AFC Seoul (July 28, 2013) China finished their East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) Cup campaign unbeaten after edging Australia 4-3 in a high scoring thriller played at the Jamsil Olympic Stadium on Sunday.
In the last-round match of the round-robin format competition, Yu Dabao, Sun Ke, Yang Xu and Wu Lei scored a goal apiece for the Chinese who are the only finalists amongst four nations involved in the qualifiers of the AFC Asian Cup 2015.
China, fielding a strong side in the competition, went ahead against Holger Osieck side as early as in the 5th minute through Dabao after Sun Xiang released an ideal cross at the centre.
Western Sydney Wanderers attacking midfielder Aaron Mooy brought the score at 1-1 level in the 30th minute but the relentless Chinese dominated the proceedings in the second half when Ke put China 2-1 ahead in the 56th minute.
The dramatic final four minutes produced the remaining of the goals as when Xu and Lei scored goals respectively in the 87th and 88th minute to make it 4-1 for the Chinese, it looked like that the game was over but Australia responded with two goals in the death from Adam Taggart and Mitchell Duke. It was too little too late for the Socceroos as they went down 4-3 in a highly entertaining match of the competition.
Australia qualified automatically in the AFC Asian Cup 2015 which they will host while China have managed a win in two matches of Group C of the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers so far.
Justice Minister Tzipi Livni took off towards Washington on Sunday night, where she will meet with PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat as peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority resume.
"I'm leaving with a sense of responsibility but also with great hope,? she said. ?There is now an opportunity for both sides to pave the way towards resolving the conflict, which is extracting a heavy price from both nations.?
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - One of the three women starved, beaten and sexually assaulted for years after being kidnapped by former Ohio school bus driver Ariel Castro made a surprise public appearance on Saturday at a concert in Cleveland.
Amanda Berry, along with Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, was freed from Castro's home in a rundown area of Cleveland on May 6. The women began disappearing in 2002 and had been bound in chains and ropes during their confinement, authorities said.
Smiling and wearing a black t-shirt, jeans and sunglasses, the 27-year-old Berry received raucous applause as she walked on the stage at the RoverFest 2013 event in downtown Cleveland after being announced by local radio host Rover.
Berry pointed a finger skyward and waved and shook the hands of some of the cheering concert-goers.
"I told her she had a little bit of time to make up on the partying and you guys would help her out tonight," Rover said according to a video posted on YouTube by radio station WMMS.
Berry did not speak before exiting the stage. She was later called back by the rapper Nelly when he finished his set.
Her appearance came two days after Castro pleaded guilty to hundreds of charges of kidnapping and rape in a deal to avoid the death penalty. The move spared Berry, DeJesus, 23, and Knight, 32, from having to testify at a trial.
Castro has agreed to a sentence of life in prison without parole as part of his plea deal. His sentencing is scheduled for August 1.
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The driver of the high-speed train that derailed July 25 at a sharp curve in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, killing at least 80 passengers and?injuring 130 more, told controllers he took the curve at around 190 km/h, despite an 80 km/h speed limit. He survived the crash and is now under investigation by local authorities. Even if the driver turns out to have been responsible for speeding, potential passengers might wonder what else had to fail in the safety system to allow one man?s error to harm so many people.
The crash is the first fatal accident of a high-speed train in Spain, which launched its high-speed network in 1992 and now serves around 100,000 passengers a day. Authorities have not yet assigned it a cause. But it may turn out to be an anomaly. "The most common [reasons for a derailment are] problems with the track or rail and equipment," says mechanical engineer George Bibel at the University of North Dakota, author of Train Wreck: The Forensic of Rail Disasters. While train accidents from Connecticut to France have made news lately, derailments are a declining threat, at least in the U.S., where they dropped about 90 percent from 1976-2011.
The decline is thanks in part to improved monitoring of aging infrastructure such as rails, wheels and bearings, Bibel says. Spanish media reported that the tracks on which this train was running were not designed for the fastest class of high-speed trains. The implication is that the tracks may somehow have contributed to the accident. Lower-grade tracks do vibrate more and wear down faster. And using the same tracks for multiple types of trains, such as high-speed, longer local passenger trains, or even cargo, can also promote uneven metal fatigue. Changing temperatures or wet tracks can combine with worn-down train wheels or uneven loading of a train to promote derailing. Yet things as basic as regular inspections of hot spots with an infrared sensor or of metal fatigue with an ultrasound sensor can alert rail operators to aging infrastructure.
