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Just as all rumors and signals were pointing to a Dec.9 launch for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus, CNET.com has released a new report suggesting that the delay will continue.

Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ:RIMM) is said to have delayed the launch of its first BlackBerry 10 OS-run London smartphone by at least 3 months.

Angry Birds has teamed up once again with Wonderful Pistachios in a brand-new game built with the crackable nuts in mind.

Niger inaugurated its first oil refinery on Monday, marking the arrival of the West African state as a commercial oil producer and making it self-sufficient in refined oil products.

Carl Huttenlocher, former Asia head of JPMorgan Chase & Co's Highbridge Capital, said he would launch a hedge fund with more than $300 million on December 1 after a delay in obtaining regulatory approval.

Barclays Capital said its research still points toward Apple Inc. continuing to innovate in the iPad category with an iPad 3 launching in the March 2012 timeframe with an HD screen, Siri integration and a faster processor.

NASA plans to launch its next-generation Mars rover, the Curiosity, to scope out the red planet in a highly-anticipated liftoff scheduled for Saturday.

The CME Group, the world's leading derivatives market place, is on target to launch cleared over-the-counter gold in Europe by the end of 2011, and wants to boost the number of contracts it clears, a top official said on Tuesday.

Samsung Electronics, the world's top TV maker, is in last-stage talks with Google to roll out its Google TVs, the head of Samsung's TV division told reporters on Tuesday.

Samsung Electronics, the world's top TV maker, is in last-stage talks with Google to roll out its Google TVs, the head of Samsung's TV division told reporters on Tuesday.

Samsung Electronics, the world's top TV maker, is in last-stage talks with Google to roll out Google TV, the head of Samsung's TV division told reporters on Tuesday.

The demand for the iPhone 4S has been strong, ever since Apple Inc. started shipping the latest iteration of its iPhone series. In fact, market experts are expecting Apple to ship over 70 million units of the iPhone in 2011.

Tiote has actually been tracked by Chelsea since the Carlo Ancelloti era.

Amazon.com Inc may launch its own smartphone in the fourth quarter of 2012, Citigroup said, citing its supply-chain channel checks in Asia.

Tossing off lesbian kissers, loose-trousered rock stars and corpulent movie directors from its jet planes recently, Southwest Airlines has hardly shied away from publicity.

For those who can't wait to get their hands on the post-beta launch of the Minecraft good news: Mojang just released the non-beta 1.0 version.

Nokia might be jumping into the tablet bandwagon by June 2012, according to French newspaper LesEchos.

Cellphone maker Nokia plans to launch a tablet that runs on Microsoft's Windows operating system in the summer of 2012, the head of Nokia France told Les Echos newspaper in an interview published on Wednesday.

NASA is at the final stages of preparation for the launch of its most advanced Mars Rover that is set for take- off from Florida's Space Coast next week.

Russia is scheduled to launch on Monday a Soyuz-FG rocket carrying three astronauts headed for the International Space Station (ISS), after a recent string of failures in the country's space program.

Google sent out invitations for an event in Los Angeles that is scheduled for Nov. 16, and in it, Google made an obscure reference to rock mockumentary This is Spinal Tap. Google may be hinting in the invitation that it is ready to unveil its online music store, tech blog Engadget reported.