Samsung copied iPhone, claims Apple
Apple lawyers say internal documents reveal that South Korean company set out to mimic its smartphoneA lawyer for Apple told jurors on Tuesdaythat internal Samsung documents show that the South Korean...
View ArticleEurozone crisis: the bankers are happy to play Nero as Europe burns | Simon...
To prop up the euro – whose survival is vital only for the banks' balance sheets – a generation is thrown into povertyWhile Rome burned, Nero put on fancy dress, stood on a tower and played his lyre....
View ArticleLetters: Twitter clampdown threat to free speech
Most of us will be repulsed by the Twitter message sent to Tom Daley, but we should be more disturbed by the police arrest of the culprit (Teenager arrested over malicious tweets sent to Tom Daley, 31...
View ArticleI'm nearly 30 – am I running out of time to make new friends? | Bim Adewunmi
A recent article suggests the period for making BFFS the way you did in your teens and 20s is over – so have I accumulated the right kinds of friends?Once, after spending four straight days alone in my...
View ArticleSamsung rejects Apple claim that it deliberately copied iPhone
Apple lawyer tells California jury that Samsung chose to imitate iPhone 'because it was easier to copy than innovate'Samsung deliberately chose to duplicate Apple's iPhone because "it was easier to...
View ArticleLondon 2012: Gold medal swimming coach defends Ye Shiwen - video
Swimming coach Jon Rudd criticises US coach John Leonard for doubting the talent of record-breaking swimmer Ye Shiwen
View ArticleRapper Snoop Dogg is now a reggae performer named Snoop Lion
Snoop puts the Dogg to bed after spiritual awakening in Jamaica, saying he wants to seek out new challengesSnoop Dogg is dead! Long live Snoop Lion!The rumors are true! Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr – aka...
View ArticleYe Shiwen calmly takes another gold as drug claim storm rages around her
Chinese teenager at centre of doping allegations leaves the controversy – and her opponents – behind her in the poolAs eight swimmers took to the blocks for the women's 200m individual medley at the...
View ArticleMau Mau verdict: Britain must undo its imperial anmesia | Priyamvada Gopal
The case brought by elderly Kikuyu tortured in the Kenyan emergency allows a more honest account of Britain's identityThe high court will shortly issue a verdict in a case brought before it by three...
View ArticleMaeve Binchy, we'll miss you | Felicity Hayes-McCoy
Millions of readers around the world will remember Maeve as a great writer, but for me she was the best of teachers tooMaeve Binchy was one of the most vibrant personalities I've ever known. She was a...
View ArticleLondon 2012: Slow Niger rower says he will inspire others into sport - video
Slow Niger rower Hammadou Djibo Issaka says he will encourage new talent
View ArticleLondon 2012: US gymnastics victory rolls back the years
The new crop of US gymnasts made winning gold in the team event – for the first time since Atlanta 1996 – look easyIt started life as the Millennium Dome, and we have since been instructed to refer to...
View ArticleCongress vote on EU carbon tax may block US airlines from paying
Senate committee clears way for US airlines to be ordered to ignore Europe's carbon emissions taxCongress threatened to bring chaos to European Union airports on Tuesday, moving towards a vote on a...
View ArticleRomney campaign attacks media
Mitt Romney and his staff lash out at US media coverage of his inept, error-strewn overseas trip - live coverage hereRichard Adams
View ArticleSyria rebels 'take Aleppo police stations'
Renewed clashes reported in Syria's biggest city as al-Qaida fighters join battle against governmentHaroon SiddiqueBrian Whitaker
View ArticleIndia blackouts leave 700m with no power
Power cuts plunge 20 of India's 28 states into darkness as energy suppliers fail to meet growing demandMore than 700 million people in India have been left without power in the world's worst modern...
View ArticleFamily tell of grief over Briton feared drowned in Canadian river
Andrew Barrie is thought to have been swept to his death over waterfalls while on holiday in British ColumbiaThe family of a man thought to have been swept to his death over waterfalls in Canada have...
View ArticleShould private corporations take sides in America's gay marriage debate?
Poll Companies like Chick-fil-A are drawing support and criticism for opposing same-sex marriage in America. Should corporations have a public stance in the debate?
View ArticleFed gives gloomy forecast on US recovery but no new stimulus yet
Federal open market committee says US recovery has 'decelerated somewhat' and gives hint over possible action laterThe US Federal Reserve signalled on Wednesday that it is increasingly worried about...
View ArticlePussy Riot are a reminder that revolution always begins in culture | Suzanne...
Vladimir Putin is right to be frightened by Pussy Riot. They are essentially a concept and you can't stop a conceptSome people have their eyes on the prize. A prize beyond medals. That prize is...
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