as Microsoft's KinIntoMobileWhen people talk about the HTC First and why it could have flopped, most resort to just blaming Facebook Home for lacking features or being too tied in to the Facebook ecosystem. These are both fair arguments, I suppose. Facebook Home did strip away a ...and more »...
• Jennifer Lopez and Verizon Launch Mobile Stores for Latinos - Mashable22 May 2013, 7:41 pm
  IBNLiveJennifer Lopez and Verizon Launch Mobile Stores for LatinosMashableLAS VEGAS — Jennifer Lopez unexpectedly took the stage at a Verizon Wireless press conference Wednesday to talk about Latinos and wireless service. “As modern Latinos we do things differently, including how we shop for mobile devices,” said Lopez.Verizon partners with Jennifer Lopez-backed Viva MovilVatorNewsVerizon calls in J-Lo to announce Viva Movil, a phone retailer with a Latino focusThe VergeJ.Lo to Help Verizo...
• Inside Google's Secret Lab - Businessweek22 May 2013, 6:01 pm
  Business Insider AustraliaInside Google's Secret LabBusinessweekLast February, Astro Teller, the director of Google's (GOOG) secretive research lab, Google X, went to seek approval from Chief Executive Officer Larry Page for an unlikely acquisition. Teller was proposing that Google buy Makani Power, a startup that ...Google X Acquires Makani Power And Its Airborne Wind TurbinesTechCrunchGoogle Acquires Makani PowerZacks.comGoogle acquires kite-power generatorBBC NewsSlashGear -GigaO...

TechNewsDaily.com

• Making Good Neighbors: New App Links Locals23 May 2013, 1:12 pm
  Nextdoor launches for iPhone and iPad, letting neighbors instantly communicate....
• Need That IM to Disappear? Try OTR22 May 2013, 9:56 pm
  Like a Snapchat for workers, new browser plugin lets users send text and picture instant messages that disappear....
• Why Don't We Have Space Elevators Yet?22 May 2013, 9:44 pm
  There's just one thing keeping space elevators from existence....
• The Cold-Hearted Truth About Women, Dating and Breakups22 May 2013, 9:26 pm
  A new survey shows technology is fueling the heartless inclinations of single women when it comes to dating and relationships....
• Is Your Tumblr Smut Safe From Yahoo?22 May 2013, 8:58 pm
  If it's written or drawn, is it still porn?...
• Console Gaming Is Dying — and Microsoft Knows It22 May 2013, 8:34 pm
  The Xbox One doesn't focus much on games, and that might be the future of console gaming....
• Google Maps Gets a 'Face-Lift'22 May 2013, 7:34 pm
  Google Faces finds unexpected faces on the earth's surface...
• How Solar Storms and Nukes Threaten the Power Grid22 May 2013, 6:42 pm
  If the sun doesn't get us, then the nuclear air bursts will....
• Chrome Update Lets You Speak to Google22 May 2013, 5:03 pm
  Google Chrome 27 fixes security vulnerabilities and lets you query Google with your voice....
• Are Google Glass Privacy Concerns Overblown?22 May 2013, 4:53 pm
  Similar worries could easily be applied to ordinary smartphones, one early adopter says....
• How Tumblr for Google Glass Could Aid Yahoo's Future22 May 2013, 4:42 pm
  We consider the Tumblr service for Google Glass with fresh eyes in light of Yahoo's recent acquisition....
• Augmented-Reality Glasses: Startup’s Vision Could Change Gaming22 May 2013, 3:13 pm
  Here’s how one startup's vision of augmented reality will make gaming more social....

IdeaConnection :: Inventions & Innovations

• Self-Curing Sugru is a Quick Fix Putty21 May 2013, 10:47 pm
  Apply a quick fix to a power cord, seal a leaky shoe or send a camera into space with sugru, a self-setting rubber that can be molded by hand and cured overnight. Sugru is shipped and stored in an airtight package, and remains soft for about 30 minutes once it has been removed. It can stick to many items, including glass, wood, steel and some plastics, and will cure to a tough yet flexible silicon overnight. Because it remains flexible, sugru can be used to repair items that require some bend. ...
• Baker Stove Saves Wood and Lives21 May 2013, 10:27 pm
  The Baker Stove was designed for the women of the developing world, providing them an energy efficient cookstove that can be incorporated into their cooking traditions. Most women in the developing world cook on a “three-stone fire,” a sort of tripod of large stones supporting a pot over a fire. The designers of the Baker Stove took this into account, creating a stove made of recycled aluminum that requires one-third the wood of an open fire and produces 56 percent less carbon monoxide emis...
• PediPower Shoe-Mounted Energy Harvester21 May 2013, 9:58 pm
  Take a different kind of power walk in the student-designed PediPower shoes, a prototype device that uses motion to generate and store energy. The PediPower was developed by a team at Rice University in response to a challenge to create a device that generates energy from human activity. It fits on the heel of the shoe, where the team determined the force of gravity is generally the greatest, and features an arm attached to a gearbox that drives a motor. As the arm hits the ground (ahead of the...
• Windcatcher Airpad System Amplifies Lung Power21 May 2013, 9:35 pm
  The Windcatcher System may be the fastest inflating air pad in the world, with no pumping or power required. Currently seeking funding on Kickstarter, the Windcatcher is designed with a large, open mouth on one end and valve that attaches to the Air Pad on the other. As the user blows into the mouth of Windcatcher, they create a stream of low pressure, fast moving air that attracts high pressure air and pulls it into the mattress, inflating it quickly. The Air Pad is made of sturdy Ripstop poly...
• Laser System Offers Safer Alternative to Cranial Drills21 May 2013, 9:11 pm
  A new system promises to bring brain surgery into the present, replacing the hand-cranked drill and saw with a laser beam. In the event of a stroke, doctors are often forced to open up the cranial vault in order to relieve pressure on the brain. This is usually accomplished mechanically, with a trephine—a risky operation that can inadvertently cause meningitis or death. The new system, from a team at Fraunhofer Institute, uses advanced micro mirrors developed by the team and a femto-second ...
• Microfluidic Fabric will not Absorb Sweat21 May 2013, 8:53 pm
  Inspired by the recent “lab on a chip” devices, researchers have developed a non-wetting fabric that will not absorb sweat. The fabric, created by a team at UC Davis, is made up of a pattern of water-attracting threads stitched into a water-resistant fabric. By carefully planning the placement of the threads, the team was able to create a pattern that draws the water from the fabric and moves it along the threads until it is expelled to a specified loctation. The fabric, which is also bre...
• Strawscraper Harnesses the Wind with Hairy Facade21 May 2013, 8:37 pm
  The cuddly Strawscraper concept draws its power by harnessing the energy of the wind with its thousands of long straws. Envisioned as incorporated into the structure of an existing building in Stockholm, Sweden, the façade design consists of straws made of a composite material with piezoelectric properties. The straws would begin swaying even in a light breeze, allowing the system to function at very low wind speeds, and the energy generated ccould be saved for later use. In addition, the ge...
• Building Bone from Clay21 May 2013, 8:14 pm
  The discovery that layered clay can stimulate stem cells to become bone cells could lead to a new generation of tissue engineering. A team from Brigham and Women’s Hospital is being credited as the first to report that synthetic silicate nanoplatelets can induce stem cells to change into bone cells without requiring any other bone-inducing factors. Based on initial studies, the study’s first author Akhilesh Gaharwar believes the nanoplatelets could be used to create “… injectable tiss...
• Magnetism-Based Helmet Detects Brain Injuries21 May 2013, 7:15 pm
  A prototype helmet that uses magnetism to detect brain bleeding or swelling could lead to a new way to quickly check a person for brain injuries. The helmet prototype features a small coil that generates a magnetic field above the victim’s head. A second coil sitting just above the ears then detects the magnetic field as it is induced in the brain, which allows the medical team to identify alterations in the magnetic field’s phase. These alterations can be caused by liquid, such as blood, ...
• Water Purifying Nanoscavengers21 May 2013, 6:50 pm
  Stanford researchers have developed a nanoscavenger able to purify and desalinate water and then be removed magnetically. Certain materials, such as silver or titanium dioxide, act as antibiotics or attractants for heavy metals in water. Engineers have been designing nanoparticles made of these materials for their use as water purifiers, but have been stymied by the difficulty of removing these nanoscavengers from the water once their task is complete. The team from Stanford addressed this pro...
• Golf Shot Distance App21 May 2013, 2:26 am
  Now you can see the distance in yards of any drive or golf shot with pinpoint accuracy. This app will give you your shot distance by displaying it on the screen and speaking it out loud to you. Just simply push the "Initial Ball Location" button when you are at the tee or in the fairway, take your shot, and then push the "Calculate Shot Distance" button when you reach your ball....
• Creating Paper Circuits19 May 2013, 8:25 pm
  Researchers have developed a way to turn ordinary paper into conductive graphite, opening the door to a new generation of electronic components house in inexpensive, everyday objects. The team, from the Max Planck Institute, was able to selectively change the cellulose of the paper into conductive graphite using an ordinary inkjet printer loaded with a cartridge of an iron nitrate catalyst. The designs were printed on regular paper, which was then heated to 1,472°F in an oxygen-free environmen...

Phys.org: Hi Tech & Innovation News

• With high-tech guns, users could disable remotely21 May 2013, 11:00 pm
  A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a cellphone controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved—and disable it remotely....
• Game system castAR debuts at Maker Faire21 May 2013, 5:30 pm
  (Phys.org) —Two tech talents, formerly employees at video game publisher Valve, have been working on their own vision in the form of game-ready glasses. Their company, Technical Illusions, will seek to commercialize their technology, being introduced to gaming fans as castAR, a projected augmented reality (AR) game system. The system features a pair 3-D AR glasses. The two creators are Jeri Ellsworth, former Valve hardware engineer, and programmer Rick Johnson. They belong to a corps of invent...
• Researchers build curved insect-sized artificial compound eye (w/ video)21 May 2013, 2:11 pm
  (Phys.org) —A team of European researchers working at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland has created an artificial compound eye that is comparable to those in insects such as the fruit fly. In their paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team describes how they overcame the problem of accurately aligning photoreceptors and other optical components on a curved surface by using stacked layers of microelectronics....
• China police billions spell profit opportunity19 May 2013, 2:40 pm
  Mannequins in riot gear, armoured cars and drones line a police equipment and "anti-terrorism technology" trade fair in Beijing as vendors seek to profit from China's huge internal security budget....
• Meta glasses to place virtual reality worlds at fingertips (w/ Video)18 May 2013, 4:50 pm
  (Phys.org) —Yawn. Two startup visionaries claim they have just the device to replace keyboard and mouse forever and ever. Where have you heard that before. But maybe these two have something important. Meron Gribetz, the startup founder and CEO and Ben Sand, the co-pilot and evangelist, are behind something called the Meta wearable computer headset, which consists of stereoscopic glasses and camera. It's the way computers always should have been: wearable, viewed through both eyes, and directl...
• Technology for editing 3-D photos developed17 May 2013, 2:10 pm
  Taking pictures with 3D cameras may start catching on thanks to an innovation by Brigham Young University computer scientists and developers at Adobe....
• Software makers get face time with Google glasses16 May 2013, 9:10 am
  Google Glass was a common sight as software savants shared visions of games, weather reports, news and more delivered to the Internet-linked eyewear....
• Smarty pants: Wearable electronics will recharge your life15 May 2013, 2:30 pm
  Imagine having a wafer-thin touchscreen on your sleeve which, like a scene out of a Philip K. Dick novel, gives you all the functionality of a smartphone without the awkwardness of a cumbersome battery....
• Badminton-playing robot tests software designs of the future15 May 2013, 2:06 pm
  The drive to decrease the ecological impact of production machines is leading manufactures to focus on novel ways to incorporate energy efficiency in the designing of new products. One answer is the first-ever badminton playing robot - designed to test a software application that optimises energy efficiency in machine design....
• Phone camera app with audio cues clicks with blind13 May 2013, 10:40 pm
  (Phys.org) —Picture-taking is not a comfortable subject for those with vision impairments or who are blind. Having a resume-type photo for an online bio page or sharing a photo of a trip with friends are activities that are not easy to come by for those with impaired vision. Researchers at the University of California at Santa Cruz want to enable people with such problems to independently and successfully use their smartphone cameras to not only take but share photos. They have come up with an...
• The mobile telephones of the future9 May 2013, 1:20 pm
  The mobile telephones of the future will be able to see, shrink while becoming larger, and slip into their users' skins. That terse statement summarizes the recently released results of a thorough look at the next ten to fifteen years of mobile telephony by the Technische Universität Darmstadt's "Future Internet" research cluster....
• Professor weighs benefit vs. risk of facial recognition technology9 May 2013, 11:30 am
  (Phys.org) —Many states are using the technology to scan driver's licenses to prevent identity fraud. It led to the arrest of a suspected arsonist in New York. And while facial recognition technology could not identify the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, police used the software in their search....

Autoweek - Car News Feed

• One Lap of the Web: Humvees, abandoned Ferraris and a Volvo collection: Automotive goodness from all corners of the Internet23 May 2013, 2:24 pm
  We spend a lot of time on the Internet -- pretty much whenever we're not driving, writing about or working on cars....
• Ford to cut Australian manufacturing in 2016: High costs, a fragmented market, and the Australian dollar have forced Ford's hand23 May 2013, 2:00 pm
  Ford Motor Co., saddled with high costs, falling sales and financial losses, will close Australian car and engine assembly plants in October 2016 after almost nine decades of manufacturing in the country....
• The Wolverine Model L will relieve you of your transportation worries: 1920s vintage truck ad raises more questions than it answers23 May 2013, 2:00 pm
  Here's a rarity: a brochure for the little-known American Commercial Car Co. Model L Wolverine truck. We're not too sure of the date on this bit of automotive ephemera, but we're estimating somewhere around 1920....
• 'Fast and Furious 6' drive review: OMG! OMG! OMG! 'Fast 6' opens Friday!!!!23 May 2013, 9:30 am
  West Coast Editor Mark Vaughn: The lesson here? Always order the sunroof option on whatever car you buy because you never know when you'll need to leap into it from a moving Antonov An-124 in order to escape the international criminal......
• Tesla Pays off its government loans: EV maker is now free and clear23 May 2013, 9:30 am
  Tesla paid off the last of its $465 million government loans May 22, nine years ahead of schedule, thus outperforming most U.S....
• 2014 Chevy Spark EV priced at $27,500: Spark EV price places it just below competitors23 May 2013, 9:30 am
  The...
• Leh Keen bullies the Nürburgring in the rain: Helmet cam video shows rain, darkness and the 'Ring at 150 mph22 May 2013, 9:21 pm
  Leh Keen and the Farnbacher Racing team may have only completed 20 of the 24 Hours of Nürburgring race over the weekend, but they gave us the best and scariest visual of the event by far....
• This week in 1968: Lola T-160 unveiled ahead of Can-Am season: Looking back at Autoweek's May 25, 1968 issue22 May 2013, 8:34 pm
  The Lola T-160 was first introduced to the public as a quarter-scale fiberglass model at a 1968 United States Road Racing Championship race....
• Explore the Villa Erba auction lineup: Ferraris, Bugattis and Rivas, oh my: The cheapest way to enjoy the Lake Como sale is via your computer22 May 2013, 7:20 pm
  We were stunned when the RM Auctions Villa Erba catalog thudded down on our desk a few weeks ago: The beautifully photographed, info-packed, 300-page tome --meant to entice well-heeled enthusiasts to the May 25 auction on the shores of Italy's Lake......
• Fisker has potential buyers in line: Bob Lutz's company and Wanxiang Group looking to take control of hybrid automaker22 May 2013, 7:09 pm
  VL Automotive and Chinese Investment Group Wanxiang are looking to buy troubled automotive manufacturer Fisker. Maker of the curvaceous...
• Lotus takes the top off Exige S: Roadster not coming to the United States22 May 2013, 4:45 pm
  Lotus is adding an Exige S Roadster to its lineup, based on the new Exige we saw at the Frankfurt auto show. Unfortunately the road-car version will not come to the United States....
• Jaguar design through the eyes of art students: F-Type artwork unveiled at Clerkenwell Design Week22 May 2013, 3:45 pm
  London's Clerkenwell Design Week runs from May 21-23, serving as the United Kingdom's leading independent design festival....

Autopia

• Driving Volkswagen’s 261-MPG Diesel-Electric Supercar Spacepod23 May 2013, 1:30 pm
  It's time to redefine the supercar, and the 261 MPG Volkswagen XL1 is the first draft in a new history of uber-capable machines....
• Tesla Pays Off All $465M in Federal Loans 9 Years Early22 May 2013, 9:36 pm
  Tesla haters just lost another quiver in their dwindling arsenal. The upstart electric automaker has paid off the entirety of its Department of Energy loan -- a whopping $451.8M -- and did it nine years ahead of schedule....
• Electrified, Student-Built Karmann Ghia Runs on Tweets21 May 2013, 6:45 pm
  A group of Kansas City high school students and their mentors have electrified a Karmann Ghia, modifying it so that it will only run when it gets mentioned in social media. If that sounds like a publicity stunt, that's because ......
• Aston Martin Celebrates 100 Years With 180 MPH Roofless Concept20 May 2013, 5:52 pm
  Birthdays call for celebrations. And when you hit 100 years, you deserve something special. That's exactly what Aston Martin created to commemorate its centenary with the CC100 Speedster....
• Prius of the Sea: Danish Firm Preps Launch of World’s Biggest Hybrid Ferry16 May 2013, 6:10 pm
  A Danish ferry operator has begun converting a diesel-electric ship into a diesel-electric hybrid. When it’s done, it will be the world’s largest hybrid passenger ferry. Scandlines commissioned the retrofit of the Prinsesse Benedikte, a ship that can carry 300 ......
• ‘Dream Chaser’ Spacecraft Arrives at NASA to Begin Flight Tests15 May 2013, 10:41 pm
  Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser spacecraft is being prepared for its first test flights. The lifting body vehicle arrived at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in southern California today where it will be put back together and begin flight testing ......
• Airbus Pulls Covers Off New Composite Airliner14 May 2013, 11:25 pm
  Airbus pulled its newest airliner, the A350 XWB, out of the paint booth this week and may well be the big story at the upcoming Paris Air Show....
• ‘The Egoist’ Is Proof Lamborghini Has Lost Its Mind13 May 2013, 8:02 pm
  The crew from Sant'Agata has lost its collective mind. There's no other explanation for the Lamborghini Egoista concept....
• Take a Look Inside the First Steer-by-Wire Car13 May 2013, 1:30 pm
  Steering wheels, watch your backs. This summer will see the world's first production steer-by-wire car -- the steering wheel talks to a computer, and the computer talks to the wheels. Here's a breakdown of the new system....
• After 3 Decades of Service, Amtrak’s Aging Locomotives Get High-Efficiency Replacements13 May 2013, 12:16 pm
  Amtrak passengers along the Northeast Corridor and in Pennsylvania will start seeing new hardware up front, with brand new locomotives replacing ones that are between 25 and 35 years old....

ABR - News

• Hyundai Motors to build new R&D facility in Germany23 May 2013, 12:50 pm
  South Korean automaker Hyundai Motors is planning to invest GBP4.7m to construct a new research and development (R&D) facility at the Nurburgring in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....
• Van-Rob Manchester to expand automotive parts facility in US23 May 2013, 12:44 pm
  US based automotive parts supplier Van-Rob Manchester will expand its Coffee County facility in the US with an investment of about $16.8m....
• Renault to invest EUR420m to renovate vehicle assembly plant in France23 May 2013, 12:43 pm
  French automobile manufacturer Renault will invest about EUR420m for the renovation of its Georges Besse vehicle assembly plant in Douai....
• BYD unveils first rapid transit electric bus in Uruguay23 May 2013, 12:41 pm
  BUQUEBUS and CTS Auto in collaboration with the Chinese automaker, Build Your Dreams (BYD) has unveiled the first rapid transit electric bus in Uruguay, South America....
• Ford to increase capacity at North American plants23 May 2013, 5:38 am
  US carmaker Ford Motors will increase the production capacity at its North American facilities by 200,000 units per year, which adds to earlier capacity rise by 400,000 units in 2012....
• Tata Motors launches new Vista D90 in Nepal22 May 2013, 1:33 pm
  Indian automobile manufacturer Tata Motors has launched the new Vista D90 hatchback in Nepal that is powered by Quadrajet diesel engine with variable geometry turbocharger (VGT) technology....
• Renault unveils Megane RS Red Bull Racing RB822 May 2013, 1:32 pm
  French automobile manufacturer Renault has introduced the new Megane RS Red Bull Racing RB8 limited edition with the Red Bull Racing....
• Penske Truck Leasing opens new facility in US22 May 2013, 1:31 pm
  Penske Truck Leasing has opened a new truck rental, leasing and maintenance facility in Phoenix, US that has a worth of $6m....
• ThyssenKrupp Tailored Blanks, Novelis to make aluminum blanks for automotives22 May 2013, 12:35 pm
  Manufacturer of automotive parts, ThyssenKrupp Tailored Blanks has signed a cooperation deal with the Novelis for developing designed aluminum blanks....
• Mitsubishi to launch new Attrage sedan in Thailand22 May 2013, 5:25 am
  Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi will launch its new Attrage sedan in Thailand in July 2013, which was unveiled as the G4 sedan concept at the Bangkok International Motor Show in March and the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2013....
• BMW introduces revamped M5 sedan21 May 2013, 3:21 pm
  German carmaker BMW has introduced the revamped 2014 M5 sedan, incorporating features that are aimed at improving the driving experience....
• European car sales up 2% in April21 May 2013, 12:45 pm
  Car sales in the Europe increased 2% in April compared to corresponding month last year while year-to-date sales declined by 7.1%, according to JATO Dynamics....

Automotive News Breaking News Feed

• Chrysler reaches deal making Santander preferred lender in U.S.6 February 2013, 6:04 pm
  Chrysler Group agreed to make a U.S. unit of Banco Santander SA its preferred provider for auto loans, replacing Ally Financial....
• Penske Q4 and year-end results driven by acquisitions, retail sales6 February 2013, 4:51 pm
  Penske Automotive Group said fourth-quarter net income rose slightly to $48.6 million, from $47.7million in the fourth quarter of 2011. Penske's net income for 2012 rose to $186 million, up 5 percent from $177 million in 2011....
• VW's Piech says automaker may add a 13th brand6 February 2013, 2:19 pm
  Volkswagen Chairman Ferdinand Piech indicated that the automaker plans to add at least one brand to the current lineup as part of a strategy to claim the industry's top spot by 2018....
• Google, regulators at odds over timing of self-driving cars6 February 2013, 1:04 pm
  Google sees self-driving cars being available to consumers in three to five years. Regulators and the insurance industry aren't so sure it can happen that quickly. States may have to decide how to license machines rather than people....
• Mazda, Subaru hike profit outlook as yen weakens6 February 2013, 12:48 pm
  Mazda and Subaru are in the best position to benefit from the weakening yen, raising their earnings forecasts today as exported goods generate more cash....
• Toyota suppliers: Weaker yen means more price cuts unlikely6 February 2013, 1:04 am
  Toyota suppliers said they expect the automaker will refrain from asking them to cut prices as a weakening yen boosts profit....
• GM again trims Malibu, LaCrosse output to ease excess5 February 2013, 8:08 pm
  GM has idled the main plant where it builds the Chevrolet Malibu and Buick LaCrosse for two weeks, the second time in two months that GM has curbed production of the sedans. GM will suspend work at its Fairfax plant in Kansas City, Kan....
• U.S. new car gas mileage at record high, study says5 February 2013, 7:01 pm
  New cars and trucks sold in the United States in January will average 24.5 miles per gallon of gasoline, a record high, researchers at the University of Michigan said on Tuesday....
• Chrysler takes patriotic road with popular Super Bowl ads5 February 2013, 3:48 pm
  Chrysler was once again one of the big winners in the Super Bowl ad battle, scoring with a military-themed spot narrated by Oprah Winfrey and another highlighting farmers that underscored the automaker's attempts to rehabilitate its image by playing......
• Chevrolet looks to GAZ to help it keep Russia lead5 February 2013, 2:00 pm
  GM is hoping its production alliance with Russia's GAZ Group will help Chevrolet remain the country's top-selling foreign brand....

ABC News: Travel

• Outrage Halts NYC 'Ghetto' Tours23 May 2013, 2:12 pm
  Bronx 'ghetto' tours stopped; angry residents say gritty community has survived its past    ...
• Fashion Bully, 11, Forced to Wear Thrift Shop Clothes23 May 2013, 1:58 pm
  The Utah woman who made headlines for forcing her stepdaughter to wear secondhand clothes as a punishment for bullying says she did it to teach the girl empathy. “She needed to know how inappropriate she was behaving,” Ally Olsen told “Good Morning America” special correspondent...    ...
• Paula Deen Museum in the Works22 May 2013, 4:39 pm
  Cork, Ireland, already has the butter museum.  But Albany, Ga., might soon have the next-best thing: The Paula Deen Museum. The Albany Herald reported that the love-her-or-love-to-hate-her Southern chef’s  museum would be housed in her childhood home. The venture has been led by B.J. Fletcher,...    ...
• Top 10 Most Popular BBQ Joints22 May 2013, 2:26 pm
  Foursquare looked at last summer's most popular barbecue joints nationwide and found the most popular establishments based on check-ins. If popularity is any indicator of deliciousness (and that's not always the case), make your plans to visit these 10 spots early.    ...
• Hotel Offers 24-Carat Gold iPads21 May 2013, 5:36 pm
  A  hotel that bills itself as the world’s most luxurious is giving guests the ultimate in over-the-top amenities: A 24-carat gold iPad at check in. Dubai’s Burj Al Arab hotel claims to be the first in the world to offer the iPads to guests. No, the iPad...    ...
• Photos: Top 11 Places to Kick Off Summer21 May 2013, 1:46 pm
  Top 11 Places to Kick Off Summer    ...
• Meet the Cronut: Croissant-Donut Hybrid Takes Pastry World by Storm20 May 2013, 8:19 pm
  Meet the cronut, the half-croissant and half-donut hybrid, which is taking New York and the pastry world by storm. “It has the shape of a donut. The dough is very similar to croissant dough,” pastry chef Domnique Ansel explained of his newest creation. “Back in...    ...
• Domino's Brazil Tests Smellvision in DVDs20 May 2013, 7:27 pm
  If you’re traveling in Brazil, pop in a DVD and find yourself crazing pizza, then Domino’s has you right where they want you. Domino’s independent franchisees in the South American country have partnered with an ad agency there to use DVDs embedded with the scent...    ...
• Portland, Oregon Things to Do: See This, Skip That20 May 2013, 5:37 pm
  Portland, Oregon's largest city, is easily one of the most attractive travel destinations in the Northwest. Here, environmentally consciousness reigns supreme, with a healthy bike culture, booming libations scene and varied arts movement drawing steady crowds. And here's more.    ...
• Is a Smelly Seatmate or Crying Baby Preferable In-Flight?20 May 2013, 5:23 pm
  If you had to choose, which would be preferable on a flight: Sitting next to a crying baby or a smelly adult? It’s not a choice anyone wants to make. And it’s probably not up to you anyway: Unless it’s your crying baby or your...    ...
• Social Media a New Stress for Moms Seeking Perfection20 May 2013, 2:17 pm
  Jennifer Bathgate, a mother of three boys, is called “Cake-zilla” by her husband. Bathgate’s elaborate, over-the-top cakes for her sons’ birthdays and celebrations have featured everything from Elmo to Cookie Monster to a soccer ball to a subway train to a “Star Wars” cake featuring...    ...
• Army Wife Surprises Husband With 96-Pound Weight Loss on His Return From Afghanistan20 May 2013, 12:00 pm
  Misty Shaffer has struggled with weight all her life. When her husband was deployed to Afghanistan for a year, the Leland, N.C., woman decided to use his absence to re-commit herself to losing weight so she could surprise him when he came home. In the...    ...

Travel news

• Viking to offer ocean cruises23 May 2013, 11:04 am
  Viking, the river cruising specialist, will offer ocean-going voyages for the first time later this year.    ...
• The first men on top of the world23 May 2013, 10:21 am
  These behind-the-scenes images offer a revealing look at the men who conquered Everest.    ...
• 'Tourism has devalued Everest'23 May 2013, 9:06 am
  Following new reports of overcrowding on Everest, mountaineer Stephen Venables explains why the peak has lost its allure.    ...
• New York 'ghetto' tour provokes outrage23 May 2013, 8:50 am
  A company offering tours of some of New York's more deprived districts has stopped the itineraries following complaints from residents and local politicians.    ...
• St Petersburg: the cats of the Hermitage23 May 2013, 8:06 am
  Teresa Levonian Cole meets some of the 74 cats that guard the Hermitage Museum's treasures from mice.    ...
• Original 'Middle Earth' artwork goes on display in Oxford23 May 2013, 7:00 am
  A new exhibition at the Bodleian Library in Oxford opens today, featuring unseen manuscripts by JRR Tolkien.    ...
• £54 Rome ice cream Britons given red carpet treatment in Eternal City22 May 2013, 3:41 pm
  Rome laid out the red carpet on Wednesday for four British tourists who were unexpectedly catapulted into the media spotlight after being charged £54 for four ice creams.    ...
• Quick end unlikely for yellow fever boosters22 May 2013, 10:57 am
  Despite the World Health Organisation declaring that a single yellow fever vaccine offers life-long immunity, travellers may need to keep taking their boosters for some time.    ...
• Yellow fever boosters may be here to stay22 May 2013, 10:57 am
  Despite the World Health Organisation declaring that a single yellow fever vaccine offers life-long immunity, travellers may need to keep taking their boosters for some time.    ...
• Blue flag beaches down in Britain22 May 2013, 10:25 am
  The number of British beaches awarded blue flags for cleanliness has dropped by a third on last year because of tougher new EU standards.    ...
• Zaha Hadid's Saudi Arabian metro station22 May 2013, 10:13 am
  Zaha Hadid's spectacular station will form the centrepiece of Riyadh's new metro system.    ...
• Blackpool is Britain's 'favourite' seaside town22 May 2013, 9:44 am
  Blackpool has been named Britain's most popular seaside resort, and London the world's third most popular city, by members of the website TripAdvisor.    ...

NYT > Travel

• T Magazine: Happenings | The Parties at the First Week of the Cannes Film Festival22 May 2013, 7:30 pm
  These were the places to be (and be seen) during the first half of the annual bash for movie lovers in the South of France.    ...
• In Transit Blog: Fees Take on New Altitude22 May 2013, 5:00 pm
  American air carriers took in more than $6 billion in fees from passengers in 2012, an increase of 3.8 percent for baggage and 7.3 for reservation changes over 2011.    ...
• Heads Up: Haiti, An Unlikely Location for Luxury22 May 2013, 4:36 pm
  Though Haiti remains a poor country, upscale hotels like the $15 million Best Western Premier are opening there.    ...
• Update : Luring Tourists Back to Greece22 May 2013, 4:35 pm
  A country still grappling with economic woes sees a flicker of optimism as travelers return.    ...
• In Transit Blog: Speeding Customs22 May 2013, 3:00 pm
  The Chicago O’Hare International Airport will be the first airport in the United States to implement Automated Passport Control, a new technology designed to expedite customs clearance.    ...
• Check In: Hotel Review: Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles21 May 2013, 9:05 pm
  This storied property, newly refurbished and reopened last year, is the latest player in this city’s lineup of stylish hotels that celebrate Hollywood glamour and history.    ...
• Bites: Restaurant Report: Bubbledogs in London21 May 2013, 9:04 pm
  The name of this unusual spot, opened by a married couple last summer, says it all.    ...
• Frugal Traveler Blog: Going Vegetarian in Tapas-Happy Barcelona21 May 2013, 9:04 pm
  It takes some digging, but beyond Iberian pork and octopus croquettes lies a vegetarian-friendly version of the Barcelona tapas crawl.    ...
• In Transit Blog: Where Do Chefs Eat? 3 Apps Tell You21 May 2013, 8:00 pm
  A spate of new mobile apps has eschewed peer reviews and star ratings, bypassing the masses for the experts: chefs themselves.    ...
• T Magazine: Checking In | Escape to Provence20 May 2013, 6:06 pm
  An 18th-century manor in the South of France has transformed into a luxurious 15-room hotel.    ...
• In Transit Blog: Walkabout – 5/20: Dreamliners Lift Off; Post-Sandy Beaches Surveyed20 May 2013, 3:54 pm
  A weekly capsule of travel news curated by our writers and editors.    ...
• T Magazine: Travel Essentials | The Fairgoer’s Guide to Venice’s Other Attractions20 May 2013, 2:52 pm
  Where to eat, drink and shop when you’re in town for the Venice Biennale.    ...

