Laptop-makers including Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Toshiba are recalling 100,000 Sony-made batteries due to fears they may overheat or catch fire. Sony said the recall came after 40 instances of overheating, including four cases where users had minor burns. The recall affects around 74,000 HP laptops, 14,400 from Toshiba, and small numbers from Dell, Acer and [...]
Michael Jackson is to take part in a Jackson 5 reunion tour, his brother Jermaine has said. Jermaine told the Australian Associated Press it would be "a family affair", with sister Janet the opening act. "And of course, the original Jackson 5… Michael, Randy and the whole family… we’re in the studio, we’re planning on [...]
Exxon Mobil topped its own record for the highest ever U.S. quarterly operating profit and Royal Dutch Shell earnings beat market forecasts on Thursday, helped by high oil prices and fatter refinery margins. But both Exxon and Shell said their oil production declined in the quarter, in part from damage caused by Hurricanes Gustav and [...]
Seven astronauts climbed aboard the U.S. space shuttle Endeavour on Wednesday in a practice run for a mission to deliver equipment needed to prepare the International Space Station for a larger crew. Endeavour is tentatively scheduled for launch on November 14 from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA managers will review flight preparations and [...]
The father of Britney Spears will retain control over the once-troubled singer’s personal and business affairs for an indefinite period, a Los Angeles judge ruled on Tuesday. Jamie Spears and a Los Angeles lawyer were first granted temporary control of Spears’ affairs in February after the pop princess was twice hospitalized for psychiatric evaluation. The [...]
Having too much money will never be a problem for most of us, but for those lucky enough to be born rich, life presents a very different set of financial challenges. "Wealth gives you gunpowder and when you explode gunpowder, you can go in one direction or the other. Either way, you are going to [...]
Take That have announced a stadium tour of Britain next summer. The quartet will kick off what they expect to be their biggest tour to date at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland on June 6, and will visit Cardiff, Glasgow and Manchester before ending with two gigs at Wembley Stadium, London on July 3 [...]
A new study shows that humans had the ability to make fire nearly 790,000 years ago, a skill that helped them migrate from Africa to Europe. By analyzing flints at an archaeological site on the bank of the river Jordan, researchers at Israel’s Hebrew University discovered that early civilizations had learned to light fires, a [...]
Two white supremacist skinheads were arrested in Tennessee over plans to go on a killing spree and eventually shoot Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, court documents showed on Monday. Daniel Cowart and Paul Schlesselman were charged in a criminal complaint with making threats against a presidential candidate, illegal possession of a sawed-off shotgun and conspiracy [...]
Web users are being urged to help spot illegal and obscene content online. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is running an awareness campaign to tell web users how to report images of child sexual abuse. The campaign comes in response to IWF research which suggests 77% of people who find illegal content do not know [...]
Europe’s gravity mission has been bumped to next year because of ongoing technical problems with its launcher. The arrow-shaped Goce satellite will map tiny variations in the pull of gravity experienced across the world. The information will give scientists a clearer insight into how the oceans move, and provide a universal reference to measure height [...]
Catherine Zeta Jones is to star in a musical film about Cleopatra and her relationship with Anthony and Caesar, according to a report. The film is to be directed by Steven Soderbergh and will be set in 1920s America rather than ancient Egypt, says The Hollywood Reporter. X-Men star Hugh Jackman is also said to [...]