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Google’s Android a 'stolen product' -- Steve Jobs

According to excerpts leaked from Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs, the digital genius was so livid with Google Inc. over Android that he was willing to go on a thermonuclear war with it as he considered the operating system a blatant rip-off of Apple's iOS.

California declares October 16 ‘Steve Jobs Day’

The elite of the Silicon Valley will be gathering at Stanford University campus to pay a tribute to the visionary digital leader Steve Jobs next week.

Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest

According to official records made public Monday, Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple died of a respiratory arrest resulting from the spread of pancreatic cancer.

Samsung, Google postpone launch as mark of respect for Steve Jobs

Apple Inc.'s biggest rivals Samsung Electronics Co. and Google Inc. have delayed scheduled launch of their Android smartphone as a mark of respect following death of Apple's Co-Founder Steve Jobs.

Apple's rival Samsung saddened by Steve Jobs' death

Apple Inc.'s fierce rival Samsung Electronics Co. has expressed grief over the death of Steve Jobs.

Australian astrophysicist thought Nobel call was ‘student prank’

On receiving the late night call from Stockholm of his Nobel win, astrophysicist Brian Schmidt initial thought was some graduate student was playing a prank on him.

Ralph Steinman wins posthumous Nobel for medicine

Four days after he succumbed to pancreatic cancer, immunologist Ralph M. Steinman was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine for his discoveries about the human body's immune system.

'I had to do it eventually,' Parker to Zuckerberg on joining Twitter

Sean Parker has just done what he vowed never to do! After serving as president of Facebook all these years, he has joined social network's rival Twitter.

Tunnicliffe rejoins Anon from Marsh

Andrew Tunnicliffe who had left Aon Corporation to head Marsh Risk Consulting early this year has rejoined company, Aon Risk Solutions, the risk management business of Aon Corporation, announced Monday.

Tunnicliffe has been appointed as the chief executive officer of Aon Global Risk Consulting.

700 anti-Wall Street protestors arrested on Brooklyn Bridge

Nearly 700 anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested Saturday after they spilled onto the Brooklyn Bridge and disrupted traffic during one of their demonstrations.

Brits prefer Facebook over flushing loo -- survey

An interesting new survey finds that Britons are obsessed with Facebook. Granted, social networking is one technology that people cannot live without, but for it to become more vital than flushing a toilet is little bizarre!

William J. Post joins board of US Airways

William J. Post, retired chairman and CEO of Pinnacle West Corporation, and former president and CEO of Arizona Public Service (APS), has joined US Airways' board of directors.

The 60-year-old, who has a wealth of experience and expertise working with utilities, will be a part