Breaking Travel News

• News: Leondakis: Social media remains vital to boutique hotel sector23 May 2013, 1:36 pm
  Social media offers a tremendous opportunity for the boutique hotel sector to compete with larger international chain hotels, according to Commune Hotels & Resorts chief executive, Niki Leondakis. Addressing delegates at the Boutique Hotel Summit 2013, Leondakis said: “Social media has grown to become one of the most important and levelling aspects of marketing today, offering the opportunity for boutique hotels to connect with their guests as never before.” ...
• News: JA Jebel Ali Golf Resort - an eco-friendly destination in Dubai23 May 2013, 11:16 am
  Green Globe has confirmed certification of the JA Jebel Ali Golf Resort in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Over the past few years this luxury resort has demonstrated leadership and innovation in the fields of operational efficiency and globally responsible practices on multiple levels. ...
• News: Flybe announces departure from London Gatwick Airport23 May 2013, 11:13 am
  Flybe has confirmed to the London Stock Exchange it has sold its arrival and departure slots at London Gatwick airport, thus bringing to an end its 22 year record of providing high-frequency air services from the UK regions to the airport. Flybe will continue to fly all its routes until the end of March 2014. ...
• News: Bombardier introduces new Challenger 350 aircraft23 May 2013, 7:52 am
  Bombardier Aerospace has expanded its Challenger family of business jets with the addition of the new Challenger 350 aircraft. Deliveries of the aircraft are expected to begin in 2014. ...
• News: Best Western moves into Myanmar with Yangon deal23 May 2013, 7:46 am
  Best Western has signed an agreement to take over the management of the Green Hill Hotel, a new property located in the heart of Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon. The 189-room Green Hill Hotel, which is only six months old, will now be operated by Best Western International under its mid-scale Best Western brand. ...
• News: Kayak Holidays gets UK launch23 May 2013, 7:37 am
  Travel comparison website, Kayak, today announces the launch of its innovative holiday search service, Kayak Holidays. Kayak Holidays combines a comprehensive product portfolio with an intelligent search engine, to provide package deals and separate flight/hotel booking options in one easy-to-use price comparison offering. ...
• News: Aegean Airlines to link Manchester to Athens with new flight23 May 2013, 7:30 am
  Aegean Airlines will begin operating a direct service between Manchester Airport and Athens International this Saturday. Aegean will connect Manchester Airport to Athens International airport with bi-weekly flights, on Saturdays and Mondays. ...
• Focus: W Residences attracts elite travellers to Doha23 May 2013, 7:27 am
  Inspiring, iconic, innovative and influential, the W Residences at W Doha Hotel & Residences offer the ultimate insider access, from the brand’s passion for fashion, music and design happenings to all of the hotel’s services and amenities that trend-setters have come to love. In 2013, the team, led by director Rony Sahyouni, reports strong success, owing to a raft of tempting new guest experiences designed to energise the day and inspire the night. ...
• News: flydubai launches flights to Salalah, Oman23 May 2013, 7:21 am
  flydubai began flights to Salalah, in the Sultanate of Oman, earlier bringing its operational network to 60 destinations. flydubai flight FZ039 touched down at Salalah Airport just hours before the airline began scheduled operations to Mattala, its second point in Sri Lanka, following a special flight in March on the opening day of Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport. ...
• News: New chief executive for AirAsia India23 May 2013, 6:59 am
  AirAsia India has appointed Mittu Chandilya as chief executive, effective June 1st 2013. Mittu has a unique mix of leadership experience ranging from a successful entrepreneurial start-up, to country, regional and global leadership roles within multinational organisations and finally to high-impact management consulting experience, said a statement from the company. ...
• News: Six Senses opens new spa at Pacific City Club, Bangkok23 May 2013, 6:53 am
  Six Senses has opened its first spa in Bangkok at the Pacific City Club on Sukhumvit Road. The Six Senses Spa at The Pacific City Club features three single treatment rooms and one for couples, a consultation room, a manicure and pedicure area, a nap room and a state-of-the-art fitness centre. ...
• News: Qatar Airways Cargo continues to expand operations23 May 2013, 6:43 am
  Qatar Airways Cargo has welcomed three new Airbus A330-200F freighter to its fleet of seven aircraft. The new A330’s have replaced three Airbus A300 freighters that the airline has phased out of the fleet to make way for the new state-of-the-art aircraft. ...

NYT > Arts

• ArtsBeat: Lea Michele of ‘Glee’ Lands Book Deal for ‘Brunette Ambition’23 May 2013, 1:30 pm
  Ms. Michele, who plays the overachieving Rachel Berry on “Glee,” will write a book called “Brunette Ambition,” which is described as being “part memoir, part how-to and part style-guide.”    ...
• Massimiliano Gioni, of Venice Biennale23 May 2013, 12:00 pm
  Massimiliano Gioni’s ambitious Venice Biennale art extravaganza opens this week.    ...
• Billy Crystal Returns to TV in FX Pilot23 May 2013, 4:16 am
  The sitcom, which is likely to have additional episodes produced, has Mr. Crystal playing a once-great comic who tries to revive his career.    ...
• Henri Dutilleux, Modernist Composer, Dies at 9723 May 2013, 4:14 am
  Mr. Dutilleux, between Olivier Messiaen and Pierre Boulez in age, was little affected by either.    ...
• The Zervos Picasso Catalog Is Resurrected23 May 2013, 3:36 am
  A legendary catalogue raisonné of Picasso’s works is being republished at a stratospheric price.    ...
• Mary Ward Brown, 95, Award-Winning Short Story Writer, Dies22 May 2013, 10:29 pm
  Ms. Brown resumed a literary career 25 years after putting it aside to run the family farm, producing award-winning short stories set in the Deep South.    ...
• Television Review: ‘Does Someone Have to Go?’ on Fox22 May 2013, 10:13 pm
  On “Does Someone Have to Go?,” a new reality series on Fox, employees at small companies decide to punish their colleagues with pay cuts, demotions or firings.    ...
• Scene City: Scene City | MoMA Garden Party22 May 2013, 10:12 pm
  The MoMA garden party put the artists and their benefactors on display.    ...
• Movie Review: ‘The Hangover Part III,’ With Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms22 May 2013, 10:02 pm
  Four of the unlikeliest on-the verge-of-middle-age buddies ever to join forces in search of adventure come together for the final edition of the “Hangover” trilogy.    ...
• Art Basel Hong Kong Opens on Thursday22 May 2013, 9:53 pm
  Art Basel Hong Kong, the newest outpost in its art-fair empire, opens on Thursday, leaving the local arts community both excited about their turn in the international spotlight and worried about losing a local flavor.    ...
• Dance Review: American Ballet Theater Presents ‘A Month in the Country’22 May 2013, 9:48 pm
  American Ballet Theater performed three exceptional classics on Tuesday night: “A Month in the Country,” “Symphony in C” and “Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes.”    ...
• Music Review: Wayne Horvitz and Royal Room Collective at the Stone22 May 2013, 9:46 pm
  Wayne Horvitz’s improvisations with the Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble on Tuesday night seemed a nod to his good friend Butch Morris’s methods.    ...

Art - Latest on the visual arts and exhibition reviews

• £23 million Constable painting saved for UK galleries23 May 2013, 11:20 am
  Constable's Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows, which he claimed was his best work, has been bought by Tate and regional galleries for British ownership.    ...
• Hotel art collections: masterpieces on show23 May 2013, 10:55 am
  Away from heaving public galleries, guests at luxury hotels have access to priceless collections of artworks by world-class artists.    ...
• A Period of Juvenile Prosperity, by Mike Brodie , review22 May 2013, 9:41 am
  Mike Brodie's compelling body of work documents journeys walking, hitchhiking and train-hopping across the United States.    ...
• Heavy metal with a political message from Ai Weiwei22 May 2013, 8:38 am
  The Chinese artist and political campaigner releases a music video for his heavy metal single Dumbass, which reconstructs the 81 days he spent detained by the authorities.    ...
• Bonhams face competition from Artnet Auctions20 May 2013, 4:48 pm
  Artnet Auctions will hold an African art sale this week to coincide with Bonhams', says Colin Gleadell.    ...
• Leonardo DiCaprio kicks off bumper sales20 May 2013, 4:44 pm
  The Great Gatsby star Leonardo DiCaprio excited bidders as New York's Christie's and Sotheby's battled it out during the world's richest series of auctions ever.    ...
• Uncommon Ground - Land Art in Britain 1966-1979, Southampton City Art Gallery, review20 May 2013, 4:26 pm
  Land Art in Britain proves quirkier than its American counterpart, finds Mark Hudson.    ...
• Michael Landy, Saints Alive, National Gallery, review20 May 2013, 1:29 pm
  This new sculpture exhibition fits seamlesslly into Michael Landy's extraordinary body of work, says Richard Dorment.    ...
• Edwyn Collins: My heroes and heroines20 May 2013, 11:15 am
  The Orange Juice frontman on the people who most inspire him.    ...
• Julian Trevelyan and Mary Fedden: a marriage that blazed with talent18 May 2013, 5:30 pm
  Our love of Fedden's art made us neglect the brilliant work of her husband, Julian Trevelyan, says Andrew Lambirth    ...
• The Red Balloon: haunted by a ghost town18 May 2013, 1:45 pm
  A beloved childrens' film, transplanted to a nuclear wasteland, bewitches Rupert Christiansen.    ...
• Viewfinder: 15 images from the arts, 17 May 201317 May 2013, 3:00 pm
  Daft Punk and Cannes Film Festival were among the people and events making the culture news this week.    ...

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• Still pushing the boat out: The Venice Art Biennale is the wackiest cultural show in the world22 May 2013, 11:00 pm
  Remember the paradise island of Tuvalu, the small Commonwealth territory where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge danced in native costumes during the Jubilee tour last year? Tavalu's entry for the Venice Art Biennale next week will see artist Vincent J F Huang raising awareness of the climate crisis engulfing the island with his massive oil pump interactive/slaughter machine. People fill up for "petrol" while simultaneously "guillotining" Barack Obama's head....
• Polly Morgan: The taxidermy artist talks llama rides, eyeball scarves and how to deal with despair18 May 2013, 11:00 pm
  Taxidermy is part butchery, part sculpture Once you peel back the skin and see the body beneath, there lies a whole new world. By knowing animals, I now know myself, how I am put together, and understand the lumps and bumps under my own skin. It's frightening to realise how fragile we are: it'd be so easy to chop a hand off now I know where to aim for....
• Portfolio: Jan Brykczynski18 May 2013, 11:00 pm
  Two hundred miles north of Reykjavik lies Arnes, an isolated region in Iceland's Western Fjords. It is populated by more than 2,700 sheep – and just 38 people....
• The Venice Biennale preview: Let the art games commence18 May 2013, 7:14 pm
  Ah, the Venice Biennale: the pop of prosecco corks, glittering light on water, beautiful people sailing down the Grand Canal. It happens every two years, right?...
• The Saturday miscellany: Feminist classics; Anna Wintour; Clerkenwell Design Week; Curiosity: Art and the Pleasures of Knowing; Louis Vuitton17 May 2013, 11:00 pm
  Culture clash: Feminist classics...
• The Fall: Same old Mark E Smith. But different...17 May 2013, 6:00 pm
  Mark E Smith and The Fall are one of the constant, cryptic undercurrents of English music. From Live at the Witch Trials, in 1978, through ballet with Michael Clark and Leigh Bowery in the Eighties to pioneering rock and electronica in the Nineties, near-collapse and rebirth in the 2000s, and now, with Re-Mit, the group's 30th studio release some 35 years later, no other band has reinvented itself along the same lines, album after album, and remained as fresh and challenging as The Fall. John ...
• Barfly offers a chance to catch new acts for nothing17 May 2013, 6:00 pm
  At London's Barfly, the indie-folk duo Slow Club played an intimate show to a crowd of ticket-winning fans. Next month, Kate Nash will take to the same stage for a similar free show. This is Beck's Live, a new monthly series of intimate gigs aiming to give a platform to up-and-coming UK acts to perform alongside more established names – and the tickets are free through the Facebook page. ...
• Pussy Riot: Putin-bashing, punk rock and politics make for a riotous mix17 May 2013, 6:00 pm
  It is more than a year since five members of feminist punk group Pussy Riot wearing brightly coloured balaclava masks staged a short and cacophonous performance in front of the altar of Moscow's Christ The Saviour Cathedral. Their impromptu gig (in February 2012) caused immediate outrage while becoming a worldwide media sensation in the process....
• Saoirse Ronan: Interview with the vampire17 May 2013, 6:00 pm
  Saoirse Ronan is stifling a giggle. The recording device has broken mid-interview, and Ronan, the Irish teen star of Atonement and The Lovely Bones, is merrily finding an alternative on my iPad, as she tries to suppress the smile of a teenager faced with the technological ineptitude of an older generation. “There you go,” she announces triumphantly in the Dublin drawl she has rarely used on screen. “That's grand.”...
• La Donna del Lago at the Royal Opera House: Starry cast all set to make waves17 May 2013, 6:00 pm
  Gioachino Rossini's La Donna del Lago (“The Lady of the Lake”), which has just opened at the Royal Opera House, is an operatic rarity of the first order – hardly ever performed, according to its director, John Fulljames, because its leading roles are so demanding. “You have to have the right constellation of stars to pull it off,” he says. “That only happens once in a generation.” ...
• Daft Punk: Together in electric dreams17 May 2013, 6:00 pm
  Giorgio Moroder (vocals)...
• One to watch: Laurretta Summerscales, Ballerina, 2217 May 2013, 6:00 pm
  She may not be a lead principal yet – but she has certainly bypassed the 60 swans. This Surrey-born ballerina, who joined her mum's ballet school aged three, dances Odette/Odile in the English National Ballet's Swan Lake at the Royal Albert Hall next month, on Tamara Rojo's nights off. ...

Arts News Headlines - Yahoo! News

• Britain's Tate museum sets $34 million record for Constable painting23 May 2013, 2:10 pm
  LONDON (Reuters) - The Tate Britain museum bought 19th century English painter John Constable's masterpiece "Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows" for 23.1 million pounds ($34.75 million), making it one of the most expensive British paintings ever sold. The painting, dated 1831, of the towering cathedral in the middle distance under an overcast sky shot through with a rainbow had been at risk of being sold abroad and its sale sets a record for Constable, the Tate said on Thursday. Its price is s...
• NY art dealer tied to alleged forgeries charged with tax fraud21 May 2013, 10:51 pm
  By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged a New York art dealer with tax fraud in connection with the sale of paintings she claimed to be the works of celebrated abstract expressionists, but some of which the government said were fakes. Glafira Rosales, 56, faces three counts of filing false tax returns and five counts of concealing a Spanish bank account from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. "Rosales gave new meaning to the phrase 'artful dodger' by avoid...
• Man pleads guilty in Picasso vandalism case21 May 2013, 10:25 pm
  HOUSTON (AP) — A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in a Houston museum — an act that was caught on cellphone video — agreed Tuesday to a two-year prison term as part of a plea deal with prosecutors....
• Muppets creator's items head to NYC museum21 May 2013, 9:35 pm
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Muppets are getting a new home in a Queens museum with a permanent exhibit the city hopes will persuade more tourists to venture beyond Manhattan....
• Muppets creator Henson's items head to NYC museum21 May 2013, 9:06 pm
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Muppets may have taken Manhattan, but they're getting a spiffy new home in Queens....
• NYC artist's secret photos raise privacy issues17 May 2013, 8:04 am
  NEW YORK (AP) — In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their feet touching beneath a table. And there is one of a man, in jeans and a T-shirt, lying on his side as he takes a nap....
• Boston Symphony Orchestra names new music director16 May 2013, 4:49 pm
  BOSTON (AP) — Andris (AHN'-driss) Nelsons has been named music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra....
• Richter painting breaks record for living artist at N.Y. auction15 May 2013, 9:09 pm
  By Chris Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 1968 oil painting by German artist Gerhard Richter sold for some $37 million at Sotheby's contemporary art auction on Tuesday, a new record for a work by a living artist. The sale took in $293,587,000, at the low end of the pre-sale estimate of $284 million to $383 million, with 83 percent of the 64 lots on offer finding buyers. It featured some big numbers with five works selling for more than $20 million. ......
• Romanian artist takes his art on the street15 May 2013, 10:33 am
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian artist Vasile Muresan, known as Murivale, thinks art belongs on the street. The white-bearded painter can often be seen sitting on the colorful canvases that he displays in the street, while he is followed by the street dogs who are his companions and also inspire his work....
• Vatican to have pavilion at Venice Biennale modern art exhibit14 May 2013, 3:37 pm
  By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - For most people, the relationship between contemporary art and the Vatican - home of some of the world's greatest old masterpieces - is like oil and water - they just don't mix. The Vatican's "culture minister," Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, wants to change that perception and so for the first time the Holy See will have its own pavilion this year at the 55th edition of the Venice Biennale, a sacred cow of modern art. ......
• Ballet gala brings out the chiffon and sequins14 May 2013, 3:59 am
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fashion takes a back seat to nothing — not even seriously chilly weather — at New York's fanciest dance gala....
• Choreographer: No signs Jackson was ill in 200913 May 2013, 11:58 pm
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — An associate choreographer who worked on Michael Jackson's planned comeback concerts testified Monday that she didn't see any signs that the pop superstar was ill or might die in the final days of his life....

Dornob

• Beauty of Simplicity: Four Walls, One Roof, Stunning Home22 May 2013, 5:00 pm
  This Portuguese house in the town of Leiria, designed by Manuel Aries Mateus, stands tall and solid, looking rather a lot like the pictures of houses that children draw. It is simple and unadorned, relying instead on its minimalism to impress. It is almost as if someone described a house – four walls and a [...]    ...
• Tasty Utensils: Edible Spoon for Sustainable Consumption21 May 2013, 11:00 pm
  Finish eating your soup and save the best bite for last: the one where you chomp right into the utensil you are using to scoop it up. We have silverware for eating at home (though even that requires washing) and plastic tableware for events and travel, but this solution is environmentally friendly in either context. TriangleTree [...]    ...
• Plywood Accents Show Potential of Undervalued Material21 May 2013, 5:00 pm
  Plywood, long considered a material best hidden in any finished space, has been slowly making its way into the mainstream material handbooks of architects and interior designs – and for good reason. Aside from being inexpensive, it is rich in texture and can be purchased in higher grades than what people typically think of (though, [...]    ...
• Floating Tables: Legless Furniture Defies Gravity by Design20 May 2013, 11:00 pm
  Freeing your feet from the worry of bumping into sub-surface supports, these clever round and rectangular tables look dizzyingly legless at first glance. Of course, close inspection quickly reveals the mechanism behind the initial mystery – the loads are translated down through single-side arms attached to the chairs around each table. Designed by Ingo Maurer [...]    ...
• Live & Work, Warped: Japanese Townhouse & Noodle Shop20 May 2013, 5:00 pm
  Live and work spaces have a tricky set of tasks to manage – beyond the layout itself, there is the look. In this case, the architects managed to tap into the traditional style of a regional townhome while also creating enough visual interest to suggest a retail purpose. Designed by ISSHO Architects (images by Koichi Torimuraark), dark [...]    ...
• Freedom Rooms: Micro Apartments Designed by Prisoners19 May 2013, 5:00 pm
  Who has more experience living in cramped spaces than prisoners? Modeled after a jail cell, the ironically named Freedom Room is a 96-square-foot micro apartment offering “a different idea” for temporary and social housing, hotels and hostels. Inmates at Italy’s high-security prison in Spoleto served as consultants, using their intimate knowledge of tiny living spaces [...]    ...
• Organic Modern Furniture Made Digitally on Demand18 May 2013, 5:00 pm
  The layered, organic-looking shapes of the furniture designed by London’s Unto This Last are a natural product of the company’s process: cutting sheets of birch plywood that can be assembled into three-dimensional pieces without the use of industrial fittings. Working out of a small shop on the city’s High Street, Unto This Last creates each [...]    ...
• Smart Dog Leash Carries Everything You Need for Walkies17 May 2013, 7:00 pm
  Dog owners may get a lot out of having their furry friends around, but they also have to give a lot of care. Taking Poochy for a walk can almost seem like an outing with an infant: you have to take along the poop bags, the treats, the water dish and throw in a flashlight [...]    ...
• Edible Furniture: The Answer to Tough Economic Times?16 May 2013, 11:00 pm
  In hard times, we all have our own methods for dealing with lack of funds or a shortage of food. Design Studio Lanzavecchia + Wai came up with some truly creative solutions to Europe’s current economic climate and austerity measures: edible furniture. The essential parts of the furniture are made of black iron. Added on to [...]    ...
• Moss Carpet and Natural Light = Park-Like Home Office16 May 2013, 5:00 pm
  As working from home becomes more common around the world, home office designs continue to get more creative and stylish. The small home office of Nidolab Arquitectura in Argentina creates a natural-feeling space indoors. The tiny office is only 54 square meters but manages to create an open, outdoorsy environment. The centerpiece of the office [...]    ...
• Kitchen Grater Lets You Use Butter Right From the Fridge15 May 2013, 11:00 pm
  If you enjoy a nice piece of toast in the morning, you probably fall into either the margarine camp or the butter camp. And those who prefer butter know that, although it offers a superior taste experience, it’s also nearly impossible to spread on even the warmest of toast without some level of frustration and [...]    ...
• L-Shaped Mountain Home Goes With the Topography Flow15 May 2013, 5:00 pm
  The L House in Niseko, Hokkaido is a private holiday getaway that blends prehistoric topography with impressive views of Mount Yotei and some very creative architectural solutions. The steep slope of the building site made it too cost-prohibitive to excavate into the mountain itself, so Florian Busch Architects developed a different tactic: place the house [...]    ...

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Design Observer: Main Posts

• OBlog: Flickr Collection of the Week: Are these buildings? No, this is art...22 May 2013, 7:10 pm
  Images of architecture as art.    ...
• John Thackara: Cycle Commerce As An Ecosystem21 May 2013, 3:26 pm
  John Thackara reviews new products, services and ingredients needed to help a cycle commerce ecosystem flourish in India’s cities, towns and villages.    ...
• OBlog: Wheelwright Prize 2013 Winner20 May 2013, 8:54 pm
  Gia Wolff, Brooklyn-based architect, wins $100,000 travel grant for her proposal Floating City: The Community-Based Architecture of Parade Floats.    ...
• Daniel A. Barber: The Visualization of Peak Oil and Renewable Energy20 May 2013, 5:53 pm
  On Places, Daniel Barber traces the energy debates back to the postwar era, when leading scientists argued that shifting from fossil fuels to renewables was not just technically feasible but also ethically necessary.    ...
• John Foster: A Nod to Surrealism19 May 2013, 5:11 pm
  <br /> For artists not working in digital media &mdash; those who cut, build, draw, paint, glue, bend, and make things in the more traditional manner, there is something of a &ldquo;Surrealist&rdquo; popularity at hand today.    ...
• Alexandra Lange: Ruth Asawa's wire scuptures qualify as extreme craft: they look weightless, but suggest you back off.19 May 2013, 2:58 am
  On a retrospective of the work of midcentury sculptor Ruth Asawa at Christie's, her first solo show in New York in 50 years.    ...
• Debbie Millman: Jessica Walsh Audio Interview on Design Matters17 May 2013, 8:01 pm
  On this episode of Design Matters, Debbie talks to Jessica Walsh about selling moss covered rocks to her elementary school classmates, her quick assent in the world of design, becoming a partner with Stefan Sagmeister and, of course, taking those naked pictures.    ...
• OBlog: Infographic: The Global Public Interest Design 10016 May 2013, 9:16 pm
  Infographic: The Global Public Interest Design 100    ...
• Jim Bassett: “Everyone a Tourist”: On the Photography of Monuments16 May 2013, 5:02 pm
  On Places, a slideshow of photographs of the Mayan ruins at Chich&eacute;n&nbsp;Itz&aacute;, by Jim Bassett, contrasts the romantic tradition of travel photography with the realities of mass tourism.    ...
• Paul Polak: The SunWater Project: Advanced Solar Technology for Poor Farmers16 May 2013, 2:02 pm
  Paul Polak on SunWater: a radically affordable solar water pump that will transform small plot agriculture and help bring the world's poorest families out of poverty.    ...
• OBlog: Flickr Collection of the Week: Tales From A Parallel Universe15 May 2013, 7:00 pm
  The Flickr group capturing our imagination this week is Tales From A Parallel Universe.    ...
• OBlog: Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America15 May 2013, 5:00 pm
  Michigan was an epicenter of modern design in postwar America, this summer the story will be told through a symposium at the Cranbrook Educational Community and an exhibition at the Cranbrook Art Museum.    ...

NYT > Art & Design

• T Magazine: On View | Koloman Moser’s Viennese Vision23 May 2013, 1:00 pm
  At the Neue Galerie, works from the prolific, late Austrian artist and designer go on view today.    ...
• Massimiliano Gioni, of Venice Biennale23 May 2013, 12:00 pm
  Massimiliano Gioni’s ambitious Venice Biennale art extravaganza opens this week.    ...
• The Zervos Picasso Catalog Is Resurrected23 May 2013, 3:36 am
  A legendary catalogue raisonné of Picasso’s works is being republished at a stratospheric price.    ...
• Cicadas Take Stage for Their Final Act on Staten Island23 May 2013, 2:15 am
  After weeks of anticipation, Staten Island has seen some of the first of a brood of cicadas that has matured underground for 17 years, and which will be emerging in the coming days.    ...
• Looking Back on Fire Island Pines and Its Importance to Gay Culture22 May 2013, 11:28 pm
  For 60 summers, Fire Island Pines has provided both shelter and refuge to generations of gay men.    ...
• Currents | Shows: ‘Koloman Moser: Designing Modern Vienna 1897-1907’ Opens at the Neue Galerie22 May 2013, 10:32 pm
  A show featuring the work of Koloman Moser opens Thursday at the Neue Galerie in New York.    ...
• Meticulous Downsize22 May 2013, 10:23 pm
  Charles Gold Peri Wolfman’s perfectly arranged, and mostly white, Southhampton home.    ...
• Shopping for Wine Racks22 May 2013, 10:13 pm
  Mirko Benzo, a London sommelier, goes shopping for wine racks.    ...
• Art Basel Hong Kong Opens on Thursday22 May 2013, 9:53 pm
  Art Basel Hong Kong, the newest outpost in its art-fair empire, opens on Thursday, leaving the local arts community both excited about their turn in the international spotlight and worried about losing a local flavor.    ...
• Glafira Rosales Is Named in Government Suit22 May 2013, 3:20 am
  Glafira Rosales sold most of the disputed works through the New York gallery Knoedler & Company.    ...
• Ai Weiwei’s Music Video, Recreating His Detention22 May 2013, 2:00 am
  The rebellious Chinese artist Ai Weiwei plans to release a provocative music video and album based on his 81-day detention in 2011.    ...
• ArtsBeat: Museum of the Moving Image Creating Gallery for Jim Henson21 May 2013, 7:41 pm
  The new gallery will be home to more than 400 puppets, costumes and other props and objects donated by the family of Jim Henson, including artifacts from film and TV projects like “The Muppet Show,” “Sesame Street” and “Fraggle Rock.”    ...

L.A. Times - Movie News

• Review: 'Fast & Furious 6' is one sweet ride23 May 2013, 2:00 pm
  Buildings topple, bridges crumble and speed limits are shamelessly broken as Vin Diesel and crew roar through the streets of London. Buckle up.As Socrates so sagely suggested when he stopped by the set of "Fast & Furious 6" — "Yo, know thyself..."...
• Cannes Notebook 2013: A hotbed of criminal activity too?23 May 2013, 11:00 am
  Plus, at Le Marche, movies from across the globe are for sale; and, dumpster-diving for festival-related trash. CANNES, France — Visitors exiting the Carlton hotel's front door on this city's beachfront main street this week can't help but see a giant map of France with Cannes listed as being a "Safe Zone." "This Is the Safest Place to Be," one poster insists, though another implores the public, "Stay Off the Streets."...
• Cannes 2013: Reviewers onboard for 'All Is Lost'23 May 2013, 12:16 am
  Some called it “Life of Pi” without the tiger....
• Review: 'Hangover Part III' is just one long headache22 May 2013, 11:20 pm
  The Wolfpack and Mr. Chow are back for a third time, too bad the genuine hilarity and fun from Todd Phillips' first 'Hangover' aren't.The Wolfpack and Mr. Chow are back for a third time, too bad the genuine hilarity and fun from Todd Phillips' first 'Hangover' aren't....
• Alexander Payne feels at home with 'Nebraska'22 May 2013, 11:05 pm
  The script for the impressive film resonated with the director, who put off the project for years — a delay that deepened the material for him. CANNES, France — Writer-director Alexander Payne has been nominated for three screenplay Oscars and has won two. So what did the man responsible for films including "Election," "Sideways" and "The Descendants" feel about working with someone else's script for the first time?...
• Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth for dying boy when real monarch can't22 May 2013, 8:44 pm
  Helen Mirren was pretty persuasive playing Queen Elizabeth in “The Queen,” winning the best actress Oscar. But she may just have given an even more compelling performance as the English monarch for a terminally ill 10-year-old boy....
• Ryan Gosling is an open, relaxed director, Saoirse Ronan says22 May 2013, 7:44 pm
  At the Cannes Film Festival this week, Ryan Gosling's new film "Only God Forgives" inspired a divisive reaction among critics. Some audience members even booed the violent movie, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn....
• 'The World's End' trailer: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost face the apocalypse22 May 2013, 6:03 pm
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• 'Man of Steel' trailer: Zod demands Superman's surrender22 May 2013, 6:00 pm
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• Cannes Film Festival: Kickstarter kids make an unlikely trip22 May 2013, 12:00 pm
  'Blue Ruin' and 'The Opportunist' were admitted to the festival, bringing their respective teams of young American filmmakers to the Riviera (on the cheap-ish).'Blue Ruin' and 'The Opportunist' were admitted to the festival, bringing their respective teams of young American filmmakers to the Riviera (on the cheap-ish)....

