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After the mega failure of Google Wave and Google Buzz , Google may have hit the bull’s eye with Google+ in social networking ‘circles’ by smartly integrating Facebook and Twitter with a smattering of additional features. But the fact is, it is yet to get into public domain and prove successful there.

The US economy is at an inflection point after the end of the second round of Quantitative Easing (QE2). Two rounds of monetary and fiscal stimulus since 2008 have had only limited impact on growth or unemployment. The question is,'What next?' will there be another round of monetary and fiscal policy easing? Analysts at American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) are of the opinion that fiscal and monetary policies have reached their limits.

The United States and the European Union slammed China's partial easing of export control of the rare earth minerals on Thursday.

Spotify's mega launch in the US has probably alarmed Apple, whose pioneering iTunes service cut a new path in digital music business.

As new movie “Winnie the Pooh,” arrives in theatres on Friday, what stands out is Disney's decision to stick to the classic lines of one of the immortal cartoon characters that enthralled generations of US children.

In one of the most blatant cyber attacks carried out against the United States by a foreign government, as many as 24,000 Pentagon files were stolen in March, US Deputy Secretary of Defense revealed on Thursday.

At least 15 people have been killed and 50 injured in three blasts that rocked India's financial hub of Mumbai in the bustling evening hours on Wednesday, according to unofficial estimates.

Apple iPhone 5 is still elusive but more purported features are being leaked daily to fuel its demand, as if it were.

Arizona shooter Jared Lee Loughner, who killed six people in January and injured 13 others including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, had been under the watch of his college authorities for disruptive behavior and he had been asked to produce a mental health clearance before he could return from a suspension, it has emerged.

Silver has lost its shine of late as fears of another global economic slowdown reduced its appeal as an industrial metal. Silver fell from the record prices it set a couple of months back to hover around $35 per ounce. However, optimists are speculating that silver will bounce back once again and cross the $100 record. There are even experts who fancy silver's price parity with gold!

In an attack reminiscent of the hacking of the U.S. Senate Web site, Arizona police and an FBI affiliate, activist hacker group AntiSec hacked into a defense and homeland security consultant and posted online as many as 67,000 unique e-mail addresses, out of which 53,000 carried .mil domains. Initial reports had claimed that the hacking had stolen as many as 90,000 military e-mails from U.S. contractor Booz Allen Hamilton.

Mark Zuckerberg latched on to an apparent flaw in the Google+ model of social networking to drive home the point that the latest social networking initiative from arch rival Google could not pose a big threat.

Casey Anthony will know today if she will still have to spend more months inside prison or gets to enjoy the free life immediately. The sentencing procedure will start at the Orange County courthouse at 9 AM. Will there be revenge attacks on her? Will she be accepted back by her parents into the family? Will she continue her party-loving ways? Or even, will she do an OJ Simpson and accept guilt sometime later?

Expect a fellow driver pacing ahead of you to spread wings and zoom into the sky. The highways in the United States are going to get a lot of variety. Luxury sedans, trucks and SUVs will get the company of pure-bred amphibian vehicles that would roll on the road and fly in the air at will.

The dark and intriguing world of hacking just got murkier, as a group of hackers called the A-Team revealed the details of the famed LulzSec hackers in an apparent spite attack.

In a bizarre moment inside the Orange Country courthouse on Tuesday, just after Casey Anthony was acquitted of the charge of killing her toddler daughter, her attorney Jose Baez gushed: I saved a life today. Known now as the 'luckiest man in America', Jose Baez comes across as a unique character with an eventful past and no particularly impressive credential as a legal eagle.

The iPhone 5 release date rumors are taking firmer shape around a possible September launch. There are reports that say Apple has given orders for around 15 million units of iPhone 5 with a delivery schedule that begins in September.

Facing down poor reviews and a barrage of criticism, the HP team behind the recently launched WebOS-based tablet TouchPad is bracing to fix the holes that made the device look like a poor competitor to Apple iPad 2 and other tablets.

Sympathetic souls waiting to avenge the death of an innocent two-year-old child had a desperate night Tuesday as 12 jurors were not convinced that Casey Anthony murdered her daughter. CNN's Nancy Grace summarized the feelings of those outraged by the verdict in the Casey Anthony trial when she said the 'devil is dancing tonight'. Why was Casey Anthony let off?

The jury in Casey Anthony murder trial took 10 hours and 40 minutes to decide that the accused did not kill 2-year-old Caylee Anthony three years ago. In a dramatic and controversial conclusion to a legal battle that had the nation riveted, the jury pronounced that Casey Anthony was not guilty of first degree murder, aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter. She was found guilty only in four counts relating to lying about the child's missing.

The question whether the TouchPad is capable enough to take on the iPad 2 does not arise. What is of interest is how big a dent it will create in the sales of iPad 2 and Galaxy Tab 10.1, the duo that rule the roost in the tablet market.

The 12-member jury in the Casey Anthony murder trial will start deliberations at 8.30 today, after a 6-hour session on Monday failed to arrive at a verdict.

In a stunning reversal of fortunes, Dominique Strauss-Kahn will most likely walk free and vindicated as US prosecutors will drop sexual assault charges against him. Weeks after hurriedly taking the towering figure in French politics, the State's law enforcement will have to make a humiliating U-turn in the case. The logical question is, shouldn’t they have done it initially, and got their facts first before jumping into conclusions.

It is observed that the 12-member jury in the Casey Anthony murder trial, which is working on a final verdict, will have a tough job deciding the fate of the accused. The jury will have to swim against the tide and find reasons that override the lack of physical evidence in order to pronounce Casey guilty of first degree murder. This is apparently not going to be an easy task.

Galaxy S 2 symbolizes the iPhone 5-sinking firepower of the new generation Android smartphones. It also displays the stable strength of Samsung, which is increasingly getting vocal in its fight against Apple within and outside the court.

A ready-to-roll-out version of Apple's Mac OS X Lion has been released for Mac developers, in a sign that the actual release of the newest version of Apple operating system will happen within days.

In another stunning act of hacking, a group thought to be an offshoot of the Anonymous broke into Fox News Twitter account and tweeted that President Obama was killed.

The prosecution in Casey Anthony murder trial presented evidence linking her to daughter Caylee's murder, in its rebuttal of the closing arguments of the defense team.

Sony said its PlayStation Network will spring back to life in Japan this week after a nearly three-month gap, confirming finally that the gaming giant is burying the ghost of PSN hack that tormented it for long.