Even as an eighth-grader in Winnetka, Aaron Swartz showed signs of the computer wizardry that would lead to his Internet activism...
Rovio has more monthly active users than Twitter
Label: TechnologyRovio announced today it hit 263 million monthly active users in December 2012. This happened precisely three years after the first Angry Birds game debuted at the end of 2009. Incidentally, the somewhat better-known Twitter hit the 200 million monthly active user mark in December 2012. And since Twitter was launched in the summer of 2006, Rovio’s user growth has been notably brisker.[More from...
“Jurassic Park 4″ to arrive June 2014, Steven Spielberg to produce
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – “Jurassic Park 4″ will arrive in theaters June 13, 2014, Universal announced on Friday. Steven Spielberg won’t be directing this time around, but he is going to produce the project with Frank Marshall.Universal has yet to pick a director for the fourth installment of the dinosaur film franchise, which it plans to shoot and release in 3D. The studio and Spielberg have converted...
City Room: Cuomo Declares Public Health Emergency Over Flu Outbreak
Label: HealthWith the nation in the grip of a severe influenza outbreak that has seen deaths reach epidemic levels, New York State declared a public health emergency on Saturday, making access to vaccines more easily available.There have been nearly 20,000 cases of flu reported across the state so far this season, officials said. Last season, 4,400 positive laboratory tests were reported.“We are experiencing...
Jan
11
Bulls hold on to beat Knicks 108-101
Label: WorldBulls beat the Knicks 108-101 on Friday. NEW YORK — Three players and a coach were not around to witness the end of the last...
Why We Hate the Word ‘Phablet’ So Much
Label: TechnologyIt appears we have reached Peak Phablet — and not just because sales are up and the big-screen cellphones were all over the Consumer Electronics Show this week. No, we have also reached Peak “Phablet” — the term for the popular (and quite awkward) devices has also this week been called ”horrible,” “stupid,” and ”worst word of the year” (to which we’re about two weeks in). The name itself...
Alicia Keys, Katy Perry top bill at Obama inauguration parties
Label: LifestyleWASHINGTON (Reuters) – R&B singer Alicia Keys, country guitar slinger Brad Paisley and pop star Katy Perry are some of the A-list performers who will entertain partygoers at President Barack Obama’s inaugural celebration, organizers said on Friday.Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder, two prominent elder statesmen of American music, also will perform at one of the three official parties planned for...
Former Lab Technician Denies Faulty DNA Work in Rape Cases
Label: HealthA former New York City laboratory technician whose work on rape cases is now being scrutinized for serious mistakes said on Friday that she had been unaware there were problems in her work and, disputing an earlier report, denied she had resigned under pressure. The former lab technician, Serrita Mitchell, said any problems must have been someone else’s. “My work?” Ms. Mitchell said....
Boeing Dreamliner to undergo federal safety review
Label: Business Plagued by one mishap after another, Boeing Co.'s much-heralded 787 Dreamliner passenger jet for the 21st century is feeling...
Jan
10
Cyanide: 'A poison we fear'
Label: World If Urooj Khan's remains are exhumed in coming days as expected, authorities will attempt to retrace the devastating course of...
Three witnesses won’t be charged in Ohio football rape case: documents
Label: Technology(Reuters) – At least three members of a high school football team in Steubenville, Ohio, received word they would not be prosecuted just days before testifying against teammates accused of raping a 16-year-old girl, according to documents obtained by Reuters.In letters from Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office addressed to each student’s lawyer, the state committed to not prosecuting Evan Westlake,...
Relatives of singer Jenni Rivera’s co-passengers sue over plane crash
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Family members of four passengers who died with singer Jenni Rivera when her plane crashed in northern Mexico last year sued her corporation and the current and former owners of the aging Learjet they called a “bucket of bolts” on Thursday.The plaintiffs alleged in their Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit that the 43-year-old aircraft was unsafe and being flown by two unqualified...
Parental Consent Rule May Proceed for a Circumcision Ritual, a Judge Says
Label: HealthNew York City health officials may proceed temporarily with a plan to require parental consent before an infant may undergo a particular Jewish circumcision ritual, a federal judge ruled Thursday. City officials say 12 cases of herpes simplex virus have likely resulted from the procedure, known as metzitzah b’peh, since 2000, including one Brooklyn case reported this week. Two infants died,...
Boeing to cut 40% of jobs, space at Texas plant
Label: Business Guest are reflected in a Dreamliner fuselage at the jet's debut July 8, 2007, at the Boeing plant in Everett, Wash. ...
Three top U.S. wireless carriers to embrace BlackBerry 10
Label: TechnologyLAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Three of the top U.S. cellphone carriers signaled this week that they would support Research In Motion’s BlackBerry 10 products, the first of which are due to be unveiled Jan 30, offering a hopeful sign for RIM’s comeback effort.Executives at Verizon Communications , AT&T Inc and T-Mobile USA all said they are looking forward to the devices, which will be crucial for RIM’s...
Award winning U.S. reporter Richard Ben Cramer dies of lung cancer
Label: Lifestyle(Reuters) – Pulitzer-Prize winning correspondent and author Richard Ben Cramer, best known for his chronicle of the 1988 U.S. presidential election, died on Monday in Baltimore.The cause of death was lung cancer, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, where Cramer worked for seven years. He was 62.Cramer won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize in international reporting for his coverage of Middle Eastern affairs...
Pap Test May Prove Useful at Detecting More Types of Cancer, Study Suggests
Label: HealthThe Pap test, which has prevented countless deaths from cervical cancer, may eventually help to detect cancers of the uterus and ovaries as well, a new study suggests. For the first time, researchers have found genetic material from uterine or ovarian cancers in Pap smears, meaning that it may become possible to detect three diseases with just one routine test. But the research is...
Mortgage lending rules to limit loan options
Label: Business The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is planning a Thursday morning announcement of new lending rules that it hopes will...
Jan
08
Attorney: Poisoned lottery winner's widow has 'nothing to hide'
Label: World The widow of a West Rogers Park man who died of cyanide poisoning weeks after winning a $1 million lottery jackpot was questioned...
The next CIA’s director’s challenges
Label: TechnologyqWhat John Brennan faces after confirmationI see no reason why the Senate won’t confirm John Brennan, President Obama‘s chief counter-terrorism adviser, to be the next director of the CIA. There will be pro forma inquiries into his past entanglements with the NSA’s domestic surveillance program and his knowledge and approval of the CIA’s “Greystone” torture protocols, but he will have ready answers...
“From Broadway With Love” benefit concert raising money for Sandy Hook victims
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Broadway is lending a helping hand to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.Brett Boles, author of the musical “Foreverman,” and Tony Award-winning producer Van Dean have organized a benefit concert later this month to raise money for United Way of Western Connecticut’s Sandy Hook School Support Fund.“From Broadway with Love: A Benefit Concert For Sandy...
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