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Lakers edge Celtics in Game 7, win 16th title
Yahoo! News, Jun 18, 2010 
LOS ANGELES (AP)—Purple and gold confetti raining down upon him, Kobe Bryant(notes) hopped up on the scorer’s table, shook his fists and extended five fingers.
When he hopped down, Boston’s legendary Hall of Fame center Bill Russell was waiting to >>Read Full Story
| | | Google, Apple rivalry heats up
INQUIRER.net, Apr 11, 2010
WASHINGTON – Google is the undisputed king when it comes to raking in advertising dollars on the Internet.
But Apple wants the crown when it comes to ads on mobile devices.
The mobile advertising space is shaping up as the latest battleground i >>Read Full Story
| | | Apple reveals new iPhone features
By Maggie Shiels, BBC News, Apr 09, 2010
Apple has shown off some of the 100 new features to be included in the iPhone operating system later this year.
The update includes a mobile advertising platform called iAd that will be used to place adverts in applications made by third parties. >>Read Full Story
| | | Apple's iPad to 'kickstart' tablet market
By Maggie Shiels, BBC News, Jan 29, 2010
Industry watchers say Apple's long-awaited iPad tablet could reverse the fortunes of the tablet PC industry.
Microsoft introduced a tablet computer in 2001, but it failed to catch on.
However, advances in touchscreens and wireless technology me >>Read Full Story
| | | Haiti desperate for help after quake
By Andy Gallacher, BBC News, Jan 15, 2010 
The situation here in Port-au-Prince is now at a critical point, with rotting corpses beginning to fill the streets.
The cries of help that were being heard from the rubble have now been silenced - for many people it is simply too late. >>Read Full Story
| | | Pacquiao’s PPV numbers add to megafight momentum
Yahoo! News, Nov 22, 2009
LAS VEGAS (AP)—Manny Pacquiao’s big win over Miguel Cotto on Saturday was the biggest boxing show of the year, selling 1.25 million pay-per-view buys to best the 1.05 million sold by Floyd Mayweather Jr. for his fight with Juan Manuel Marquez in Sept >>Read Full Story
| | | China to ban beating web addicts
BBC News, Nov 06, 2009
China's ministry of health has moved to ban the use of physical punishment to treat teenagers addicted to the web, according to draft guidelines.
There are dozens of treatment centres offering to wean youths, mostly boys, from spending hours on th >>Read Full Story
| | | Marge Simpson graces Playboy cover
By Breeanna Hare, CNN, Oct 16, 2009 
(CNN) -- If those coveted 20-something readers can't identify with Hugh Hefner, maybe they will with "The Simpsons."
Like nearly everything printed on paper these days, Playboy magazine has been facing tough times. Advertising pages have dropped 3 >>Read Full Story
| | | One in four is Muslim, study says
BBC News, Oct 08, 2009 
A report from an American think-tank has estimated 1.57 billion Muslims populate the world - with 60% in Asia.
The report, by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, took three years to compile, with census data from 232 countries and territori >>Read Full Story
| | | Twitter confirms major cash boost
BBC News, Sep 26, 2009 
Social networking website Twitter has confirmed that it has closed a "significant round of funding".
Co-founder Evan Williams said in a blog post that the site had secured money from five investment firms. >>Read Full Story
| | | Bin Laden prods US to end 'hopeless' Afghan war
Yahoo! News, Sep 15, 2009
CAIRO – Osama bin Laden said in a new audiotape that President Barack Obama's strategy in Afghanistan is "hopeless" and called on Americans to resolve the conflict with al-Qaida by ending the war there and breaking the U.S. alliance with Israel.
I >>Read Full Story
| | | Venezuela repeats at Miss Universe contest
Yahoo! News, Aug 24, 2009 
NASSAU, Bahamas – Miss Venezuela was the fairest of them all, again.
Venezuelan Stefania Fernandez won the 2009 Miss Universe pageant in the Bahamas on Sunday night.
Dressed in a flowing red gown, Fernandez embraced runner up Miss Dominican Rep >>Read Full Story
| | | Taiwan mudslide death toll rises
BBC News, Aug 14, 2009 
Taiwan's president says the number of people killed in mudslides and floods caused by a typhoon could rise to 500, almost 400 of them in a single village.
