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Obama orders agencies to shift services to mobile apps

Thu, 24 May 2012 04:20:08 +0800

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, hoping to spur U.S. innovation in the explosive field of mobile communications, on Wednesday ordered all major federal agencies to make many more of their services available on mobile phones within the next year. "Americans deserve a government that works for them anytime, anywhere, and on any device," Obama said in a statement. ...

Apple seeks support for new spaceship-like campus

Tue, 22 May 2012 05:36:09 +0800

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc's chief financial officer is asking the residents of Cupertino, California, to support the company's new 2.8 million square foot spaceship-like campus, which critics say would increase traffic and pressure city services. In a brochure mailed last week to its neighbors in the Silicon Valley city, Apple's CFO Peter Oppenheimer asked them to write a letter, attend a public meeting, or let the company use their names in support of its building plans, according to one of the people who received it. ...

Singer Robin Gibb, Bee Gees co-founder, dies at 62

Mon, 21 May 2012 13:41:42 +0800

LONDON (REUTERS) - Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb, who with brothers Barry and Maurice helped define the disco era with their falsetto harmonies and funky beats on smash hits such as ''Stayin' Alive'' and ''Jive Talkin','' has died after a long fight with cancer. He was 62.

Jackie Chan Goes Out Fighting

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:57:14 +0800

CANNES, France (AP) - Jackie Chan is landing his last punch as an action star, but says he is stepping into retirement having made one of the most important films of his career.

Hotly Contested Dominican Republic Elections

Sun, 20 May 2012 18:53:17 +0800

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) - A former president whose single term ended with the deepest economic crisis in the modern history of the Dominican Republic is seeking redemption Sunday as he faces an old rival in what is expected to be a close election to lead the Caribbean's top tourist destination.

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Sat, 19 May 2012 15:27:27 +0800

Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Breyer robbed again

Fri, 18 May 2012 04:46:58 +0800

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who was robbed in February at his Caribbean vacation home by a man armed with a machete, recently was the victim of a burglary at his residence in Washington, a court spokeswoman said on Thursday. Spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said no one was home at the time of the burglary, which was discovered May 4 by a housekeeper. The Washington, D.C., police were investigating, she said. Breyer and his wife, Joanna, have a townhouse in Washington's upscale Georgetown neighborhood, according to the Los Angeles Times. ...

Family cancels weekend search for missing Hollywood executive

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:11:30 +0800

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The family of a Hollywood executive reported missing more than two weeks ago called off on Wednesday a major search planned for this weekend after consulting with authorities. Relatives of Gavin Smith who had initially asked the public to help look for him also canceled a round of media interviews they had been scheduling for Friday. Smith, 57, a film distribution executive for 20th Century Fox, was last seen on May 1 driving away from a friend's home in the community of Oak Park, north of Los Angeles, in his black Mercedes. "After consultations between the L.A. ...

Iraq veteran uses rap to treat his PTSD

Tue, 15 May 2012 20:26:09 +0800

On one of the many days Leo Dunson wanted to die, the Iraq veteran put a gun to his temple and pulled the trigger. The loaded weapon misfired. For the troubled former soldier, it was another inexplicable failure, like his divorce or inability to make friends after returning from the war.

Man bitten by rattlesnake at Washington state Walmart

Tue, 15 May 2012 09:49:22 +0800

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - When Mica Craig reached down to brush what he thought was a stick off some mulch in the garden section of a Washington state Walmart, it turned around and sank its fangs into his hand. The Friday encounter with a rattlesnake sent Craig, 47, to the hospital, where he said he remained in excruciating pain and may lose feeling in two fingers. Wal-Mart Stores Inc has apologized. "I reached down to grab the stick to move it out of the way, and the snake stretched out, turned around and got its fangs in my right hand," he said. ...

New Jersey man boasts magnetic attachment to iPod

Tue, 15 May 2012 07:09:23 +0800

(Reuters) - Professional body piercer Dave Hurban is a man attached to his iPod. Literally. Hurban, 21, who works in a tattoo parlor in Newfield, New Jersey, implanted four metal studs in the skin of his wrist and secured his iPod to them magnetically. "I just invented the strapless watch," he said on Monday of his Apple Inc device, set to display a clock. Hurban cheerfully recounted how he mapped out the four corners of the iPod on his arm and then inserted four titanium studs into his skin. Once the incisions healed, he popped on his iPod, which is held in place magnetically. ...

Postal Service offers discount for smartphone codes

Tue, 15 May 2012 05:59:40 +0800

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Postal Service will offer a temporary postage discount for mailings that include smartphone barcodes as it seeks to stem volume losses by encouraging advertisers to send more mail. The mail agency will offer a 2 percent postage discount during July and August for letters and cards that use the two-dimensional barcodes, known as QR codes, according to a statement on Monday. ...

U.S. court revives Apple claim on Samsung tablets

Tue, 15 May 2012 02:37:06 +0800

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday that Apple Inc could press its bid for an immediate injunction to block the sale of some tablet computers made by Samsung Electronics Co Ltd based on allegations of infringement of one patent. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said the judge in a district court in California had erred in deciding that Apple failed to show that it was likely to succeed on the merits and sent the case back to the district count for further review. ...

Obama jokes with Clooney at star's gala fundraiser

Sat, 12 May 2012 01:29:27 +0800

George Clooney played the suave host, chef Wolfgang Puck whipped up something for dinner and President Barack Obama and about 150 of his Hollywood donors enjoyed a few laughs at Clooney's good-humored expense.

Time cover shows mom breastfeeding 3-year-old

Fri, 11 May 2012 05:01:44 +0800

Shocking or no big deal? A woman breastfeeding her 3-year-old son is the cover photo of this week's Time magazine for a story on "attachment parenting," and reactions ranged from applause to cringing to shrugs.