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STMicroelectronics to exit Ericsson joint venture
Europe's largest chipmaker, STMicroelectronics NV, said Monday it plans to exit its money-losing joint venture ST-Ericsson, as it struggles to manage ...
NKorea extending rocket launch period to Dec. 29
North Korea on Monday extended the launch period for a controversial long-range rocket by another week until Dec. 29, citing technical problems.
Kazakhstan mulls ending Russia's cosmodrome lease
The head of Kazakhstan's space agency said Monday that Russia's lease of a launch facility in the Central Asian nation, the only site worldwide ...
No sign of imminent rocket launch in North Korea
North Korea held off launching a long-range rocket Monday, the first day of a 13-day window during a frigid, snowy stretch of winter weather, a day ...
SKorea's porn fight 'like shoveling in a blizzard'
Moon Tae-Hwa stares at his computer, dizzy and nauseous from the hours of porn he's viewed online while his wife and children slept. He feels no shame ...
Blighted icon: Volunteers aim to revive chestnut
Jim Hurst has doted on his trees, arranged in three "families" on a bluff high above the rushing French Broad River. He installed a drip irrigation ...
'Walking Dead' wins game of the year at Spike VGAs
"The Walking Dead: The Game" took a bite out of the Spike Video Game Awards. Telltale Games' interactive episodic series based on the zombie comic ...
APNewsBreak: Dispute over records at nuclear plant
A federal board Friday ordered the operator of a shuttered nuclear power plant in California to turn over dozens of pages of documents that were ...
Lawyer: McAfee better, hopes to stay in Guatemala
A lawyer for software company founder John McAfee said Friday that the self-styled fugitive is feeling better after suffering chest pain and that he ...
Super-clear format can puncture 'Hobbit' fantasy
One thought struck me as I watched the new "Hobbit" movie in the latest super-clear format: "The rain looks fake. It's not hitting their faces!" That ...
Cisco grabs for 'No. 1 IT company' crown
Cisco Systems Inc. isn't content to be the world's largest maker of computer networking gear. It says it wants to become the "No. 1" supplier of ...
Phone cos. to relay 911 texts by May 2014
The Federal Communications Commission says the nation's four largest wireless carriers have agreed to relay text messages to text-enabled 911 call ...
Why is Wall Street losing its appetite for Apple?
This holiday season is shaping up to be a record-breaking period for Apple as shoppers snap up iPhones and iPads. So, why is the world's most valuable ...
Black boxes in cars raise privacy concerns
Many motorists don't know it, but it's likely that every time they get behind the wheel, there's a snitch along for the ride. The National Highway ...
'BioShock Infinite': 5 ways it's different
Fans clamoring for the video game "BioShock Infinite," the highly anticipated spiritual successor to the landmark "BioShock," will have to wait a bit ...
Apple's softer side emerges under CEO Cook
"Those jobs aren't coming back." That's what Steve Jobs reportedly told President Obama when asked at a dinner in early 2011 whether Apple would ...
Judge aims to resolve Apple-Samsung legal dispute
Urging the world's largest smartphone makers to settle their differences, a federal judge said she will issue rulings aimed at resolving a ...
Netflix gets SEC notice over CEO's Facebook post
Netflix Inc. is facing scrutiny from government regulators for a Facebook post by its CEO in July that may have boosted the online video company's ...
Judge may trim Apple's $1 billion patent verdict
A federal judge on Thursday appeared ready to trim millions from a $1.05 billion jury verdict Apple Inc. won over Samsung Electronics this summer as ...
Apple to produce line of Macs in the US next year
Apple CEO Tim Cook says the company will move production of one of its existing lines of Mac computers from China to the United States next year.
McAfee hospitalized after being denied asylum
Software company founder John McAfee was hospitalized briefly Thursday after being denied political asylum in Guatemala, and his lawyers said they ...
Calif. sues Delta Airlines over mobile app privacy
California sued Delta Airlines Inc. on Thursday, alleging the Atlanta-based company is breaking state law by not warning users that the airline is ...
Gene-altered mosquitoes could be used vs. dengue
Mosquito control officials in the Florida Keys are waiting for the federal government to sign off on an experiment that would release hundreds of ...
To the moon? Firm hopes to sell $1.5 billion trips
Attention wealthy nations and billionaires: A team of former NASA executives will fly you to the moon in an out-of-this-world commercial venture ...
Zynga moves to enter US gambling market
Online games company Zynga said it has asked Nevada gambling regulators for a decision that could pave the way for it to enter the U.S.