But is the long-term viability and success of Facebook a slam dunk? You’d think so, but not everybody agrees -- and many anticipate some lively battles ahead.
Who plans a wedding the day after taking their $100 billion company public? The same guy who wears hoodies in board meetings. Thankfully, he wore a suit to the wedding.
E-mails, eBooks. and e-cigarettes. Now e-bikes? According to a recent press release from Audi, the automobile makers will be displaying the prototype for a new bicycle that’s part traditional cycle, part digital machine – the Audi e-bike Wörthersee. “The Audi e-bike Wörthersee puts in its first major appearance at this year’s Wörthersee Tour, the 31st meet for Audi, VW, Seat and Skoda fans; trial biker Julien Dupont and downhill specialist Petra Bernhard will demonstrate their stunts and streetbike skills.”
Augmented reality, which bridges the divide between virtual and physical worlds, has crossed into a new frontier: print media. Penguin Books recently unveiled a surprising partnership with Zappar App, an augmented reality entertainment channel, to bring four novels from the English Library to...
The peaceful event, called Blockupy, in a nod to the Occupy movement, was the culmination of four days of demonstrations and drew about 20,000 protesters.
New York's billionaire mayor is so opposed to a tiny raise for workers at companies that get public money that he's vowed to sue. What's the deal with living wage laws anyway?
Ever encountered a snotty attitude at an organic food stand? It makes sense psychologically, according to a new study that analyzed how people reacted after looking at different kinds of foods, MSNBC... Lifestyle News Summaries. | Newser
Google said Saturday that Chinese antitrust authorities have cleared the Internet giant's proposed purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., pushing the $12.5 billion deal over its last regulatory hurdle.
The Republicans and their accomplices on Wall Street are trying kill Social Security by getting your payroll taxes instead of paying to the government.
North Korea has publicly executed at least three people in recent years after they were found guilty of cannibalism, according to a think tank in Seoul.
Astronomers may have detected evidence of a possible planet disintegrating under the searing heat of its host star located 1,500 light-years from Earth. Similar to a debris-trailing comet, the super Mercury-size planet candidate is theorized to fashion a dusty tail. But the tail won't last for long. Scientists calculate that, at the current rate of evaporation, the dusty world could be completely vaporized within 200 million years.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Three anti-NATO protesters arrested in a late-night raid days before start of the 60-nation summit have been charged with terrorism for possession of explosive devices, police and their
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has a low probability of success, but it would have a high impact if successful. Physicists Paul Davies and Robert Wagner of Arizona State University argued last year that it makes sense to widen the search to scour the Moon for possible alien artifacts. At Penn State, researchers propose the same type of searchsearch for Mars. To date, SETI has been dominated by the paradigm of seeking deliberately beamed radio messages.
Facebook's rise has come on the back of astonishing international growth -- but it needs to keep expanding everywhere, and in every way, to keep up with investors' expectations. Where can it find the silver bullet? And how will it happen?
Colin Firth will play Noel Coward in BiteSize Entertainment's upcoming feature Mad Dogs And Englishmen. Gene Kirkwood and Ross Elliot, who are folding thei
There's no baby bump in sight in Beyonce's latest music video for new single Party as she enjoys herself with friends including her former bandmate and sister.
It’s no fun recovering from a stroke and relearning to do simple things that were once totally natural. That’s being offset by new video games that refine patients motor skills by having them play games that, for once, actually look fun.
Ending a beloved TV show is tricky business. The challenge of capping off a successful series has made bantha poodoo of some of the best writers in the biz.
An enormous plain of Antarctic ice is splitting in two. Airborne NASA scientists discovered the nearly 20 mile-long crack during a research flight, capturing its contours by laser imaging. From our video series Over Earth with Andrea Mustain.
Romney’s essential task is thus to persuade people to act on their convictions. A majority of the American electorate is disappointed—one way or another—with the performance of this president. Romney just needs to convince them that things will not improve in a second Obama term. It is important to note that almost all of the electorate is already locked in. Over the last 25 years, the numbers of core Democrats and Republicans have been roughly equal, such that it is a very rare event in the modern era for either side to fall under 45 percent of the vote. There really is only 10 percent
City Council speaker Christine Quinn will tie to knot today in New York City during a private ceremony among 300 family and friends. The occasion marks the first same sex wedding for a high-ranking city official since New York legalized gay marriage last year.
There’s no denying that Carroll Shelby permanently etched his mark on the American landscape with big, bold strokes. Over the course of his career, Shelby worked as everything from a farmer through a Formula One driver, but he was perhaps best known as the mad genius who shoehorned a Ford V-8 into an AC Ace roadster.
Rihanna’s no fool. She knows that some of us who have no interest in her music have profound interest in her body. She donned this reptile-inspired body paint for her “Where Have You Been” video. It’s a good look.
Sure, we love sci-fi and fantasy for all the spaceships and wizards and trolls and giant robots, but there's a cuter side to our favorite genre stories, too. Science fiction is filled with awesome pets, whether they're magical regenerative birds or robot dogs that follow time travelers throughout the galaxy.
With the rise of social platforms and emergence of new mobile and connected devices, we have entered the post-search world and companies are finding ways to organize information around "knowledge" and "interests." Today, Twitter is introducing a way to follow others based on interests.
While privacy seems like a concept lost on Facebook, Twitter is showing that it understands its users' need for security by supporting Mozilla Firefox's "Do Not Track" feature, a day before Facebook is set to raise billions in its IPO.
You know what they say about a rising tide lifting all the boats. Well, the same goes for a waning tide. As Facebook stock dips lower and lower in early trading, other new tech stocks are also taking a beating.
The joint JAXA/NASA Hinode mission captured this image of the January 6, 2011 solar eclipse. On May 20-21, sky-watchers in Asia and much of the U.S. will be able to view a “ring of fire” eclipse or a partial eclipse of the Sun, depending on their location. The rest of the world, including our readers [...]