Higher-tech control systems are also emerging. Both the U.S. and Europe are adopting semi-automated braking systems designed to take over from speeding drivers. The track at the accident site, which was very close to the station, used older-generation signaling technology called ASFA, which alerts the driver to upcoming speed restrictions but which cannot override his or her control. The Madrid-Barcelona high-speed train line, in contrast, uses the Level 2 European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS), which can override the driver. The train drivers union announced that the tragedy "could have been avoided" if ERTMS had been installed on that stretch of track. Even if that is true, Spain already has one of the highest? ERTMS deployments in Europe. In the U.S., rail authorities have warned that they are unlikely to complete a legislated upgrade to similar technology in time for the 2015 deadline.
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) one of the world?s largest hotel companies, has announced the signing of its third Holiday Inn hotel in Rome, the Holiday Inn Rome ? Pisana.
Holiday Inn Rome ? Pisana is due to open in quarter four of 2013, following a conversion from an existing hotel brand to an IHG branded hotel, and will operate under a franchise agreement with Roma Ovest S.r.l., part of JSH Group.
Boasting 229 bedrooms, two restaurants and an elegant lounge bar, the Holiday Inn Rome ? Pisana
is ideal for leisure travellers wanting to relax in a modern welcoming environment.? The hotel?s seven meeting rooms equipped with the latest audio and visual technologies, and the addition of free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel caters to the needs of business travellers frequenting the city of Rome.
The hotel is ideally located halfway between Rome City Centre and Rome Fiumicino Airport allowing easy travel to Rome?s impressive historical sites including the Vatican Museum, St. Peter?s Basilica, Trevi Fountain and the Colosseum.
IHG?s Director of Development for Italy, Domenico Magnati, said: ?The addition of this hotel to our portfolio of Holiday Inn properties in Rome is in line with our growth strategy for Europe.
Our increased presence in this region will not only offer travellers a greater choice of hotels and improved flexibility, but will ensure we continue to anticipate the needs of our guests and respond to market demand.?
Owner of Roma Ovest S.r.l, said: ?We?re delighted to be providing new accommodation in Rome, offering business and leisure travellers improved access to one of the most visited cities in Italy and a comfortable night?s stay.?
IHG has 32 hotels* (5, 026) rooms open in Italy, with another four in the pipeline* that will open in the next three to five years.
The Holiday Inn brand family has grown so rapidly that it?s now the largest hotel brand in the world with over 400,000 rooms in over 100 countries.
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syrian government troops gained ground in clashes Friday in two rebel-held neighborhoods in the central city of Homs, edging closer to a historic mosque and closing in on opposition fighters in the area, state TV and activists said.
The advance came amid a wide offensive by President Bashar Assad's forces, launched in late June, to try to recapture rebel areas in Homs, Syria's third largest city.
With about 1 million residents, Homs lies along a main artery linking the capital, Damascus, with regime strongholds on the Mediterranean coast to the west. It has played a key role in the country's civil war, now in its third year, and the struggle for control of Homs has also underscored the conflict's increasingly sectarian undertones.
Activists, who consider Homs "the capital of the revolution," say the regime wants to capture the entire city to include it in a future Alawite state - stretching from Homs to the coast - where Assad could possibly make his last stand. Assad is a member of the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam, while most of the rebels fighting to topple his regime are Sunnis.
In recent weeks, Assad's troops have captured several nearby rebel-held areas, including the towns of Qusair and Talkalkh near the border with Lebanon.
State TV said Friday that troops advanced in Homs' northern neighborhoods of Khaldiyeh and Jouret el-Shayah.
The report said the government forces were getting close to Khaldiyeh's 13th-century mosque of Khalid Ibn al-Walid, famous for its nine domes and two minarets. On Monday, government troops shelled the mosque, damaging the tomb of Ibn al-Walid, a revered figure in Islam, inside it.