NYT > Movies

• Movie Review: ‘The Hangover Part III,’ With Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms22 May 2013, 10:02 pm
  Four of the unlikeliest on-the verge-of-middle-age buddies ever to join forces in search of adventure come together for the final edition of the “Hangover” trilogy.    ...
• ArtsBeat: ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ Musical Heading to Second Stage Theater22 May 2013, 9:35 pm
  The adaptation of the film “Little Miss Sunshine” is to begin previews at Second Stage in October.    ...
• ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: James Franco on Adapting Novels and Multitasking22 May 2013, 7:13 pm
  James Franco, whose Faulkner adaptation for the big-screen, “As I Lay Dying,” is playing at Cannes, discusses his love of Faulkner and his ability to handle multiple projects at once.    ...
• ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: Miike’s Honest Cop, Winding Refn’s Wallpaper22 May 2013, 4:32 pm
  Cannes audiences aren’t very receptive to either the latest collaboration between Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling or Takashi Miike’s new cop movie.    ...
• ‘Man of Steel,’ Directed by Zack Snyder22 May 2013, 12:06 pm
  In “Man of Steel,” Zack Snyder is making the latest in recent spate of attempts to revive Superman as a film hero as popular as he is powerful.    ...
• Many Changes to a Blue Suit22 May 2013, 3:45 am
  A look at the various versions of Superman’s costume over the years.    ...
• Aleksei Balabanov, Russian Film Director, Dies at 5422 May 2013, 3:29 am
  Mr. Balabanov’s movies offered up hit men, corrupt government officials and plenty of corpses.    ...
• Depardieu, Newly a Russian, Will Play Frenchman in Chechnya22 May 2013, 12:08 am
  Gérard Depardieu, who renounced his French citizenship over high taxes, held a news conference in Grozny, the formerly war-torn Chechen capital, to announce the two films.    ...
• Movie Review: ‘Plimpton!’ Directed by Tom Bean and Luke Poling21 May 2013, 10:48 pm
  “Plimpton!” is a portrait of the writer and editor George Plimpton, a literary figure eclipsed by his signature participatory journalism.    ...
• Movie Review: ‘3 Geezers!,’ Directed by Michelle Schumacher21 May 2013, 10:39 pm
  In Michelle Schumacher’s “3 Geezers!” old people are living it up in their golden years.    ...
• Movie Review: ‘Doin’ It in the Park,’ a Film About Pick-Up Basketball21 May 2013, 10:30 pm
  “Doin’ It in the Park’ centers on New York’s outdoor basketball courts and the players who live on them.    ...
• Critic’s Notebook: Cannes Film Festival: A Sympathetic Tale of Marriage and Celebrity21 May 2013, 9:24 pm
  At Cannes, an appreciative audience takes in “Behind the Candelabra,” the HBO Liberace biopic.    ...

Movies

• Justin Timberlake Pulls an Anne Hathaway, Ditches Tom Ford Tux at Cannes23 May 2013, 2:00 pm
  The singer showed up in Balenciaga for the "Inside Llewelyn Davis" premiere, after Tom Ford's press release claimed otherwise.read more    ...
• Cannes: Fashion, Film Stars to Unite for AmfAR Charity Event Thursday23 May 2013, 1:39 pm
  Harvey Weinstein and Kenneth Cole will host the 20th anniversary of the glitzy affair, which will feature a fashion show with 40 of the world's top models.read more    ...
• Nebraska: Cannes Review23 May 2013, 1:15 pm
  Alexander Payne's in competition black-and-white film follows a father and son on a road trip to Lincoln, Nebraska.read more    ...
• J.J. Abrams Unveils Deleted 'Star Trek' Scene on 'Conan' (Video)23 May 2013, 1:08 pm
  In response to criticism that his film exploits actress Alice Eve, the director shares unseen footage of Benedict Cumberbatch showering.read more    ...
• Cannes: Alexander Payne, ‘Nebraska’ Cast Meet the Press23 May 2013, 1:01 pm
  Actor Bruce Dern drew big laughs at the media event when he said he wants to set up co-star Will Forte with his daughter, Laura Dern, who also was in attendance. read more    ...
• Analyst Raises Lionsgate Price Target on Movie Pipeline Strength23 May 2013, 11:51 am
  “We continue to see plenty of momentum at Lionsgate, with a strong slate, improving television business and upside to our earnings forecasts,” Piper Jaffray analyst James Marsh wrote. read more    ...
• Cannes: NonStop Takes 'Selfish Giant,' 'Stone Roses,' 'Trip to Italy'23 May 2013, 11:36 am
  The Scandinavian indie previously snatched up “Fruitvale Station” and Jim Jarmusch's “Only Lovers Left Alive.”read more    ...
• Cannes: Norwegian Oil Thriller 'Pioneer' Sells Wide23 May 2013, 10:44 am
  TrustNordisk closes deals in the U.K., Japan, Korea and Benelux for Erik Skjoldbaerg's new feature.read more    ...
• Cannes: Psy Impersonator Tricks Festival Organizers, Partygoers23 May 2013, 8:46 am
  A man pretending to be the “Gangnam Style” singer attended several exclusive events at the festival.read more    ...
• The Rendezvous of Deja vu: Cannes Review23 May 2013, 8:28 am
  Vimala Pons and Vincent Macaigne are among the rising talents in writer-director Antonin Peretjatko's New Wave-style debut comedy.read more    ...
• 'Fast Five' Parody Trailer Mocks 'Fast and Furious' Franchise (Video)23 May 2013, 5:34 am
  Honest Trailers takes on Vin Diesel's mumbling and the film's ignoring of the laws of physics.read more    ...
• 'We're The Millers' Trailer: Jennifer Aniston Smuggles Drugs (Video)23 May 2013, 4:06 am
  Jason Sudeikis, Emma Roberts and Ed Helms also star in the comedy about a man who hires three people to pose as his family to help him sneak weed into the U.S.read more    ...

Movies News Headlines - Yahoo! News

• The Hollywood Reporter's best stories of the week23 May 2013, 2:14 pm
  The Hollywood Reporter's list of its 10 best stories of the week:...
• Police: Jewels stolen in Cap d'Antibes near Cannes23 May 2013, 2:10 pm
  PARIS (AP) — Police say an expensive necklace was stolen overnight in the luxurious resort town of Cap d'Antibes, the second jewelry theft on the French Riviera during the Cannes Film Festival....
• Sorrentino serves up a cinema banquet at Cannes23 May 2013, 1:56 pm
  CANNES, France (AP) — Paolo Sorrentino has a thing about food — appropriately enough, for the director of a sumptuous feast of a film, "The Great Beauty."...
• Cannes documentary makers focus on Jackie Stewart, Pele and Ali23 May 2013, 1:07 pm
  By Mike Davidson CANNES (Reuters) - Three years after "Senna", the hit film biography of the late Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna, sporting documentaries about Jackie Stewart, Muhammad Ali and Pele are competing for attention at the Cannes Film Festival. In "Weekend of a Champion", the Polish-French filmmaker Roman Polanski follows Stewart, his long-time friend, as he prepares to drive in the 1971 Monaco Grand Prix, at a time when the risks to drivers were far greater th...
• West Bank and romance prominent in 'Omar'23 May 2013, 12:20 pm
  CANNES, France (AP) — One of the more buzzed-about films at the Cannes Film Festival, "Omar," is set in the West Bank, and the Palestinian conflict is a key part of the plot....
• Bradley Cooper back for one last Hollywood 'Hangover'23 May 2013, 11:33 am
  By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After years of struggling to break into the Hollywood A-list from television, actor Bradley Cooper has gained some serious recognition for his work on the silver screen. Cooper returns to the comedy franchise, "The Hangover," which skyrocketed his career, after dramatic roles that earned him an Oscar nomination and praise for his more dramatic talents. The 38-year old actor has been on TV since 1999 and landed some supporting film roles. ......
• Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival23 May 2013, 11:21 am
  CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival....
• Ryan Gosling's 'Only God Forgives': Critics really, really hate the crime drama23 May 2013, 12:55 am
  (Strong language in paragraph 7) By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Ryan Gosling must be feeling pretty happy about his decision to skip the red carpet at Cannes this year. Critics at the Riviera film festival vivisected "Only God Forgives," his ultra-violent collaboration with Nicolas Winding Refn, leaving it as bruised and battered as the hunky star appears in promotional art for the film. Winding Refn, the enfant terrible of Danish film, previously teamed with Gosling on &quo...
• 'Epic' review: Moments of delight pep up a crushingly familiar story23 May 2013, 12:49 am
  By Alonso Duralde LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - When everything around you is stultifyingly familiar, it's the tiny variations that catch your attention. And in "Epic," when the filmmakers take little detours from the reluctant-warrior-accepts-his/her-destiny plot, it brings some desperately needed livening up to what otherwise feels like a crushingly by-the-numbers kid saga. Sullen teen M.K. (voiced by Amanda Seyfried) heads out to the woods to live with her scientist father Professor Bomba (Jaso...
• Cannes: Lionsgate nabs U.S. rights to Clive Owen crime drama23 May 2013, 12:38 am
  By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Lionsgate nabbed U.S. distribution rights to the crime drama "Blood Ties" from Worldview Entertainment, the studio said Wednesday from the Cannes Film Festival. The film premiered at the French Riviera gathering this week and features Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Mila Kunis, Zoé Saldana, and Marion Cotillard. Lionsgate said it plans to release the picture through its sister company, Roadside Attractions. ......
• Talk of lies, pride as Trump case goes to jury23 May 2013, 12:18 am
  CHICAGO (AP) — The lawyer for an 87-year-old woman who accuses Donald Trump of cheating her in a skyscraper condo deal told jurors in Chicago on Wednesday that he was personally repulsed because he felt the "Apprentice" star conned his client and lied about it on the witness stand....
• 'Hunger Games' Josh Hutcherson to star in and produce 'Ape'22 May 2013, 11:31 pm
  By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - After conquering "The Hunger Games," Josh Hutcherson is set to star in the dark psychological thriller "Ape" for Atomic Owl Pictures and JetLag Productions. Miguel Sapochnik ("Repo Men") will direct the film from a script by newcomer Jon Johnstone. Bree Herzog is producing for Atomic Owl along with JetLag's Hutcherson, Michelle Fightmaster and Ric Beddingfield. ICM Partners will handle worldwide rights. "Ape"...

Music

• Hay Festival 2013: day one live23 May 2013, 11:30 am
  The Telegraph Hay Festival 2013 kicks of in Hay-on-Wye, Wales, today. Keep up to date with all the best bits from the world's best literary festival.    ...
• Sharon Osbourne returns to X Factor23 May 2013, 9:38 am
  Sharon Osbourne is set for a second stint as a judge on the new series of The X Factor.    ...
• Ivan Hewett's Classic 50 No 23: Mozart: Grazioso from Piano Trio in E major23 May 2013, 6:00 am
  The latest in Ivan Hewett's 50-part series on short works by the world's greatest composers.    ...
• Denai Moore - New Faces23 May 2013, 6:00 am
  East London singer-songwriter Denai Moore blends nocturnal soul with lush folk guitars, says James Lachno.    ...
• Laura Marling, Once I Was An Eagle, review23 May 2013, 6:00 am
  The singer's fourth album is a masterpiece, says Neil McCormick.    ...
• Mick Jagger uses Twitter to plan the Rolling Stones set list23 May 2013, 5:38 am
  Jagger asks fans on Twitter to help him put together set list of songs the Rolling Stones will play.    ...
• Handwritten John Lennon lyrics donated to the nation22 May 2013, 2:31 pm
  Handwritten lyrics to songs like Strawberry Fields Forever are among the Beatles artefacts, some of them unseen in public.    ...
• A tribute to bassist Trevor Bolder22 May 2013, 11:19 am
  Trevor Bolder's bass lines will live on forever, says Neil McCormick.    ...
• Wagner bicentenary: 10 things you didn't know about him22 May 2013, 6:17 am
  Two hundred years after the birth of Richard Wagner, Ivan Hewett looks at some of the oddities of his life.    ...
• New 'free school' opened with links to Sir Paul McCartney22 May 2013, 5:30 am
  Pupils will be taught at a state school run by Sir Paul McCartney's performing arts institute under a radical expansion of one of the Coalition's flagship education reforms.    ...
• Ziggy Stardust bassist dies after struggle with cancer21 May 2013, 11:49 pm
  Bassist Trevor Bolder, who played with Ziggy Stardust and Spiders from Mars, has died after suffering from cancer.    ...
• Ziggy Stardust bassist died after struggle with cancer21 May 2013, 11:49 pm
  Bassist Trevor Bolder, who played with Ziggy Stardust and Spiders from Mars, has died after suffering from cancer.    ...

L.A. Times - Music News

• Paris Hilton plots music comeback with Cash Money Records23 May 2013, 12:08 am
  News that Paris Hilton had signed a record deal with Cash Money Records heated up the blogosphere Wednesday....
• Blake Shelton planning Oklahoma tornado benefit concert22 May 2013, 5:19 pm
  Blake Shelton is working with NBC to organize a benefit concert in the wake of the powerful tornado that ripped through Oklahoma on Monday....
• L.A. Salsa Congress gives bachata room to dance22 May 2013, 1:30 pm
  The five-day event in downtown L.A., seeking to be more inclusive, is also including kizomba in the mix.Salsa dancers know that it's crucial to have a partner with good rhythmic chemistry. The same could be said of salsa music, a flamboyant genre that can be picky about sharing the floor with others....
• Dawes adds fresh sentiments to folk-rock roots22 May 2013, 1:00 pm
  The L.A. quartet has toured and recorded with John Fogerty, Jackson Browne, Robbie Robertson and Bob Dylan, but Dawes seems to be able to draw younger audiences as well.Members of the L.A. quartet Dawes have been performing for paying audiences since they were teenagers, so there was no reason John Fogerty could see to go easy on them....
• Ray Manzarek: X's Exene Cervenka, John Doe remember a friend22 May 2013, 12:30 pm
  The Doors keyboardist, who died Monday at 74, produced L.A. punk band X's first four albums. Exene Cervenka and John Doe recall him as a generous teacher.The music that keyboardist Ray Manzarek made as part of the Doors helped define the 1960s, and also was a crucial part of the Southern California music scene in the latter half of that decade. Two generations of L.A. music met in the late 1970s when Manzarek connected with punk band X to produce the group's first four studio albums. The band's ...
• A Tribe Called Quest to headline 2013 H2O Music Festival21 May 2013, 10:27 pm
  A Tribe Called Quest will headline the 2013 H2O Music Festival, Univision revealed exclusively to Pop & Hiss on Tuesday....
• Five things to love about Beyonce's 'Grown Woman'21 May 2013, 7:26 pm
  With the media currently fixated on Beyoncé’s womb, there’s been little room to speculate on the whereabouts of the new music she’s keeping close to her chest....
• Health's Jake Duzsik on the Doors' Ray Manzarek21 May 2013, 5:45 pm
  The death Monday of Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek was a sad mark in the ledger of L.A. rock history....
• Five things we learned from the Rolling Stones' last SoCal show21 May 2013, 5:06 pm
  The Rolling Stones rolled into Staples Center on Monday night for what Mick Jagger described as the band’s last show in Southern California -- “for a while, anyway.” Following an earlier Staples gig, two at Anaheim’s Honda Center and a warm-up throwdown at the Echoplex, Monday’s 2½-hour concert concluded the group’s extended stay in the region Jagger said he and his mates had been visiting since 1965....
• Ray Manzarek dies at 74; keyboardist for the Doors21 May 2013, 3:29 am
  Manzarek, who was influenced by John Coltrane, added a jazz component to the band's rock sound and filled the role of bassist. The band charted 15 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 starting in 1967.When the Doors were still a fledgling quartet, and the band members were honing their chops playing five sets a night at the London Fog club in Hollywood, it wasn't rock stardom on keyboardist Ray Manzarek's mind as he and his three band mates laid down an extended jam for their debut album that ran mo...

Music News Headlines - Yahoo! News

• US-MUSIC Summary23 May 2013, 1:13 pm
  Singer and Piaf songwriter Georges Moustaki dies at 79 PARIS (Reuters) - French singer and songwriter Georges Moustaki, beloved in France for his songs celebrating liberty and collaborations with Edith Piaf, died on Thursday after a long illness. He was 79. The Greek-born singer grew up in Alexandria, Egypt, and arrived in Paris in 1951, where he began to play guitar at nightclubs and met some of the period's best-known singers. ......
• Carole King hits D.C. for Gershwin salute22 May 2013, 11:24 pm
  By Ira Teinowitz LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Washington is truly feeling the earth move this week as singer-songwriter Carole King is honored with the Library of Congress's Gershwin Prize for popular song and then saluted in two concerts, one in the White House. King is becoming the first female songwriter to win the prize, which was won by Stevie Wonder in 2009, Paul McCartney in 2010, and the songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David in 2012. ......
• Singer Aretha Franklin postpones three more concerts22 May 2013, 8:45 pm
  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Soul music legend Aretha Franklin postponed three June concerts, the singer's spokesman said on Wednesday, a week after health issues caused her to cancel two shows in May. Spokesman David Brokaw said the "Queen of Soul" did not give a reason for postponing concerts in Clarkston, Michigan, as well as Ottawa and Montreal, Canada, which were scheduled for late June. "She's going to resume her schedule in July," Brokaw said. Franklin, 71, cancel...
• Oklahoma country singer plans benefit for tornado victims22 May 2013, 8:01 pm
  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oklahoma country singer Blake Shelton is planning a televised benefit to raise money for victims of the massive tornado that swept through Moore, Oklahoma, this week, music magazine Billboard reported Wednesday. "The Voice" judge Shelton, a native of Ada, Oklahoma, which is 75 miles northwest of Moore, said he would have more information on the NBC concert in the next 24 hours. "I'm hoping it will raise a lot of money. Obviously it will be televised an...
• Indie rockers Vampire Weekend top Billboard album chart22 May 2013, 7:48 pm
  By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Indie rock band Vampire Weekend on Wednesday grabbed the top spot on the weekly Billboard 200 album chart, besting new albums from country legend George Strait and pop singer Demi Lovato. "Modern Vampires of the City" sold 134,000 copies in its first week, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, and became the second album to debut at the top of the weekly Billboard 200 for the New York-based rockers. It was also the first independentl...
• Hungary Wagner festival will not "Ring" in composer's birthday22 May 2013, 2:49 pm
  By Michael Roddy BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Opera companies throughout the world are staging Richard Wagner's "Ring" cycle this year to fete his 200th birthday on May 22, but Hungarian conductor Adam Fischer is having no part of it during his "Wagner Days" festival in June. Fischer, who launched his festival in 2006 in the Bela Bartok concert hall at the Palace of Arts in Budapest, will have a new "Meistersinger von Nurnberg", rounding out productions of pretty much all the major operas in the Wagner ...
• A Minute With: Pitbull on music, Jennifer Lopez and 'Epic'22 May 2013, 1:05 pm
  By Zorianna Kit LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Pitbull has taken his blend of American pop music fused with Latin beats from the clubs of Miami to international pop charts, but he now is crossing into film with his first acting role as an animated character in the upcoming movie, "Epic." Pitbull, whose real name is Armando Perez, has become a staple in the pop music field with lively dance-floor tracks including recent chart hits "Feel This Moment" with Christina Aguilera and...
• Ai Weiwei uses music to mock state power in China22 May 2013, 7:49 am
  BEIJING (AP) — Two emotionless prison guards watch Ai Weiwei as he eats, sleeps, paces, showers — and even sits on the toilet — in the Chinese artist's new obscenity-filled, metaphor-rich music video mocking state power....
• China's Ai Weiwei launches musical career with heavy metal "Dumbass" single22 May 2013, 5:56 am
  By Maxim Duncan BEIJING (Reuters) - Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei made his first foray into the musical world on Wednesday with the release of the top single from his debut album, a song called "Dumbass" that takes inspiration from his detention in 2011. The video for the heavy metal song, which was directed by Ai with cinematography by acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Doyle, depicts Ai's 81 days in secretive detention in 2011, which sparked an international outcry. "Ther...
• Library honors Carole King with US pop music prize22 May 2013, 1:36 am
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Carole King isn't done with music — not yet anyway....
• The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store21 May 2013, 8:47 pm
  iTunes' Official Music Charts for the week ending May 20, 2013...
• Music Review: Singer Laura Mvula enchants on debut21 May 2013, 5:06 pm
  Laura Mvula, "Sing to the Moon" (Columbia Records)...

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• Taylor Swift 'isn't Bieber fan'23 May 2013, 2:45 pm
  Taylor Swift is reportedly against Selena Gomez rekindling her relationship with Justin....
• Pete Wentz calls for kindness23 May 2013, 2:45 pm
  Pete Wentz wants people to hug each other following a “heavy day” for the world....
• Beyoncé lines up Gaga for concert23 May 2013, 2:45 pm
  Beyoncé Knowles could be joined on stage by Lady Gaga during her upcoming New York concert, according to reports....
• Jamie Cullum plays surprise station gig23 May 2013, 11:51 am
  Jamie Cullum surprised commuters yesterday morning with an impromptu gig in the middle of rush hour at St Pancras Station....
• Amelle Berrabah talks Sugababes and solo project23 May 2013, 11:46 am
  The former girl band singer has opened up about what it's been like for her over the past year without The Sugababes as she discussed her new solo project....
• Frank Ocean: Clean home makes me happy23 May 2013, 11:00 am
  Frank Ocean has joked he's happiest when his carpet is freshly vacuumed....
• Rolling Stones setlist table revealed23 May 2013, 8:46 am
  The Rolling Stones are well into their 50 and Counting Tour of North America and Europe with a set list that includes both a regular sequence...
• David Byrne and Fatboy Slim win Obie23 May 2013, 8:43 am
  Here Lies Love, a concept album about the life of former Philippines first lady Imelda Marcos written by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim...
• Ed Sheeran & Taylor Swift collaboration to continue23 May 2013, 8:30 am
  Ed Sheeran says he will most likely write a song or two with Taylor Swift on their current US tour but its unlikely it will be used on his next record....
• Annie Lennox plays for Desmond Tutu23 May 2013, 1:23 am
  Anne Lennox performed the Jimmy Cliff classic 'Many Rivers To Cross' and Bill Withers 'Lean On Me' for Desmond Tutu when he was awarded...
• Paris Hilton signs record deal23 May 2013, 12:30 am
  Paris Hilton has signed a new record deal and wants her album out by the summer....
• Jack Osbourne: I'm secretive about health23 May 2013, 12:30 am
  Jack Osbourne doesn't like discussing his Multiple Sclerosis with his parents because it makes them so worried....

Game|Life

• Opinion and Analysis | Hardcore Console Gamers Don’t Want Much, Just the Impossible23 May 2013, 10:30 am
  To the dedicated gamers that wish Microsoft would stop pushing the all-in-one entertainment angle -- do you really know what you're asking for?...
• Special Feature | Confusion Ruled the Day at Microsoft’s Xbox One Reveal Event22 May 2013, 8:38 pm
  Everyone was putting on a cheery face and plenty of back-slapping was going around, but there was no mistaking the feeling that the company was about to take a big gamble....
• Special Feature | Q&A: Microsoft Veep Phil Harrison Talks Xbox One, Used Games, Always-On, and More22 May 2013, 6:42 pm
  Wired sat down with Microsoft corporate vice president Phil Harrison to get some answers about Xbox One's still-murky feature set....
• Special Feature | The Funny, Occasionally Dirty, Hidden Messages in Your Favorite Games22 May 2013, 10:30 am
  Many a game designer has left messages etched permanently in the data of our games, buried deep within the code and not intended to be seen by us....
• On the Air | Game|Life Podcast Goes In-Depth on Xbox One21 May 2013, 6:16 pm
  Wired senior editor Peter Rubin spent a few days in Redmond, Washington getting the inside scoop on the new console, and we sat down to discuss all the news and what it means for you....
• Opinion and Analysis | How Xbox One Plans to Fight Sony, Steam, and Everything Else21 May 2013, 5:30 pm
  Gamers are very, very interested in what Microsoft is doing. Because how its gaming ecosystem works will likely play a big part in laying down the new rules for how games are made, bought, and sold....
• In the News | Here’s the PlayStation 4, Sort Of20 May 2013, 6:09 pm
  In this new teaser video, you can see the PlayStation 4. Sort of. Not really....
• On the Air | Game|Life Podcast: EA Ditches Online Passes and Wii U, But Mostly Wii U17 May 2013, 8:04 pm
  Wired senior editor Peter Rubin joins me to explore two Electronic Arts announcements that might prove quite telling of gaming's future....
• In the News | Sega Pledges Exclusive Sonic Adventure For Wii U17 May 2013, 3:10 pm
  Sega said it would bring a new Sonic the Hedgehog game, subtitled Lost World, exclusively to Wii U and 3DS....
• Opinion and Analysis | Nintendo’s YouTube Ad-Grab Is Playing With Fire16 May 2013, 8:35 pm
  Nintendo has said that it is working with YouTube to place advertisements in front of user-created videos of Nintendo games. This might be a bad idea....

PCWorld

• Lenovo's profit soars while the PC industry struggles23 May 2013, 1:51 pm
  PC sales in China and high growth in smartphones shipments helped boost Lenovo's net profit for its fiscal fourth quarter by 90 percent year-over-year. For the quarter ended March 31, Lenovo's net profit was $127 million, the company said on Thursday. Revenue broke records and was at $7.8 billion, growing four percent from the same period last year. In Lenovo's home market of China, the company had an operating margin of 4.9 percent, an increase of 8 percent year-over-year. The company also...
• AMD is willing to embrace Android23 May 2013, 1:35 pm
  Advanced Micro Devices has opened the door to embrace Google's Android operating system, but said it would continue to focus on Windows with its upcoming tablet and laptop chips. AMD on multiple occasions has said it had no interest in putting its chips in Android tablets and would focus exclusively on Windows 8. A change of heart could open up a wider market for tablets for the company. For now, the company's focus remains on optimizing chips for usage on Windows laptops, desktops and tabl...
• Nvidia's GeForce GTX 780: a Titan for the rest of us23 May 2013, 1:00 pm
  When Nvidia announced its graphical powerhouse, the $999 GeForce GTX Titan, in February, eyeballs widened. Fortunately Nvidia now offers the lower-performance GeForce GTX 780, which also cuts the price by a third, to $649. Today Nvidia will begin shipping its new enthusiast cards to partners, in the form of reference designs that its hardware partners will tweak over time. These third-party versions of the GeForce GTX 780 will be available in about a month’s time, Justin Walker, program ...
• 11 killer sim games that immerse you in reality23 May 2013, 12:35 pm
  Some sim games are hell-bent on putting you in the middle of realistic action scenarios. Others let you experience some of the world's most elite (or obscure) professions. Looking for science fiction or fantasy? You won't find it here. So grab your mouse, keyboard, joystick, or driving wheel, and step into some of the most dangerous, toughest, and craziest jobs in the (virtual) world. Seriously, train conducting? Yes, there's a sim game for that. ...
• Microsoft boosts Japan Azure offering, adds data centers in two regions23 May 2013, 11:15 am
  Microsoft will boost its Azure cloud offering in Japan, adding two domestic data centers to speed response times and improve reliability in the face of natural disasters.The software giant said Thursday that it would add cloud-based hosting services in two regions, one near Tokyo and one in the Kansai region further south. Redundancy is a priority in earthquake-prone Japan, where the use of online services usually skyrockets after natural disasters."By using two sub-regions, customers will be...
• Adobe continues social push, acquires mobile app agency23 May 2013, 10:30 am
  Adobe has acquired Thumb Labs, a small mobile app agency, as part of its broader push to give its new cloud-enabled software offerings a more social flavor.Thumb Labs, based in New York, posted a message on its website and Twitter feed on Thursday saying the firm had accepted an offer to become part of Adobe. The company said it will fulfill its existing contracts and begin its new role at the end of the month. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Adobe began a major shift last year...
• French police end missing persons searches, suggest using Facebook instead23 May 2013, 9:25 am
  The latest victim of disruption by Internet technologies is a veteran of World War I: the missing persons search.French police will no longer search for adults reported missing by their families unless there are signs that the person is in danger. The police have abandoned searches in progress and stopped accepting new search requests, according to an announcement on a government website Monday. The changes took effect on Friday.Such "searches in the interests of the family" were conducted un...
• SoftBank said to be in talks with US to allay national security fears23 May 2013, 7:05 am
  The U.S. government is in negotiations with SoftBank for greater control over equipment purchases by Sprint Nextel and the selection of one of the Japanese company's nominee to the U.S. carrier's board, according to a news report.Dish Network, SoftBank's rival bidder for Sprint, has meanwhile launched an advertising campaign and a website to argue that "the sale of wireless and wireline infrastructure with national strategic importance to a foreign company will weaken the security of the Unit...
• Ericsson makes bus windows part of a Wi-Fi network23 May 2013, 5:00 am
  Ericsson may have a contender for oddest networking product if it commercializes the wireless bus windows it demonstrated at this week's CTIA Wireless trade show.The windows would have built-in, translucent antennas connected to an internal Wi-Fi system for passenger use while on the road. In the example Ericsson showed at CTIA, the dual-band Wi-Fi antenna was just a square of barely visible red metal embedded between layers of glass.The mobile infrastructure giant demonstrated the concept on...
• HP launches consumer laptops with plenty of touch23 May 2013, 4:59 am
  On the same day that HP had to admit to lackluster consumer PC sales, the company is announcing a new raft of consumer notebook computers. Touchscreens will be available even on a lower-end models, a key move for HP to stay on-trend. The flashiest models are the Envy Touchsmart 15 and 17 Notebooks. Clad in shiny cases, both models will be available with touch or non-touch displays and 6-cell batteries. Laptop multimedia has its challenges, but HP’s equipping these models with Beats Audio...
• HP's Envy Rove 20-inch 'tablet' tackles Windows 8 desktop PC woes23 May 2013, 4:20 am
  Windows 8 has not found wide adoption among desktop users, so HP has announced a new portable all-in-one and lowered the price of touch PCs so users can take advantage of the operating system.(pcworld.com)...
• HP $399 touchscreen laptop breaks price barrier23 May 2013, 4:20 am
  Hewlett-Packard has introduced a new wave of Envy and Pavilion thin and light laptops, including an 11.6-inch touchscreen model priced aggressively at US$399.(pcworld.com)...

