As the saying goes, ‘you’re in the Army now,’ so you’ll be issued boots, guns, ammunition…and one day perhaps an iPhone. The U.S. Army is testing the feasibility of using smartphones in field operations.
Radioactive decay of uranium, thorium and potassium is responsible for about 50% of the heat coming from the Earth's internal area, a study published in Nature Geoscience has found.
Sunday's Day 8 of the debt deal talks saw both sides express confidence that a grand bargain deficit reduction package would be reached, even as a parallel camp of lawmakers worked on a last-chance option containing a more-modest reduction; however, there was little new evidence Sunday that a deal was at hand.
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Debt deal talks, Day 6: Unless the Tea Party compromises, a U.S. Government default is likely. For many voters, the Tea Party stance appears extreme, irresponsible, even irrational. But for Tea Party supporters, it’s a logical and necessary stance, when any compromise with a Democratic president is viewed as a defeat.
Americans in the 2010 election returned the Republican Party to power in the U.S. House to create jobs: the U.S. is short at least 14.1 million jobs. So what has the Republican Party spent a great deal of time on? Light bulbs.
Women who play online games prefer their gaming sessions over shopping, taking bath and having sex.
Two of Rupert Murdoch's most trusted lieutenants resigned on Friday, leaving the Australian media mogul as vulnerable as ever.
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minnesota, and a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party's presidential nomination, has officially quit her home church in Minnesota that has been accused of holding anti-Catholic views.
Score Day 6 of the debt talks a wash: House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said President Barack Obama, D-Ill., hasn't presented a real deficit reduction plan, but Obama countered that he not only has, but that the American people support his plan, which includes both revenue increases as well as spending cuts.
Carl Icahn's takeover bid for Clorox (CLX) is yet another deft move for the aging businessman.
'Carmageddon,' -- the weekend closure of a part of Interstate 405 in Los Angeles for construction and expansion, starts Friday at 7 p.m. PDT and ends Monday at 6 a.m. PDT. Advice from public officials is succinct: don't drive if you don't have to; also: shop and entertain close to home.
The iPad 3 is expected to arrive with a new retina display with an improved 2058X1536 pixels resolution.
Credit ratings agency S&P Friday, like Moody's Thursday, warned that the U.S.'s credit rating could be downgraded, if an agreement on raising the debt ceiling is not reached soon. Meanwhile, the Reid/McConnell 'last chance' debt deal plan appeared to gain momentum Thursday, raising hope that a debt deal agreement will be reached soon.
A new study has revealed that developers have favored using iOS more than the Google-powered Android in the second quarter of 2011.
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China Thursday called on the United States to adopt responsible policies and measures to guarantee the interests of investors -- a communique that highlights the rising concern about a possible U.S. Government default. Meanwhile, modest debt talk progress was noted on Day 5, with bipartisan agreement on at least $1.5 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years.
American voters believe former President George W. Bush is primarily responsible, not President Barack Obama, for the U.S. economy's poor condition, a poll released Thursday indicated. What's more, 48 percent of those polled said they would blame the Republicans if the debt ceiling is not raised, while 34 percent would blame the Democrats.
Lean, green, music machine Spotify has landed in the US and its best social features and free music service look set to woo away music lovers from rivals such as Pandora and Rhapsody.
Former Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, redeployed her controversial gunplay rhetoric Wednesday, saying conservatives should not compromise and agree to raise the U.S. debt ceiling. Palin also said she isn't convinced that a U.S. Government default would be a calamity.
Los Angeles' car culture is bracing for the temporary closure of Interstate 405, known locally as 'the 405.' The shutdown is needed so workers can expand the highway -- a classic example of short-term pain, for long-term gain.
Moody's Investors Service has placed the Aaa bond rating of the U.S. Government on review for a possible downgrade, due to the debt deal talks stalemate in Washington, and the possibility of a U.S. debt default, the credit rating agency announced. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke also said a default would trigger a major crisis.
The Windows Phone 7 powered smartphones without a contract, usually, cost around $300-400 and a few cost around $200.
The search engine giant made an official announcement about the website on Wednesday in its official blog.
New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is quite candid regarding his evaluation of the impact of a U.S. Government default on the financial system: it would be catastrophic, and also hurt the nation's largest city.
The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), one of the most powerful interest groups in the United States, has launched a new ad campaign to protect benefits seniors have earned through a lifetime of hard work.
Still doubt the good faith and credit of the U.S. Government? Consider this: in June, PIMCO's Bill Gross, the head of the world's largest bond fund, increased his holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds, commonly known as Treasuries.
The head of the world's most powerful central bank said Wednesday a third round of quantitative easing, QE3, may be up ahead, if the tepid U.S. economic recovery doesn't improve. However, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, in Congressional testimony, underscored that the Fed is also considering other options -- or a monetary tightening -- if the recovery gains strength.
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says he may have a way out of the debt deal crisis -- a sort of last-chance option that would permit President Barack Obama to increase the debt limit, even if Democrats and Republicans can't immediately agree regarding how to cut the budget deficit. But will Conservative Republicans support it?
Google+ has become a social networking phenomenon and may very well surpass 10 million users by today's end and 20 million by the weekend, according to Ancestry.com founder Paul Allen's new analysis.
