VIDEO: Reviving the Olympic fire in Greece

VIDEO: Reviving the Olympic fire in Greece


VIDEO: Reviving the Olympic fire in Greece

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 11:09 PM PDT

Greece was the birthplace of the Olympics, but the country's performance in London fell far short of expectations.


VIDEO: Happy to be back: Arnie at premiere

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 07:08 PM PDT

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren talk about continuing to play ''tough guys'' as they meet fans and speak to reporters on the red carpet at the London premiere of The Expendables 2.


Mongolia gets new PM, ends weeks of uncertainty

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 11:09 PM PDT

ULAN BATOR (Reuters) - Norov Altanhuyag of the Democratic Party (DP) was confirmed as Mongolia's new prime minister on Friday, ending weeks of political uncertainty after the party failed to win enough seats in a June election to form a government on its own.


Nearly seven decades later, Northeast Asia still haunted by war

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 10:24 PM PDT

File photo of Japanese men in old Japanese military costumes visiting the Yasukuni Shrine in TokyoTOKYO (Reuters) - Bitter memories and current rivalries are straining Japan's ties with China and South Korea nearly seven decades after Tokyo's defeat in World War Two, raising the risk of ruptures as all three nations head for leadership changes. The three countries are linked by deep economic ties, while Japan and South Korea are close allies of the United States. ...



Surge in Tibetan self-immolations challenges Chinese rule-rights group

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 09:43 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - As many as five Tibetans set themselves ablaze in China in the past week to protest Chinese rule over Tibet, a U.S. broadcaster said, a surge highlighted by a rights group as a sustained campaign against Beijing's grip on religious freedom. Two self-immolations on Monday in the Aba prefecture, a mountainous and mainly ethnic Tibetan part of Sichuan province, were followed by at least one clash between police and ethnic Tibetans that left one protester dead, Radio Free Asia said. ...


Breaking Bad 'Dead Freight' Recap: On Harmless Monsters And Rotten Luck

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 06:58 PM PDT

Spoilers to follow for Breaking Bad through Season 5 Episode 5. I only watch a handful of shows on actual TV. Most of the time we stream shows on HBO GO or one of the various other subscription services - Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu, etc. Sunday nights have been my big TV [...]


Beware IRS Reporting Of Foreign Gifts Too

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 03:34 PM PDT

Photo credit: Wikipedia With the sharp eyes of the IRS abroad and looming FATCA compliance, foreign bank accounts are less secret than they used to be. Income from Abroad is Taxable and you must report your foreign bank accounts. It's harder to claim ignorance of these rules than in the past. [...]


VIDEO: Two killed in Texas shooting

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 07:10 PM PDT

A gunman has shot and killed a police officer and a civilian near a university in the US state of Texas.


VIDEO: Veteran Cosmopolitan editor dies

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 10:25 PM PDT

Helen Gurley Brown, the veteran editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine and author of Sex and the Single Girl, has died at the age of 90.


VIDEO: Two killed in Texas shooting

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 07:10 PM PDT

A gunman has shot and killed a police officer and a civilian near a university in the US state of Texas.


VIDEO: Veteran Cosmopolitan editor dies

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 10:25 PM PDT

Helen Gurley Brown, the veteran editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine and author of Sex and the Single Girl, has died at the age of 90.


Helen Gurley Brown and the Failure of Do-Me Feminism

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 06:31 PM PDT

The patron saint of do-me feminism died yesterday. Let's pause for a moment to revisit the legacy of Helen Gurley Brown. Helen Gurley Brown (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Brown, the longtime editor of Cosmopolitan, first came to her never-ending public prominence with the publication of Sex and the Single Girl in 1962.  The [...]


Why Absolutely Everyone Needs To Be Software Literate

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 06:28 PM PDT

Guest post written by Penny Herscher Penny Herscher is president and CEO of FirstRain, an analytics software company. Penny Herscher The average American teenager spends six hours a day texting, 90 minutes a day on Facebook, and more than three hours a day watching TV on the computer - and every interface they [...]


Nearly seven decades later, Northeast Asia still haunted by war

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 10:48 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Bitter memories and current rivalries are straining Japan's ties with China and South Korea nearly seven decades after Tokyo's defeat in World War Two, raising the risk of ruptures as all three nations head for leadership changes.


Testing the DRAM Profit Myth

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 06:20 PM PDT

It is widely known that over its history the profits of the DRAM market balance its losses - no money is ever made in this market. This bit of industry wisdom is commonly held, but is it true?  I decided to find out for myself rather than to take it for [...]


Bill Gates Thinks About Poop - And You Should Too

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 06:16 PM PDT

On Tuesday and Wednesday, engineers, philanthropists, media and more from around the world will gather at the the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle for the "Reinvent the Toilet Fair," a $3 million project funded in grants by the Foundation that will showcase revolutionary new toilets that don't need [...]


No tsunami fears from east Russia earthquake

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 10:10 PM PDT

No immediate reports of damage or injuries and no tsunami generated by 7.3 magnitude earthquake some 160km off coast.


ARM Holdings: Evercore Sets Overweight Rating, $32 Target

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 05:32 PM PDT

Evercore Group analyst Patrick Wang late Monday launched coverage of the microprocessor IP licensing company ARM Holdings with an Overweight rating and a $32 price target. The stock closed Monday at $26.89. "We believe ARM is a core technology holding as it provides the foundation that the leading chip innovators use for [...]


Ecuador hopes to decide on Assange asylum this week

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 08:51 PM PDT

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange leaves the Supreme Court in LondonQUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador is likely to announce a decision on whether to grant political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange before the end of the week in a case with diplomatic implications around the world, President Rafael Correa said on Monday. Assange has been taking refuge in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London since June 19 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning on sex crime allegations. The former computer hacker, who enraged Washington in 2010 when his WikiLeaks website published thousands of secret U.S. ...



Surge in Tibetan self-immolations challenges Chinese rule-rights group

Posted: 13 Aug 2012 09:43 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - As many as five Tibetans set themselves ablaze in China in the past week to protest Chinese rule over Tibet, a U.S. broadcaster said, a surge highlighted by a rights group as a sustained campaign against Beijing's grip on religious freedom.