PCWorld

• Nvidia's GeForce GTX 780: a Titan for the rest of us23 May 2013, 1:00 pm
  When Nvidia announced its graphical powerhouse, the $999 GeForce GTX Titan, in February, eyeballs widened. Fortunately Nvidia now offers the lower-performance GeForce GTX 780, which also cuts the price by a third, to $649. Today Nvidia will begin shipping its new enthusiast cards to partners, in the form of reference designs that its hardware partners will tweak over time. These third-party versions of the GeForce GTX 780 will be available in about a month’s time, Justin Walker, program ...
• 11 killer sim games that immerse you in reality23 May 2013, 12:35 pm
  Some sim games are hell-bent on putting you in the middle of realistic action scenarios. Others let you experience some of the world's most elite (or obscure) professions. Looking for science fiction or fantasy? You won't find it here. So grab your mouse, keyboard, joystick, or driving wheel, and step into some of the most dangerous, toughest, and craziest jobs in the (virtual) world. Seriously, train conducting? Yes, there's a sim game for that. ...
• Microsoft boosts Japan Azure offering, adds data centers in two regions23 May 2013, 11:15 am
  Microsoft will boost its Azure cloud offering in Japan, adding two domestic data centers to speed response times and improve reliability in the face of natural disasters.The software giant said Thursday that it would add cloud-based hosting services in two regions, one near Tokyo and one in the Kansai region further south. Redundancy is a priority in earthquake-prone Japan, where the use of online services usually skyrockets after natural disasters."By using two sub-regions, customers will be...
• Adobe continues social push, acquires mobile app agency23 May 2013, 10:30 am
  Adobe has acquired Thumb Labs, a small mobile app agency, as part of its broader push to give its new cloud-enabled software offerings a more social flavor.Thumb Labs, based in New York, posted a message on its website and Twitter feed on Thursday saying the firm had accepted an offer to become part of Adobe. The company said it will fulfill its existing contracts and begin its new role at the end of the month. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Adobe began a major shift last year...
• French police end missing persons searches, suggest using Facebook instead23 May 2013, 9:25 am
  The latest victim of disruption by Internet technologies is a veteran of World War I: the missing persons search.French police will no longer search for adults reported missing by their families unless there are signs that the person is in danger. The police have abandoned searches in progress and stopped accepting new search requests, according to an announcement on a government website Monday. The changes took effect on Friday.Such "searches in the interests of the family" were conducted un...
• SoftBank said to be in talks with US to allay national security fears23 May 2013, 7:05 am
  The U.S. government is in negotiations with SoftBank for greater control over equipment purchases by Sprint Nextel and the selection of one of the Japanese company's nominee to the U.S. carrier's board, according to a news report.Dish Network, SoftBank's rival bidder for Sprint, has meanwhile launched an advertising campaign and a website to argue that "the sale of wireless and wireline infrastructure with national strategic importance to a foreign company will weaken the security of the Unit...
• Lenovo's net profit up 90 percent, smartphone shipments soar23 May 2013, 6:10 am
  PC sales in China and high growth in smartphones shipments helped boost Lenovo's net profit for its fiscal fourth quarter by 90 percent year-over-year.For the quarter ended March 31, Lenovo's net profit was US$127 million, the company said on Thursday. Revenue broke records and was at $7.8 billion, growing four percent from the same period last year.In Lenovo's home market of China, the company had an operating margin of 4.9 percent, an increase of 8 percent year-over-year. The company also s...
• Samsung sells over 10 million Galaxy S4 smartphones in first month23 May 2013, 5:20 am
  Samsung Electronics has reported global channel sales of over 10 million units of the Galaxy S4 in less than a month after its global launch.The new smartphone from the Samsung stable has outstripped its predecessors in first-month sales.The GALAXY S III reached the 10 million mark 50 days after its launch in 2012, while the GALAXY S II took five months and the GALAXY S seven months to reach the milestone, Samsung said.The device is now available in over 110 countries and will gradually be ro...
• Ericsson makes bus windows part of a Wi-Fi network23 May 2013, 5:00 am
  Ericsson may have a contender for oddest networking product if it commercializes the wireless bus windows it demonstrated at this week's CTIA Wireless trade show.The windows would have built-in, translucent antennas connected to an internal Wi-Fi system for passenger use while on the road. In the example Ericsson showed at CTIA, the dual-band Wi-Fi antenna was just a square of barely visible red metal embedded between layers of glass.The mobile infrastructure giant demonstrated the concept on...
• HP launches consumer laptops with plenty of touch23 May 2013, 4:59 am
  On the same day that HP had to admit to lackluster consumer PC sales, the company is announcing a new raft of consumer notebook computers. Touchscreens will be available even on a lower-end models, a key move for HP to stay on-trend. The flashiest models are the Envy Touchsmart 15 and 17 Notebooks. Clad in shiny cases, both models will be available with touch or non-touch displays and 6-cell batteries. Laptop multimedia has its challenges, but HP’s equipping these models with Beats Audio...
• AMD willing to embrace Android23 May 2013, 4:20 am
  Advanced Micro Devices has opened the door to embrace Google's Android operating system, but said it would continue to focus on Windows with its upcoming tablet and laptop chips.AMD on multiple occasions has said it had no interest in putting its chips in Android tablets and would focus exclusively on Windows 8. A change of heart could open up a wider market for tablets for the company.For now, the company's focus remains on optimizing chips for usage on Windows laptops, desktops and tablets,...
• HP $399 touchscreen laptop breaks price barrier23 May 2013, 4:20 am
  Hewlett-Packard has introduced a new wave of Envy and Pavilion thin and light laptops, including an 11.6-inch touchscreen model priced aggressively at US$399.The lineup includes three TouchSmart laptops with touchscreens and two non-touch laptops. The less expensive touch models, the $399 Pavilion TouchSmart with an 11.6-inch screen and the $529 Envy TouchSmart 15 with a 15.6-inch screen, have Advanced Micro Devices' latest chips. New AMD chips code-named Kabini, Temash and Richland were anno...

Capsule Computers - Gaming & Entertainment News, Reviews, Interviews & Competitions

• See Shazam in Infinite Crisis23 May 2013, 2:12 pm
  Turbine and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have released the Infinite Crisis Champion Profile for Shazam, the superhero gifted with the powers of Gods. The video, which can be viewed embedded at the bottom of this article, shows Shazam – an orphan named Billy Batson who transforms into this powerful warrior by simply uttering the same name [...]...
• “Jane Wilde” Released On The iOS Today23 May 2013, 1:00 pm
  Today marks the release of the awesome new shoot-em-up, side scrolling, boot-scootin, iOS game which goes by the name of “Jane Wilde“. Game Developer LevelBit released the free-to-play game today for all iOS devices. In the game you play as crazy, cowgirl Jane Wilde. This sexy, sharp-shooter, travels the Wild West taking down vampires, skeletons, [...]...
• GRID 2 showcases the Indy 500 as well as Special Edition details23 May 2013, 12:57 pm
  Codemasters otherwise known as the undisputed masters of realistic racing video-game experiences, have released a brand new trailer for GRID 2 showcasing the legendary Indy 500 IndyCars, which will be part of special downloadable content for the game called the IndyCar Pack. The trailer which can be seen below reveals the IndyCars as they race [...]...
• Undead Hunt Available Today on Android23 May 2013, 12:44 pm
  Today the small indie group BarbaSoft Team has officially debuted their first game: Undead Hunt. The game has existed for some time as an open-beta under the name TSUZP! a Zombie Tale, with TSUZP standing for The Still Unnamed Zombie Project. Undead Hunt is best described as a hybrid of tower defense and real time [...]...
• Ghost Recon Online Patched to 0.11.123 May 2013, 11:13 am
  Ubisoft has announced today the launch of patch 0.11.1 for its free-to-play first-person shooter on the PC, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online. It was only a month ago when players received the last big update. Boasting general service fixes and improvements, the latest update offers Military Surplus Boxes, the latest form of Mystery box and [...]...
• Hacker Evolution Review23 May 2013, 11:09 am
  Hacker Evolution Developer: exosyphen studios Publisher: exosyphen studios Platform: Windows PC Release Date: May 7th, 2007 Price: $9.95 – Available Here Overview Hacker Evolution is the game that spawned a series of three hacking sims by Romanian indie developers exosyphen studios. Since then, exosyphen has provided a steady stream of updates to the title. Story [...]...
• SimCity Update 4.023 May 2013, 9:45 am
  SimCity’s 4.0 update launching today will introduce new areas, re-enable features and add additional fixes, according to a post on the EA forums. After the update some features will be re-enabled, such as global market prices will now dynamically change during gameplay, and region filters and leaderboards are once again active. Region filters will now also [...]...
• Tetris Blitz Review23 May 2013, 9:35 am
  Tetris Blitz Developer: EA Publisher: EA Platforms:  iPhone (Reviewed), iPad, iPod Touch, Android, Google Play Release Date: May 17 2012 Price: Free – Available Here Overview Tetris has been around for what seems like forever and from day one it really hasn’t changed, yeah, there’s been a tonne of variations, additions, remakes and what not but [...]...
• Humble Weekly Sale featuring Alan Wake23 May 2013, 9:19 am
  After a short hiatus, the Humble Weekly Sale is back with a bang, this time featuring Alan Wake Collector’s Edition, Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, and a large variety of special bonus content. Alan Wake fans are still reeling from the stinging announcement that Remedy’s new project is not Alan Wake 2. As part of the [...]...
• Storm, Bad Bots, and Auditorium On Sale23 May 2013, 8:52 am
  indiePub Entertainment knocked down the prices of three of their games for a limited time. Recently released Bad Bots is 25% off on Steam until May 24th. After the sale ends, Storm will be on sale for 80% off at the official site until May 28th. Both games are available for Windows PC and Bad Bots is [...]...

WSJ.com: Books

• Swearing In the Enemy21 May 2013, 3:41 am
  One of the suspected Boston bombers was a naturalized citizen, and the other was on his way. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, herself a new citizen, asks how we might change the process of becoming an American to exclude those who hate America....
• Stephen King Says No to E-Book20 May 2013, 4:57 pm
  Stephen King has no plans for a digital edition of his new book, "Joyland," hoping to get more people to shop for it in a physical bookstore....
• Amanda Foreman: The Tyranny of the Micromanager20 May 2013, 10:42 am
  As anyone who has had the misfortune to work for a micromanager knows, success only makes the manager worse. A few lessons from micromanagers through history....
• South Africa Gets Some Comic Relief20 May 2013, 8:44 am
  A crop of young comics has embraced biting satire as a way to point out the absurdities of today's South Africa, from persistent gaps between rich whites and poor blacks to a president who has four first ladies....
• DSM-5: A Manual Run Amok20 May 2013, 3:17 am
  A new diagnostic manual shows that it's time for the field to try a new approach, writes Paul McHugh....
• Queenan: Stop the Run of Revisionist Products19 May 2013, 2:48 pm
  It would be wonderful if companies brought back deleted or massively altered features that the public enjoys. Here are some examples, from car doors to orange juice....
• In Children, Bias Blooms Chillingly Early19 May 2013, 2:02 pm
  Alison Gopnik delivers the bad news: Our impulse to love and help the members of our own group is matched by an impulse to hate and fear the members of other groups....
• Christopher Williams: A Photographer Who Provokes19 May 2013, 9:34 am
  The American-born artist has a show at London's David Zwirner gallery and will soon get a retrospective at New York's Museum of Modern Art....
• The 'Believe It or Not' Life of Robert Ripley18 May 2013, 9:13 pm
  The godfather of reality shows and purveyor of freaks empathized with struggling people; he'd been there....
• Exploring NASA's Orion18 May 2013, 4:37 am
  The ultimate goal: to send people to deep space in 2021, including to near-Earth asteroids and eventually Mars....
• Statshot: Carl Bialik, 'The Numbers Guy'18 May 2013, 4:18 am
  A look at the numbers shaping your world....
• Don't Miss: May 18-2418 May 2013, 2:09 am
  In this column: Edward Hopper drawings in New York, Chagall in Paris and ballet mementos in Washington, D.C....

Books and Author Interviews

• Hay Festival 2013: day one live23 May 2013, 2:00 pm
  The Telegraph Hay Festival 2013 kicks of in Hay-on-Wye, Wales, today. Keep up to date with all the best bits from the world's best literary festival.    ...
• Hay Festival 2013: Unseen Lydia Davis story23 May 2013, 12:42 pm
  A new short story by Man Booker International Prize winner Lydia Davis.    ...
• Hay Festival 2013: Gardeners should 'make friends' with snails23 May 2013, 11:38 am
  Snails are not waging war on your garden, author and scientist Ruth Brooks tells Hay Festival 2013.    ...
• Hay Festival 2013: Clothes will be more expensive after Bangladesh tragedy23 May 2013, 11:18 am
  Consumers will no longer accept garments made in sweatshops, leading professor Sandy Black tells Hay Festival 2013.    ...
• The romantic novelist who sparked a German invasion23 May 2013, 6:30 am
  Britain has never been more popular with the Germans - thanks to 88-year-old Rosamunde Pilcher, says Harry Wallop    ...
• And The Mountains Echoed, by Khaled Hosseini, review23 May 2013, 6:00 am
  A sprawling emotional tale from Khaled Hosseini draws in Helen Brown.    ...
• Peter Cushing: a Life in Film, by David Miller, review23 May 2013, 6:00 am
  On the centenary of Peter Cushing's birth, Tim Robey praises the actor's compellingly grave screen presence.    ...
• Hay Festival 2013: Mariella Frostrup Q&A on books23 May 2013, 6:00 am
  As the 2013 Telegraph Hay Festival begins, Mariella Frostrup, who will be filming her book show at the festival again, answers a Q&A on literature.    ...
• Twenty years of Bravo Two Zero23 May 2013, 6:00 am
  Patrick Hennessey salutes the enduring appeal of fellow soldier-turned-writer Andy McNab's classic story of SAS derring-do.    ...
• TransAtlantic, by Colum McCann, review23 May 2013, 6:00 am
  Freya Johnston enjoys an Irish novelist's take on the émigré experience.    ...
• Derek Landy reveals his childhood inspirations23 May 2013, 6:00 am
  Derek Landy, creator of an undead sorcerer-detective, recalls his childhood inspirations.    ...
• Desmond Elliott Prize shortlist announced23 May 2013, 6:00 am
  Only three books remain in contention for the £10,000 prize, including one written entirely in verse.    ...

Books on HuffingtonPost.com

• Penny C. Sansevieri: Ten Deadly Marketing Mistakes Almost Every Author Makes23 May 2013, 1:57 pm
  People always ask me what's the single biggest mistake authors make. I'm not sure it's just one mistake, though the truth is that one mistake......
• Gregoris Kalai: The Jay Gatsby in All of Us23 May 2013, 12:45 pm
  There is a Jay Gatbsy in all of us. Despite our best efforts to be content and happy with what ever our current circumstances are, we have evolved to want more. More what?...
• Ann Brenoff: Words With Friends With Benefits?23 May 2013, 12:01 pm
  How does it feel if you beat someone who doesn't know you had the help of a computer to find your words -- words you don't even know the meaning of? How does that possibly feel good? Do you high-five yourself in the mirror after? Just you and your nasty little secret?...
• Edward Steers Jr.: 6 Biggest Hoaxes In History23 May 2013, 11:33 am
  Napoleon Bonaparte once famously observed "history is a set of lies agreed upon." For those who look for the truth, it is often far too easy to believe in fraudulent history and science when they tell us what we want to hear....
• Jeffery Self: Straight People: A Spotter's Guide23 May 2013, 1:22 am
  You'd be surprised by the number of ways you can spot a straight person. As an example, I'm sharing this excerpt from the book, a list of some of the most popular movies amongst Heterosexuals. Non-Heterosexuals might like these movies as well, but I'm here to generalize....
• Maryka Biaggio: To Diagnose or Not to Diagnose22 May 2013, 10:53 pm
  In the realm of fiction, diagnosis serves no worthy purpose. In fact, it may even undermine the goal of character exploration....
• Kimberlie I. Leon: A Bangle, a Book, and a Cupcake22 May 2013, 10:21 pm
  It all began a few months ago when some of the girls on my team started to wear the latest craze in bangles. I noticed them immediately because they were not only visually interesting, but also made a pleasing-to-the-ear jingling sound. I was intrigued so I set out to learn more, which brought me to discover Alex and Ani....
• Evan Gottlieb: It's Good to Be Bad: In Defense of Not-Nice Poetry22 May 2013, 9:43 pm
  Where does the popular idea that good poetry is "nice" come from, and what -- if anything -- can or should be said against it? The short answer is that it's a legacy of Romanticism....
• Andrew Shaffer: The Book That Disappeared22 May 2013, 9:31 pm
  With traditional publishing, books might be pulled due to plagiarism or libel -- but rarely for content, and especially not without a widespread outcry....
• American Short Story Author Wins Major Fiction Prize22 May 2013, 9:30 pm
  * Short story author wins Man Booker International Prize * Lydia Davis was inspired by Proust's monumental work (Adds winner's quotes) By Ana Nicolaci da......
• Jennifer Platow: Embracing Ambiguity in the Poetry Classroom22 May 2013, 9:24 pm
  Like many teachers, I pitch poetry around my classroom precariously, like it's an egg toss at a child's birthday party. I don't want to drop it, turn it, or spend too long holding on to it....
• Elizabeth Warren Coming To A Bookshelf Near You22 May 2013, 9:21 pm
  NEW YORK &mdash; U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a favorite among liberals for her forceful advocacy for consumers and criticisms of the financial industry, has a......

Page-Turner

• Where Islam Meets America22 May 2013, 7:02 pm
  A good teacher is hard to find. A good religious teacher is harder still. A few years ago, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Suspect No. 1 in the Boston Marathon bombing, wanted to learn more about Islam. He’d been arrested on a domestic-abuse charge and his boxing career was faltering; maybe he thought religion would help. Who was his teacher? His uncle and former brother-in-law say it was a family friend named Mikhail Allakhverdov. “Somehow, he just took his brain,” the uncle says. But Al...
• The Curse of Reading and Forgetting22 May 2013, 4:31 pm
  Recently, a colleague mentioned that she had been rereading Richard Hughes’s “A High Wind in Jamaica,” which was first published in 1929 and is about a group of creepy little kids who become the unwanted wards of sad, listless pirates. She praised it, and her recommendation sent me to Amazon. The title was familiar, as was the vibrant cover of the New York Review Books reissue. One cent and $3.99 for shipping, and the book was on its way. A couple of weeks later, I opened to th...
• Book News: Publishing Hackathon, Nobel Speculation22 May 2013, 1:37 pm
  Bernard Waber, the author and illustrator children’s books, best known for “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile,” has died at the age of ninety-one. Stephen King, whose novel “Riding the Bullet” was one of the first mass-market e-books, has announced that his latest novel, “Joyland,” will be available in print only. A tweet by the Swedish Academy has caused a frenzy of speculation on Twitter about this year’s candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literatu...
• Søren K.’s Two-Hundredth Birthday21 May 2013, 3:00 pm
  William James liked to quote Søren Kierkegaard’s famous assertion that “we live forward, but we understand backwards.” Kierkegaard, the great Danish philosopher of subjectivity, would have been two hundred years old on May 5th, and, looking back, we can see that ironic, angst-ridden modern literature begins with him. Strindberg, Ibsen, Nietzsche, Kafka, Borges, Camus, Sartre, and Wittgenstein are among his heirs—and without him, where would Woody Allen be? Kierkeg...
• Book News: Murakami Translation, Stoop Books of Brooklyn21 May 2013, 1:34 pm
  Haruki Murakami has signed a deal for the English translation of “Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage,” which sold over a million copies in just over a week when it was released in Japan last month. A selection from a collection of rare early printed books and manuscripts will be auctioned at Sotheby’s in June, despite protest from scholars that the collection should remain intact. Newcastle Productions has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a d...
• Minds Are The Strangest Thing20 May 2013, 8:55 pm
  To catch thought as it flies has long been an ambition of the high-end literary novel. From one point of view, it is possible to see the form’s history as an incremental refinement of the means by which consciousness is represented on the page. Jane Austen’s free indirect speech, the folding of soliloquy into third-person narration (“She had no hope, nothing to deserve the name of hope, that he could have that sort of affection for herself which was now in question”), m...
• Nevada Gothic: An Interview with Claire Vaye Watkins20 May 2013, 8:53 pm
  “Battleborn,” the astonishingly wise début story collection by Claire Vaye Watkins, takes its title from the tattoo-worthy nickname of her home state, Nevada; the stories are set in the beautiful, treacherous territory of the desert, and are populated by characters drawn to its dry washes, their psychotic delusions or lucky-strike fantasies hazily glimmering before them. Raw, fearless, and often very funny, these are stories remarkable for the risky dynamism of their langua...
• Book News: Not the Father, Storied Stamps20 May 2013, 5:00 am
  An interview with the Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka on the legacy of the “father of African literature,” Chinua Achebe, and why he wishes that Achebe had not written his last book. Pete Seeger’s proposal for gender-neutral language, from a 1974 letter to Ms. magazine. Ireland’s newest postage stamp has an entire short story printed on it. “Certainly Jewishness lurks in the hinterland of the novel, and anti-Semitism in a number of its nooks an...
• Weekend Reading: Internet Crime Sleuths, Celebrity Psychics, Eurovision’s Hope18 May 2013, 9:37 pm
  The Internet is supposedly the great leveler—a universal space without regard for physical boundaries or strata. This claim is half-illustrated by Kevin Morris at The Daily Dot in his story about Zhu Ling, a Chinese student who was poisoned in 1995 in an unsolved case that recently resurfaced as a popular cause among activists and truth-seekers on the Chinese Web. Morris writes that Zhu’s story “has straddled and defined two ends of the Internet revolution, connecting two dec...
• The Real Girl in the Blue Beret18 May 2013, 8:52 pm
  I didn’t know if Michèle Moët-Agniel was still alive. She would be over eighty by now. I had written her a letter—in painstaking French—in August, 2007, and it was now January, 2008. I mailed another copy of the letter with an updated note. I told her I was coming to Paris in the spring and very much wanted to meet her because I was writing a novel about the war years, when she was a teen-ager in the French Resistance. I studied the photo of her with my father-in-...
• The Letters of Italo Calvino, Day V17 May 2013, 7:31 pm
  This week on Page-Turner, we've been running a series of excerpts from “Italo Calvino: Letters, 1941-1985,” translated by Martin McLaughlin, which will be published on May 20th (read our first four installments here, here, here, and here.). In this final installment of the letters, from when the writer was in his fifties, Calvino spars with, compliments, and, in one case, attacks three of his eminent literary contemporaries: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Gore Vidal, and Claudio Magris. Pa...
• Book News: Viral Poetry, Birthday Bridge17 May 2013, 5:18 pm
  The Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum will reopen in October, after being closed for over a year due to lack of funding.The story of a poem that’s being posted at Little League fields throughout the country.“There are laws to protect the freedom of the press’s speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press.” Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling on the news media.The Brooklyn Bridge’s hundred-and-thirtieth anniversary, on Sunday, will be celeb...

Social Media Today - The world's best thinkers on social media

• How Semantic Search is Changing Everything23 May 2013, 5:06 pm
  Semantic search is changing everything. From the way traditional marketing is done to the way social media connections are now forged, the web is forcing us to create more transparent, honest connections than ever before....
• How Much, in Dollars, is a Share Worth? Each Social Media Platform is Different [INFOGRAPHIC]23 May 2013, 10:18 am
  I don’t think I’m being too controversial to say that women drive the majority of e-commerce and social sharing. Yet this infographic asserts that men are driving eCommerce and social sharing, and that a Google Plus share is worth five times what a Facebook share is and nine times what a Pinterest share is worth....
• The Growth of Social Media Customer Service23 May 2013, 9:42 am
  Eighty percent of companies plan to use social media for customer service and brands must respond quickly to customer queries on social channels. There is also an opportunity to use social customer service to increase brand loyalty....
• Keyword-based Ads Let Twitter Advertisers Improve Targeting23 May 2013, 8:42 am
  In a welcome move, Twitter offers advertisers the ability to target users based on key words used in their previous tweets. This holds the promise of getting news of your accounting firm and its services directly to the people who have expressed an interest in them through their own tweets....
• New Statistics Highlight the Power of Social Media Marketing23 May 2013, 7:48 am
  Your company may not even be taken seriously without a presence on the big four social networks: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn. However, simply maintaining social media accounts for your business is not sufficient....
• Google Penguin Update 2.0 Live in Search Results23 May 2013, 6:44 am
  As expected and announced by Matt Cutts for upcoming penguin updates on Twitter, this is the first major update which is being called as Penguin 2.0 (officially) rolled out yesterday on May 22, 2013 has impacted 2.3% of queries that a regular user might notice....
• What's Being Watched on YouTube Right This Second?23 May 2013, 5:10 am
  Intrigued by the viral video phenomenon? YouTube has released a new Trends Map that highlights the most popular videos at a moment in time across the United States....
• Are Social Media and Community Management the Same Thing?: Notes from AOL and Internet Week New York23 May 2013, 3:33 am
  On Tuesday AOL hosted a Social Media Salon for Internet Week New York where the differences between social media and community management were discussed....
• Yahoo and Tumblr: Avoiding Commoditization by Association23 May 2013, 2:58 am
  There are three things on the Tumblr/Yahoo to-do list for 2013: 1. Push the edges on intelligent recommendation technology (just think of the dataset they must have!) 2. Innovate on engagement-based ad format design. 3. Bypass agencies: try to build partnerships directly with brands to help bring scale and meaning to a revenue model that is based on adding value rather than the very comfortable “interrupt and repeat.”...
• An Open Letter to Nutella: Why Did You Eliminate Your Greatest Marketing Asset?23 May 2013, 2:55 am
  Sara Rosso was a bona fide Nutella superfan: a consumer so passionate about Nutella that she had dedicated her precious time to furthering the brand’s cause. She was the type of fan that brand managers dream of. Then Nutella shut her down....
• Google+: Weak Social Network or Critical Marketing Tool?23 May 2013, 2:00 am
  Looking at Google’s social media history, one could speculate that the company just doesn’t have a knack for that particular sector. But Google+ is poised to succeed. Why? Google hasn’t made its newest social network better than any other. They’ve simply made it count for more....
• Watch Out: Google's Penguin 2.0 Is Fast Approaching23 May 2013, 2:00 am
  Last week Google’s Matt Cutts announced that Penguin 2.0 is a couple of weeks away, so if you’ve been partaking in black hat SEO tactics, it’s time to stop. Listen up and follow these steps to make certain that your site is safe and your ranking doesn’t get slammed....

Social Media Examiner

• 11 Checks to Ensure Your Facebook Page is Up-to-Date23 May 2013, 10:00 am
  How long has it been since you’ve reviewed your Facebook Page? Are you taking advantage of the latest Facebook features? It’s critical that Facebook Page managers take time to regularly audit their Page and ensure that they are not missing out on new features. This Facebook Page audit guide outlines 11 key items to review to [...]...
• 15 Actionable Takeaways From Social Media Marketing World 201322 May 2013, 10:00 am
  Did you miss Social Media Marketing World in April? Or perhaps you were there but weren’t able to attend all the sessions you would have liked to. In this article I’ve assembled for you 15 actionable social media marketing takeaways from some experts who presented at the event. Here’s what they had to say. #1: [...]...
• 2013 Social Media Marketing Industry Report21 May 2013, 10:00 am
  Are you wondering how your peers are using social media? Wondering if you should focus on Pinterest or podcasting, or put more effort into Facebook? In our fifth annual social media study, more than 3000 marketers reveal where they focus their social media activities, how much time they invest, what the rewards are and where they’ll [...]...
• 3 Simple Ways to Measure Your Social Media Results20 May 2013, 10:00 am
  Are you looking for better ways to measure your social media activities? Do you know if your social media efforts are worthwhile? Social media measurement is one of the most frustrating challenges business face. In this article I’ll show you three simple measurement strategies that can fit into one of your future campaigns. Why Measure? In [...]...
• Google+ Redesign: This Week in Social Media18 May 2013, 10:00 am
  Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention. What’s New This Week? Google+ Unveils New Design: The new Google+ design “helps you easily explore content as well as dramatically improves [...]...
• Mobile Marketing: How to Get Started17 May 2013, 10:00 am
  Do you use mobile marketing for business? Are you wondering how to get started? To learn how mobile marketing and social connect, I interview Jamie Turner for this episode of the Social Media Marketing podcast. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing podcast is a show from Social Media Examiner. It’s designed to help [...]...
• How to Compare Your Facebook Page With the Competition16 May 2013, 10:00 am
  Are you wondering how your Facebook Page compares to competitors? What can you do to improve your performance? Insights into how your competitors are using Facebook can help you better understand your audience on Facebook and how they use Facebook. In this article, I’ll review 5 different tools that can be used to help you [...]...
• How to Network Using LinkedIn Groups15 May 2013, 10:00 am
  Are you a member of a LinkedIn Group? Do you spend time networking in LinkedIn Groups? LinkedIn Groups are great way to build credibility and make new connections that can ultimately help grow your business. With over 1.5 million LinkedIn Groups, it can be difficult to find relevant Groups and determine which ones might be [...]...
• How to Generate More Leads With Your Blog: 5 Tips14 May 2013, 10:00 am
  Does your business have a blog? Would you like your blog to bring in more leads for your business? You already know you need to create awesome blog content, but there’s more to business blogging than just that. You also need to include a few tactics to help you bring in the leads you want. [...]...
• How Your Business Can Use the New Facebook Cover Photos13 May 2013, 10:00 am
  Are you familiar with the new Facebook cover photo rules?  You are now able to put calls to action and your website or address information in your Facebook cover photo, but there are still text restrictions. Would you like some inspiration for what your business can do with a cover photo? Many people have not [...]...
• YouTube Paid Channels: This Week in Social Media11 May 2013, 10:00 am
  Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention. What’s New This Week? YouTube Launches Paid Channels: YouTube Paid Channels is “a pilot program for a small group of partners that [...]...
• Email and Social Media: Why Marketers Need Both10 May 2013, 10:00 am
  Do you use email marketing for your business? Are you wondering how email and social can work well together? To learn how email marketing can integrate with social media, I interview DJ Waldow for this episode of the Social Media Marketing podcast. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing podcast is a show from [...]...

Social Networking Watch: News on the Social Networking and Social Media Industry

• Path Is Getting Popular In Indonesia21 May 2013, 5:26 pm
  TECH IN ASIA - May 21 - Path, a social network app, has been growing in popularity in Indonesia for its more-private circle of friends. Unlike Facebook it limits its users to 150 friends. Almost all internet users in Indonesia......
• Yahoo Board Approves Tumblr Acquisition20 May 2013, 6:52 pm
  MASHABLE - May 19 - Yahoo's board of directors has approved a $1.1 billion acquisition of blogging platform Tumblr. The deal is reportedly an all-cash acquisition. CEO Marissa Mayer was interested in the platform's younger-skewing user base, and had been......
• Your Klout Counts20 May 2013, 6:43 pm
  THE NATIONAL - May 19 - Social networking isn’t only for fun anymore. Today, it’s a serious business. That was brought into sharp focus recently, when American Airlines announced that passengers with a Klout score of 55 or more will......
• Zynga Tells CupidWithFriends To Stop Using ‘With Friends’20 May 2013, 6:23 pm
  TECH CRUNCH - May 17 - Zynga has told the makers of the dating site CupidWithFriends that they need to change the site’s name, because it allegedly infringes on Zynga’s trademarks. CupidWithFriends was built by the startup Apartment 7. The......
• MessageMe Raises $10M17 May 2013, 7:31 pm
  TECH CRUNCH - May 17 - MessageMe, a messaging app that launched in March, has raised another $10M. This newest round will be used to help MessageMe keep up with growth in the future, as it faces up to an......
• Tencent Eyes Revenue Growth16 May 2013, 7:31 pm
  REUTERS - May 15 - China's largest online gaming and social networking company, Tencent Holdings, more than tripled the number of active users for its mobile chat app in Q1. Active user numbers soared 228% to 194M. Strong sales of......
• Google Revamped Google+16 May 2013, 7:21 pm
  SF GATE - May 15 - Google is making its strongest push yet to go after Facebook by revamping its Google+ with dozens of new features and enhancements, including self-editing photos, automatic hashtags and improved messaging. With photos, Google is......
• Founder2be Took A Lesson From Online Dating15 May 2013, 7:51 pm
  FORBES - May 15 - Back in 2011, Oliver Bremer was seeking a partner, a co-founder, with which to kick off a B2B-type software startup. He was not having much luck. Then it struck him that if people take to......
• Radisson Hotel Rolls Out Social Networking App LobbyFriend15 May 2013, 7:12 pm
  EDMONTON JOURNAL - May 14 - The Radisson Edmonton South hotel is rolling out LobbyFriend, a social media platform that enables guests to connect with each other and with staff. Guests will be given a personal identification number when they......
• CEO Of Power.com To Speak At The Viral Summit15 May 2013, 7:02 pm
  WEBWIRE - May 14 - Steve Vachani, Founder of Power.com and Managing Director of Serendipity Ventures has acquired ~100M users via viral growth. He will present at the Viral Summit that is taking place on June 6-7 in Los Angeles.......
• LinkedIn Bans Users From Promoting Prostitution14 May 2013, 5:34 pm
  MASHABLE - May 14 - Prostitutes and escorts will have to find another social network to promote themselves. LinkedIn updated its user agreement terms on Monday. A LinkedIn rep confirmed that the wording is new, but noted that LinkedIn has......
• Twitter's Latest Buy: Big Data Startup Lucky Sort14 May 2013, 5:30 pm
  CNET NEWS - May 13 - Twitter has acquired big data startup Lucky Sort. Lucky Sort's goal was to make huge document sets easier to analyze, summarize, and visualize by building elegant and user-friendly tools for text analysis. It is......