An activist in the city who only identified himself as Abu Bilal for fear of government reprisals said the troops were now about 50 meters (yards) from the mosque, which has been badly damaged in recent fighting. "Resistance cannot stand up to tanks, warplanes and mortars," Abu Bilal said, speaking from the city via Skype.
In Damascus, officials said pro-government troops were advancing in battles with rebel forces in the now mostly empty Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp. Clashes in the camp, which has mostly been under rebel control since last year, broke out earlier this week.
Since the start of the unrest, Syria's half-million Palestinians have struggled to remain on the sidelines but many were eventually split between pro-and anti-Assad groups. In particular, young Palestinian refugees joined the rebels in the fight against Assad's regime.
Thousands of the camp's residents have fled to escape the fighting and have gone to other areas in Syria or to neighboring Lebanon.
Anwar Raja, a spokesman for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, which is pro-Assad, said Friday that the Palestinians who are fighting with government forces want to "cleanse the camp of terrorists' gangs" and bring back its residents.
Khaled Abdul-Majid of the Popular Struggle Front, another pro-government faction, said the Palestinian fighters, known as Palestinian Popular Committees have captured nearly a third of the mostly empty camp.
Meanwhile, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Syrian warplanes bombed an office of the main al-Qaida-linked rebel group in the northern city of Aleppo.
The strike late Thursday at the local headquarters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant killed six members of the jihadi group, said the Observatory, which has a network of activists on the ground.
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Associated Press writer Bassem Mroue contributed to this report from Beirut.
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The Petzval lens, mounted on Canon and Nikon cameras.
While digital camera makers compete on the sleekest, most high-tech lenses and image stabilization, analog photo lovers at Lomography have decided to take inspiration from the earliest days of the art instead, recreating a unique and influential lens that first appeared back in 1840 ? right down to its brass case and distinctive background blur.
Cameras in the 1840s weren't quite as capable as the ones we have today. Part of this was that the actual photographic process wasn't quite mature, and formulas for photosensitive plates and prints were constantly competing and being revised.
But the lenses used then were also fairly crude ? couldn't gather much light, required long exposures ? and were not nearly as precise or complex as today's. Joseph Petzval, a 19th century math professor at the University of Vienna, worked out a better lens design that hit F/3.6, making it many times faster than its rivals.The Petzval lens was widely used in the 1800s, but times changed, and it was more or less left in the past ? until now.
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The Petzval's distorted bokeh, or background blur, is a highly sought-after effect.
Lomography wanted to recreate this historic lens, which these days is coveted for its interesting optical effects. So the staff worked with a Russian optics company to figure out what made the Petzval lens tick. Amazingly, they've managed to remake it, funky aperture system and brass casing included.
In fact, they've actually improved it, at least for today's cameras. The new Petzval not only features a wider aperture (F/2.2), but it will be available on both Canon and Nikon DSLR mounts. Before, you'd have to buy some weird adapter, but not anymore.
But most importantly, the beautiful, swirling background blur is there in all its glory. Sure, you can get a similar effect on certain Russian lenses from a few decades back (for cheaper, too) ? but there's nothing like the original. Or at least a reinvention of the original.
The new Petzval lens hit Kickstarter Thursday morning, and as of this writing just crossed the $400,000 line ? four times its initial goal. You can still pledge and receive a lens for $400, which is $100 less than what it will go for once it enters production.
Devin Coldewey is a contributing writer for NBC News Digital. His personal website is coldewey.cc.
"Sensuous Steel: Art Deco Automobiles," an exhibition at Nashville's Frist Center for the Visual Arts, opened last month and will continue through Sept. 15. Curated by Ken Gross, former director of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, the collection showcases custom and one-of-a-kind classic cars made from 1929 to 1941, a time when automakers sought to communicate streamlined aerodynamics, luxury and optimism about the future of the machine age.
