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NBA Players to Disband Union, Countersue League

The labor dispute in the National Basketball Association (NBA) took a turn for the worse Tuesday when players decided to disband their union and sue the league because they find the team owners' last offer of 50-50 profit sharing not good.

Banks: CBA Has A Solid First Quarter

Some commentators would have you believe that the country's banks are about to fall on hard times as the eurozone problems lift the cost of money and make life generally tougher for financial stocks.

Apple, Samsung, Nokia Dominate Mobile Phone Sales in Q3 2011

Samsung edged out Apple over their rivalry on global smartphone sales as the South Korean firm shipped out 24 million units in total sales for the third quarter of the current year, roughly comprising of the record number of Android-powered handsets purchased by consumers during the period.
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Economies Soar with Flying Colors with the Aviation Industry

The aviation industry is going to be key to economic growth, whether that’s through green aviation or commercial flight, through military aircraft development or recreational flight teams. Whatever the method may be to encourage the aviation industry, growing this industry is vital to growing a country’s economy as well.

Will Mozilla's Boot 2 Gecko Mobile OS Work?

Mozilla, the makers of Firefox and Thunderbird, keeps up with the constant evolution in mobile technology and is developing a standalone operating system for the open web, dubbed as Boot 2 Gecko (B2G).

Deutsche Adds To Buy Ratings On Ausdrill

- Deutsche Bank initiates on Ausdrill with a Buy- the stock now enjoys five positive ratings out of five- Solid order book and valuation are supportiveBy Chris ShawMining services companies are well supported by equity brokers at the present point in the commodities boom, as evidenced by integrated ...

Is Adobe Flash Dead?

The death of Steve Jobs is not coincidental to the death of Adobe Flash Mobile Player, as if Jobs pulled Flash, and brought it down with him to his grave. Hating Flash might just be a premonition that it will not last that long in the business.

Mario 3D Land Promoting Animal Cruelty?

The release of Super Mario 3D Land did not get all praises since its release on Nov. 13, 2011. In fact the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) called the attention of Nintendo as the game sends out a message that wearing fur is a good idea.

Qantas Sets First Cooking Oil-Powered Flights

Qantas will start using biofuel to power its planes next year, the airline's CEO Alan Joyce announced during the Australian Airports Association convention in Brisbane on Monday.

Online Search Revenue Forecast to Grow 23%

Mobile computing continues to fuel growth in the online search advertising, which according to a latest industry report, has generated some $1.4 billion in total revenues during the 2010-2011 financial year.

Would HP's 7-Inch TouchPad See Light of Day? [Leaked Pictures]

Another one of Hewlett Packard's discarded tablets has been discovered. A Chinese site Palmjoy was able to snag a prototype copy of the HP TouchPad Go, a 7-inch tablet that HP had been working on before it decided to discontinue its TouchPad line.

Commonwealth Bank Foresees Subdued Credit Growth Ahead

Despite estimated cash earnings of $1.75 billion for the first three months of its financial year, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is not very optimistic on its outlook for the months ahead due to the challenging operating conditions.

Boeing Secures Huge Dreamliner Orders from Gulf Airliners

Highly-touted for its promise of maximum comfort and fuel economy, Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner lured fresh orders from the Middle East region as Oman Air announced on Monday its decision to purchase six aircrafts from the U.S.-based firm.

Expectations Remain For Higher Oil Prices

- Oil and US equities now strongly correlated- Iran an emerging oil market issue- Suggests higher prices given tight fundamentals- US production growth may become more consistentBy Chris ShawAccording to US Energy Information Administration (EIA) figures, crude oil and the S&P500 Index have had a cl...

Bullish Reversal For EUR/USD

FNArena has added another video to its Investors Education section on the website. In this video, ATW's Jerry Simmons explains as to why the outlook has turned bullish for EUR/USD.

Uranium Awakes

By Greg PeelTwo weeks ago the spot uranium market remained fairly quiet but expressions of interest for supply began to be sought by buyers.

Nvidia’s Quad-Core Processor Overkill in Mobile Phones?

Nvidia has said that the chip will be replacing previous chips in tablet devices and now there are also reports that the new chip will be coming to mobile phones as well. HTC is said to be making the first smartphone with a quad-core processor in its upcoming HTC Edge. The new Tegra 3 processor will be better than the Tegra 2 processor that most smartphones use today but should this mean that device manufacturers and developers should jump to the quad-core bandwagon?

Do iPad, Media Tablets Need to Be Quad-Core?

Asus released Wednesday their newest addition to their tablet line running on quad-core processor. But questions came up as to the need for tablets to run quad-core, when leading tablets such as Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab is currently running on dual-core processors.

Asus Zenbook: Real Alternative to the Mac Air?

The relatively new class of laptops called the ultrabooks isn't as crowded as the laptop or tablet markets but it's still another field that Apple has taken the lead in. Apple's MacBook Air is considered as the leading lightweight, ultraportable laptop but that doesn't mean that it's going to stay that way forever. New competitors from Toshiba, Lenovo and now Asus are taking a crack at the title for best ultraportable laptop.

Battery Issues Continue Despite iOS 5.0.1

Apple device owners reported that the Apple iOS 5.0.1 update did not resolve the battery issues as promised during its release Thursday. Apple admits in a report that the update failure is on some apple devices only.

1st Gen iPod Nano Replacements Won't be the New Nanos

Don't keep your hopes high for the replacements of your 1st generation iPod Nano, because it will be replaced with the same unit, just the good ones though, and not the new Nano as some of the consumers wished to receive.

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