Forbes - Social Media

• What Is Google?23 May 2013, 2:08 pm
  If anyone has tried to raise money for a startup, you know that you have to say what your company does in one quick sound bite.  But ask people what Google is, and it's a hard question to answer in the one-sentence format, "Google is…".  It is not that Google isn’t widely recognized, but what is Google?...
• Fresh Ticket Oak Campaign a Boost for StubHub Perception23 May 2013, 1:10 pm
  They say money doesn’t grow on trees, but for StubHub’s renewed Ticket Oak campaign consumer perception has been growing fast....
• Apple: Think Different. Tax Different22 May 2013, 9:38 pm
  No person or company wants to be accused of skirting tax obligations. Yet despite Joe Biden’s “paying higher taxes is patriotic” gaffe, paying too much could make you a chump. When Mitt Romney tried to stem the tide of negative tax press by forgoing deductions, he was derided for that too. See Romney Paid 14% in Taxes This Year but Could Have Paid Less. All the way around, taxes make a poor spectator sport....
• Yahoo's Top 10 Biggest Acquisitions22 May 2013, 9:19 pm
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• The Dubbler App Is Vine For Your Voice22 May 2013, 6:36 pm
  Dubbler makes it easy to record audio clips and share them over social media....
• Longtime Tech Industry Analyst Michael Gartenberg Joins Apple22 May 2013, 5:28 pm
  Michael Gartenberg, a longtime industry analyst known for covering digital media technologies and companies including Microsoft and  Apple, has left his post as an analyst at Gartner Inc. to take a job with Apple....
• The Quest For The Essence Of Entrepreneurship22 May 2013, 5:20 pm
  Ever wonder what makes an entrepreneur decide when to take a risk? Examples of entrepreneurial risk-taking range from the calculated to the fool-hardy....
• Why We Should Celebrate Snapchat And Encourage Ephemeral Communication22 May 2013, 4:13 pm
  You would think that it would be a terrible idea for a company accused of helping teenagers send each other sexually explicit images to feature bikini-clad young girls in their marketing.  Most would avoid such direct associations, for good reason - it’s immature, and edgy when it doesn’t need to be. But not the makers of the enormously popular app, Snapchat, which allows people to send images and videos that “self-destruct” after a few seconds. The company claims messages are del...
• Online Mothers Groups: Powerful, Unheralded Influencers Of Family Healthcare Decisions22 May 2013, 1:15 pm
  For all the interest in reputation apps (Yelp, Angie’s List, etc.), I’ve been struck by the number of household decisions across the country that seem to be powerfully influenced by another, less-well-appreciated force: online mothers groups....
• Not A Billionaire: After Yahoo Deal, Tumblr Founder David Karp Is Worth Just Under $200 Million22 May 2013, 1:00 pm
  David Karp didn't finish high school. That didn't stop him from working his way into the 1 percent....
• 30 under 30: Media22 May 2013, 1:00 pm
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• Why Facebook Should Buy Waze22 May 2013, 11:00 am
  The social media giant needs more mobile traction. Navigation startup Waze might be the $1 billion answer....

Real estate

• Popular Mechanics' 1955 'House of the Future'22 May 2013, 5:05 pm
  A master panel in the bedroom controls all the indoor and outdoor lights, as well as turns on a coffeemaker in the kitchen. Built in Brentwood, Calif. to last several centuries, and withstand fire, earthquakes and temperature extremes, Popular Mechanics' 1955 "House of the Future" still contains features desired by homeowners today.Of course, some of the amenities have lost their novelty. A once-t...    ...
• Sales of previously owned homes hit highest in 3-1/2 years22 May 2013, 3:01 pm
  U.S. home resales rose in April to the highest level in nearly 3-1/2 years as surging prices lured sellers back into market, which should support the housing sector and the overall economic recovery.The National Association of Realtors said on Wednesday existing home sales advanced 0.6 percent to an annual rate of 4.97 million units, the highest level since November 2009.The March sales pace was r...    ...
• Vacation home sales sizzle; rentals book up 20 May 2013, 11:08 pm
  In the kitschy community of St. Michaels on the Maryland shore, businesses are gearing up for the official start of the season: Memorial Day weekend. Trucks carrying dozens of bicycles unload into waterside racks and shopkeepers move their brightly-colored wares out onto the sidewalks. For real estate rental agents, though, the heavy lifting is mostly done. The biggest houses are already booked."T...    ...
• US home builders feeling fairly upbeat15 May 2013, 2:53 pm
  U.S. home-builder confidence in the market for single family homes rose in May amid rising home prices despite increasing building materials costs, an index showed on Wednesday.The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market index edged up three points to 44, from a downwardly revised 41 in April. Economists in a Reuters survey were expecting a reading of 43. Any number ov...    ...
• Mansions in Gatsby country going cheap (relatively) 14 May 2013, 6:10 pm
  In Jay Gatsby's time, the mansions along Long Island's Gold Coast were famous for their excess and price tags. Now, they're more famous for their price cuts. Hit hard by the recession, the grand estates and megahomes lining the North Shore have seen price cuts of up to 50 percent. Inventory remains high and homes are sitting on the market for an average of six months or more, brokers say. Big...    ...
• Celebrity real estate: Jillian Michaels lists LA home14 May 2013, 6:10 pm
  This week in celebrity real estate, The Biggest Loser's Jillian Michaels listed her Los Angeles home, daughter of Ron Howard, Bryce Dallas Howard sold her house, and it was revealed that Reese Witherspoon bought the home next door to her spread in Brentwood.Jillian Michaels lists LA home in 2.45 millionFor sale: a home literally built on sweat and difficult workouts. Jillian Michaels, the raspy-vo...    ...
• Housing's spring bloom 'stuck' because of tight supply10 May 2013, 10:18 pm
  UPDATED 12:34 p.m. EDT -Like many things in the spring, housing supply is supposed to grow. That is because warmer weather and the convenience for families of moving during the summer make spring the busiest home-buying season historically. That is not the case this year. Home sales have been "stuck," according to Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, because ther...    ...
• New home sales rise; housing recovery on track10 May 2013, 10:18 pm
  Sales of new U.S. single-family homes rose in March, indicating the housing market recovery remains on track. The Commerce Department said on Tuesday sales increased 1.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 417,000 units. Last month's rise followed a 7.6 percent drop in February. Economists polled by Reuters had expected sales to rise to 420,000-unit rate last month. Compared with March...    ...
• Pending-home sales edged higher in March10 May 2013, 10:18 pm
  Tight supplies of for-sale listings kept a lid on contracts to buy existing homes last March, a new survey said Monday.The Pending Home Sales Index from the National Association of Realtors increased 1.5 percent month to month. It is 7 percent higher than March of 2012. These numbers represent signed contracts, not closings, and are therefore an indicator of future final sales."Contract activity...    ...
• Home prices rise by most in seven years10 May 2013, 10:18 pm
  Single-family home prices rose more than expected in February, posting their best annual rise since May 2006 in a fresh sign the housing recovery remains on track, a closely watched survey showed on Tuesday. The S&P/Case Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas gained 1.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis compared to January, topping forecasts for 0.9 percent. "Despite some recent...    ...
• TODAY Chat: Advice for homebuyers and sellers9 May 2013, 8:09 pm
  It’s a seller’s market in many parts of the country right now. That’s a big change from the past six or seven years. With buyers competing for the same property, home prices are going up. It’s a good thing mortgage interest rates are at historic lows.“If you want to get the home of your dreams, you need to be really serious,” advises real estate expert Ilyce Glink, author of the book Buy, Close, M...    ...
• LA home includes aviary, sushi bar and private fire department9 May 2013, 6:30 pm
  Mauricio Umansky has held the listing for Michael Jackson's final home, sold Lisa Vanderpump's massive mansion as well as the Wehba Mansion for $34.5 million. So when he says that he's never seen a property quite like Marmont Manor, you know the home must be unusual."This is the coolest property I've been at, from a 'cool factor' in terms of features," said Umansky, co-founder and CEO of The Agenc...    ...

WSJ.com: Real Estate

• Trump-Branded Rio Project Faces Test22 May 2013, 8:31 pm
  A developer is hoping to break ground soon in Rio de Janeiro on the first Donald Trump-branded project in Brazil, but with the country's growth engine low on steam, the office market may not cooperate....
• A Modern Carriage House in Brooklyn22 May 2013, 3:37 pm
  At first glance, this home looks like another stately 19th-century Brooklyn home, but it was completed less than a decade ago as a modern mansion with a historic feel....
• Office Parks Get a Makeover22 May 2013, 11:48 am
  Once a symbol of suburban dominance, aging office parks from California to New Jersey are being reimagined as little cities....
• French Riverside Home22 May 2013, 10:27 am
  This 19th-century house on the banks of the River Indre comes with separate guest accommodation in a converted mill building....
• Starwood Capital Goes Shopping for Malls22 May 2013, 2:01 am
  Starwood Capital Group is in talks to buy seven U.S. shopping malls from Westfield Group for more than $1 billion, a deal that would mark the latest in a flurry of big-ticket acquisitions of retail property....
• For Developer, 3 Could Be Charm22 May 2013, 1:34 am
  Ian Bruce Eichner, a developer whose high-profile problems became symbols of the last two real-estate busts, is in final stages of a deal to buy a condominium development site near Manhattan's Flatiron Building....
• Green With Ivy in Chicago20 May 2013, 3:59 pm
  A late-1800s home on Chicago's Gold Coast is wrapped in greenery and flanked by tour-worthy gardens....
• Pleasures and Pitfalls of Frank Lloyd Wright Homes18 May 2013, 4:12 am
  There are 20 Frank Lloyd Wright homes now on the market, and some are available at a markdown. But owning an architectural treasure can come with significant headaches....
• Vessel Sinks That Double as Decorative Art17 May 2013, 7:48 pm
  Five custom-made vessel sinks with inspiration from nature....
• Can This House Sell for $190 Million?17 May 2013, 7:43 pm
  An eye-popping price tag in Greenwich, Conn., is a new test of the ultra-high-end property market....
• When Crisis Hits During a Move17 May 2013, 7:22 pm
  Coping tips for handling the unexpected while selling a home...
• Artists Aim for the Heights in Jersey City17 May 2013, 5:05 pm
  An arts district approved for a section of Jersey City's Heights neighborhood could spur new development and bring more creative types to an area that is already home to many artists....

Inman News » Contributor Article

• Nearly half of all US homeowners with a mortgage still ‘underwater’ in Q123 May 2013, 4:01 am
  Despite rising home prices early in the year, a significant portion of U.S. homeowners with a mortgage, about 44 percent, still owed more on their home than it was worth or didn’t have enough equity to move at the end of the ......
• 3 game-changing reasons for getting started with Google Analytics [Infographic]29 April 2013, 9:40 pm
  For most people, analytics is one of those subjects that other people pay attention to. There are a number of reasons why this is the case: there’s not enough time, it doesn’t seem important, or maybe it seems way too ......
• Calculated Risk: Housing inventory won’t bottom until 2014 [VIDEO]10 April 2013, 4:09 pm
  Former tech executive turned blogger Bill McBride was one of the first to suggest that homes were precariously overvalued back in 2005. When he spots a trend, people have learned to listen. McBride — who gets up early every day ......
• New ad campaign highlights California Realtors’ role in state economy1 April 2013, 10:27 pm
  The California Association of Realtors announced a new TV, Web, radio and print ad campaign today that highlights the positive impact its 155,000 members have on the state's economy.Two 30-second TV spots, featuring the "ripple" effect that the facilitation of home buying and selling has on the economy and families, will air on the ABC network in San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco from today through June 16. In addition, on April 17, a spot will air during the network's hit show &#...
• National Association of Realtors to release national MLS1 April 2013, 7:12 pm
   A national multiple listing service run by the National Association of Realtors should be ready by late summer, the large trade association announced today.NAR has been working for the last decade to put all of the nation's agent-represented homes for sale into one database, consolidating the 800-plus multiple listing services in the U.S. in the process."Everybody has been on board with the national MLS idea for a long time and we've been working on it for the last decade," the tra...
• April Fools’ Day real estate roundup1 April 2013, 7:10 pm
  On the first day of April each year, communities, businesses and news outlets come up with stories intended to fool, amuse, and, sometimes, satirize. Here's a roundup of the posts ......
• NAR Tech Edge to launch this month1 April 2013, 5:49 pm
   The National Association of Realtors will launch its tech-conference tour this month, the trade group announced today. The first event of the tour will be held on April 12 in Fairfax, Va., and others will follow in different locations throughout the summer and fall ......
• More millennials see homeownership as a good investment1 April 2013, 1:58 pm
   Most ......
• Study: Neighborhood zoning helped cause crisis1 April 2013, 1:22 pm
   A new study published in the journal Housing Policy Debate may have identified another contributing factor to the financial crisis: neighborhood zoning ......
• Protect yourself against loan lock scams1 April 2013, 10:33 am
  A price quote means nothing until it is properly locked with the lender. A rate lock, as it is commonly called, is the lender's commitment that it will make the specified loan at the specified price within a specified future period. The price includes not only the interest rate but also points, which are upfront charges expressed as a percent of the loan; fixed-dollar charges; and (if the loan is adjustable-rate) the margin and maximum rate. ...
• 8 tips for buying in a tight market1 April 2013, 10:09 am
  It's always hard to predict how long it will take to find a home to buy. Given the current low-inventory environment, it may take you longer than it would in a balanced market that has enough homes for sale to satisfy the current buyer demand. Patience needs to be a key component of your home search mentality. Even if a home you like a lot comes along quickly in your search, other buyers may have the same idea. You could end up in competition. If you aren't the winning bidder, don't let di...
• ‘Inman Incubator’ program aims to accelerate innovation1 April 2013, 10:06 am
  Inman News announces that applications for Inman Incubator, a real estate startup accelerator program, are now open.The Inman Incubators program is a yearlong mentorship, advisory and promotional program to help up to 25 new companies in the real estate industry succeed. The program is open to technology startups, brokerages, agents, service providers, and others in the real estate industry with new, innovative products and business models....

Mortgage News Daily

• FHFA Watchdog Sends Milestone Report to Congress23 May 2013, 1:44 pm
  Posted To: MND NewsWireThe fifth Semiannual Report from the Office of Inspector General ( OIG ) of the Federal Housing Finance Agency ( FHFA ) was released to Congress today. The report, prepared under the direction of Steve A. Linick, Inspector General, catalogues the audit and evaluation work done by OIG between October 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013 and the current status of FHFA, the government sponsored enterprises ( GSEs ) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks ( FHLBanks ...
• The Day Ahead: MBS in Full Melt-Down Mode. What Next?23 May 2013, 10:58 am
  Posted To: MBS CommentaryThe idea of "tapering" the Fed's long term asset purchases isn't as new as the past two weeks might make it seem. It was most visibly introduced in early February when both Bullard and Fisher spoke out in favor of the notion. But a quick count of all Reuters newswires in which the word has appeared since then shows that it really exploded on April 10th after the last FOMC Minutes release. Suddenly, "tapering" was the talk of the town and was strangely soothing to bond bu...
• MBS Annihilated After Fed Confirms The Hype23 May 2013, 12:11 am
  Posted To: MBS CommentaryMBS Live : MBS Afternoon Market Summary Today was among the worst on record for MBS since the carnage that was late 2010. We still have yet to see anything rival Black Wednesday's, but almost exactly 4 years after that 2+ point evisceration (5/27/2009), today's loss of just over a point--in the midst of what was already an unpleasant downtrend--conjured up the same sort of gut-wrenching feelings. At least in the current case, there's some measure of logic involved, not t...
• Why Did Mortgage Rates Skyrocket Past 2013 Highs on Wednesday?22 May 2013, 10:10 pm
  Posted To: Mortgage Rate WatchMortgage rates were utterly destroyed today. Not only did the average rate move above the highest seen in 2013, but rates haven't been this high since May 22nd of 2012! Of course, there's the "everything's relative" perspective, whereby we can attempt to appreciate the fact that best-execution is still around 3.75%, but the fact remains that the day over day movement was devastatingly swift, and on the the most aggressively negative end of the spectrum of possibilit...
• House Rejects CFPB Testimony on Qualified Mortgage Rule22 May 2013, 7:11 pm
  Posted To: MND NewsWireMembers of a House Financial Services subcommittee issued a press release Tuesday afternoon which essentially dismissed testimony heard earlier in the day from two officials of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regarding the impact efficacy of the new Qualified Mortgage Rule . Peter Carroll, CFPB's Assistant Director for Mortgage Markets, and Kelly Thompson Cochran, its Assistant Director for Regulations presented information to the Financial Institutions and...
• Distressed Sales Fall Under 25 Percent in California22 May 2013, 7:04 pm
  Posted To: MND NewsWireIn April 2012 distressed properties accounted for 45.8 percent of home sales in California the states Association of Realtors® said Wednesday, but last month that share dropped to 24.4 percent and was down 3.5 points compared to March. There was of course a corresponding rise in the share of equity sales . The California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) said that the share of short sales declined from 21.1 percent a year earlier to 14.8 percent as rising prices lifted ...
• Mel Watt Hearings; Current Origination Numbers; Foreclosure Process Slowdown Merely a Hiccup22 May 2013, 4:51 pm
  Posted To: Pipeline PressYesterday the commentary mentioned a rumored shut down of MGIC's Capital Markets Group . I received this e-mail: "MGIC has indeed reorganized certain, but not all, activities that were previously performed by our Capital Markets group. We did so to better align the services it provides with our needs of our customers and to operate more efficiently in the current business environment. So the services are not being eliminated, rather our customers' capital markets needs w...
• MBS MID-DAY: THIS IS WHY YOU WANT MBS LIVE!22 May 2013, 4:41 pm
  Posted To: MBS CommentaryMBS Live : MBS Morning Market Summary If you read this commentary with any sort of frequency, you may have noticed a trend of late, where the mid-day recap has been coming out later than normal. As we've said, this happens when MBS have sold off sufficiently, and early enough in the day to create negative reprice risk before the time the mid-day commentary is automatically collated in our system. Unfortunately for bond prices, that's happened quite a lot lately. During t...
• Despite Tight Credit and Inventories, Existing Home Sales and Prices Continue Recovery22 May 2013, 4:24 pm
  Posted To: MND NewsWireExisting home sales remain constrained by limited inventory and tight credit but still managed to eke out a small increase in April the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said today. Total existing home sales rose 0.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.97 million in April from 4.94 million in March. The March number reflects a substantial upward revision from the 4.92 million pace originally reported. Existing home sales in April were 9.7 percent hi...
• Substantial Decline in Foreclosure Inventory Noted in LPS Report22 May 2013, 3:29 pm
  Posted To: MND NewsWireLender Processing Services (LPS) has provided its regular advanced release of data from its Mortgage Monitor . This " first look " at April 2013 month-end mortgage performance data will be followed by the full report in early June. LPS reports that the total loan delinquency rate - loans 30 or more days past due but not in foreclosure - was 6.21 percent in April, down 5.81 percent from March and 9.61 percent from April 2012. Just over 3.11 million loans are currently delin...
• Mortgage Applications Fall Sharply as Rates Rise22 May 2013, 12:33 pm
  Posted To: MND NewsWireA big drop in applications for refinancing dragged the Mortgage Bankers Associations Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage applications volume , lower during the week ended May 17. The index was down 9.8 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis compared to the week ended May 10 and was down 10 percent on an unadjusted basis. Refinancing, as measured by MBA's Refinance Index, was down 12 percent from the previous week and the refinance share of mortgage activity decre...
• The Day Ahead: Has All the Hype Been Remotely Justified?22 May 2013, 11:23 am
  Posted To: MBS CommentaryWednesday May 22nd, and we finally get to see what all the fuss is supposedly about . The "fuss" or hype, if you prefer, was theoretically kicked into high gear by a somewhat bungled pre-release ' leak ' of a Hilsenrath story about the Fed 'mapping an exit strategy.' Bond markets started selling off around the same time, but the extent to which this had much to do with the announcement of the impending Hilsenrath article is still a matter of debate. Reason being: it coin...

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Stock Markets News Headlines - Yahoo! News

• Stock slump continues on Wall Street23 May 2013, 1:50 pm
  NEW YORK (AP) — A global stock market slump is continuing on Wall Street as traders worry about how committed the Federal Reserve remains to keeping up its bond-buying program....
• HOW TO PLAY IT-Despite hot stock market, you should avoid Japan23 May 2013, 1:11 pm
  By David Randall NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - Japan's white-hot stock markethas investors crowding in, but there are a few reasons why youshouldn't follow the pack. It's a temptation, of course. The benchmark Nikkei 225 indexis up 50 percent for the year, more than any other developedmarket, and nearly triple the approximate 17 percent gain forthe Standard & Poor's 500 stock index through May 21. This streak prompted investors to put a net $9.1 billioninto Japan equity funds and exchange-traded ...
• US equities sell-off goes on; futures slump23 May 2013, 1:06 pm
  NEW YORK (AP) — The momentum of a late sell-off on Wall Street carried over into a second day, sending U.S. futures and global stock markets into retreat....
• Angola to open bourse in 2016, secondary bond market end-201323 May 2013, 11:18 am
  By Shrikesh Laxmidas LISBON (Reuters) - Angola plans to open its much-delayed stock market in 2016 and could even bring it forward to 2015 if the bourse was used to privatise state-owned companies, the country's Capital Markets Commission (CMC) said on Thursday. A Luanda bourse, a potential entry point for foreigners, has been in the pipeline for more than a decade, but delays - most due to lack of transparency - have frustrated investors looking to tap into one of Africa's fastest-growing, but ...
• Abu Dhabi's holding firm Senaat plans share sale - sources23 May 2013, 9:50 am
  By Stanley Carvalho and David French ABU DHABI, May 23 (Reuters) - An Abu Dhabi government-ownedholding company may sell its own shares or off-load a stake inone of its main businesses as part of plans to spur listings onthe local stock market, three sources familiar with the mattertold Reuters. General Holding Corp (Senaat), which has nearly $7 billionin assets, has approached banks with a proposal for a potentialshare listing. Oil-rich Abu Dhabi, the capital of United Arab Emirates, andits nei...
• HP raises 2013 outlook as Whitman's plan takes hold23 May 2013, 9:38 am
  By Poornima Gupta SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co raised its 2013 earnings outlook after quarterly results beat low expectations, as CEO Meg Whitman's turnaround plan helped offset shrinking personal computer sales with enterprise computing services. While fiscal second-quarter profit plummeted 32 percent, Wall Street had braced for worse. HP shares gained 14 percent after the company projected full-year earnings per share of $3.50 to $3.60, raising the lower end by 10 cents, a...
• Fee income boosts S.Africa's Investec FY earnings by 18 pct23 May 2013, 7:12 am
  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African investment bank and asset manager Investec reported an 18 percent rise in full-year profit on Thursday, boosted by strong income from fees and commissions. Investec, which is also listed in London, said diluted headline earnings per share totalled 30 pence in the year to end-March, compared with 25.4 pence a year earlier. Headline EPS, the main measure of profit in South Africa, excludes certain one-time items. Fee and commissions rose 10 percent to 972. .....
• Average U.S. 401(k) balance tops $80,000, up 75 percent since 200923 May 2013, 6:54 am
  BOSTON (Reuters) - The average 401(k) retirement balance for U.S. workers hit a record high of $80,900 in the first quarter, a growth spurt of 75 percent since the stock market's nadir in March 2009, Fidelity Investments said on Thursday based on a survey of its accounts. Most of the recovery is linked to a stock market rally that has lifted the broad S&P 500 Index 145 percent since the close of trading on March 9, 2009. The 401(k) recovery looks even better for workers 55 and older, according t...
• Kenyan lender I&M looks to list shares by June23 May 2013, 6:37 am
  NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan lender I&M plans to list shares on the stock market by next month after it completed a merger with small investment company City Trust, I&M said on Wednesday. I&M and City Trust combined through a share swap and the new company, named I&M Holdings Limited, holds the assets of both banks. "The transaction ... provides us with the platform to raise additional capital in the future to facilitate the achievement of our long-term growth and expansion st...
• Lenovo shares jump more than 4 percent after earnings beat forecast23 May 2013, 5:15 am
  HONG KONG (Reuters) - Shares in Chinese personal computer maker Lenovo Group Ltd jumped more than 4 percent after it reported a forecast-beating 90 percent rise in quarterly profit, its fastest in seven quarters. The stock rose as much as 4.3 percent in afternoon trade to HK$7.49 after it posted net profit of $126.9 million in the quarter ended in March, up from $66.8 million a year earlier, based on Reuters calculations using full-year and nine-month financial data. (Reporting By Christina Lo a...
• Wall Street falters in volatile session on Fed worries22 May 2013, 11:09 pm
  By Angela Moon NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday with the S&P 500 posting its biggest decline in three weeks, after minutes from the latest U.S. Federal Reserve meeting showed some officials were open to tapering large-scale asset purchases as early as at the June meeting. Trading was volatile - the Dow and the S&P indexes both rose more than 1 percent during the morning, but fell more than 1 percent in the afternoon. ......
• How the Dow Jones industrial average fared22 May 2013, 9:49 pm
  Stock indexes fell on Wall Street on fear the Federal Reserve could pull back from its stimulus programs soon. After surging early in the day, stocks fell as investors digested minutes of a Fed meeting ......

Trading Economics

• Singapore Stock Market (STI)23 May 2013, 7:02 am
  Stocks in Singapore had a positive performance during the last month. Singapore Stock Market (STI), rallied 137 points or 4.19 percent during the last 30 days. Historically, from 1999 until 2013, Singapore Stock Market (STI) averaged 2397 Index points reaching an all time high of 3876 Index points in October of 2007 and a record low of 1214 Index points in March of 2003. The Straits Times Index STI is a major stock market index which tracks the performance of the top 30 companies listed on the ...
• Poland Stock Market (WIG)23 May 2013, 7:02 am
  Stocks in Poland had a positive performance during the last month. Poland Stock Market (WIG), rallied 2774 points or 6.43 percent during the last 30 days. Historically, from 1991 until 2013, Poland Stock Market (WIG) averaged 25640 Index points reaching an all time high of 67569 Index points in July of 2007 and a record low of 635 Index points in June of 1992. The Warsaw Stock Exchange General Index (WIG) is a major stock market index which tracks the performance of all domestic companies (inve...
• Indonesia Stock Market (JCI)23 May 2013, 7:02 am
  Stocks in Indonesia had a positive performance during the last month. Indonesia Stock Market (JCI), rallied 184 points or 3.70 percent during the last 30 days. Historically, from 1983 until 2013, Indonesia Stock Market (JCI) averaged 1023 Index points reaching an all time high of 5215 Index points in May of 2013 and a record low of 62 Index points in November of 1986. The Jakarta Stock Price Index is a major stock market index which tracks the performance of all companies listed on the Indonesi...
• Austria Stock Market (WBI)23 May 2013, 7:02 am
  Stocks in Austria had a positive performance during the last month. Austria Stock Market (WBI), rallied 35 points or 3.79 percent during the last 30 days. Historically, from 1992 until 2013, Austria Stock Market (WBI) averaged 755 Index points reaching an all time high of 1876 Index points in June of 2007 and a record low of 333 Index points in January of 1993. The WBI (Vienna Stock Exchange Index or Wiener Boerse Index) is a major stock market index which tracks the performance of all companie...
• Turkey Stock Market (XU100)23 May 2013, 7:02 am
  Stocks in Turkey had a positive performance during the last month. Turkey Stock Market (XU100), rallied 9156 points or 10.90 percent during the last 30 days. Historically, from 1990 until 2013, Turkey Stock Market (XU100) averaged 21175 Index points reaching an all time high of 93179 Index points in May of 2013 and a record low of 23 Index points in January of 1990. The Istanbul Stock Exchange National 100 Index XU100 is a major stock market index which tracks the performance of 100 companies s...
• United Kingdom Stock Market (FTSE 100)23 May 2013, 7:02 am
  Stocks in the United Kingdom had a positive performance during the last month. The United Kingdom Stock Market (FTSE 100), rallied 434 points or 6.78 percent during the last 30 days. Historically, from 1984 until 2013, the United Kingdom Stock Market (FTSE 100) averaged 4053 Index points reaching an all time high of 6930 Index points in December of 1999 and a record low of 987 Index points in July of 1984. The FTSE 100 Index is a major stock market index which tracks the performance of 100 most...
• Colombia Stock Market (IGBC)23 May 2013, 7:02 am
  Stocks in Colombia had a negative performance during the last month. Colombia Stock Market (IGBC), declined 69 points or 0.51 percent during the last 30 days. Historically, from 2001 until 2013, Colombia Stock Market (IGBC) averaged 7736 Index points reaching an all time high of 15899 Index points in October of 2010 and a record low of 777 Index points in October of 2001. The IGBC is a major stock market index which tracks the performance of around 30 most liquid stocks traded in the Colombia S...
• Ukraine Stock Market (PFTS)23 May 2013, 7:02 am
  Stocks in Ukraine had a positive performance during the last month. Ukraine Stock Market (PFTS), rallied 9 points or 3.07 percent during the last 30 days. Historically, from 1997 until 2013, Ukraine Stock Market (PFTS) averaged 348 Index points reaching an all time high of 1209 Index points in January of 2008 and a record low of 17 Index points in October of 1998. The Ukraine PFTS Index is a benchmark stock market index which tracks the performance of major companies listed on the PFTS Stock Ex...
• Hungary Stock Market (BUX)23 May 2013, 7:02 am
  Stocks in Hungary had a positive performance during the last month. Hungary Stock Market (BUX), rallied 1261 points or 7.08 percent during the last 30 days. Historically, from 1991 until 2013, Hungary Stock Market (BUX) averaged 11026 Index points reaching an all time high of 30118 Index points in July of 2007 and a record low of 718 Index points in May of 1993. The Budapest Stock Exchange Index is a major stock market index which tracks the performance large, actively traded shares listed on T...
• United Arab Emirates Stock Market (ADX General)23 May 2013, 7:02 am
  Stocks in the United Arab Emirates had a positive performance during the last month. The United Arab Emirates Stock Market (ADX General), rallied 315 points or 9.89 percent during the last 30 days. Historically, from 2001 until 2013, the United Arab Emirates Stock Market (ADX General) averaged 2851 Index points reaching an all time high of 6238 Index points in April of 2005 and a record low of 1002 Index points in July of 2001. The ADX General Index is a benchmark stock market index which track...
• Malaysia Stock Market (FTSE KLCI)23 May 2013, 7:02 am
  Stocks in Malaysia had a positive performance during the last month. Malaysia Stock Market (FTSE KLCI), rallied 79 points or 4.66 percent during the last 30 days. Historically, from 1977 until 2013, Malaysia Stock Market (FTSE KLCI) averaged 716 Index points reaching an all time high of 1788 Index points in May of 2013 and a record low of 89 Index points in April of 1977. The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Index (Kuala Lumpur Composite) is a major stock market index which tracks the performance of 30...
• Tunisia Stock Market (TUNINDEX)23 May 2013, 7:02 am
  Stocks in Tunisia had a negative performance during the last month. Tunisia Stock Market (TUNINDEX), declined 104 points or 2.27 percent during the last 30 days. Historically, from 2010 until 2013, Tunisia Stock Market (TUNINDEX) averaged 4798 Index points reaching an all time high of 5681 Index points in September of 2010 and a record low of 4059 Index points in February of 2011. The Tunis Stock Exchange TUNINDEX Index is a major stock market index which tracks the performance of all companies...

