Wikileaks founder offers aid to NSA leaker
Wikileaks founder offers aid to NSA leaker Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks to the media inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in …Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said Wednesday that his anti-secrecy group has been in touch with National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden’s legal team in a bid to help him secure asylum in Iceland. “I feel a [...]
June 19, 2013
Analyst says next-gen iPad mini won’t have a Retina display
Analyst says next-gen iPad mini won’t have a Retina display iPad Mini 2 No Retina Display Despite numerous reports suggesting Apple’s second-generation iPad mini will ship later this year with a Retina display, one industry watcher believes the Retina-equipped version of Apple’s latest tablet won’t launch until sometime in 2014. According to NPD DisplaySearch analyst [...]
June 19, 2013
Afghan leader balks at Taliban talks
Afghan leader balks at Taliban talks KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s president said Wednesday he will not pursue peace talks with the Taliban unless the United States steps out of the negotiations, while also insisting the militant group stop its violent attacks on the ground after it claimed responsibility for a rocket attack that killed [...]
June 19, 2013
Analyst lowers rating for Research In Motion
Analyst lowers rating for Research In Motion NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Research In Motion declined Wednesday, with Bernstein Research predicting that the BlackBerry maker won’t measure up to Wall Street expectations in the second half of the year. RIM’s stock has climbed 25 percent since the start of the year, as buzz for [...]
June 19, 2013
Bleak outlook for warming world
Bleak outlook for warming world STOCKHOLM (AP) — The World Bank says it will increasingly view its efforts to help developing countries fight poverty through a “climate lens.” In a report released Wednesday, the international lending institution warned that heat waves, rising seas, more severe storms and other impacts of climate change will trap millions [...]
June 19, 2013
TSX slips as BlackBerry, Fed apprehension weigh
TSX slips as BlackBerry, Fed apprehension weigh By John Tilak TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s main stock index retreated on Wednesday morning on market foreboding about what the U.S. Federal Reserve might say about its easy-money policy in a statement to be issued later in the day. Financial shares dropped on the Fed-induced market anxiety, and [...]
June 19, 2013
Ahead of the Bell: Research In Motion
Ahead of the Bell: Research In Motion NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Research In Motion declined 2 percent before the market opened Wednesday with Bernstein Research predicting that the BlackBerry maker won’t measure up to Wall Street expectations in the second half of the year. RIM’s stock has climbed 25 percent since the start [...]
June 19, 2013
History raises stakes for Obama in Berlin
History raises stakes for Obama in Berlin BERLIN (AP) — Five years and 50 years. As President Barack Obama revisits Berlin, he can’t escape those anniversaries and the inevitable comparisons to history and personal achievement. With his own 2008 speech at Berlin’s Victory Column and former President John F. Kennedy‘s 1963 historic denunciation of the [...]
June 19, 2013
Afghan Taliban say they killed 4 U.S. troops
Afghan Taliban say they killed 4 U.S. troops KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban claimed responsibility Wednesday for an attack in Afghanistan that killed four American troops just hours after the insurgent group announced it would hold talks with the U.S. on finding a political solution to ending the nearly 12-year war in the country. [...]
June 19, 2013
Mac: Brother MFC-9130CW + MFC-9340CDW Digital Color All-in-One Wireless Printers
If there’s one peripheral category that the term “necessary evil” fits more than any other, it’s printers. Despite the digitization of pretty much everything, sometimes you just have to put ink on a sheet or ream of paper. To that end, Brother has introduced a new line of all-in-one printers, notably including its MFC-9130CW ($ [...]
June 18, 2013