US kids read little on e-readers, tablets: studyTwo-thirds of young children in the United States now have access to an e-reader or tablet, but only half of them actually use the device to read.
24 January 2014
NASA launches communications satelliteNASA on Thursday launched a new satellite to boost its growing communications network between Earth and the International Space Station, allowing for nearly uninterrupted video, voice link and data transmission.
24 January 2014
US judge suspends Chinese units of 'Big Four' auditorsA US judge has ordered Chinese units of the "Big Four" global accounting firms to be suspended from auditing US-traded companies for six months, saying they had "willfully violated" US laws.
24 January 2014
Bieber busted in Miami for DUI in drag racing incidentPop star Justin Bieber was charged with driving under the influence after police caught him drag racing in Miami Beach early Thursday -- allegedly after drinking and smoking marijuana.
24 January 2014
Microsoft tops expectations with record revenueMicrosoft soared to record revenues in the last quarter, confounding Wall Street forecasts on the back of strong demand for Xbox consoles, Surface tablets and Internet "cloud" services.
Angela Lansbury returns to West End after 40 yearsBritish-American actress Angela Lansbury, star of "Murder, She Wrote", is returning to London's West End for the first time in nearly 40 years -- in the same theatre where her mother made her debut in 1918.
China to fund $10 bn megarefinery in EcuadorChina will finance most of the costs associated with building a $10 billion refinery in Ecuador, and become a partner in the megaproject.
23 January 2014
Venezuela limits access to dollars at official rateVenezuela said Wednesday it would allow only importers of high priority goods like food to buy dollars at the official rate, forcing others to pay nearly twice that.
Tarantino on warpath after screenplay leaked"Pulp Fiction" and "Django Unchained" director Quentin Tarantino is on the warpath, after someone leaked his latest screenplay, prompting him to scrap plans to make it as his next film.
23 January 2014
Top chefs bring ready meals to NYC elderlyShivering in Arctic temperatures and reeling from a brutal winter snowstorm, elderly New Yorkers got the surprise of their lives when five top chefs suddenly appeared with meals on wheels.
23 January 2014
Facebook could fade out like a disease: researchersFacebook is like an infectious disease, experiencing a spike before its decline, according to US researchers who claim the social network will lose 80 percent of users by 2017.
23 January 2014
Icahn takes eBay stake, seeks PayPal spinoffEBay said Wednesday that activist investor Carl Icahn had taken a stake in the online retailer and was seeking a spinoff of its PayPal financial payments unit.
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