Markets Headlines

• Oil Slides on Gloomy China Data, Strong Dollar23 May 2013, 2:20 pm
  Crude fell as markets fretted over Chinese data and a tapering of monetary stimulus....
• Stocks Fall on Fed Fears, Weak China Data23 May 2013, 2:20 pm
  Stocks remain lower in early trading but off the worst levels, as uncertainty about when the U.S. Federal Reserve may start curtailing bond purchases and an unexpected contraction in Chinese factory activity roil global markets....
• Gold Jumps as Other Markets Suffer Fed Hangover23 May 2013, 12:26 pm
  Gold bounced back as the dollar fell, and markets reacted to suggestions the Fed may taper its stimulus....
• Yields Jump as Bernanke Remarks Unnerve Investors23 May 2013, 12:14 pm
  U.S. bond yields on the benchmark 10-year note rose above the key two percent level, the highest level in two months....
• Dollar Muscles Up on Fed Comments, Aussie Suffers23 May 2013, 11:48 am
  The dollar bounded up to a three-year high against a basket of major currencies in Asia on Thursday....
• Nikkei Closes Down Over 7% After Volatile Session23 May 2013, 7:00 am
  Japan's stock market finished Thursday's session 7 percent lower, in a hugely volatile session which saw the Nikkei gain 2 percent in early trade only to dive to a one-week low late in the session....
• Stocks Tumble Nearly 1% on Fed Tapering Fears22 May 2013, 8:08 pm
  Stocks closed down 1 percent after the minutes from the last Fed policy setting meeting suggested the central bank could begin tapering bond purchases sooner than the market expects....
• Bond Yields Jump as Fed Remarks Unnerve Investors22 May 2013, 7:50 pm
  U.S. Treasury yields on the benchmark 10-year note rose above the key two percent level on Wednesday, the highest level in two months....
• Crude Slides Further as Demand Outweighs Bernanke22 May 2013, 6:57 pm
  Crude fell after data showed a surprise jump in US gas stockpiles sparked demand worries....
• Gold Erases Gains After Fed Bernanke Comments22 May 2013, 6:30 pm
  Gold settled lower on Wednesday, giving up earlier gains after Fed comments....
• Bernanke Spurs Dollar to New 4 1/2-Year High22 May 2013, 5:52 pm
  The dollar rallied to trade at a fresh 4 1/2-year high against the yen on Wednesday....
• Europe Stocks Close Narrowly Up After Bernanke Speech22 May 2013, 3:44 pm
  European shares closed higher on Wednesday, mirroring gains in the U.S. after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reiterated his commitment to maintaining loose monetary policy....

DailyForex.com Forex New

• Dollar Firms on Tightening Prospects23 May 2013, 8:58 am
  The U.S. Dollar firmed on Wednesday following comments made by the Federal Reserve chairman who said that for the time being the existing monetary policy would be unchanged...
• Dollar Broadly Lower on Status Quo Expectations22 May 2013, 8:37 am
  The U.S. Dollar traded lower versus the Japanese Yen and moving well away from the recently struck 4½ year peak following comments made by two Federal Reserve officials who took the position that the Fed would likely maintain the status quo and not deviate from its current ultra loose policy despite some signs of economic improvement....
• Dollar Slips Ahead of Bernanke Testimony21 May 2013, 9:06 am
  The U.S. Dollar weakened across the board as investors await clues from the Federal Reserve Bank as to whether or not it will continue with its ultra loose monetary policy or begin to set the stage for tightening....
• Yen Slips Lower on Government Comments20 May 2013, 10:08 am
  The Japanese Yen edged higher and moved away from a recently struck 4½ year trough versus its main rival the U.S. Dollar following comments made by the country’s economy minister who hinted at the government’s possible satisfaction wit the Yen’s current price level....
• Dollar Bounces in Volatile Asian Session17 May 2013, 10:15 am
  In spite of excessive volatility following comments from one of the U.S. Federal Reserve governors who hinted at an end to the Fed’s easing measures later this year, the U.S. Dollar was able to recover and move higher versus the common currency Euro and Japanese Yen once again...
• Euro Lower as Eurozone Growth Stalls16 May 2013, 9:25 am
  While the evidence continues to mount of a recovery in the U.S. economy the reverse is true in the Eurozone where new data has given rise to speculation that the European Central Bank may now move to a more aggressive easing policy to halt the slowdown...
• Greenback Gets More Supportive Data15 May 2013, 10:36 am
  The U.S. Dollar retreated against the Japanese Yen during the Asian session but kept within striking distance of the recent 4½ year peak; the U.S....
• Dollar Poised to Resume Rally14 May 2013, 11:08 am
  During the Asian trading session the U.S. Dollar Index slipped off a 5-week peak as investors’ profit taking sent the greenback broadly lower ahead of inflation and other key economic data which are likely to be the impetus for a change in the Fed’s monetary policy....
• Yen’s Fall Gets G7 Backing13 May 2013, 9:29 am
  The Japanese Yen slipped back from a recently struck 4½ year low versus the U.S. Dollar though additional deterioration is likely say currency analysts now that the G7 appears to have condoned the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy of aggressive easing as a statement issued by Britain’s George Osborne said only that the Group’s commitment to avoid targeting forex rates has been complied with...
• After 100.0 Break It’s Full Steam Ahead for USD/JPY10 May 2013, 9:28 am
  At long last, investors have finally seen the USD/JPY pair break through the elusive 100 level and edge even higher towards 101. Currency analysts believe that the recent signs of improvement for U.S. labor, coupled with the Federal Reserve Bank’s promise to begin curtailing its asset purchase program, has helped to restore investors’ confidence in the U.S. economic recovery....
• Improved Risk Sentiment Gives Boost to Euro9 May 2013, 9:53 am
  The release of unexpectedly improved March factory activity figures from Germany gave a lift to the common currency which stayed close to a 1-week peak against the greenback...
• Aussie Steadies as Kiwi Falls on RBNZ Action8 May 2013, 10:05 am
  A day following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s rate cutting announcement which sent the Australian Dollar markedly lower, the Aussie gets a reprieve on unexpectedly improved trade data from China which is its primary export destination....

ForexLive

• US treasury’s Brainard wants decisive action in Europe23 May 2013, 2:06 pm
  Yeah, good luck with that. Action needed in Europe to restart demand and avoid risk of protracted stagnation Europe’s dependence on net exports fro economic recovery is not sustainable Must recalibrate pace of fiscal consolidation. Some countries need more time … Continue reading →...
• April New home sales 0.454m vs 0.425m exp m/m23 May 2013, 2:00 pm
  Prior 0.417m. Revised up to 0.444m Home sales change 2.3% vs 1.5% prior. Revised up to 3.5% New home sales continue the upward march and have been the one constant in the US economic picture....
• ECB’s Constancio says ECB actively preparing to implement SSM23 May 2013, 1:57 pm
  “Actively”? That’ll be a first. The SSM is the single supervisory mechanism. As usual the European meaning of single means “made up of a million parts”...
• May Eurozone consumer confidence -21.9 vs -21.8 exp23 May 2013, 1:39 pm
  Prior -22.30 Never understood why this figure is in the afternoon. Maybe they have to wait until after siesta to get the final read. Don’t want to disturb consumers when they’re having forty winks...
• S&P 500 opens 1% lower23 May 2013, 1:37 pm
  Down 17 points to 1638 Everyone will be watching each tick in the stock market today. Look for USD/JPY to closely correlate. I suspect if we don’t get a more substantial decline (around 2%) there could be a bigtime reversal … Continue reading →...
• EUR/GBP looking for next phase23 May 2013, 1:28 pm
  EUR/USD has just broken up through 1.2900 as it continues to claw it’s way back off the floor. EUR/GBP has kept above the 0.8530 area that it broke yesterday and is looking to consolidate here. The broken line at 0.8530 … Continue reading →...
• How the decline in the Japanese Nikkei could change everything23 May 2013, 1:14 pm
  The last time Japanese stocks were hit with a tsunami of selling and a meltdown like today, it was because the island was literally hit by a tsunami and had a nuclear meltdown. It’s too early to draw conclusions about … Continue reading →...
• March US Federal housing agency house prices 1.3% from 0.7% prior m/m23 May 2013, 1:00 pm
  Y/Y 7.2% from 7.1% prior Price index 199.1 from 196.3 prior revised to 196.5 Neither this nor the Markit figures are market movers...
• May US markit manufacturing PMI 51.9 vs 51.8 exp23 May 2013, 12:58 pm
  Prior 52.1...
• Brent oil heading to $100 again?23 May 2013, 12:36 pm
  Brent has been on a slide since the $105 highs and last nights Chinese data hasn’t helped. Commodities in general took a whack yesterday with copper down almost 2% today. Oil is down over 1% today. Since coming off the … Continue reading →...
• Initial jobless claims 340K vs 345K expected23 May 2013, 12:30 pm
  The results of the initial jobless claims report for the week ending May 18: Prior reading was 360K (revised to 363K) Continuing claims 2912K vs 3000K expected Nice rebound in claims after a blip last week. The employment picture in … Continue reading →...
• Initial jobless claims coming up, expected at 345K23 May 2013, 12:26 pm
  If this number is weak (365K or higher) look for a big drop in sentiment — falling US stocks (-2%) and more selling in USD/JPY....

DailyFX - Technical Analysis - Elliott Wave

• Crude Takes a Dive off of Trendline22 May 2013, 10:09 pm
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• AUD/USD Finally Takes Out .970022 May 2013, 10:09 pm
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• USD/CHF Channel Breakthrough; Support at .976022 May 2013, 10:09 pm
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• USD/JPY New High; But NOT New Closing High22 May 2013, 10:09 pm
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• GBP/USD Trades into 4/4 Low; Risk for Bears Down to 1.516022 May 2013, 10:09 pm
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• NZD/USD .8052 Not Quite Reached22 May 2013, 10:09 pm
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• Drop Daily Range is Large but End of Day Little Changed22 May 2013, 10:09 pm
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• USDOLLAR Trades into Upward Sloping Elliott Channel22 May 2013, 10:09 pm
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• EUR/USD Takes a Hit after Tagging Elliott Channel22 May 2013, 10:09 pm
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• USD/CAD Multiyear Trendline at about 1.0425 This Week22 May 2013, 10:09 pm
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• Drop in Gold May be Old but More Evidence Needed to Reverse21 May 2013, 10:57 pm
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• Crude Pulls Back from Trendline AGAIN21 May 2013, 10:57 pm
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ForexSpace

• Is This What End of Q3 Will Look Like?23 May 2013, 11:13 am
  Whats Driving The Violent Moves Japanese Bond Yields Surge The Economic Data Test G10 Gets Weighed Down By Weak Asian Equities ...
• Central Bank Announcements Spark Market Volatility23 May 2013, 10:48 am
  Bank Of Japan - Yen Deprectiated Enough Fed Considers Slowing Asset Purchases UK Retail Sales Lower Than Expected ...
• FXSNIP:GBP/USD: Weak Retail Sales Data Saps Pound23 May 2013, 7:35 am
  For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, GBP fell 0.83% against the USD and closed at 1.5034, after retail sales in the UK fell below market expectations, dropping 1.3% (MoM) in April, following a revised 0.6% fall recorded in the previous month reports GCI Financial. Also, the CBI industrial trends rec......
• Finally!! The S&P Tumbled Lower23 May 2013, 7:29 am
  Finally!!! The S&P tumbled lower...enforced by the dangerously overbought conditions on the charts writes Carol Harmer, Charmercharts.com We have posted a Key Reversal day which is negative, and we nearly reached the 1695 target at 1685. Now the action has made the short term charts overso......
• Morning Forex Review: Its PMI Time!23 May 2013, 6:30 am
  Provisional Data Announced for EU Today Draghi Speaks This Evening UK Q1 GDP To Be Announced ...
• Bernanke Hits Treasuries, Boosts Dollar23 May 2013, 6:18 am
  Fed Could Ease Off QE Comments Fuelled Market Volatility Asian Currencies Remain Under Pressure ...
• PART 2: Bernanke U Turn22 May 2013, 3:54 pm
  Ben Bernanke performed an incredible U-turn when questioned following his prepared statement this afternoon reports Craig Erlam, Market Analyst, Alpari UK Financial markets were all over the place following comments from the Fed Chairman, who originally came across very dovish, warning that prem......
• Bernanke Did Not Disappoint22 May 2013, 2:42 pm
  Unreliable Fed Comments QE Is Here To Stay High Volatility Following Speech ...
• Video Analysis: AUD/USD Bearish Waves Should Continue22 May 2013, 2:15 pm
  Bearish Waves Should Continue After a Corrective Retracement-Elliott Wave Video: AUDUSD has been moving sharply lower in the last few weeks within wave three that now shows evidences of a low around 0.9700 area. The reason is recent break through the falling trend-line which puts deeper ......
• Its All About The Reserve Bank Of OZ22 May 2013, 1:53 pm
  Scope For Further Rate Cuts Gap Narrows Between AUD & Commodity Prices AUD Traded In Pause Mode ...
• IMF- Do More To Stimulate UK Growth22 May 2013, 1:17 pm
  The IMF are absolutely right; more definitely needs to be done to stimulate UK growth. The economy has been crying out for infrastructure spending for some time now reports Richard Driver, Caxton FX. Growth promoting measures needn’t replace Osborne’s commitment to austerity but can ......
• Technical Analysis: CHF/JPY Continues To Rise22 May 2013, 11:12 am
  CHF/JPY set to break out of daily Pennant Buy target 112.00 (intervening resistance at 108.00) Sell target 100.00 (intervening strong support at 104.00) ...

Engadget RSS Feed

• Mailbox 1.3 for iOS brings iPad support23 May 2013, 2:44 pm
  There have been calls for an iPad-native Mailbox app virtually from the get-go -- some of us want to get to inbox zero on a bigger screen, after all. The team has clearly been listening, as the free Mailbox 1.3 update now supports Apple's larger gadgets. While there isn't much mystery in the new version for anyone who has used both Mailbox and other iPad email clients before, power users should appreciate seeing full messages while they swipe away at their inbox. We're still waiting on Mailbox...
• BSkyB paying Virgin Media $74 million for a network makeover23 May 2013, 2:23 pm
  Customers with Sky Broadband might find their speeds begin to crawl northward towards the end of the year. The broadcaster is paying Virgin Media's business arm £49 million ($74 million) for some of Richard Branson Liberty Global's deliciously fast fibre infrastructure. While there's no mention of BT, we wouldn't be surprised if this technological makeover was prompted by its corporate rival's recent assault on Sky's sporty golden goose. Filed under: Networking, Internet, HD Comments ...
• Evernote adds Reminders to Mac, iOS and web applications (video)23 May 2013, 2:00 pm
  Sure, Evernote is great for jotting down recipes and syncing notes to the cloud, but users lacking in the memory department still had to rely on external alarm apps to remind them of their to-do lists. That all ends today with the introduction of Evernote's Reminders feature for Mac, iOS and web applications. Simply tap the alarm clock icon on each note and set the desired date and time you want to be reminded of it. You'll then get an in-app alarm or an email reminder sent to you if you've se...
• Grand Theft Auto 5 collector's editions priced at $80 and $150, coming September 1723 May 2013, 1:42 pm
  When a TV, movie or games series is a big deal, it deserves, no, demands a limited edition box-set, preferably including either artwork or an article of clothing -- something that shows your commitment to the cause. Fortunately, Rockstar's decided to prep two different collector editions for Grand Theft Auto 5 players. The $80 version will include the physical game, artbook, and a blueprint map, alongside in-game ability boosts, stunt plane trials, bonus outfits and weapons. Dial the price up ...
• BlackBerry 10.2 OS update brings emojis, level 1 notifications plus alarm features23 May 2013, 1:24 pm
  You might still be getting your thumbs around that Q10, or the waiting for that BlackBerry 10.1 update, but already some future tidbits for the platform have come to light. Michael Clewley, product manager at the firm, let slip that version 10.2 of the OS brings with it support for standard unicode emojis, multiple alarms and level 1 notifications (for email). With the 10.2 SDK said to be coming in June, you can expect the update to follow later in the year. Weren't sure what to do with BlackB...
• NVIDIA releases GeForce GTX 780 for $649, claims more power with less fan noise23 May 2013, 1:00 pm
  It's well over a year since the GTX 680 came out, but given how that card was a strong contender it may feel too early for an upgrade. NVIDIA knows the score, which is why it's made a particular point of pitching this year's card at owners of the GTX 580 instead. Upgraders from that GPU are pledged a 70 percent lift in performance, which is about double the gain a GTX 680 owner would see. On the other hand, something more people might notice -- if NVIDIA's slides prove to be accurate -- is a 5...
• Pioneer's AppRadio 3 adds MirrorLink, Siri Eyes Free and more23 May 2013, 1:00 pm
  While Pioneer did announce at CES 2013 that its AppRadio 2 smartphone-powered in-dash unit would support the iPhone 5, the company was hush on any additional updates. Now, however, it has finally unveiled AppRadio 3, which is set to arrive in two models oh-so-descriptively named SPH-DA110 and SPH-DA210. Both retain the same functionality as the AppRadio 2 but add compatibility with MirrorLink enabled devices, thus expanding AppRadio's repertoire of supported products. Other notable features in...
• Facebook won't bring HTC First smartphone to the UK after all (update: due to bad feedback in the US)23 May 2013, 12:21 pm
  After a series of rumors about the HTC First not selling too well in the States, we've now heard that the customized Facebook / Android handset won't be coming to the UK. Mobile News initially reported that UK pre-orders will be cancelled and we've just confirmed this with our own sources, who said that it was Facebook itself who made the decision, rather than HTC or either of the European carrier partners (EE and Orange). We've reached out to HTC and EE for confirmation and will update if we ...
• Hong Kong's CSL upgrades to LTE Cat 4 network, offers Huawei's 150Mbps mobile hotspot (video)23 May 2013, 12:14 pm
  With Hong Kong boasting pretty much the fastest average internet speed on this planet, it's no surprise that the city is also one of the first to launch commercial 150Mbps LTE Cat 4 service -- just right after SingTel's launch in Singapore earlier this month. Announced yesterday by CSL (who operates both one2free and the more premium 1010), its FD-LTE network takes advantage of the recently acquired 5MHz extended spectrum, in order to increase the capacity of 2600MHz from 2 x 15MHz to 2 x 20MH...
• Broadcom to bring 5G WiFi to the masses with entry-level combo chips23 May 2013, 12:00 pm
  As we've mentioned before, 5G WiFi, aka 802.11ac is a good thing, unless you hate speed and range. After launching its integrated BCM4335 chip on flagship handsets like Samsung's Galaxy S 4 and the HTC One, Broadcom has announced new 5G WiFi combo chips for lower-end smartphones, PCs, notebooks and tablets. Budget handheld devices can now be equipped with the BCM4339, which Broadcom says brings the same performance as its top-end mobile chip while integrating power and low-noise amplifiers for...
• Warrior Web from DARPA aims to boost muscles, reduce fatigue and injury (video)23 May 2013, 11:36 am
  The US military's dabbled with full-on robotic suits in the past, but it's now looking at a less convoluted, more energy-efficient approach. A project called Warrior Web from DARPA aims to enhance soldier carrying capacity and minimize injuries by distributing loads better, providing better joint support and "reapply(ing) energy to enhance motion." Such a suit would be equipped with sensors to detect forces, and be able to fit beneath existing uniforms while consuming only 100W of juice. The U...
• Shazam for iPad gets auto-tagging, trending charts, local maps, Spotify and Rdio integration (updated)23 May 2013, 11:00 am
  If you've ever sighed in frustration at not being able to leap straight from discovering a song to playing it ad-nauseum on Spotify or Rdio, here's a heads-up. Shazam's iPad-focused iOS update integrates both streaming services with its discovery software in addition to a new look home screen and an auto-tagging mode that'll passively observe any music in the background. The mapping service has also been tweaked, letting you search and see what songs are being tagged in your neighborhood (or a...

Gadget Lab

• Twitter Finally Adds Two-Factor Authentication to Secure Your Account22 May 2013, 7:36 pm
  Twitter just announced that it’s launched two-factor authentication for accounts....
• Review: Phorus Play-Fi Wireless Speaker System22 May 2013, 6:56 pm
  This new system provides multi-room wireless audio streaming over Wi-Fi. It uses the new Android-based Play-Fi lossless streaming protocol....
• Zite Strives to Fill the Hole Left by Google Reader22 May 2013, 4:00 pm
  For those of you bemoaning the demise of Google Reader, fear not. Zite, the personalized news app, has stepped up to fill its place. At least partially....
• What’s Inside: Golf Balls22 May 2013, 10:30 am
  Cis-1,4-Polybutadiene It’s rubber with a memory. This polymer’s chain of repeating units are cis-linked—connected on the same side of a carbon-carbon double bond. Once molded into a shape (like a ball), the material returns to that shape whenever it gets ......
• Pump Up the Jams With NuForce’s Mobile Music Pump21 May 2013, 9:17 pm
  If you're looking to maximize the volume of the tunes streaming from your mobile device, regular earbuds or over-ear headphones just won't cut it. What you need is a headphone amplifier like, say, NuForce's new Mobile Music Pump....
• Close Up With Xbox One: Every Photo You Could Ever Want21 May 2013, 5:30 pm
  As part of WIRED's exclusive look at the development and capabilities of the Xbox One, we present a detailed look at the hardware. (Well, the exterior of it, at least. We've got another gallery for the insides.) Can you spot ......
• Exclusive First Look at Xbox One21 May 2013, 5:30 pm
  Wired's exclusive look at Microsoft's next-gen console, Xbox One....
• From Green Light to Boot-Up: Behind the Scenes of Xbox One’s Development21 May 2013, 5:30 pm
  All photos: Ariel Zambelich/Wired...
• tit for tat | Microsoft: ‘Google Refused to Work With Us on Our YouTube App’21 May 2013, 4:48 pm
  A week after Google sent Microsoft a cease and desist letter to remove its YouTube Windows Phone app, Microsoft makes a public response....
• Cat-App Fever: 3 Ways to Turn Your iPad Into a Cat Toy21 May 2013, 4:44 pm
  Your cat gets to do whatever it wants everywhere else in the house, so why not give it control of the iPad, too?...

Geek.com

• The most dangerous WiFi device: $22,000 sniper rifle that aims itself20 May 2013, 9:26 pm
  If there’s one thing that is comforting about the existence of sniper rifles that can pick off a target from a great distance away, it’s that a human has to operate it. A…...
• Check out the finalists for the 2013 Red Bull Creation event18 May 2013, 3:03 pm
  The third annual Red Bull Creation event has boiled down to six finalists, and each of them is just as great as the next....
• Google I/O 2013: The complete walkthrough17 May 2013, 5:26 pm
  It was really, really hard to get into Google I/O this year, so a lot of people that wanted to attend the show just couldn’t make it out to San Francisco’s Moscone Center…...
• How to use the HTC One and Media Link HD to stream to your TV9 May 2013, 8:56 pm
  HTC’s Media Link HD has been around for a little while now, but the new HTC One gives you extra power and makes the whole experience a lot better. For the most part,…...
• Don’t have an outlet? Charge your smartphone with a candle2 May 2013, 9:02 pm
  Battery life hasn’t caught up with the power and sophistication of our mobile devices — something our sister site ExtremeTech regularly laments. This often leads to people purchasing a secondary charger to carry…...
• Robot hands, atom videos, and Google Glass on Geekout Episode 82 May 2013, 7:58 pm
  Every week, at some random point of the week, a few of us here at Geek.com try to get together and talk about whatever we find interesting in the world that week. These…...
• Light Fair 2013: A tour of the show and a look at the future of lighting25 April 2013, 1:30 pm
  In case you’re not familiar with it Light Fair is exactly what you’d guess it is — a giant tradeshow featuring all manner of lighting products. It’s like CES but smaller, and you’ve…...
• Google Earth’s Leap Motion support: Control the world with your fingertips, literally23 April 2013, 11:28 am
  In what will no doubt cause bloggers to mention Minority Report (with that mention filling this blogger’s quota), Google has announced that its globe-browsing app Google Earth now has Leap Motion support. This means…...
• The 8 most awesome deals on Monoprice19 April 2013, 1:30 pm
  When looking for deals, it's a good idea to swing by Monoprice first. More often than not, there is a real bargain to be found on the site....
• Fundawear aims to make long distance relationships more pleasurable18 April 2013, 9:31 pm
  Long distance relationships can be quite difficult. Aside from not being able to share a special dinner, or watch terrible TV on the couch until you fall asleep on your partner, there are…...
• Sony takes us on a hexacopter drone tour of Battleship Island13 April 2013, 2:01 pm
  After the latest Bond film, Skyfall, came out the internet became briefly obsessed with Hashima Island. The tiny land mass off the coast of Japan was featured prominently in the film, serving as…...
• Use an Arduino to send emails and write novels by rocking out on a guitar11 April 2013, 11:32 am
  Remember when you first got Guitar Hero or Rock Band, and you realized that the plastic guitar is actually just a normal video game controller stretched out into the shape of a guitar, and the…...

Wireless News Headlines - Yahoo! News

• More signs of imminent doom for ‘Facebook phone’: U.K. launch canceled23 May 2013, 1:35 pm
  BGR exclusively reported last week that HTC’s First, also known as the “Facebook phone,” will soon be discontinued at AT&T. Sales during the phone’s first month of availability totaled less than 15,000 units according to our source, and AT&T has given up hope that things might turn around. According to a new report, AT&T isn’t alone. Mobile News on Thursday reported that the HTC First’s launch has been canceled in the United Kingdom. Facebook, which is footing the bill for HTC’s ne...
• It’s official: Samsung’s Galaxy S4 is the fastest-selling Android phone ever23 May 2013, 12:50 pm
  We all expected Samsung to reach its goal of selling 10 million Galaxy S4 smartphones into distribution channels within the phone’s first month of availability. An unnamed Samsung executive confirmed last week that shipments had reached 6 million units in two weeks following the phone’s launch, and now Samsung is on record confirming that global channel sales of the Galaxy S4 have reached 10 million units. “On behalf of Samsung, I would like to thank the millions of customers around the wo...
• Gimme shelter22 May 2013, 9:16 pm
  Apple's latest tax dodge is yet another chink in its once-shining armor, Virginia Heffernan says...
• Lazaridis: iPhone, Android users will abandon iMessage and WhatsApp for BBM22 May 2013, 7:20 pm
  BlackBerry announced earlier this month that its BlackBerry Messenger service will be coming to Android smartphones and the iPhone in the coming months. The company was initially criticized for once again being late to the game, with services like iMessage, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp having taken over the mobile messaging market. BlackBerry cofounder and former co-CEO Mike Lazaridis is optimistic about BBM’s future, however. The former executive told Bloomberg that he believes iPhone and ...
• Google’s X Phone confirmed for Sprint22 May 2013, 5:15 pm
  A recent filing with the Federal Communications Commission has confirmed that Google’s rumored X Phone device will be coming to Sprint later this year. The Sprint version is identified with the model number XT1056 and includes support for LTE on band 25. The device is equipped with NFC, 802.11ac Wi-Fi (or “5G Wi-Fi”) and low-energy Bluetooth 4.0. Earlier rumors suggested the X Phone will be powered by a dual-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor and run a stock version of Android. It was previo...
• The HTC One Isn't Saving HTC from the Facebook Phone22 May 2013, 3:26 pm
  Despite all the glowing reviews of the HTC One, including all the reviews for the Samsung Galaxy S IV that ended up championing all the great things about the HTC One instead, HTC is currently falling apart — at least in part because of "disastrous" sales that wiped the HTC First (aka the Facebook phone) on its way out of the market. Two top executives have quit amid the company's decline: HTC's chief product officer, Kouji Kodera, left last week, sources tell The Verge�...
• Xbox One vs. PlayStation 4: PS4 wins on specs22 May 2013, 3:15 pm
  With the first round of announcements behind us, the only thing that’s clear in the inevitable and perpetual Xbox One vs. PlayStation 4 battle is that there is no clear winner. Microsoft finally unveiled its next-generation video game console on Tuesday and once all the dust settled, Anandtech’s Anand Lal Shimpi took a step back and laid out everything we know about these two beastly consoles. Lal Shimpi’s analysis is extensive and thorough, as always, but it boils down to this: Based on...
• Video: Samsung shows how the Galaxy S4 is the perfect gadget for stalkers22 May 2013, 2:40 pm
  The message from Samsung’s newest video for the Galaxy S4 seems to be a variation of an old Nancy Sinatra tune: That is, “This Phone is Made for Stalking.” A five-minute music video for the Galaxy S4 shows a lovestruck man following a woman around with his new Samsung smartphone and secretly filming her while she’s sitting in class and in the library. The man then longingly watches the videos he’s filmed of her while applying photo effects to her images using the Galaxy S4′s new came...
• Xbox One game sales and used game policies: What we know22 May 2013, 2:05 pm
  Sony might not have revealed its console hardware during the PlayStation 4 unveiling, but at least we walked away with a pretty good idea of how buying and selling games would work. Microsoft finally took the wraps off of its next-generation Xbox One video game console on Tuesday and many people were left with more questions than answers. The gameplay demos we saw during the presentation looked fantastic, but how exactly does buying and reselling those wonderful new games work? Eurogamer on Tues...
• Survey: Verizon tops all other major carriers in customer service22 May 2013, 1:30 pm
  When it comes to U.S. carriers, just about everyone dreads the thought of having to call customer service to resolve an issue. Some carriers are certainly worse than others, of course, and the annual American Customer Satisfaction Index survey found that Verizon Wireless once again was ranked highest in customer service quality by subscribers. The company scored 73 points out of a possible 100, up 3 points from 2012. Sprint was flat in the No.2 spot with 71 points while AT&T gained a point to h...
• HTC reportedly in ‘utter freefall’22 May 2013, 12:45 pm
  Any hopes that the HTC One would lead to a rapid turnaround for struggling electronics manufacturer HTC have apparently vanished. Unnamed sources have told The Verge that HTC is in a state of chaos and that high-profile employees are fleeing left and right. Among the recently departed at HTC are former chief product officer Kouji Kodera, former vice president of global communications Jason Gordon, former global retail marketing manager Rebecca Rowland, former director of digital marketing Joh...
• Sprint exec hints more BlackBerry 10 devices are on the way in 201321 May 2013, 9:15 pm
  Sprint will launch the BlackBerry Q10 this summer as its first BlackBerry 10 smartphone. Lois Eichelberger Fagan, director of product portfolio for Sprint, revealed in an interview with CNET that the company had originally planned to launch the BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 together earlier this year, however the plan was abandoned after BlackBerry delayed the Q10 until June. The company decided the timing wasn’t right for a Z10-only launch and felt more confident in the Q10, which it believes will s...

