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Microsoft woos mobile users, aims at Apple Microsoft kicked off sales of its revamped Windows 8 system and Surface tablet Friday amid mixed reviews as the tech giant ramped up efforts to compete in a market shifting rapidly from PCs to mobile devices.
27 October 2012
US downplays Facebook claim on Benghazi attack Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the White House on Wednesday downplayed reports that a Libyan group claimed responsibility on Facebook for the deadly strike on the US consulate in Benghazi.
27 October 2012
©REUTERS Citi fined $2 mn over Facebook IPO leak US banking giant Citigroup paid a $2 million fine to a state regulator and fired a junior analyst over a probe into leaks of confidential information on Facebook's public offering.
27 October 2012
Clinton set on leaving State Dept. despite Obama's 'begging' President Barack Obama said Wednesday he would love for Hillary Clinton to stay on as secretary of state after his hoped for re-election, but that "despite my begging" she has decided to move on.
26 October 2012
©REUTERS Texas warns it could prosecute OSCE poll monitors The southern US state of Texas has warned it could prosecute election observers from the OSCE, a global body that regularly monitors voting around the world, if they try to visit polling stations next month.
26 October 2012
Tom Cruise sues US magazine over daughter story Troubled Hollywood actor Tom Cruise is suing the publishers of US magazine Life and Style for $50 million over a cover claiming he had abandoned his daughter Suri.
26 October 2012
"The Scream," Edvard Munch's eerie 1895 masterpiece. Photo courtesy of zazzle.com Munch's iconic 'The Scream' goes on display in New York "The Scream," Edvard Munch's eerie 1895 masterpiece which sold in May for $119.9 million, is on view for the first time since that record-breaking auction, at New York's Museum of Modern Art.
26 October 2012
A false-color view of total ozone over the Antarctic pole. ©REUTERS Ozone hole over Antarctic second smallest in two decades The seasonal hole in the ozone layer above the Antarctic this year was the second smallest in two decades, but still covered an area roughly the size of North America, US experts said Wednesday.
25 October 2012
Photo courtesy of sweden.usembassy.gov From pot to gay marriage, US voters have lots to decide From legalizing pot and gay marriage to wiping outdated segregation laws off Alabama's state constitution, US voters have a lot more to decide next month than simply picking the next president.
25 October 2012
Photo courtesy of tx.english-ch.com Women still face gender gap in jobs, wages: report Women are closing the gender gap with men in health and education but struggle to get top jobs and salaries, data from a study of 135 countries showed on Wednesday.
25 October 2012
US probes deaths for possible energy drink links The US Food and Drug Administration is investigating five deaths and a heart attack for possible links to consumption of Monster Energy drinks, an agency spokeswoman.
25 October 2012
EU, US warn against political vacuum in Lebanon The United States and the European Union have expressed concern at the political situation in Lebanon, where the opposition has called for the premier to step down over a deadly blast blamed on Syria.
25 October 2012
Shark kills California surfer, second on same beach A shark killed a surfer near Santa Barbara, California on Tuesday, officials said, nearly two years to the day after another rare but deadly attack off the same US beach.
24 October 2012
Romney: Obama riding a sinking ship Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney said President Barack Obama's campaign was "taking on water", as the rivals barnstormed across toss-up states while seeking swing votes two weeks before election day.
24 October 2012
Apple patent wielded against Samsung possibly invalid Samsung's high-stakes legal battle with Apple was bolstered Tuesday by word that the US Patent and Trademark Office was second-guessing a patent at issue in the case.
24 October 2012
Taking aim at rivals, Apple unveils iPad mini Apple introduced the iPad mini on Tuesday, confident that a smaller version of its beloved tablet computer will trump lower-priced offerings by rivals Amazon, Google and Samsung.
24 October 2012
New York billionaire gives famed park $100 million New York's famed Central Park saw a different kind of green Tuesday when a hedge fund billionaire made a $100 million donation, said to be the largest gift to a park of all time.
24 October 2012
Apple expected to debut 'mini' iPad Apple on Tuesday is expected to pull back the curtain on a "mini" version of its iPad to battle Amazon and Google in the hot, crowded arena of tablet computers with smaller screens.
24 October 2012
US scientists outraged by Italy seismologist ruling US scientists on Tuesday joined global colleagues in expressing outrage at an Italian court's sentencing of six seismologists to jail for underestimating the risks of a 2009 earthquake.
23 October 2012
Photo courtesy of kalyan-city.blogspot.com Chinese, US, Russian firms to set up ratings agency Chinese ratings agency Dagong said Tuesday it was tying up with US and Russian partners to form a new "independent" group to rival US-based agencies it claims have "proven inadequate".
23 October 2012

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