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Majority of U.S. seniors now going online: poll
WASHINGTON — It’s taken a while, but a majority of Americans aged 65 and older are now finally using the Internet or email, according to the results of a Pew Research Center poll released Wednesday. Reporting its findings, Pew’s Internet research unit said 53 percent of senior citizens in the…
‘Inadequate’ controls led to JPMorgan loss: regulator
WASHINGTON — A top US bank regulator told lawmakers Wednesday that “inadequate” risk controls at JPMorgan Chase led to a $2 billion derivatives loss, as senators grilled him and others over a failure to prevent the debacle. Democratic Senator Robert Menendez used the Senate Banking Committee hearing to unleash a…
Mobile advertising worth $5.3 billion in 2011: survey
NEW YORK — Some $5.3 billion was spent on mobile digital advertising in 2011, a survey showed Wednesday in the first industry-sponsored measure of what is expected to be a booming market. The survey by the Interactive Advertising Bureau with its IAB Europe affiliate and the research firm IHS found…
Syria risks drawn-out civil war: experts
WASHINGTON — With the Annan peace plan at stalemate, a badly-fragmented opposition and fierce resistance from the regime, Syria risks descending into a long and bloody civil war, analysts say. As international powers grapple for a solution to end the conflict, experts believe a way needs to be found to…
Trump to sue beauty over Miss USA ‘fixing’ claim
NEW YORK — Donald Trump, head of the Miss Universe Organization, vowed a lawsuit against beauty Sheena Monnin on Wednesday after she declared the recent Miss USA contest was rigged. The spat over the contest, in which women parade before judges in long gowns and bikinis, began when Monnin, the…
Drug-resistant gonorrhoea on the rise, warns WHO
GENEVA — The World Health Organization warned on Wednesday of a spreading resistance to drugs used to treat the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhoea. Millions of people with the condition may be at risk of running out of treatment options unless urgent action is taken, the United Nations agency said. Several…
Shakespeare theatre unearthed in London
LONDON — Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of William Shakespeare’s Curtain Theatre, where his play Henry V was first performed, a spokeswoman for the Museum of London told AFP on Wednesday. “We have done what’s called an evaluation and come across the theatre which is absolutely beautifully preserved, better than…
Science fiction legend Ray Bradbury dies at 91
Science fiction writer Ray Bradbury, whose dystopian works served as cautionary tales about perilous futures and reflected the anxieties of post-war America, has died at the age of 91. Bradbury’s publisher HarperCollins confirmed his death on Tuesday in Los Angeles after an unspecified “lengthy illness,” as tributes poured in from…
Internet adds trillions of new IP addresses
A new Internet standard giving the global network more room to grow came into effect Wednesday, a move that users probably won’t notice. The switch occurred at 0001 GMT Wednesday, when Internet operators switched to a new standard called IPv6 that allows for trillions of “IP” numbers or addresses, up…
Russian malware hunter warns dangerous cyber attack could be coming
The Russian malware hunter whose firm discovered the Flame virus said Wednesday there could be plenty more malicious code out there, and warned he feared a disastrous cyber attack could be coming. “It’s quite logical that there are new cyber weapons designed, and maybe already computers infected that we don’t…
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