Sports - Google News

• (4) Boston Bruins (3-0) at (6) New York Rangers (0-3), 7 pm (ET) - MiamiHerald.com23 May 2013, 2:43 pm
  Boston Globe(4) Boston Bruins (3-0) at (6) New York Rangers (0-3), 7 pm (ET)MiamiHerald.comThe Boston Bruins will try to become the first team this postseason to reach the conference final stage, as they attempt to complete a sweep of the New York Rangers in Thursday's Game 4 at Madison Square Garden. The fourth-seeded Bruins have jumped ...Dennis Seidenberg: Dennis Seidenberg might be ready for Gm 4Rotoworld.comDennis Seidenberg 'Getting Better Every Day,' Optimistic About Game 4 Re...
• Europa League winners could earn Champions League place - BBC Sport23 May 2013, 2:28 pm
  BBC SportEuropa League winners could earn Champions League placeBBC SportUefa will announce on Friday whether the 2015-16 Europa League winners will be given a Champions League qualifying spot in the following season. The move would be designed to boost interest in Europe's secondary club tournament. The decision ...UEFA to monitor London security ahead of Champions League finalCNNUEFA implements ban for racist abuseSI.comEuropean Soccer Body UEFA Introduces Minimum 10-Game Racism BanBloombe...
• Ballpark vendor caught on video using restroom next to his snow cones - San Jose Mercury News23 May 2013, 2:25 pm
  USA TODAYBallpark vendor caught on video using restroom next to his snow conesSan Jose Mercury NewsBallpark vendor caught on video using restroom next to his snow cones. A Houston Astros snow cone vendor was caught on camera at a recent game using the men's restroom next to the snacks he was selling to fans.video platformvideo managementvideo ...vendor canned for vending in the canUSA TODAY (blog)Local 2 Investigates: Ball park food on bathroom floorKPRC HoustonAstros vendor filmed with tray...
• Penguins crush Senators 7-3 to inch closer to Stanley Cup finals - The Guardian23 May 2013, 2:14 pm
  The GuardianPenguins crush Senators 7-3 to inch closer to Stanley Cup finalsThe GuardianPittsburgh's Sidney Crosby was careful not to get too far ahead of himself after helping the Penguins beat the Ottawa Senators 7-3 on Wednesday to take a 3-1 lead in the NHL Eastern Conference semifinal series. "I'm not talking about anything ahead of ...Daniel Alfredsson's 'Probably Not' moment: Love honesty or loathe lack of ...Yahoo! Sports (blog)NHL replay: Pittsburgh Penguins exp...
• Watch LeBron James' game-winning shot against Indiana - Los Angeles Times23 May 2013, 2:08 pm
  Philly.comWatch LeBron James' game-winning shot against IndianaLos Angeles TimesAhh, LeBron James, is there nothing you can't do? Apparently not, as the Miami Heat star scored the game-winning basket as time expired in Miami's 103-102 overtime victory in Game 1 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals. “He saw daylight and was just ...Looking back at Pacers-Heat Game 1ESPNWhere was Roy Hibbert on LeBron James' game-winning shot?SportingNews.comPacers lose opportunity to beat Heat i...
• Ticker: Memories of Bears' Brian Urlacher vs. Lions' Roy Williams - Detroit Free Press23 May 2013, 2:04 pm
  ESPNTicker: Memories of Bears' Brian Urlacher vs. Lions' Roy WilliamsDetroit Free PressIf we're really saying good-bye to the longtime Chicago Bears linebacker, my favorite Brian Urlacher memory was his little war of words with Detroit Lions receiver Roy Williams in 2007. The year before, after the Lions lost their opener to Seattle, 9-6, Williams ...Brian Urlacher retirement: Is he a first-ballot Hall of Famer?SB NationWill Chicago Bears field oldest starting group in NFL?NFL NewsRo...
• Mark Sanchez throws three interceptions in 15 snaps at NY Jets' OTAs in front of ... - New York Daily News23 May 2013, 4:18 am
  New York Daily NewsMark Sanchez throws three interceptions in 15 snaps at NY Jets' OTAs in front of ...New York Daily NewsRex Ryan delivered a stern message to Mark Sanchez at the outset of the Jets' quarterback competition: Eliminate the turnovers or suffer the consequences. Sanchez, coming off his second consecutive 26-turnover season, threw three interceptions in 15 ...Mark Sanchez disappoints Rex Ryan in Jets practiceNFL NewsMark Sanchez already has 3 interceptionsUSA TODAYMark Sanch...
• Analysis: NASCAR Hall of Fame puts focus on the famous - USA TODAY23 May 2013, 3:38 am
  ESPNAnalysis: NASCAR Hall of Fame puts focus on the famousUSA TODAYCHARLOTTE — The most obvious question about the annual unveiling of five additions to the NASCAR Hall of Fame also is the most difficult to answer. Did the voters get it right by electing the most justifiable class available? It's impractical to analyze whether ...Maurice Petty 'the complete package'ESPNDale Jarrett, Maurice Petty highlight 2014 class of NASCAR Hall of FameSportingNews.comDale Jarrett, four others e...
• French misconnection for US tennis players - ESPN22 May 2013, 8:35 pm
  ESPNFrench misconnection for US tennis playersESPNSerena Williams Phil Cole/Getty Images Would Serena Williams, the last American to claim a French Open singles title, dare to give her victory speech in French if she wins again this year? Being an American in Paris isn't easy if you're a tennis player.Dominant Williams fearful of enemy withinYahoo! SportsSerena Williams won't win French Open, according to recent historyUSA TODAYAmerican Upstart: Sloane Stephens on Serena Williams, Fr...
• NASCAR - Sprint Cup - Coca-Cola 600 Preview - MiamiHerald.com21 May 2013, 7:16 pm
  FOXSports.comNASCAR - Sprint Cup - Coca-Cola 600 PreviewMiamiHerald.comDate: Sunday, May 26. Start Time: 6 p.m. ET. Site: Charlotte Motor Speedway -- Concord, N.C.. Track: 1.5-mile oval. Laps: 400. Miles: 600. Capacity: 135,000 (Grandstand Seating). Total purse: Payouts: Year: 54th. On TV: FOX. Announcers: On Radio: ...Charlotte viewer's guideNascarFamily Ties: Jarrett, Petty enter NASCAR hallFOXSports.comNotes of interest at Charlotte on Kyle BuschRotoworld.comPaddockTalk -High Point E...

Sports News Headlines - Yahoo! News

• McQuaid: Panel to study UCI-Armstrong 'collusion'23 May 2013, 2:04 pm
  GENEVA (AP) — Cycling federation president Pat McQuaid says an independent panel will examine the allegations that the UCI was complicit in Lance Armstrong's doping....
• McIlroy slumps as Ilonen shines at wintry Wentworth23 May 2013, 1:38 pm
  By Tony Jimenez VIRGINIA WATER (Reuters) - World number two Rory McIlroy suffered a late first-round meltdown in almost wintry conditions at Wentworth as he ballooned to a two-over-par 74 in the PGA Championship on Thursday. With some players wearing beanies and thick mittens for protection against chilly eight degree temperatures and winds gusting up to 20mph, it was Finn Mikko Ilonen who looked most at home as he grabbed the early clubhouse lead on five-under 67. ......
• UEFA introduces minimum ban for racist abuse23 May 2013, 1:38 pm
  LONDON (AP) — UEFA says its executive committee has agreed to introduce a 10-match minimum ban for racist abuse by players or officials....
• Woods: Garcia comment hurtful, time to move on23 May 2013, 1:15 pm
  Sergio Garcia apologized to Tiger Woods for saying he would serve fried chicken if they were to have dinner at the U.S. Open, an ugly addition to nearly two weeks of verbal sparring....
• AP Interview: Rogge praises wrestling's changes23 May 2013, 12:58 pm
  LONDON (AP) — Wrestling's governing body has "reacted well" and made the necessary changes to give the sport a chance of saving its place in the Olympics, IOC President Jacques Rogge said....
• LeBron, Heat dig deep to top Pacers in Game 123 May 2013, 11:40 am
  MIAMI (AP) — It could have been the perfect matchup to cap an unforgettable game. LeBron James driving to the rim to face Roy Hibbert, one play to decide Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals....
• Olazabal urges Woods and Garcia to settle row23 May 2013, 11:05 am
  By Tony Jimenez VIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) - Former European Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal drew on the memory of his 2003 spat with Padraig Harrington as he urged fellow Spaniard Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods to settle their differences. Garcia and 14-times major winner Woods have always had a frosty relationship and the Spaniard had to issue an apology on Wednesday after making a "fried chicken" jibe at the world number one at the European Tour's Player of the Year...
• Golf-Olazabal urges Woods and Garcia to settle row23 May 2013, 10:57 am
  By Tony Jimenez VIRGINIA WATER, England, May 23 (Reuters) - Former European Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal drew on the memory of his 2003 spat with Padraig Harrington as he urged fellow Spaniard Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods to settle their differences. Garcia and 14-times major winner Woods have always had a frosty relationship and the Spaniard had to issue an apology on Wednesday after making a "fried chicken" jibe at the world number one at the European Tour's Player of the Year dinner...
• Analysis - Has the anchor ban come too late?23 May 2013, 10:32 am
  By Mark Lamport-Stokes (Reuters) - The royal and ancient game of golf, renowned for its etiquette and self-imposed penalties, has undergone many changes to the rules over its 600-year history but few issues have triggered as much debate as the proposal to outlaw the anchoring of putters. In a genteel sport where an inadvertent cough on a downswing can create controversy, the announcement by golf's rule-makers on Tuesday that anchoring would be banned from 2016 has sparked fiery, impassioned divi...
• James saves Miami in last-gasp win over Indiana23 May 2013, 10:30 am
  By Simon Evans MIAMI (Reuters) - LeBron James scored the game-winning points in the dying embers of overtime as the Miami Heat held off a determined Indiana Pacers 103-102 in a thrilling Eastern Conference Finals opener on Wednesday. If broadcasters were concerned that another easy series win for Miami would further damage ratings, they got the perfect antidote with the Pacers pushing the Heat all the way and raising the prospect of a tight best-of-seven set. It was scrappy and foul-ridden at ti...
• Dodgers find spark to whip Brewers, rookie Ryu wins23 May 2013, 10:28 am
  (Reuters) - If Don Mattingly's comments and lineup change were aimed at shaking up his struggling Los Angeles team, he certainly got his wish as the Dodgers hammered Milwaukee 9-2 on Wednesday. With the Dodgers bottom of the National League West despite having one of the highest payrolls in Major League Baseball, Mattingly questioned his team's toughness and benched outfielder Andre Ethier. "It's not all grit and no talent that gets there, and it's not all talent and no ...
• Ocean not all that separates US, European fans23 May 2013, 8:37 am
  Imagine Derek Jeter leading the New York Yankees off the field because opposing fans were yelling racial slurs and throwing bananas at his team. Or a game between the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls halted because of unrelenting race-baiting from the crowd....

CBC | Sports News

• Wrestling rule changes please IOC, but no Olympic guarantees23 May 2013, 1:37 pm
  IOC President Jacques Rogge says wrestling's governing body has made the necessary changes to give the sport a chance of saving its place in the Olympics....
• Winterhawks down Blades to clinch Memorial Cup semifinal berth23 May 2013, 12:59 pm
  The Portland Winterhawks scored three times in the third period Wednesday to defeat the Blades 4-2 in the final round-robin game at the MasterCard Memorial Cup in Saskatoon....
• Stanley Cup Stories: Penguins' stars burn Senators23 May 2013, 11:53 am
  There was no stopping the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 4 as Sidney Crosby and company surged past the Ottawa Senators to take a commanding series lead in the only NHL playoff game on Wednesday night....
• Watch & Chat: Blackhawks at Red Wings, Game 423 May 2013, 11:11 am
  Watch live and chat as the Chicago Blackhawks visit the Detroit Red Wings in Game 4 of their Western Conference semifinal (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 8 p.m. ET)....
• Wharnsby: Senators down to final lifeline23 May 2013, 10:50 am
  CBC Sports senior hockey writer Tim Wharnsby explains how a promising start in Game 4 for the Ottawa Senators turned into an ugly 7-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins....
• Prolific Penguins put Senators in 3-1 series hole23 May 2013, 5:57 am
  Jarome Iginla and James Neal scored two goals each Wednesday night as Pittsburgh put a confident group of Ottawa Senators in desperation mode with a 7-3 win to take a three games to one series lead in their NHL Eastern Conference semifinal....
• Canucks fire coach Alain Vigneault23 May 2013, 5:57 am
  The Vancouver Canucks fired head coach Alain Vigneault on Wednesday, less than two years after he guided the club to the seventh game of the Stanley Cup final....
• Orioles pitcher with 'best stuff' to face Blue Jays23 May 2013, 5:54 am
  Kevin Gausman, who never has pitched above the double-A level, will make his major league debut Thursday night against the Blue Jays in Toronto. ...
• Heat win on LeBron James's OT buzzer-beater layup23 May 2013, 4:04 am
  LeBron James made a layup as time expired in overtime, and the Miami Heat found a way to beat the Indiana Pacers 103-102 in a wild Game 1 of the NBA Eastern Conference final Wednesday night....
• Cherry says Canuck coaches 'thrown down the drain'23 May 2013, 3:53 am
  In discussing Wednesday's firing of Vancouver Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault, along with his assistants Rick Bowness and Newell Brown, Hockey Night in Canada's Don Cherry says the trio was "thrown under the bus."...
• Did You See That? Sidney Crosby continues to amaze23 May 2013, 3:42 am
  Sidney Crosby continues to amaze. The Pittsburgh Penguins superstar centre produced yet another highlight-reel goal on Wednesday night against the Ottawa Senators....
• Rangers D-man Anton Stralman to miss Game 423 May 2013, 3:42 am
  Anton Stralman played one shift after taking a hit from Boston's Milan Lucic hit in Game 3 Tuesday, leaving the New York Rangers down two top-four defencemen for Thursday's Game 4 unless Marc Staal, who was on the ice for an optional practice Wednesday, can suit up....

NYT > Tennis

• In the Arena: New Asian Tennis League Is Lining Up Big-Name Stars23 May 2013, 1:29 pm
  The venture, which would include teams in six cities, would start play in November 2014, and players like Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams have already agreed to take part.    ...
• Special Report: French Open: A Puzzler in Paris: French Open or Roland Garros?23 May 2013, 12:26 pm
  French speakers call the tournament Roland Garros. Native English speakers, despite repeated attempts to convert them, still overwhelmingly favor French Open.    ...
• Special Report: French Open: A Puzzler in Paris: French Open or Roland Garros?23 May 2013, 11:54 am
  French speakers call the tournament Roland Garros. Native English speakers, despite repeated attempts to convert them, still overwhelmingly favor French Open.    ...
• Nadal Back in Old Routine and Looking Invincible23 May 2013, 11:05 am
  Watching Rafa Nadal churn his way through the claycourt season over the past few weeks, it seems nothing much has changed since his French Open triumph a year ago despite a lengthy injury layoff.    ...
• Dominant Williams Fearful of Enemy Within23 May 2013, 10:59 am
  Based on form, Serena Williams is a stand-out favorite to win a second French Open title but her record at Roland Garros means she approaches the tournament with a touch of apprehension and fearful of the "lady in the mirror".    ...
• French Slam Drought Set to Drag On at Roland Garros23 May 2013, 10:54 am
  After 30 years without a male grand-slam winner, France's tennis establishment is beginning to question whether the absence of success is purely down to a lack of natural-born winners.    ...
• Special Report: French Open: A Stunning Upset That Changed 2 Players' Lives23 May 2013, 9:49 am
  Serena Williams was so dispirited by her loss to a wild card in the first round of the French Open last year that she ripped up her career-long playbook and joined forces with a coach outside her family.    ...
• Top-Seeded Tipsarevic Upset in Duesseldorf22 May 2013, 6:27 pm
  Top-seeded Janko Tipsarevic lost in the second round of the Power Horse Cup on Wednesday, falling 7-6 (1), 6-1 to the Argentine qualifier Guido Pella.    ...
• Hsieh, Niculescu Lose in 2nd Round at Strasbourg22 May 2013, 6:21 pm
  Seeded players Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan and Monica Niculescu of Romania were beaten Wednesday in the second round of the Strasbourg International.    ...
• Querrey Beats Stakhovsky to Reach Quarters in Nice22 May 2013, 5:10 pm
  American Sam Querrey reached the quarterfinals of the Nice Open, beating Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 7-5, 6-3 on Wednesday.    ...
• Del Potro, Baker, Fish Pull Out of French Open22 May 2013, 1:21 pm
  Seventh-ranked Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina has pulled out of the upcoming French Open because of a respiratory virus.    ...
• Del Potro Pulls Out of French Open22 May 2013, 12:41 pm
  World number seven Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina has pulled out of next week's French Open tennis after failing to recover from a virus, organisers said on Wednesday.    ...

NYT > Pro Football

• Giants Give Once-Heralded Aaron Curry a Chance23 May 2013, 2:02 am
  Aaron Curry won the Butkus Award as the nation’s finest linebacker in 2008 while playing for Wake Forest, but he stumbled in stays with the Seahawks and the Raiders.    ...
• Brian Urlacher Retires After 13 Seasons With Bears22 May 2013, 11:31 pm
  Brian Urlacher, who was selected to the Pro Bowl eight times, announced his retirement on Wednesday after he and the Bears could not agree on a new contract in March.    ...
• San Francisco's Crabtree Has Surgery on Torn Achilles22 May 2013, 10:56 pm
  San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree has had surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon but is not expected to miss the entire 2013-14 season, the National Football League (NFL) team said on Wednesday.    ...
• Off-Season Is Still Turnover Season for Jets’ Sanchez22 May 2013, 10:50 pm
  Jets Coach Rex Ryan said quarterback Mark Sanchez, who had three interceptions in 11-on-11 drills, had to eliminate mistakes if he hoped to be the starter.    ...
• 49ers Receiver Michael Crabtree Has Surgery on Achilles22 May 2013, 10:37 pm
  San Francisco’s leading wide receiver, Michael Crabtree, underwent surgery on Wednesday, but the team is optimistic he will return at some point in 2013.    ...
• Bears LB Urlacher Announces His Retirement22 May 2013, 5:39 pm
  Brian Urlacher wasn't sure how dominant he could be any longer, so he's calling it a career after 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears.    ...
• Bears Linebacker Urlacher Retires After 13 Seasons22 May 2013, 4:56 pm
  Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher announced his retirement on Wednesday, ending a brilliant 13-year career with the National Football League team with a statement on Twitter.    ...
• Column: Play Ball With Goodell and NFL _ or Else22 May 2013, 7:28 am
  The NFL is free to twist arms, just like anybody else. So maybe it's just coincidence that all five of the new stadiums that will come on line during Roger Goodell's brief tenure as NFL commissioner have now been awarded Super Bowls.    ...
• Bay Bowl: San Francisco to Host 50th Super Bowl22 May 2013, 7:28 am
  Build a new stadium, host the Super Bowl to show it off.    ...
• Veteran DB Charles Woodson Returns to Raiders22 May 2013, 3:33 am
  Charles Woodson is coming back home to Oakland.    ...
• San Francisco and Houston Win Super Bowl Bids22 May 2013, 12:08 am
  San Francisco/Santa Clara and Houston will host the 50th and 51st Super Bowls, beating Miami, an indication that the N.F.L. is dissatisfied with the state of the Dolphins’ stadium.    ...
• Plaxico Burress Launching Men’s Luxury Hosiery Line21 May 2013, 11:26 pm
  Steelers wide receiver Plaxico Burress, who spent nearly two years in prison after accidentally shooting himself in a New York nightclub, is launching a men’s luxury hosiery line.    ...

Sport

• Umpire Asad Rauf withdrawn from Champions Trophy after police investigation23 May 2013, 1:43 pm
  ICC pull Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf out of competition after he is investigated by Mumbai Police.    ...
• England could be awarded five spots in the Champions League from 201523 May 2013, 1:30 pm
  England could be awarded up to five Champions League places from 2015 after new rules from Uefa.    ...
• British and Irish Lions 2013: Will Greenwood in conversation with England winger Jason Robinson23 May 2013, 1:15 pm
  Will Greenwood: WIllie John McBride or '99' meant nothing to Jason Robinson before the 2001 tour, but that mattered little.    ...
• Rio Ferdinand signs new one-year deal to stay Manchester United for a 12th season23 May 2013, 12:50 pm
  The final touches have been put to the deal that will extend veteran defender's career at Old Trafford into a 12th season.    ...
• Decision on Roberto Martinez's future at Wigan Athletic put back until next week after talks with Dave Whelan23 May 2013, 12:49 pm
  Future of Wigan manager will not be decided now until next week but Dave Whelan still positive about keeping him.    ...
• Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich: Five players to watch out for in the Champions League final23 May 2013, 12:39 pm
  Video: forget Robben and Lewandowski, here are five lesser known players who could light up the all-German final at Wembley.    ...
• Jose Mourinho not scarred by Real Madrid failure, says Chelsea's Juan Mata23 May 2013, 11:02 am
  Jose Mourinho would turn Chelsea into Premier League contenders despite his failure in Spain, according to Juan Mata.    ...
• Telescope out of Epsom Derby with shin injury23 May 2013, 11:00 am
  Amongst Telescope's owners is the recently retired Man United manager, and horse fanatic, Sir Alex Ferguson.    ...
• Daniel Vettori's New Zealand return is great news for all of us - one last chance to hail the ultimate sporting geek23 May 2013, 10:18 am
  Jonathan Liew: NZ spinner's return gives us last chance to appreciate a fine bowler, fine batsman, fine beard.    ...
• Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg posts the fastest time in practice23 May 2013, 10:09 am
  Nico Rosberg underlined why he may again be the man to beat over one lap ahead of this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix.    ...
• Monaco Grand Prix 2013: Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg posts fastest time in first practice23 May 2013, 10:09 am
  Nico Rosberg underlines why he may again be the man to beat over one lap ahead of this weekend's Monaco GP.    ...
• Lucas Leiva: all players need an escape from pressures of English football to stay grounded and out of trouble23 May 2013, 10:04 am
  Exclusive interview: Lucas' backstory is one of serenity rather than trauma, and an upbringing he believes has enabled him to achieve the correct balance.    ...

Today's Horoscope by Horoscope.com

• Aries (March 21 - April 19)
  You may feel physical and emotional tension today, Aries. Are you taking the time to care for your body? Has someone ......
• Taurus (April 20 - May 20)
  People love to be with you because you have such natural charm, Taurus. But today you may not feel especially charming ......
• Gemini (May 21 - June 20)
  Your partner may be all over you today, Gemini! Are you in the mood to listen? Are you interested in some love? Probably ......
• Cancer (June 21 - July 22)
  You're often moved by emotion, Cancer. You like situations that make you feel alive. Today your love life may give you ......
• Leo (July 23 - August 22)
  You're a helpful person, Leo, yet in your relationships, you often seem to confuse helping with parenting. You tend to ......
• Virgo (August 23 - September 22)
  Everyone needs to be loved, Virgo, but it shouldn't be your only objective in life. It isn't the end of the world if ......
• Libra (September 23 - October 22)
  There are days when a little humility can be good for you, Libra, and this might be one of those days. It's as if the ......
• Scorpio (October 23 - November 21)
  Your fiery willpower can help you move mountains, Scorpio. But you already know that. When it's combined with your ......
• Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21)
  Today could discourage even the most ardent of passions, Sagittarius. Even if some people say you're a bit cold, know ......
• Capricorn (December 22 - January 19)
  Capricorn, you should try to be tolerant of other people's social and political positions. You may have to deal with ......
• Aquarius (January 20 - February 18)
  This is a day for doubts, for asking those hard questions that you need to answer. If you like to meditate, Aquarius, ......
• Pisces (February 19 - March 20)
  It may seem that you've been accumulating a lot of excess nervous tension and stress, Pisces. Unfortunately, you won't ......

Astrology.com Daily Horoscope

• Libra Daily Horoscope for May 23, 201323 May 2013, 12:00 am
  Your possessions may be dragging you down -- cleaning, repairing and other costs may be all it takes for you to dream about giving it all away. Try a yard sale -- your business savvy is peaking!More horoscopes! Check your Daily Single's LoveScopes, Daily Couple's LoveScopes, Daily CareerScopes, Weekly RomanticScopes, Monthly FitnessScopes, more...Today's Free Sample Reading: Express your potential and desires from a woman's point of view. Learn about your personal power and how to express it!Is ...
• Aquarius Daily Horoscope for May 23, 201323 May 2013, 12:00 am
  You feel like a performing monkey today -- can you have fun with it? If not, just put on your show and then get off stage as quickly as you can. This phase shouldn't last very long.More horoscopes! Check your Daily Single's LoveScopes, Daily Couple's LoveScopes, Daily CareerScopes, Weekly RomanticScopes, Monthly FitnessScopes, more...Today's Free Sample Reading: Are you with your true Soul Mate? Discover if you are with the person that you can share sorrows and triumphs with!Is it really over? H...
• Taurus Daily Horoscope for May 23, 201323 May 2013, 12:00 am
  Your famous moods have taken over today, which could mean that your people are getting nervous. You don't need to reassure them -- they should know by now that this doesn't last long!More horoscopes! Check your Daily Single's LoveScopes, Daily Couple's LoveScopes, Daily CareerScopes, Weekly RomanticScopes, Monthly FitnessScopes, more...Today's Free Sample Reading: Is your relationship meant to be? Compare your needs with your partner's and discover your chance at success in love!Is it really ov...
• Sagittarius Daily Horoscope for May 23, 201323 May 2013, 12:00 am
  You're feeling pretty shy today -- and there's nothing wrong with that! You may just want to tell your friends that you need to be alone, or you could need to shut yourself off for a while.More horoscopes! Check your Daily Single's LoveScopes, Daily Couple's LoveScopes, Daily CareerScopes, Weekly RomanticScopes, Monthly FitnessScopes, more...Today's Free Sample Reading: Express your potential and desires from a woman's point of view. Learn about your personal power and how to express it!Is it re...
• Gemini Daily Horoscope for May 23, 201323 May 2013, 12:00 am
  Your big brain picks up on some subtle signals coming your way -- so make sure that you're ready for them! It's a good time to just receive information, as you can act on it later.More horoscopes! Check your Daily Single's LoveScopes, Daily Couple's LoveScopes, Daily CareerScopes, Weekly RomanticScopes, Monthly FitnessScopes, more...Today's Free Sample Reading: Use this ancient wisdom to improve your life, and make optimal use of your abilities.Is it really over? Need to know the answers? Put yo...
• Aries Daily Horoscope for May 23, 201323 May 2013, 12:00 am
  You've got to renew your commitment to a person or project today -- maybe formally, or maybe just inside your heart. You may find it to be much easier than you had anticipated!More horoscopes! Check your Daily Single's LoveScopes, Daily Couple's LoveScopes, Daily CareerScopes, Weekly RomanticScopes, Monthly FitnessScopes, more...Today's Free Sample Reading: Get a unique perspective of your life by looking through the glass of Vedic astrology and discover what makes you who you are!Is it really o...
• Cancer Daily Horoscope for May 23, 201323 May 2013, 12:00 am
  You aren't feeling all that decisive right now, which could cause some real problems with a friend or colleague. What they don't know is that you've got good reasons to defer this big choice.More horoscopes! Check your Daily Single's LoveScopes, Daily Couple's LoveScopes, Daily CareerScopes, Weekly RomanticScopes, Monthly FitnessScopes, more...Today's Free Sample Reading: Answer your burning love and romance questions! Compare your birth charts to give insight into your bond.Is it really over? A...
• Scorpio Daily Horoscope for May 23, 201323 May 2013, 12:00 am
  Your creative vision is clear now, so make sure that you're up to manifesting whatever it is that you're dreaming up. Your energy is strong, which means that almost anything should be possible!More horoscopes! Check your Daily Single's LoveScopes, Daily Couple's LoveScopes, Daily CareerScopes, Weekly RomanticScopes, Monthly FitnessScopes, more...Today's Free Sample Reading: Is your relationship meant to be? Compare your needs with your partner's and discover your chance at success in love!Is it...
• Leo Daily Horoscope for May 23, 201323 May 2013, 12:00 am
  Your family is important to you -- of course -- and today brings you the opportunity to give something back to them. It may be small or surprising, but it's sure to lift them up in a good way.More horoscopes! Check your Daily Single's LoveScopes, Daily Couple's LoveScopes, Daily CareerScopes, Weekly RomanticScopes, Monthly FitnessScopes, more...Today's Free Sample Reading: Answer your burning love and romance questions! Compare your birth charts to give insight into your bond.Is it really over? ...
• Capricorn Daily Horoscope for May 23, 201323 May 2013, 12:00 am
  Check out the details today -- you need to dive deeply and see what you can learn. Facts are facts, which could mean that you've got to live with results that you don't agree with in your gut.More horoscopes! Check your Daily Single's LoveScopes, Daily Couple's LoveScopes, Daily CareerScopes, Weekly RomanticScopes, Monthly FitnessScopes, more...Today's Free Sample Reading: Try a preview of your one-week Love Forecast! Make the most out of your love life in 2013 and beyond!Is it really over? Afra...
• Virgo Daily Horoscope for May 23, 201323 May 2013, 12:00 am
  Your emotional side is driving you a little crazy today -- so see if you can rein it in by tackling issues that are strictly intellectual. That may not work, so be prepared for a bumpy ride!More horoscopes! Check your Daily Single's LoveScopes, Daily Couple's LoveScopes, Daily CareerScopes, Weekly RomanticScopes, Monthly FitnessScopes, more...Today's Free Sample Reading: Try a preview of your one-week Love Forecast! Make the most out of your love life in 2013 and beyond!Is it really over? What r...
• Pisces Daily Horoscope for May 23, 201323 May 2013, 12:00 am
  Work is tough today -- your energy is a little out of sync with that of your clients or colleagues, which could mean that you're talking past each other. Don't take it too seriously!More horoscopes! Check your Daily Single's LoveScopes, Daily Couple's LoveScopes, Daily CareerScopes, Weekly RomanticScopes, Monthly FitnessScopes, more...Today's Free Sample Reading: Find true, lasting love with the secrets revealed in this powerful reading!Is it really over? Afraid of being alone? Find out where yo...

Today's Chinese Horoscope by Horoscope.com

• RAT
  Any dissatisfaction you feel helps reveal your real feelings ......
• OX
  This is a wonderful day to spend doing things you enjoy. You ......
• TIGER
  You may believe something is wrong. Avoid important ......
• RABBIT
  Today you can accomplish anything you truly believe in. Be ......
• DRAGON
  You may feel as if something is changing, but you don't know ......
• SNAKE
  You may have to delay your personal agenda in favor of ......
• HORSE
  There can be a strong physical attraction distracting you ......
• GOAT
  Today's energy brings out your quiet strength and management ......
• MONKEY
  Try to finish what you start today. You have great natural ......
• ROOSTER
  You may be feeling rather jealous today. It could be that ......
• DOG
  This is a day when your natural entrepreneurial skills are ......
• PIG
  Spend as much time as possible today talking with someone ......

Astrology and Horoscope 2013 by www.findyourfate.com

• What's special today for you
  Is your birthday on a 23rd ? You never live your life in the way others want you to. You are an independent individual who loves challenges and excitement. You are ready to face with the result of your decision. You are usually the one your friends count on. You occasionally get involved in forbidden love affairs. You may fall in love with a married person and no one can stop you from making progress. You are very charming, although you might not realize it. Number 5 is your lucky numb...
• Aries Horoscope for Thursday, May 23, 2013
  If you could just make up your mind to be dutiful for a couple of days, then you would get through a good many chores. By the end of it you would feel you`ve achieved a good deal. But truthfully you would have to push yourself quite hard. You are not in the mood to start some vast project or run up mountains. More of a mind to float along the river rather more or lie on your water bed. You will be very sensitive to the undercurrents so you need to avoid jangled jarring companions....
• Taurus Horoscope for Thursday, May 23, 2013
  This is not the time to be frivolous or indulgent. Try a little serious planning. Be realistic about what you have achieved, and you will see what is possible in the days ahead. Though to be honest, it isn`t really a day for push-push-pushing at practical chores. Find time for quiet reflection or be as helpful as you can to others. Just don`t expect miracles of yourself. Your hunches will be good, your intuitions strong so trust them....
• Gemini Horoscope for Thursday, May 23, 2013
  In your working situation, you will be self-disciplined, with an eye to the future. You can see what your goals ought to be, and will also see clearly how, by putting one foot in front of the other, you can get to where you want to be. And you will also want to be closer to those who matter. Be idealistic, and sympathetic, as long as you can stick to your ideals in life. Everything should fit together very soon....
• Cancer Horoscope for Thursday, May 23, 2013
  You`re not going to slither round the edges of things or expect someone else to do all the hard chores. But maybe it`s also important to go off by yourself to meditate or reflect. Get a clearer idea of what everything is doing in your life and where you want it to go from now on. Emotionally, financially and in your career. If you can channel your energy more in spiritual directions, you`ll find it brings you peace, quiet and harmony....
• Leo Horoscope for Thursday, May 23, 2013
  If you knuckle down to small chores and be firm with yourself, then you`ll find at the end of it all that you are remarkably pleased that you did. But do watch. If you go charging into very strenuous tasks, you may end up feeling a little bit discouraged and undermined. Nothing practical will work out quite as you planned. Or your energy will not see you out of the end of it. You have wonderful dreams, but you also need to have your feet on the ground....
• Virgo Horoscope for Thursday, May 23, 2013
  You will get a lot of satisfaction out of clearing boring tasks out of the way. Feeling reasonable and responsible, you will be conscientious and kind. Though in one tricky situation, maybe you are not standing up for yourself strenuously enough. There are not very self-assertive influences around. So if you`re normally a bit timid, they will tend to push you into a corner. You will escape into hard work, which can be great in itself but sorting out the difficulty will also lift your spirits....
• Libra Horoscope for Thursday, May 23, 2013
  Once you get down to the bottom line and you accept the way life is, then you can begin to work with it and make it happen for yourself. Find peace in acceptance and everything becomes easier, since you are not pushing against resentment. Today there will be sensitive influences around which will make you aware of what the unspoken text in one situation. Understand but don`t feel obliged to act. If you are too self-sacrificing, you could turn yourself into a bit of a doormat....
• Scorpio Horoscope for Thursday, May 23, 2013
  Maybe everyone around will tend to be head-in-the-clouds including you today. But try to resist the temptation to go with the flow. Get cracking with what has been filed in the needs to be done sometime box. It might as well be now. Then you will be happier to give yourself permission to play truant. If you clear problems out of the way before they have had a chance to grow, it all becomes much easier....
• Sagittarius Horoscope for Thursday, May 23, 2013
  You will be working in a way that is going to gain the approval of serious people. Not racing around in a rackety fashion, or taking risks or being too boisterous. You`re being, if anything, a little bit understated. Though truthfully you won`t have the stamina or motivation to go leaping into strenuous projects. Be sensible and down-to-earth about what is possible and what is not. Put limits on your aims....
• Capricorn Horoscope for Thursday, May 23, 2013
  Don`t be discouraged if you have odd worries about significant situations in your life, because your imagination is probably running away with itself. Most likely nothing you are concerned about will happen. Just don`t go pushing yourself ahead when you feel like hanging back. Trust your instincts. Attend to small matters and leave the major decisions to another day. Sometimes it`s as well to stay in a state of limbo until you are absolutely clear....
• Aquarius Horoscope for Thursday, May 23, 2013
  Maybe your energy level is not very high, so basically you can`t be bothered to push too hard. All you really want to do is put your feet up in a chair and daydream your way through the day. If you can manage it without upsetting your schedule, well, why not? But really you know you need to get a few loose ends around the budget tidied up. Your finances need to be better organised and in ship shape order before long....