By Maria Carter
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\nAn aviation-and-architecture-inspired collaboration with designer Andr? Telmont, the 1934 Voisin Type C27 A?rosport Coupe features beautifully balanced coachwork and a semicircular roofline that mimics the outline of the cockpit. Its interior fabric, a geometric pattern unusual for the time, is new but was specially re-created based on a scrap of the original upholstery found in the car", credit: "Peter Harholdt", sourceid: null, sourcename: "", sourceurl: null, sourcelogo: "", thumbsrc: "/cm/popularmechanics/images/1V/classic-coupes-03-0713-smn.jpg", src: "/cm/popularmechanics/images/Ky/classic-coupes-03-0713-lgn.jpg", srcwidth: 600, srcheight: 450 }, { id: "slide4", url: "classic-coupes-7-sleek-rides-of-the-1920s-and-30s-4", slidetype: "image", title: "1935 Chrysler Imperial Model C-2 Airflow Coupe", description: "While most Art Deco cars featured aerodynamic curves, many were just based on what designers thought would slice through the wind best. Not so with Chrysler\'s Airflow, the first car to be designed with the aid of a wind tunnel. This groundbreaking snub-nosed coupe is notable for the absence of a long hood and sweeping fenders.\n
\nEngineer Carl Breer took his cues from military airplanes, putting great thought into wind resistance and air pressure, and even consulting with famed aviator Orville Wright during the process. Art Deco motifs embodied by this classic car include a decadent chrome grille, skirted fenders, multibar bumpers and cylindrical chrome-plated seat frames.", credit: "Peter Harholdt", sourceid: null, sourcename: "", sourceurl: null, sourcelogo: "", thumbsrc: "/cm/popularmechanics/images/pC/classic-coupes-04-0713-smn.jpg", src: "/cm/popularmechanics/images/XB/classic-coupes-04-0713-lgn.jpg", srcwidth: 600, srcheight: 450 }, { id: "slide5", url: "classic-coupes-7-sleek-rides-of-the-1920s-and-30s-5", slidetype: "image", title: "1936 Delahaye 135M Figoni & Falaschi Competition Coupe", description: "The Delahaye 135M was one of the first aerodynamic coupe designs by renowned French coach builders Joseph Figoni and Ovidio Falaschi. (The car on display at the Frist was commissioned by French racing driver Albert Perrot and kept secret during the German invasion of France during World War II.) It features sweeping enclosed fenders and a hand-built aluminum body, a 4.0-liter Delahaye six engine, a small trunk with just enough space for a spare tire, and a manual transmission with four speeds ? ideal for rally racing.", credit: "Peter Harholdt", sourceid: null, sourcename: "", sourceurl: null, sourcelogo: "", thumbsrc: "/cm/popularmechanics/images/tF/classic-coupes-05-0713-smn.jpg", src: "/cm/popularmechanics/images/pW/classic-coupes-05-0713-lgn.jpg", srcwidth: 600, srcheight: 450 }, { id: "slide6", url: "classic-coupes-7-sleek-rides-of-the-1920s-and-30s-6", slidetype: "image", title: "1938 Hispano-Suiza H6B Dubonnet \"Xenia\" Coupe", description: "Andr? Dubonnet, Dubonnet ap?ritif heir and amateur race-car driver, collaborated with designers and coachbuilders to create this coupe on a French-built Hispano-Suiza chassis he had purchased after the 1932 Paris Auto Salon. Dubonnet named it Xenia after his deceased first wife (though he was already married to his second wife at the time.) \n
\nThe car\'s designer, Jean Andreau, had a reputation for creating streamlined aircraft and automobiles. His signature style is evident in the handcrafted coupe\'s body, which mimics an airplane fuselage, the curved glass windshield, and the rearward-opening doors. Dubonnet had partnered with engineer Antoine-Marie Chedru to concept and patent a hyperflex independent front-suspension system years before. That too was included in the Xen", credit: "Peter Harholdt", sourceid: null, sourcename: "", sourceurl: null, sourcelogo: "", thumbsrc: "/cm/popularmechanics/images/15/classic-coupes-06-0713-smn.jpg", src: "/cm/popularmechanics/images/8z/classic-coupes-06-0713-lgn.jpg", srcwidth: 600, srcheight: 450 }, { id: "slide7", url: "classic-coupes-7-sleek-rides-of-the-1920s-and-30s-7", slidetype: "image", title: "1938 Talbot-Lago T-150C-SS Teardrop Coupe", description: "Another creation of Figoni and Falaschi, the Talbot-Lago T-150C was a popular racing car nicknamed Goutte d\'Eau (drop of water) by the French, and Teardrop Talbot by the English. Its unique aerodynamic contour mimics one of nature\'s most aerodynamic shapes: the water droplet, or teardrop, a popular Art Deco motif. \n