Hsiaolin was hit by a massive mudslide that covered all but two houses - and officials now s >>Read Full Story
| | | Microsoft and Yahoo unveil tie-up
BBC News, Jul 29, 2009 
Yahoo and Microsoft have announced a long-rumoured internet search deal that will help the two companies take on chief rival Google.
Microsoft's search engine will power the Yahoo website and Yahoo will in turn become the advertising sales team fo >>Read Full Story
| | | Moon astronauts urge Mars mission
BBC News, Jul 20, 2009 
Two of the astronauts who took part in the first Moon landing 40 years ago have called for renewed efforts to send a manned mission to Mars.
At a rare public reunion of the Apollo 11 crew, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins said Mars instead of the M >>Read Full Story
| | | Federer makes Grand Slam history with epic Wimbledon triumph
Yahoo! News, Jul 06, 2009 
LONDON (AFP) - – Roger Federer made history on Sunday when he defeated brave Andy Roddick 5-7, 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/5), 3-6, 16-14 to win a sixth Wimbledon title and claim a record 15th Grand Slam crown in a classic final.
But the 27-year-old Swiss s >>Read Full Story
| | | Michael Jackson dies in LA hospital
By Lynn Elber, Yahoo! News, Jun 26, 2009 
LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson's brother says it's believed that the pop star died of cardiac arrest.
Jermaine Jackson cautioned at a hospital press conference Thursday that the cause of his death would not be known until an autopsy was performed.
>>Read Full Story
| | | Asian 'trainees' died of overwork in Japan: lawyer
Yahoo! News, Jun 24, 2009
TOKYO (AFP) - – Sixteen Asian workers on training schemes in Japan have died within 12 months of health conditions linked to "overwork," triggering concerns of widespread labour exploitation, a lawyer has said.
Japan has strict immigration rules, >>Read Full Story
| | | Grand Slam Federer storms to French Open glory
Yahoo! News, Jun 08, 2009 
PARIS (AFP) - – Roger Federer gloriously completed a career Grand Slam on Sunday by capturing a record-equalling 14th major with a 6-1, 7-6 (7/1), 6-4 win over Robin Soderling in the French Open final.
The 27-year-old world number two finally won >>Read Full Story
| | | Debris confirms crash of Air France Flight 447
By Federico Escher & Bradley Brooks, Yahoo! News, Jun 03, 2009 
FERNANDO DE NORONHA, Brazil – An airplane seat, a fuel slick and pieces of white debris scattered over three miles of open ocean marked the site in the mid-Atlantic on Tuesday where Air France Flight 447 plunged to its doom, Brazil's defense minister >>Read Full Story
| | | North Korea 'fires more missiles'
BBC News, May 26, 2009 
North Korea has fired two more missiles, hours after the UN Security Council unanimously condemned its nuclear test, South Korean reports say.
The Communist state fired two short-range missiles off an east-coast base, South Korea's Yonhap news age >>Read Full Story
| | | An invention that could change the internet for ever
By Andrew Johnson, Independent.co.uk, May 03, 2009
Revolutionary new web software could put giants such as Google in the shade when it comes out later this month.
The biggest internet revolution for a generation will be unveiled this month with the launch of software that will understand questions >>Read Full Story
| | | 'Too late' to contain swine flu
BBC News, Apr 28, 2009 
A deadly swine flu virus first detected in Mexico can no longer be contained, a World Health Organization (WHO) official has said.
WHO Assistant Director General Keiji Fukuda said countries should now focus on mitigating the effects of the virus.
>>Read Full Story
| | | Many unaware of alcohol calories
BBC News, Apr 21, 2009 
Many people are unaware of the calorie content of alcohol, a survey shows.
Four in 10 did not know a glass of wine has the same calories (120) as a slice of cake, or that a pint of lager and a small sausage roll have 170 each.
The poll of 2,000 >>Read Full Story
| | | Video games 'can improve vision'
BBC News, Mar 31, 2009 
Playing action video games can boost an aspect of adult vision previously thought to be fixed, a US study shows.
Researchers found playing the games improved the ability to notice even very small changes in shades of grey against a uniform backgro >>Read Full Story
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