Monthly Archives: June 2011

NATO air strike kills fighter linked to Afghan hotel attack (Reuters)

Written on June 30, 2011 by Editor - World News

KABUL (Reuters) – NATO aircraft killed an insurgent leader linked to a deadly hotel attack in the Afghan capital this week, the coalition said on Thursday, a raid that raised questions about whether Afghan forces are ready for the looming … Continue reading →

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Russia: arming Libya rebels is "crude violation" (Reuters)

Written on June 30, 2011 by Editor - World News

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Russia accused France on Thursday of committing a “crude violation” of a U.N. weapons embargo by arming Libyan rebels, while Washington said it was acting legally, creating a new diplomatic dispute over the Western air war. France … Continue reading →

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U.S. trade body partly upholds ruling against Kodak (Reuters)

Written on June 30, 2011 by Editor - Technology News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. trade body declined to fully reverse a ruling that Apple and Research in Motion Apple did not infringe Kodak’s patented technology for digital cameras in cellphones, sending Kodak shares down 17 percent in extended trading. … Continue reading →

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Amazon Will Dump Affiliates To Fight California Tax Law (NewsFactor)

Written on June 30, 2011 by Editor - Technology News

Amazon.com is calling a new sales-tax law in California unconstitutional. Amazon appears ready to challenge the law, which states that having affiliates in the state is the same as online retailers having a physical presence there. Amazon is moving to … Continue reading →

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Google+ tops Android Apps of the Week (Appolicious)

Written on June 30, 2011 by Editor - Technology News

Google is percolating something new, feeding us bit-by-bit the details of its latest social coup. The search engine is testing the waters of today’s social web culture, launching Google+ in private beta. The project comes with an Android app, syncing … Continue reading →

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President Obama to hold town hall on Twitter (Yahoo! News)

Written on June 30, 2011 by Editor - Technology News

The President will take your questions over Twitter The President of the United States will be taking your questions about jobs and the economy on July 6 at 2 p.m. EDT over Twitter for what is being billed as the … Continue reading →

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Tests show wireless network could harm GPS systems (AP)

Written on June 30, 2011 by Editor - Technology News

WASHINGTON – New test results show that a proposed nationwide wireless broadband network would produce significant interference with GPS systems used for everything from aviation to high-precision timing networks to consumer navigation devices. Changes to the proposal could reduce interference, … Continue reading →

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US rules partially against Kodak in Apple dispute (AP)

Written on June 30, 2011 by Editor - Technology News

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The U.S. International Trade Commission issued a partial ruling against Eastman Kodak Co. on Thursday in a high-stakes patent-infringement dispute with the makers of the iPhone and BlackBerry phones. The trade-dispute arbiter in Washington, D.C., said it … Continue reading →

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Reports say FTC investigating Twitter (AP)

Written on June 30, 2011 by Editor - Technology News

WASHINGTON – Federal regulators are looking into the interactions between Twitter and a company called Ubermedia, which develops applications that help users follow and communicate with each other on Twitter’s popular online messaging service, according to two published reports. The … Continue reading →

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U.S. ends most CIA abuse cases, to probe two deaths (Reuters)

Written on June 30, 2011 by Editor - Top News Stories

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A prosecutor will conduct a full criminal investigation into the CIA’s handling of two prisoners who died in U.S. custody, but about 100 other cases of alleged mistreatment by the CIA were closed, Attorney General Eric Holder … Continue reading →

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