Cashmore: Banking on Facebook
We already connect with friends on Facebook to share photos, videos, text updates and Web links, but might we also use the service to exchange money?
Is Apple launching a patent war?
First, there was the Macintosh. Then it was the iPod, the iPhone, and now the iPad. Next up in Apple's arsenal: The lawyers.
Thousands at job fair for felons
More than 3,000 people turned out in downtown Houston, Texas, Wednesday for a job fair designed for convicted felons.
Greece outlines plan to cut $5B deficit
Facing firm demands from the European Union and financial markets to cut its deficit, Greece announces cost-cutting measures that will save the debt-challenged country €4 billion, $5.44 billion, this year.
Comment: UK’s further errors on economy
No one who has studied the markets for the last 80 years will be remotely surprised that sterling has fallen by over eight percent against the dollar since the turn of the year and continues to lose ground against the euro.
Google attack driven by novices?
The computer attack which led Google to threaten leaving China and created a firestorm between Washington and Beijing appears to have been deployed by amateurs, according to an analysis by a U.S. technology firm.
‘Red Knights’ plan Man Utd bid
A consortium of London-based businessmen is poised to make a takeover bid for English Premier League champions Manchester United.
BAE Systems to pay $400M fine
British defense contractor BAE Systems has pleaded guilty in Washington to conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government and was ordered to pay a $400 million criminal fine, authorities announced.
Clinton pushes talks in Falklands dispute
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said it is important for Argentina and Britain to hold talks about the disputed Falkland Islands, but she did not commit to mediating them.