Feds are probing Target hacking, AG Holder says
January 30, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC: The Justice Department is investigating the hacking of consumer data from Target Corp., U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday.
A Target store in Alhambra, California. U.S. Attorney-General Eric Holder says the Feds are probing the hacking of customer data from the retail chain.
Google selling Motorola phone business to Lenovo for $2.9 billion
January 30, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO: Google is selling Motorola Mobility's Smartphone business to Lenovo group for $2.9 billion.
Google Inc. bought the patents and phone business for $12.4 billion in May 2012.
Cricket: Bangladesh 35/1 after trailing Sri Lanka by 498 runs
January 29, 2014
Brief Scorecard: Bangladesh 232 and 35 for 1 trail Sri Lanka 730 for 6 dec (Jayawardene 203*, Mathews 86, Vithanage 103*) by 463 runs
Mahela Jayawardene surpassed Allan Border's tally of 11,174 Test runs.
Rare ice storm grips US south, kills at least 6
January 29, 2014
ATLANTA: Icy chaos gripped the US south on Wednesday after a rare winter storm that killed at least six people, stranded children in their schools overnight and paralyzed travel in several states, including hundreds of flight cancellations at the world's busiest airport.
India to have 243 million internet users by June 2014: IAMAI
January 29, 2014
NEW DELHI: With more and more people accessing the web through mobile phones, the internet user base in the country is projected to touch 243 million by June 2014, a year-on-year growth of 28%.
India's internet user base is projected to touch 243 million by June 2014
Scientists create embryonic-type stem cells without embryos
January 29, 2014
In experiments that could open a new era in stem cell biology, scientists have found a cheap and easy way to reprogramme mature cells from mice back into an embryonic-like state that allowed them to generate many types of tissue.
43 kg fake gold offered at Vaishno Devi temple
January 29, 2014
JAMMU: Forty-three kg of gold and 57,000 kg of silver offered by devotees at the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and Kashmir have been found to be fake, an RTI application has revealed.
Indian IT workforce gets middle age-heavy
January 29, 2014
MUMBAI: The executive suite is not the only place that is greying in India's 40-year-old information technology sector.
Indian IT sector worforce policy requires change
State of the Union speech: Barack Obama lays out go-it-alone approach
January 29, 2014
President Obama's address served as the opening salvo in a midterm election fight for control of Congress that will quickly consume Washington's attention.
"I'm eager to work with all of you," Obama told the lawmakers gathered for the annual speech.
In India, poor kids are illiterate despite 4 years of education:...
January 29, 2014
NEW DELHI: In India, even after completing four years of school, 90% of children from poorer households remain illiterate. And this also holds true for around 30% of kids from poorer homes despite five to six years of schooling.
