The Guardian Apple's Ping Draws One Million New Users (and Tech Pundit Ire) PC Magazine Launched Wednesday, Apple's new social media music service—Ping—has already pushed past one million signed-up users within its first 48 hours of existence. And according to a statement from Apple, the number represents more than one-third of those who... »
Sydney Morning Herald Former JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater says he wasn't fired, he quit New York Daily News Steven Slater, jetBlue's most notorious ex-employee, wants to make one thing clear: he quit. The former flight attendant landed in the national spotlight last... »
There were times when the game irritated me. The dungeon music of Tartarus sounded extremely repetitive and the floor designs looked a little stale. »
AP - Iran's president said Sunday that any Israeli attack against his nation would mean the destruction of the Jewish state. »
Touchaholics: I was too young at the time to play the original paper and pen RPGs that used only books, dice and imagination. After this era subsided developers that made RPGs, replaced the dices with complex formulas to calculate chances of hitting, dodging, as... »
AFP - Bjoern Lomborg, the bad boy of the climate debate who has rejected for years "alarmist" prophecies from environmentalists, stresses in a new book the need to invest billions to fight global warming. »
AFP - Ernestina Palmira Cuna and her family watched the riots in Mozambique on television from their tin-roof house, afraid to go outside and get caught in the violent price protests raging around them. »
AFP - Acclaimed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa made a brief comeback on Sunday after surgery and several months of treatment for esophagus cancer, according to concert organisers. »
West Virginia is accustomed to scoring in bunches. What stood out after the season opener was an effort unseen from its defense in quite some time »
Politico - Party leaders are seeking internal donations to stave off disaster in November. »
Christian Science Monitor Can the GOP dominate in November with 'Just say no'? Christian Science Monitor Probably not. Two of the GOP's most senior elected officials – Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham – said Sunday their party needs an agenda attractive to... »
AFP - Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi blasted Yasir Hameed as being mentally a teenager as the batsman insisted he was duped by a newspaper over betting scam claims which eclipsed the team's defeat to England. »
Reuters UK Former HP Chief Is Said to Be in Talks With Oracle New York Times Mark V. Hurd, who was forced to resign as Hewlett-Packard's top executive last month after an investigation into a sexual harassment charge found that he had manipulated... »
Punch Jump Week Recap for week ending Sept. 4, 2010. »
Square Enix Executive Producer Akitoshi Kawazu shares the origin of the Final Fantasy name and reveals one other title that was considered. »
