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Eddy Cue testifies in DoJ’s antitrust ebook price-fixing case against Apple

Irish Tribune - Sat, 06/15/2013 - 05:11

On Thursday, Apple executive Eddy Cue testified for five hours in the US department of Justice (DoJ)'s antitrust e-book price-fixing case against Apple. Cue - the Apple executive shouldering the responsibility for negotiating the company's controversial e-book deals - defended how his company started its online bookstore, the iBookstore, in 2010.

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Samsung adds an intermediate device to Galaxy Note range --- the 8-inch Galaxy Note 8

Nordic Tribune - Sat, 06/15/2013 - 05:07

Samsung has recently added an 8-inch Galaxy Note 8 device to its popular Galaxy Note range, which comprises the 5-inch Galaxy Note smartphone/pen-based tablet and the 10.1-inch Galaxy Note 10.1.

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Prostate cancer seminar on Saturday

Nordic Tribune - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 09:34

Bethel A. M. E. Church will witness a Prostate Cancer Education Symposium on Saturday in the morning hours and it will be led by Bishop T. Larry Kirkland, Sr.

Co-sponsor for the event are the Southern California A. M. E. Ministerial Alliance headed by Pastor John E. Cager of Second A. M. E. and the event is set to be co-hosted by Men's Ministries of Bryant Temple A. M. E. and Bethel A. M. E.

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Europe Should Tackle Emergencies by Itself, Says Bailout Fund Head

Austrian Tribune - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 08:45

According to Klaus Regling, Europe's bailout fund head, the region was in need to stop taking assistance from the International Monetary Fund and do on its own, eventually.

Other European policymakers, as per the findings, have hinted that the aim of the bloc should be to manage all emergencies in future by itself. And the latest comments by Regling also indicate the same.


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Exoplanet Discovery Questions Existing Planet-Formation Theory

Austrian Tribune - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 08:43

A group of researchers at NASA has discovered formation of an alien planet very far from its host star. It is being said that the same could challenge the already known way of formation of planets.


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A Turtle Rescued by Wildlife Center; Carries Five Eggs

Austrian Tribune - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 08:40

Fashion and fun should not be exposed to animals and especially when it comes to their life. Recently, a turtle has been found in a box in Augusta County by the Wildlife Center of Virginia.


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Soda Ban Meant to Curb Obesity and Overweight Issues

Austrian Tribune - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 08:36

When soda ban was levied on restaurants, sports places and theatres, it was done so in order to curb obesity, but opponents were not happy with the decision. They were of the view that ban on fizzy drinks will affect poor.


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FDA Approves Xgeva as GCTB Treatment

Austrian Tribune - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 08:33

As per recent reports, it has been revealed that FDA has given green signal to Xgeva (denosumab) for the treatment of giant cell tumor of the bone (GCTB).


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Medical Experiment Conduct Researches on Extinct Species

United States - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 08:21

As per a press media release, the U. S. and Wildlife Service have issued a proposal of including the captive chimps into the list of the species that are facing a higher risk of getting extinct.


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Samsung’s Galaxy S4 handset selling briskly in US and almost all overseas markets

Switzerland - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 07:51

Amid widespread concerns that Samsung's latest Galaxy handset - the new Galaxy S4 - will potentially witness a slow down in sales because of rumours and several unfavourable brokerage reports, a recent Canaccord Genuity survey has revealed that the Galaxy S4 sales have surpassed the Apple iPhone 5 sales in the US.

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Microsoft bringing ‘store within a store’ demo areas to Best Buy locations in US and Canada

Irish Tribune - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 07:51

In an attempt to bring the experience of a Microsoft Store to Best Buy, Microsoft has revealed in a recent announcement that it has worked out a strategic partnership with the big box retailer to bring `store within a store' demo areas to Best Buy locations.

According to the announcement made by Microsoft, the move to create the Windows Store at Best Buy will - from later this month onwards - result in Microsoft's `store within a store' demo areas coming up at 500 Best Buy locations across the US and over 100 Best Buy and Future Shop locations in Canada.

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Researchers Reveal Large Flying Reptiles were Prevalent over Skies of England

United Kingdom - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 05:56

According to a new study, there was an abundance of giant flying reptiles over the skies of Cretaceous England around 110 million years ago.


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Harsh Winters Caused Loss to UK Honeybees

United Kingdom - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 05:39

The British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) suggested that honeybees have suffered a major loss in the United Kingdom in the recent winter.


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Facebook pulling the plug on Sponsored Results with effect from July

Switzerland - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 04:37

In a Thursday announcement, social network Facebook said that it is pulling the plug on Sponsored Results with effect from July; less than a year after the ad unit was first introduced by the company.

The failed Sponsored Results ad unit, which Facebook had apparently modeled after Google's sponsored search ads, essentially allowed the advertisers to target users during the search process.

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Facebook inaugurates gigantic new ‘green’ data centre in Lulea, Sweden

Irish Tribune - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 04:35

In a move which will burnish social networking giant Facebook's `green' credentials, the company has recently inaugurated a gigantic new data centre in Lulea in Sweden; 900 kilometers from Stockholm, at the edge of Arctic Circle.

With data centers - the server farms which handle Web traffic - having emerged as ravenous users of electrical power over the years, the inauguration of Facebook's new data center is noteworthy because of the fact that it is a green and clean Arctic data center.

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Google expected to generate $8.8 billion in revenue from mobile ads this year

Austrian Tribune - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 04:34

According to a forecast released by research firm eMarketer on Thursday, Internet search giant will - for the second consecutive year - outperform all of its rivals combined, in the mobile ads arena in 2013.


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National Lobster Day Marked

United States - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 03:56

Summers are on its peak and it is the peak season for the lobsters too. America is celebrating the season of its great delicacies, it's the National Lobster Day.


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Official Beta Testing Period to Start Soon

Technologie - Thu, 06/13/2013 - 09:38

It has been announced lately by Bohemia Interactive lately that ArmA 3`s alpha would be ending on June 25. The day would instead mark the beginning of the official beta testing period.


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Restless Legs Syndrome Linked to Early Death, Says Study

United States - Thu, 06/13/2013 - 09:34

A new study has raised concerns for men suffering from restless legs syndrome. The study said that such men were also at increased risk of facing early death.


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Greece's Two Biggest Labor Unions Go On Strike against ERT Shutdown

Austrian Tribune - Thu, 06/13/2013 - 08:42

After the Prime Minister Antonis Samaras announced the shutdown of ERT, thousands of workers of the biggest labor unions in the country have gone on strike.

The bus and train workers joined the strike on Thursday against the sudden halt of the broadcaster. They are now threatening to continue the strike for 24 hours bringing the country to standstill.


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On April 11, Ireland Nugent met with an accident in which her father mistakenly backed her over with a lawnmower. Since then she was on a wheelchair, but now she has been walking with the help of prosthetic test limbs.

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