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Moderate quake jolts southern California

Source: Inquirer.net

Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | about 3 hours ago | Technology News

A moderate 4.5-magnitude earthquake rattled southern California Thursday but there were no reports of casualties or damage, officials said. The quake, initially measured at 5.0, was centered near the town of San Bernadino, some 55 miles (88 kilometers) east of...

Palm Debuts New Touch-Screen Phone

Source: Asian Wall Street Journal

Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | about 9 hours ago | Technology News

Thursday following a nearly two-year long restructuring effort designed to revamp the company's product portfolio. Shares of Palm got a lift following the company's appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The stock has lost more than half...

China names more Web sites for vulgar content

Source: GMA News

Beijing :: China | about 4 hours ago | Technology News

China has expanded its campaign against pornography and vulgar content online, naming more than a dozen Web sites, including Microsoft's MSN, that it says need to clean up. The Web sites contained a large amount of vulgar material that "violated...

Salmonella outbreak affects Minnesota, 41 other states

Source: Star Tribune

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | about 13 hours ago | Technology News

Thirty people in Minnesota have become ill with salmonella in a nationwide outbreak that is under investigation by the federal government. One, a 70-year-old woman with other underlying health conditions, died, Minnesota Health Department officials said Thursday.

Heat may spark world food crisis

Source: BBC

Paris :: France | about 10 hours ago | Technology News

The stresses on global food production from temperature alone are going to be huge," said Mr Battisti, a professor of atmospheric sciences. "And that doesn't take into account water supplies stressed by the higher temperatures." He collaborated with Professor Rosamond...

TV technology is headliner at electronics show

Source: Kansas City Star

Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | about 7 hours ago | Technology News

Exhibitors at this year’s International Consumer Electronics Show, which officially began Thursday, appear determined to not let the recession slow down the stream of new gadgets and software. But one of the big focuses of the show is a consumer...

Yahoo Nears End of CEO Search

Source: Asian Wall Street Journal

San Rafael :: Argentina | about 3 hours ago | Technology News

Among candidates still under consideration is Carol Bartz, the former chief executive officer of Autodesk Inc., a publicly traded company that builds design software used in engineering. She's "on the list," said a person familiar with the matter, adding that...

Oil sands admits PR failure

Source: The Globe & Mail

Calgary :: Canada | about 9 hours ago | Technology News

Canada's oil sands industry admits it has “dropped the ball” in engaging with the public about the environmental effects of its energy developments, the head of the sector's largest lobby group said Thursday in revealing the results of a major...

MySpace chat foils shooting plot at Brevard High School

Source: Greensboro News and Records

Brevard :: NC :: USA | about 8 hours ago | Technology News

Police in western North Carolina say they have derailed a 15-year-old's plot to shoot up his school, thanks to a a tip from a teen in New York...Brian Kreigsman said Thursday the suspect told a 16-year-old girl on Jan. 2...

Ford to Enhance Sync With 'Apps' and Avatars

Source: Asian Wall Street Journal

Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | about 4 hours ago | Technology News

The auto maker on Thursday presented a vision of where it hopes to go with Sync, the voice-activated, in-car entertainment and communication system it launched 18 months ago. In a speech at the Consumer Electronics Association show in Las Vegas,...