\nThe two builders spent 2100 hours handcrafting each body. Because they were hand-built, each Teardrop coupe is unique. The Talbot features a four-liter, six-cylinder engine equipped with a Hemi head that could fit three carburetors for 170 hp. This particular car was the first New York?style teardrop coupe, named so because it debuted at the 1937 New York Auto Show at the Grand Central Palace.", credit: "Peter Harholdt", sourceid: null, sourcename: "", sourceurl: null, sourcelogo: "", thumbsrc: "/cm/popularmechanics/images/7W/classic-coupes-07-0713-smn.jpg", src: "/cm/popularmechanics/images/jx/classic-coupes-07-0713-lgn.jpg", srcwidth: 600, srcheight: 450 } ] };
1929 Bugatti Type 46 Semi-Profile Coupe
The Bugatti on display at the Frist is a pristine period recreation. Originally a two-door sedan, its chassis was made in 1929 and bodied in 1930 by coach builder Old ich Ulik of Czechoslovakia. It was re-bodied into a coupe by Barry Price. This classic car features dramatic sweep panels, steep windscreens, valance-free fenders (no metal added to the side of the fender to prevent splashing along the body) and an elephant-hide leather interior. Return to Slideshow
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A San Pedro woman caught on video stealing an iPhone from a supermarket check stand counter admitted to a detective Tuesday that it was her, crying, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry," police said.
Maria Veronica Gonzalez, 45, was identified by a woman who saw the video on the Facebook page South Bay Crime and Courts and relayed her suspicion to police through the Daily Breeze reporter who administers the page.
Los Angeles police Detective Don Eldridge said he called Gonzalez, asked her to come to the station and showed her the video.
"She admitted it," he said. "She said, 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry.' ... She said she gave the phone to a friend and she's going to get it back."
Eldridge released the video surveillance tape showing the crime to the Daily Breeze last week with the hope someone could identify the woman. Although the theft was not a major crime, it was captured clearly on video.
The tipster, a follower of the crime page, said in an interview that she recognized the woman from the video.
The crime occurred May 13 after a 45-year-old San Pedro woman left her cellphone on the check stand at Numero Uno Supermarket at Fifth Street and Pacific Avenue.
Moments later, a woman in a red top with a tattoo on the back of her right shoulder walked to the check stand to buy her groceries, saw the phone and picked it up. She appeared for a moment to consider turning it in, but instead walked over to a male companion and gave it to him.
The woman and her companion completed her purchase "" a tub of Neapolitan ice cream, green onions, strawberry juice bars, steak picado and coffee "" walked to a green Kia Soul parked in a handicapped space, and drove away. Neither the woman nor companion appeared to be disabled.
Eldridge said he asked Gonzalez if she was disabled and was told her grandmother was. Eldridge said he reminded Gonzalez the handicapped space is only for the disabled.
Because the crime was a misdemeanor, Gonzalez was not arrested. Eldridge will file his reports with the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office for charges and Gonzalez will be given a court date. In addition to any criminal penalties, Gonzalez could be required to pay restitution to the victim even if the phone is returned. The victim had to purchase a new phone, Eldridge said.
Eldridge called the theft a "straight crime of opportunity." He thanked the public for helping to solve the case.
