Twitter in legal trouble after triggering Sarkozy infidelity rumour mill

LONDON – Twitter has found itself in legal trouble after rumours of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni’s respective affairs started making rounds.

The message on Twitter by Aude Baron, a French online journalist, and repeated by other reporters, set the Internet alight.
And soon, the rumour spread like wild fire with gossip columnists and … Read more >>>.

Fiat Linea New Model Coming

NEW DELHI, INDIA (GaeaTimes.com)- It looks like Fiat India is trying to ensure that its second tryst with the Indian car market proves to be a good one. It entered the Indian car scene several years ago and two of its models, Uno and Palio became sleeper hits with the buyers. However, the …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Fiat Linea New Model Coming.

Kerala oracles and devotees sing filthy songs on Hindu deities

KODUNGALLUR – Devotes and oracles gathered at the Kodungallur Bhagavathy Temple here to celebrate the Bharani festival, where they sang filthy and vulgar songs about Hindu gods and goddess with the belief that it praises their main deity.

Devotees here are free to sing any kind of songs but should be a vulgar one followed by … Original article on : Kerala oracles and devotees sing filthy songs on Hindu deities.

Palm, Boeing, Lions Gate, Lloyds, Weatherford, SunPower among big market movers Friday

Palm, Boeing, Lions Gate, Lloyds are big movers

NEW YORK – Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:
NYSE:
Weatherford International Ltd., down 91 cents to $16.07
A Jefferies analyst downgraded the oil services company, citing the threat of a pending Foreign Corrupt Practices Act settlement.
DirecTV Inc., down [..] Read the original article: here.

Google likely to win EU ad battle, but experts say the fight with brand-owners will go on

Google likely to win EU court battle over ads
LONDON – Google looks likely to win a European high court battle over how it uses keywords in advertising – but legal experts say the issue is likely to keep rattling the search giant.
Rights owners have long complained about Google Inc.’s practice of allowing advertisers …. Source article  : Google likely to win EU ad battle, but experts say the fight with brand-owners will go on.

Summary Box: FDA to review already-approved knee implant, but device maker fights back

Summary Box: FDA to review already-OK’d device

WHAT HAPPENED: In a rare move, the Food and Drug Administration has decided it will again review Menaflex, a knee implant it had approved in 2008. The agency plans to convene a panel of experts next week to revisit the safety and effectiveness of the device.
THE BACKGROUND: FDA leadership …. Read the original article  : Summary Box: FDA to review already-approved knee implant, but device maker fights back.

Federal Communications Commission seeking comment on rules for cable-broadcaster negotiations

FCC seeks comment on rules for TV-cable talks

WASHINGTON – Federal regulators are seeking public comment on a petition by cable, satellite and phone companies for new government rules that would give them more clout in negotiations with TV broadcasters over programming.
Friday’s move by the Federal Communications Commission follows a series of disputes over the fees … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Federal Communications Commission seeking comment on rules for cable-broadcaster negotiations.

Palm shares dive after sales shortfall raises doubts on turnaround

Palm shares dive after sales shortfall
NEW YORK – Palm Inc. shares plunged Friday after the handheld device maker’s latest quarterly report raised questions about the its turnaround effort.
The company’s stock was down $1.52, or 26.9 percent, at $4.13 in afternoon trading. The stock earlier set a new year low of $4.08. Its previous … Read more >>.

Volunteering day touted to honor Mister Rogers; kids’ TV icon would have been 82 Saturday

Volunteer day promoted to honor Mister Rogers

PITTSBURGH – Mister Rogers cared deeply about his neighbors and his neighborhood, both in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe and in real life.
Now, friends and colleagues of late television icon Fred Rogers want to honor his legacy with a national day of volunteering on his birthday. Rogers, who died in …. Read the original article  : here.

In twitosphere, are the funny, famous just in it for the tweets, or do they also follow?

Do famous and tweet-happy care about following?
Twitter is so many things to so many people: infomercial, backyard fence, brain dump. The funny, famous, famous for the wrong reasons or simply very useful have thousands of followers, but who do THEY follow?
Deposed “Tonight Show” star Conan O’Brien follows only one person, LovelyButton, a seemingly … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : In twitosphere, are the funny, famous just in it for the tweets, or do they also follow?.