BBC News - US & Canada

• Obama to set out US drone policy23 May 2013, 12:09 pm
  President Obama is expected to defend US drone strikes and promise more transparency over the programme, in a major counter-terrorism speech....
• Twitter boosts security after hacks23 May 2013, 10:30 am
  Micro-blogging site Twitter says it is bringing in a two-step login for users to beef up security following recent high-profile breaches....
• Shot US suspect 'admitted' murder23 May 2013, 9:38 am
  A Florida man who was shot and killed by Boston bombing investigators was about to confess to a 2011 triple murder before he died, FBI officials say....
• Trans-US solar plane sets new record23 May 2013, 8:12 am
  The Solar Impulse plane sets a new record for distance flown by a solar-powered craft as it completes the second leg of a bid to cross the US....
• US report warns on China IP theft23 May 2013, 6:25 am
  The theft of US intellectual property is "unprecedented" and costing billions, a US report says, pointing to China as the main culprit....
• VIDEO: Tornado clean-up begins in Oklahoma23 May 2013, 4:56 am
  Police cordons have been removed for the first time since the Tornado in Oklahoma allowing families to return to their homes and survey the damage....
• VIDEO: US confirms four American citizens killed by drones23 May 2013, 3:56 am
  The US justice secretary has acknowledged that four Americans have been killed abroad in drone strikes since 2009....
• VIDEO: Parents quit Singapore death probe23 May 2013, 3:39 am
  The family of a US man found hanged in Singapore have withdrawn from an inquiry into his death, saying they no longer have confidence in the system....
• Universal flu jab 'edges closer'23 May 2013, 3:13 am
  A way of creating more effective vaccines which could protect against a broad range of flu viruses has been reported by US researchers....
• Rebuilding lessons from tornado alley23 May 2013, 2:13 am
  US town's slow tornado recovery offers lessons for Oklahoma...
• US 'faith healers killed own baby'23 May 2013, 1:10 am
  A US couple who reject medicine in favour of faith healing are charged with murder over their infant son's death, four years after another son died....
• VIDEO: US mayor to push tornado shelter law22 May 2013, 11:08 pm
  The mayor of the tornado-devastated town of Moore in Oklahoma has vowed to push for a new law on shelters, after a huge twister there killed at least 24....

Americas - Voice of America

• Moore, Oklahoma Begins to Recover from Deadly Tornado23 May 2013, 1:42 pm
  Moore, Oklahoma, the tiny suburb of Oklahoma City, is starting the difficult task of recovery following the powerful tornado that swept through on May 20, 2013....
• Free Market Reforms Needed to Fix Venezuela's Socialist Economic Problems22 May 2013, 9:35 pm
  In Venezuela, the laws of supply and demand are undermining the socialist revolution started by the late President Hugo Chavez.  Since Chavez’s hand-picked successor Nicolas Maduro won the Venezuelan presidential election in April - by a margin of less than 2 percent - high inflation and a shortage of staple goods are now leading many on both sides of this politically-divided country to question whether its current economic course is sustainable. Recently, toilet paper has been in short ......
• Massive Tornado Hits Oklahoma21 May 2013, 10:56 am
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• Shakespeare's Sonnets Come to Life in New App20 May 2013, 4:43 pm
  A new app launched on Monday aims to bring William Shakespeare's sonnets to the masses with the help of short films starring stage actors performing them in front of New York landmarks.The Sonnet Project is a free app for the iPhone and iPad that showcases the bard's poetry through films of up to two minutes and performances by Tony-Award winning actors Joanna Gleason and Cady Huffman, among others.   “Shakespeare gets a bad rap. A lot of people say 'I don't like ......
• Scientists Ponder 'Epoch' of Damage to Global Water System20 May 2013, 3:47 pm
  Scientists say a new geologic epoch has begun whereby humans are causing major damage to global water systems. They warn of a planetary transformation comparable to the retreat of the glaciers more than 11,000 years ago. Scientists are meeting in Bonn, Germany this week (5/21-24) to discuss what can be done about it. While some still debate the extent to which humans have affected the environment, scientists meeting in Bonn have little doubt. In fact, there’s a name for the informal geologi...
• Poor Countries Lack Modern Contraception20 May 2013, 10:10 am
  A new study says little is being done to meet the growing demand for modern contraception methods in poor countries. The Guttmacher Institute says there’s an increasing desire for smaller families.  Guttmacher says between 2003 and 2012 the number of women wanting to avoid pregnancy – and in need of modern contraception – rose from 716 million to 867 million. The sharpest increase was seen, it says, in the 69 poorest countries “where modern method use was already very low.” Senior...
• Indian, Brazilian Nationals Sentenced in US for Human Smuggling18 May 2013, 11:41 am
  A federal court in Houston, Texas, has sentenced an Indian citizen and a Brazilian national to three years in prison for smuggling illegal migrants into the United States.   Kaushik Thakkar and Fabano Amorim were also given two years of supervised release when their prison terms end.   Prosecutors say the two charged Indian citizens up to $60,000 each and conspired to smuggle them into the United States through South and Central America and the Caribbean. Many crossed into ......
• Former Argentine Dictator Videla Dies in Prison17 May 2013, 6:26 pm
  Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander who led Argentina during the bloodiest period of a "dirty war" dictatorship and was unrepentant about kidnappings and murders ordered by the state, died on Friday at age 87.   Videla was the first president to head the military junta that "disappeared" thousands of suspected leftists from 1976 to 1983, and he spent his final years behind bars for human rights crimes including the systematic theft of babies born to ......
• Brazil Indians occupy cattle ranch in widening land dispute16 May 2013, 8:24 pm
  Federal police ordered some 200 Terena Indians to leave a former congressman's ranch in south-central Brazil on Thursday in the latest flashpoint of a widening conflict over land ownership in South America's farm belt. The ranch's owner, Ricardo Bacha, skipped a meeting in Brasilia with the country's vice president over the land conflicts to return to the disputed area, claiming his wife and son were being held hostage by the Indians. Brazil's indigenous policy, which ......
• Peru Foreign Minister Quits Over Health After Venezuela Spat15 May 2013, 8:35 pm
  Peru's foreign minister has resigned, the government said on Wednesday, days after he was criticized for contributing to a diplomatic spat with Venezuela.   Rafael Roncagliolo, 68, resigned “strictly because of health reasons,” the office of President Ollanta Humala said in a statement.   Justice Minister Eda Rivas will be Peru's new foreign minister, the government said. Daniel Figallo, a deputy minister of human rights, will replace Rivas as justice minister.   “He ......
• Cuba Readies Corruption Trials of Western Businessmen14 May 2013, 9:17 pm
  Canadian and British executives of three foreign businesses shut in 2011 by Cuban authorities, ostensibly for corrupt practices, have been charged after more than a year in custody and are expected to go on trial soon, sources close to the cases told Reuters.   The arrests, part of a broad government campaign to stamp out corruption, sent shockwaves through Cuba's small foreign business community where the companies were among the most visible players.   Until then, expulsions ......
• Time-Lapse Look at Earth Shows Decades of Change14 May 2013, 7:28 pm
  Sometimes we get a clearer perspective by taking a step back. A new project by Google, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), NASA and TIME offers the distance we need to see our planet, and our species, like we’ve never seen them before. The project, called Earth Engine, is made up of more than 28 years of satellite images taken of Earth and turned into an interactive timelapse map that shows expanding cities, shrinking rainforests, drying lakes and melting glaciers. Dubai, 1984 - 2012. ......

World news : Americas roundup | guardian.co.uk

• Venezuela toilet paper shortage sends ordinary lives around the bend23 May 2013, 12:01 pm
  Scarcity of toilet rolls seen as part of 'general malaise' in which Venezuelans have to use guile during shortage in many staplesWhen Mercedes Aquino, a 48-year-old nurse working in an affluent neighbourhood of Caracas, heard from a patient that a corner shop had received a shipment of toilet paper, she dropped everything and ran to the store.She also did what most people here do every time butter, milk, sugar, oil or cornflour make a rare appearance on supermarket shelves – she spread the wor...
• Ad break: Peugeot, Heineken, Getty Images - video23 May 2013, 10:30 am
  Two films from Brazil top and tail this week's review of new TV and internet adverts from around the world...
• Keystone pipeline: House votes to bypass Obama23 May 2013, 5:20 am
  Representatives approve bill declaring that controversial oil pipeline from Canada does not need president's permissionSuzanne Goldenberg...
• Why this global fascination with the Toronto mayor's alleged cocaine use? | Colin Horgan22 May 2013, 2:25 pm
  People, especially Americans, are willing to pay money to find out if Toronto mayor Rob Ford used illegal drugsSo, it's come to this, has it? We're off, having progressed past the good old fashioned hyperventilating over the latest (boring) celebrity sex tape, past teen sexting and upskirt shots and straight on into the heart of darkness: the dirtiest of street drugs and the politicians who may or may not have been filmed ingesting them. Well, if we're going, we might as well have Conrad Black a...
• New York Times accused of treating Latin political leaders differently22 May 2013, 8:40 am
  Here's a story that the New York Times has yet to carry. A petition, signed by 23 leading US academics, authors and film-makers, has been launched which urges the paper's "public editor" to examine the Times's inconsistent coverage of two Latin American countries.They argue that there are disparities between its largely negative reporting on Venezuela during the presidency of Hugo Chávez (who died in March) and its less critical reporting on Honduras under its successive leaders, Roberto Michel...
• First, David Cameron should bring his own tax havens to book | Simon Jenkins21 May 2013, 7:30 pm
  Pressing the G8 to get tough on avoidance is hypocrisy while British dependencies like the Caymans are still in businessI cannot see the point of tax havens. Or rather, I can see the point, but not why we tolerate them. They are licensed theft from the exchequer, offshore fiscal Scud aimed directly at the nation's budget. For a decade politicians in Washington, London and elsewhere have railed against them – but done nothing.Years ago I, by mistake, slipped an income tax voucher for March into...
• Cuba lifts import ban on domestic appliances21 May 2013, 5:32 pm
  Personal importation of appliances including microwaves and fridges was restricted eight years ago during energy crisisCuba has authorised individual imports of appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators and microwave ovens, lifting a ban imposed in 2005 amid a wave of energy shortages and blackouts.Islanders can now bring up to two such appliances per person into the country for noncommercial purposes. The list of approved items includes air conditioners with a capacity of less than one...
• Guatemala court overturns genocide conviction against former dictator21 May 2013, 4:06 pm
  Victims of 1980s violence express dismay as court annuls proceedings in case against José Efraín Ríos MonttA campaign for justice dating back to Latin America's "dirty wars" suffered a setback on Monday when Guatemala's constitutional court overturned the genocide conviction against the former dictator José Efraín Ríos Montt.The retired general was sentenced to 80 years in prison earlier this month for complicity in the deaths of 1,771 people of the Ixil Maya ethnic group during his perio...
• Brazil World Cup venue Arena Pernambuco officially open - video21 May 2013, 2:59 pm
  Recife's Arena Pernambuco is inaugurated, becoming the last of the six Confederations Cup venues to receive a test event...
• Roberto Azevedo's WTO appointment gives Brazil a seat at the top table21 May 2013, 1:02 pm
  New director general was not Britain and the US's preferred candiate but gives developing nations a voice at WTOEarlier this month the World Trade Organisation (WTO) announced that it had chosen the Brazilian Roberto Azevedo, 55, as its next director general. In September he will take over from France's Pascal Lamy, who has served two four-year terms.It is a personal success for this career diplomat, but it is also a victory for Brazil on the international scene. The Brazilian diplomatic corps p...
• No, Argentina is not a 'cautionary tale' for the eurozone | Nikos Chrysoloras21 May 2013, 11:14 am
  Two flawed analogies are trotted out: comparing the eurozone to Argentina's 1990s dollar-pegging, and the EU to the USA true giant of modern thought, Ludwig Wittgenstein believed that all problems in philosophy arise from the misguided use of language. Although this opinion, put forward in his early writings, seems far-fetched nowadays, Wittgenstein had a point.Since the start of the sovereign debt crisis, two false analogies have prevailed in the public dialogue regarding Europe: the first draw...
• Twins conjoined at the liver separated in Peru – video21 May 2013, 11:11 am
  Two baby girls who shared a liver have been separated by doctors in Lima, Peru...

Latin America & Caribbean News - latest news from South America - FT.com

• Embraer in $8bn SkyWest aircraft supply deal21 May 2013, 9:25 pm
  Deal provides a timely boost to Embraer’s commercial aircraft unit, which has struggled amid weak global demand and accounts for only half of the Brazilian group’s revenue...
• Guatemala court overturns genocide ruling21 May 2013, 8:48 am
  The ruling forcing proceedings to backtrack throws into disarray the trial that had issued a historic guilty verdict against former dictator Efrain Rios Montt...
• Argentine soyabean farmers return to market21 May 2013, 6:20 am
  The slow flow from Argentina, which accounts for 10% of the world’s soyabean exports, has kept markets tight but is likely to increase...
• China steps up Caribbean strategy20 May 2013, 7:59 pm
  Policy makers welcome Beijing’s interest, but the islands’ economic attractions are dubious and could raise questions over China’s political intentions...
• Rethinking drugs20 May 2013, 4:30 pm
  The report by the Organisation for American States takes the debate on illegal narcotics beyond the dichotomy of prohibition and legalisation...
• Shine is coming off Brazil for investors20 May 2013, 3:39 pm
  Critics say President Rousseff’s strategy is leading to slow growth and excessive government intervention, but hope the country’s pragmatic streak will prevail...
• Go-go to go-slow19 May 2013, 7:37 pm
  Brazil risks blowing its immense promise, again. The country is growing less than Japan and inflation is eroding consumer confidence...
• OAS urges debate on legalising cannabis19 May 2013, 4:15 pm
  Study says decriminalisation of drug use should be considered as part of public health strategies. Findings to be discussed in Guatemala in June...
• Bailed-out Jamaica in last-chance saloon19 May 2013, 12:07 pm
  Last month’s bailout led by the International Monetary Fund could be the country’s final chance to avert an economic catastrophe...
• Global economy lacking demand growth17 May 2013, 6:06 pm
  Evidence of fragmentation abounds, as the IMF chief has pointed out. For every country putting out good news, there are weaker data elsewhere...
• Argentine ex-dictator Videla dies in jail17 May 2013, 4:37 pm
  The military ruler who led the country through much of the ‘Dirty War’, when 30,000 people were killed, has been found dead of natural causes, aged 87...
• Growth shows signs of fatigue in Mexico16 May 2013, 2:37 pm
  Latest estimates are set to confirm Mexico’s worst year-on-year quarterly results since 2009 with a hint that they could even be negative...

BBC News - Europe

• Bombers hit Niger barracks and mine23 May 2013, 2:29 pm
  Suicide bombers target a military camp and a French-run uranium mine in north-western Niger leaving at least 20 people dead, officials say....
• Security services knew Woolwich men23 May 2013, 2:21 pm
  Both suspects in the killing of a serving soldier in London were known to security services, senior Whitehall sources confirm to the BBC....
• VIDEO: Croatian PM on relations with Serbia23 May 2013, 1:32 pm
  Croatia's Prime Minister, Zoran Milanovic, tells HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur he wants to build a good relationship with Serbia....
• Dutch trader arrested over horsemeat23 May 2013, 12:59 pm
  Dutch meat wholesaler, Willy Selten, is arrested for allegedly selling 300 tonnes of horsemeat labelled as beef, officials say....
• Stockholm riots spread around city23 May 2013, 10:53 am
  A fourth night of unprecedented riots in Stockholm sees unrest spread around the city, with a restaurant and up to 40 cars burnt....
• French singer Georges Moustaki dies23 May 2013, 10:52 am
  Georges Moustaki, the French singer and composer who wrote Edith Piaf's 1958 hit song, Milord, dies aged 79....
• Germany tops BBC country image poll23 May 2013, 8:14 am
  A poll in 25 countries for the BBC World Service suggests Germany is the most favourably viewed country in the world....
• French court questions IMF chief23 May 2013, 7:40 am
  IMF chief Christine Lagarde arrives at a Paris court for questioning over a payout to a tycoon when she was French finance minister....
• Iceland expands volcano monitoring23 May 2013, 7:39 am
  New sensors could signal brewing volcanic eruption...
• Portugal's African community hit hard by austerity23 May 2013, 5:47 am
  Portugal's African community feels the pain of economic crisis...
• VIDEO: 'Lack of trust' between Russia and Europe23 May 2013, 5:00 am
  Russia's Deputy Defence Minister has told the BBC that there is still a lack of trust between Russia and the rest of Europe....
• How the men from the ministry saved England's heritage23 May 2013, 3:11 am
  How historic UK sites were saved from destruction...

euronews

• Global stock markets slump23 May 2013, 12:39 pm
  Investors worldwide sold shares on Thursday. That was because they were spooked by unexpected weakness in China's economy, with factory activity…    ...
• British PM says country 'will never give into terror' after soldier murder23 May 2013, 12:04 pm
  British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday that the UK would never give into terror, after a soldier was hacked to death in London. He…    ...
• European Commission shelves olive oil jug ban after outcry23 May 2013, 11:34 am
  The European Commission has shelved a proposed stricter rule on how restaurants can serve olive oil amidst public outcry and accusations of meddling…    ...
• Syrian opposition meets in Istanbul to discuss peace talks plan23 May 2013, 11:04 am
  Members of Syria's opposition coalition are in Istanbul to decide whether they will take part in talks, which aim to bring an end to the country's…    ...
• Lagarde questioned by Paris court over payout to French businessman23 May 2013, 9:45 am
  International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde has arrived at a court in Paris to be grilled over her role in a legal battle between the…    ...
• Two suicide bombers strike in northern Niger towns23 May 2013, 8:07 am
  Two suicide bombers have struck Northern Niger, injuring at least 16 people. A subsequent gunbattle with suspected Islamist militants has claimed the…    ...
• Europe stock markets slide in early trade23 May 2013, 8:04 am
  European stock markets opened in a tailspin - after the US Federal Reserve's announcement on Wednesday that it might scale back its bond buying…    ...
• 80-year-old conquers Mount Everest23 May 2013, 7:58 am
  Eighty-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yuichiro Miura scaled Mount Everest on Thursday morning, becoming the oldest person to achieve the feat.…    ...
• Japanese shares plunge, Nikkei closes down 7.3%23 May 2013, 7:04 am
  Japanese shares plunged in Thursday's trade - with the Nikkei closing down 7.3 percent and the Topix ending down 6.9 percent, its biggest fall since…    ...
• Cameron to chair emergency meeting in wake of London machete attack23 May 2013, 6:04 am
  UK Prime Minister David Cameron cut short a Paris trip to return to London to chair a Cobra emergency response meeting on the morning of May 23 -…    ...
• From behind bars to heavy metal - Ai Wei Wei sings23 May 2013, 6:00 am
  Dissident Chinese artist Ai Wei Wei has made his first foray into the world of music with the release of the first single from his debut album called…    ...
• Costa Concordia captain to stand trial in July23 May 2013, 6:00 am
  The captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship which ran aground off Italy with the loss of 32 lives is to be tried on 9 July. Capt Francesco…    ...

Forbes Real Time

• 4 Contagion Plays23 May 2013, 2:28 pm
  In late March news out of China revealed that a new strain of bird flu was spreading to humans. Medical experts worldwide were alarmed, but it barely registered among investors—especially in the U.S. Ignorance is an investing sin, but apathy is even worse....
• Don't Forget: IRS To Shut Down Tomorrow23 May 2013, 2:26 pm
  Don't get too excited. It's not closed forever. The Internal Revenue Service had previously announced five planned daylong furloughs beginning on May 24, 2013. The other scheduled furlough days are June 14, July 5, July 22 and August 30, 2013. The closures are related to gaps in the budget, including those due to sequestration....
• Three Books You Should Check Out This Spring From James Salter, Jonathan Rowe And James Prosek23 May 2013, 2:26 pm
  All That Is (Alfred A. Knopf)...
• Is Japan The New Apple?23 May 2013, 2:24 pm
  Many big hedge fund investors have in recent years had a very hard time keeping up with the U.S. stock market and other financial benchmarks against which they are judged. The big market drop in Japan will probably make things even harder for some of them....
• MD Opts Out and It's Working23 May 2013, 2:13 pm
  Dr. Rob Lamberts is an entertaining and informative writer who has been chronicling his departure from a traditional practice where his time was increasingly spent with billing codes, rather than patients. In his latest installment, he describes how well it's working. It feels dangerous to write this, but…my practice seems to be working. I am now running and hiding from lightning bolts, meteors, or stray arrows shot in the air by a Scottish soldier. I am also expecting a raid on my office by t...
• What Is Google?23 May 2013, 2:08 pm
  If anyone has tried to raise money for a startup, you know that you have to say what your company does in one quick sound bite.  But ask people what Google is, and it's a hard question to answer in the one-sentence format, "Google is…".  It is not that Google isn’t widely recognized, but what is Google?...
• Ads That Follow You Home: Has Tapad Cracked The Code Of Cross-Device Advertising?23 May 2013, 2:05 pm
  Tapad is having a growth spurt. From a modest corner office, the digital advertising startup has encroached on the entire 20th floor of a building in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood--with the exception of a walled-off chunk in the center, taken up by a lighting company. Cofounder and CEO Are ("Ah-ree") Traasdahl needs the space: He has hired 44 people in the last year, 10 in just the last month. The squatter demands $65,000 to move. "New York real estate," sighs Traasdahl, 40. Growing pains ar...
• HP Rethinks Its Talent Strategy: Promote More, Go Outside Less23 May 2013, 2:04 pm
  Ask Hewlett-Packard's head of human resources, Tracy Keogh, how the big Silicon Valley tech company filled its executive positions a few years ago, and a rueful look comes over her face. "We were everybody's favorite client in the executive-search industry," she says. HP had lost its ability -- or willingness -- to promote from within. When big jobs came open, the talent strategy at the time consisted of two words: "Go outside."...
• Ryan Howard: "Practice Fusion Is The Most Highly Utilized Platform"23 May 2013, 2:02 pm
  At a health technology conference organized by VentureBeat, Practice Fusion chief executive Ryan Howard told the crowd “we’re already the largest, most utilized public health record in America.” Practice Fusion provides electronic health records to small doctor practices for free, in exchange for their patient data. VentureBeat quoted him saying that more than 150,000 doctors use his electronic health record. Really? I asked Howard to elaborate on his statements. First clarification: 150,0...
• A Buffett Approach To Buying Growth Stocks23 May 2013, 2:01 pm
  Growth or value? It's one of the most basic questions in the investment world. Pundits debate the attractiveness of growth versus value stocks, and mutual funds neatly chop up the market into "growth" and "value" funds....
• Three Simple Index Fund Portfolios23 May 2013, 2:00 pm
  I’m often asked to recommend a simple index fund portfolio for people who are just getting started with passive investing and want to learn the basics. There are several good portfolios you can build to suit your needs using a few funds that require little maintenance. Balanced index funds are also a good option for people who don’t want to do any maintenance....
• 5 Business Model Components Every Entrepreneur Needs23 May 2013, 1:56 pm
  Is your business on a collision course with a train, but yet you’re 100% focused on getting more people to like your Facebook page or follow you on Twitter? Let me enlighten you: Big mistake. If your core fundamentals are out of whack, so is your business. Danny Iny, Founder and CEO of Firepole Marketing, is a guy who sees this everyday. And because of this, he is on a mission. As he stares down the face of one business failure after another, he sees major flaws in the way entrepreneurs are ta...

Europe News Headlines - Yahoo! News

• London attackers known to British security services23 May 2013, 2:23 pm
  By Guy Faulconbridge and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Two British men of Nigerian descent accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries were known to security services, a source close to the investigation said Thursday. One man, filmed calmly justifying the killing as he stood by the body holding a knife and meat cleaver in bloodied hands, was named by acquaintances as 28-year-old Londoner Michael Adebolajo - a British-born convert to radic...
• Head of Muslim group who knew London knifeman blames UK foreign policy23 May 2013, 2:21 pm
  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - The head of a banned British radical Islamist group who knew one of the men who hacked a soldier to death on London streets said on Thursday British foreign policy was to blame for the attack. Anjem Choudary said Michael Adebolajo - filmed with his hands covered with blood, carrying a meat cleaver and knife after attacking an off-duty soldier in broad daylight - had attended lectures run by al-Muhajiroun, Choudary's organisation, which was banned under anti-t...
• Russia wary of deeper nuclear arms cuts23 May 2013, 2:18 pm
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's top military officer on Thursday voiced skepticism about deeper nuclear arms cuts, saying they should require parallel reductions in non-nuclear precision weapons....
• EU performs abrupt U-turn on olive oil regulation23 May 2013, 2:08 pm
  BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU has something important to say about its proposal to regulate olive oil on restaurant tables: Uh, never mind....
• Britain: Soldier slaying suspects had been probed23 May 2013, 2:02 pm
  LONDON (AP) — Two men accused of butchering a British soldier had featured in previous investigations by security services, a British official said Thursday, as investigators searched several locations and tried to determine whether the men were part of a wider plot to instill terror on the streets of London....
• Socialists try to form new govt in Bulgaria23 May 2013, 2:00 pm
  SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The Socialists, who finished second in Bulgaria's election this month, were asked to form a new government Thursday, after the front-running party was unable to....
• Britain's Tate museum sets $34 million record for Constable painting23 May 2013, 1:56 pm
  LONDON (Reuters) - The Tate Britain museum bought 19th century English painter John Constable's masterpiece "Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows" for 23.1 million pounds, making it one of the most expensive British paintings ever sold. The painting, dated 1831, of the towering cathedral in the middle distance under an overcast sky shot through with a rainbow had been at risk of being sold abroad and its sale sets a record for Constable, the Tate said on Thursday. Its price is still dwarfed by C...
• Czech police seek US man suspected of 4 murders23 May 2013, 1:46 pm
  BRNO, Czech Republic (AP) — An American man suspected of killing four people is on the run in the Czech Republic and likely armed, officials said Thursday....
• Micro-breweries give cheer to British beer drinkers23 May 2013, 1:29 pm
  By Jonathan Cable BRENTWOOD, England (Reuters) - Britain's love affair with quirkily named real ales and their demand for locally produced goods has led to a growing trend in micro-breweries that cater to the more discerning palate. More than 1,000 brewers now operate across the country compared to just over 800 in late 2011, some working out of little more than a large garage but competing for drinkers with giants such as SABMiller and Greene King in a 16.5 billion pound industry. "We offer som...
• German opposition party marks bittersweet 150th23 May 2013, 1:04 pm
  BERLIN (AP) — Germany's main opposition party marked a bittersweet 150th birthday on Thursday — trailing badly in polls ahead of September elections and hearing praise for its efforts to reform Europe's biggest economy from French President Francois Hollande, a recent left-wing winner who has lost his luster....
• Restaurant torched in 4th night of Sweden riots23 May 2013, 12:58 pm
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — Groups of youths have burnt down a restaurant, torched more than 30 cars and injured three police in a fourth night of riots in suburbs of the Swedish capital that started following a fatal police shooting....
• Father of man shot in Boston probe shares regrets23 May 2013, 12:54 pm
  GROZNY, Russia (AP) — The father of a Chechen immigrant shot dead by U.S. law enforcement agents while being questioned about his ties to a Boston Marathon bombings suspect said Thursday that he regrets allowing his son to go to the United States....

BBC News - Asia

• Nissan recalls over 800,000 vehicles23 May 2013, 2:17 pm
  Nissan to recall 800,000 vehicles over steering...
• Obama to set out US drone policy23 May 2013, 12:09 pm
  President Obama is expected to defend US drone strikes and promise more transparency over the programme, in a major counter-terrorism speech....
• Malaysia arrests opposition figures23 May 2013, 11:44 am
  Malaysian police arrest three prominent opposition figures, including Keadilan party vice-president Tian Chua, and charge a student with sedition....
• Crane disrupts Vietnam energy supply23 May 2013, 11:36 am
  A mistake by a crane operator causes a 10-hour blackout over about a third of Vietnam and parts of neighbouring Cambodia, officials say....
• Dhaka collapse probe uncovers abuses23 May 2013, 11:28 am
  A Bangladesh government report into the collapse of a multi-storey factory building, which killed more than 1,100, uncovers a series of violations....
• VIDEO: New cruise route to North Korea23 May 2013, 9:16 am
  Chinese tourists are replacing South Koreans in a resort which once symbolised the reconciliation of the two Koreas....
• VIDEO: Toxic rice causes concern in China23 May 2013, 8:41 am
  A number of rice mills in the Chinese province of Hunan have been been closed down after dangerous levels of cadmium were found in samples, according to reports,...
• VIDEO: Iron Man 3 is a superhero in China23 May 2013, 8:38 am
  Disney's Iron Man 3 film is set to become China's highest-grossing film of all time, opening the door for more business from Hollywood....
• Germany tops BBC country image poll23 May 2013, 8:14 am
  A poll in 25 countries for the BBC World Service suggests Germany is the most favourably viewed country in the world....
• Indian media: Spot-fixing investigation23 May 2013, 7:56 am
  Spot-fixing allegations in the Indian Premier League continue to make headlines in India....
• Bomb attack kills Pakistan police23 May 2013, 7:06 am
  A bomb planted in a rickshaw has killed at least 12 people in Quetta in south-west Pakistan, officials say....
• China media: North Korea diplomacy23 May 2013, 6:29 am
  Media and experts in China link a senior North Korean official's Beijing visit to escalating regional tensions....