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"Facebook shares leap 20 percent as users, mobile ads climb"?Reuters?4:40 PM
"Facebook Beats Expectations on Strong Mobile Growth"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?4:40 PM
"Royal Baby Malware Attacks: Hackers capitalize on mania for royal baby and upcoming zombie game; fake versions of real Android apps created via Master Key vulnerability found in China."?InformationWeek?12:13 PM
"Google's new Chromecast dongle sells out on Play Store"?CNET News?12:54 PM
"This $200 Brute Force Bot Will Bust Your Phone's Pin in Hours"?Gizmodo?10:08 AM
"Shared.Com Takes On Mega, Dropbox With 100GB Of Free Storage Space"?TechCrunch?9:15 AM
"(Part of) Flipboard Is Now Available on the Web"?Techland?8:17 AM
"Best Buy preempts Google event with new Nexus 7 preorders"?CNET News?7:40 AM
"Pikmin to the rescue: Can Nintendo revamp revive Wii U fortunes?"?The Register?7:22 AM
"Why Sprint is taking its sweet time with 4G LTE: The partial rollout of LTE in New York is emblematic of the issues Sprint has had with its deployment. CNET gets behind the delay."?CNET News?7:08 AM
Publications/Podcasts
"TUAW TV Live: Post-vacation blues episode"?TUAW?4:42 PM
"Ted Landau On The Apple Earnings Call, The Microsoft Surface, and Print vs. Web Publications"?MacVoices?4:35 PM
"MacBreak Weekly 360: Camera Rejection Kit"?iMore?8:41 AM
"Introducing Macworld's Upgrade Your Apps ebook"?Macworld?8:04 AM
Deal Brothers Daily Deal: Save $25 on 5th Gen 32GB Apple iPod Touch, Free Shipping
"Michael Dell raises bid for Dell: Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners increase their offer to $13.75 per share. But there's a catch."?Fortune?7:41 AM
"Dell Buyout Group Calls for Change in Voting Requirements: Founder, Silver Lake Suggest Abstentions, Which Currently Count as 'Nos,' Instead Don't Count at All in Tally"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?9:20 AM
"Michael Dell and Silver Lake boost offer for Dell to $13.75"?Financial Times [Paid Membership Required]?7:41 AM
"Michael Dell ups buyout offer; shareholder vote pushed off to Aug. 2"?CNET News?7:40 AM
"Dell founder seeks easier path to buyout offer"?Reuters?8:46 AM
"Michael Dell Sweetens The Pot In Bid To Seal Buyout, Raises Offer To $13.75"?Forbes?8:51 AM
"Michael Dell raises buyout offer for Dell by $0.10 per share, with new voting conditions"?IDG News Service?9:44 AM
"What's Behind the Increased Buyout Bid From Michael Dell and Silver Lake"?AllThingsD?10:51 AM
"Dell Founder Raises Takeover Bid"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?8:46 AM
"Dell, Silver Lake sweeten bid to $13.75 per share; delays vote to Aug. 2"?ZDNet?9:55 AM
"Dell shareholders head in for second vote on Big Mike's plan"?The Register?7:22 AM
"Michael Dell and Silver Lake up buyout bid to $13.75; shareholder vote now Aug. 2"?VentureBeat?9:49 AM
"Final Proposal: Michael Dell And Silver Lake Just Boosted Their Bid For Dell"?Business Insider?8:11 AM
"Now It Looks Like The Dell Committee Is Playing Ball With Michael Dell"?Business Insider?10:06 AM
"Will Bill Gates Return to Microsoft? Not a chance. The guy is having too much fun living the high life to stumble back to CEO status."?PC Magazine?4:44 PM
"Why Microsoft Needs to Start Acting Like a Challenger Brand: It's Time for the Faltering Giant to Start a Food Fight"?Advertising Age?10:16 AM
"Microsoft is doomed, but first it's going to make a ton of money"?Washington Post [Free Registration Required]?10:16 AM
"Microsoft scrambles to quell a Windows Phone user insurrection"?FierceMobileContent?10:18 AM
"How NSA Data Demands On Microsoft Shape Your Security: Microsoft is legally prevented from saying too much about charges it collaborated with the NSA. Product security gets caught in this complex situation."?InformationWeek?10:16 AM