Device maker Regen Biologic challenges FDA plan to reassess highly-contested knee implant

FDA prepares to reassess much-debated knee implant

WASHINGTON – A medical device company at the center of a highly controversial Food and Drug Administration approval is pushing back against the agency’s plan to re-evaluate the implant.
Regen Biologic’s knee repair implant spent more than three contentious years under review at the FDA before gaining approval in 2008. … Read more »».

No quick fixes as Europe’s debt-heavy fringe countries seek new sources of growth

Europe’s bruised economies search for way forward
MADRID – The wreckage of Spain’s economic growth model stands neatly aligned on the roads leading out of Madrid – row after row of unsold houses, windows dark, for-sale signs out front.
Spain and other countries on Europe’s financially stricken fringe are groping for a new …. Read the original article  : here.

Top 10 Facebook Application to Share Music

Facebook has already gotten immense popularity for serving its users with arrays of applications, for game, entertainment, sports and many more. The social networking behemoth is concerned for the people associated with different professions and their needs. Being keen on the interest of music lovers, Facebook unwrapped a heap of applications for sharing music on …. Source  : Top 10 Facebook Application to Share Music.

How to Monetize your WAP site for iPhone and other smartphones

Did you know a majority of people in U.S and Europe access web via their smartphones. According to a recent stats, iPhone and other smartphone users in U.S and Europe are leading in this field. Now in case you have a blog or website, its high-time to make the most of the mobile version … Read this article on Gaea Times at : How to Monetize your WAP site for iPhone and other smartphones.

Synaptics rating cut by Oppenheimer as analyst warns on cell phone market share, prices

Ahead of the Bell: Synaptics cut by Oppenheimer
NEW YORK – Synaptics Inc. faces a shrinking market share and falling prices, an Oppenheimer & Co. analyst said Friday, cutting the company’s stock rating.
Oppenheimer’s Yair Reiner lowered Synaptics, a company that designs buttons, touch screens and other parts that people use to control electronic gadgets, …. Read the original article  : Synaptics rating cut by Oppenheimer as analyst warns on cell phone market share, prices.

Mario goes to school: Designer behind Nintendo’s Wii looks to create educational aids

Nintendo aims to get consoles in schools
LONDON – Could Nintendo’s Mario be swapping his world of magic mushrooms and ravenous dinosaurs for the staid confines of the classroom?
The man behind the massively popular video game franchise thinks so, saying he’s working hard to turn Nintendo Co.’s brand of handheld consoles … Read more >>.

Palm shares slide with its revenue expectations falling well short of Wall Street expectations

Ahead of the Bell: Palm share slide
NEW YORK – A number of industry experts are raising doubts about the ability of Palm Inc. to turn itself around in an increasingly crowded smartphone market.
The company’s shares slid 15 percent, or 87 cents, to $4.78 ahead of trading Friday.
“We are less confident in the company’s …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Palm shares slide with its revenue expectations falling well short of Wall Street expectations.

Giant pair of pliers spotted flying over West Bromwich on Google Street View!

LONDON – A British man has spotted an enormous pair of pliers flying over a West Bromwich residential street – on Google Street View.

The strange discovery was made by David Muir, who decided to look up his road when the Internet site went live this week.
The website offers a detailed view of every street in …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Giant pair of pliers spotted flying over West Bromwich on Google Street View!.

Chicago Art Institute exhibition looks at enigmatic period in art of France’s Henri Matisse

Exhibit looks at enigmatic phase in Matisse’s art

CHICAGO – A new exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago takes a close – sometimes even microscopic – look at one short and enigmatic phase in the 65-year-long artistic career of France’s Henri Matisse.
Matisse, who lived from 1869 to 1954, is often seen as the least controversial [..] Read the original article: here.

Google TV In The Making?

SAN FRANCISCO (GaeaTimes.com)- Those who have got really tired of flipping the TV channels through remote controllers have reasons to rejoice. The Internet search giant has been trying for some time to venture into hitherto untapped segments. Its experiment with cell phone has yielded moderate results but Google is not to be deterred. … Read more >>.