"Internet Explorer has the worst phishing catch rate of all major browsers"?BetaNews?7:46 AM
"Microsoft, Azul Partner to Bring OpenJDK to Windows Azure"?eWeek?10:15 AM
"Investors must reassess investments on Intel and Microsoft-analysts"?IVC Post?10:14 AM
"IBM pours WebSphere tech into Cloud Foundry cauldron"?The Register?7:28 AM
"IBM Standardizes On Cloud Foundry, The Open-Source Developer Platform"?TechCrunch?8:10 AM
"IBM Makes Pivotal Move to Support Cloud Foundry PaaS"?eWeek?10:15 AM
"IBM, Pivotal team up on open governance model for Cloud Foundry"?ZDNet?9:52 AM
"IBM throws its weight behind Pivotal's open source Cloud Foundry"?VentureBeat?8:27 AM
"IBM Seal Of Approval Boosts Cloud Foundry, Devs Win"?ReadWrite?11:08 AM
"HP and NEC Expand Enterprise Computing Alliance to Deliver Increased Reliability, Innovation to Customers"?Benzinga?11:10 AM
"HP Software to help Mindtree transform application testing business"?The Economic Times?11:10 AM
"Intel will offer 'Broadwell' SOC to battle Calxeda, AMD"?IDG News Service?11:05 AM
Finances
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Apple News
"Apple's 3Q FY13 Review (Padcast)"?asymco?4:48 PM
"Apple shares notch best day of 2013: Apple shares got a big boost Wednesday, one day after the company reported better-than-expected earnings and surprisingly strong iPhone sales."?CNNMoney?4:46 PM
"7 Reasons Why $AAPL Jumped 5.5% on Apple's Earnings Report"?The Mac Observer?3:33 PM
"Apple offsets iPad and Mac drop with record iPhone sales"?V3?10:21 AM
"Apple's $35.3B June quarter: What the analysts are saying/Pleased by iPhone, worried about iPad, Hong Kong. Summer product launch signaled?"?Fortune?9:59 AM
"Apple Inc.'s Transition Quarter: Soaring R&D, And Preparations For A Crucial Holiday Season"?Seeking Alpha?9:21 AM
"Apple Chart After Earnings: Not at a Bottom Yet"?24/7 Wall St.?8:53 AM
"Apple Inc.: Slightly Disappointed, But More Hopeful"?Seeking Alpha?8:51 AM
"Apple's Tax Rate Is Now 18%, Or 25%, Or 44%, Your Choice Really"?Forbes?8:51 AM
"Apple Q3: iPhone sales set new record for quarter while iPad sales slow"?Digital Trends?8:30 AM
"The Average Price Of The iPhone Took A Serious Drop Last Quarter"?Business Insider?8:11 AM
"Apple sells 31 million iPhones in 2Q13; announces fiscal 3Q13 results"?DigiTimes?7:43 AM
"Apple Inc.'s Slumping Unit Profits Spell Trouble"?Seeking Alpha?7:40 AM
"Apple Inc. Shares Are Likely Dead Money For The Balance Of Its Fiscal Year"?Seeking Alpha?7:19 AM
"IPhone chip designer's sales surge 24%"?CNNMoney?8:11 AM
Industry News
"Tech Stocks: Apple, EMC rise, but Broadcom drags on techs/Reaction to earnings is behind big gains, and losses on the day"?MarketWatch?3:34 PM
"Tech Stocks: Apple shares surge"?USA Today?10:13 AM
"Apple keeps Tech Stocks afloat"?CNNMoney?4:44 PM
"Stocks Slip as S&P 500 Approaches 1,700 Level"?TheStreet?12:14 PM
"Apple Beat, EU Data Lift Futures"?FOXBusiness?8:55 AM
"Stocks Slip on Mixed Earnings: Apple Results Boost Tech Sector"?WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required]?10:12 AM
"Stocks: Apple earnings lift spirits"?CNNMoney?7:28 AM
"Asia Markets: China stocks drop on downbeat data; India slides/Mainland Chinese stocks fell Wednesday after a gauge of the country's manufacturing sector dropped to a 11-month low, while Indian shares dropped after the country's central bank further tightened its policies to support the rupee."?MarketWatch?8:55 AM
"Europe Markets: European stocks rise after upbeat PMIs/European stock markets climbed on Wednesday after better-than-expected purchasing managers' indexes from the region spurred hopes about the economic recovery."?MarketWatch?8:55 AM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at 1 p.m."?Associated Press?1:15 PM
