Even as Apple’s iPad will likely energize electronic reading, the new device is undermining a painstakingly constructed effort by the publishing industry to make it possible to move e-books between different electronic readers.
The slim, 1.5-pound “tablet” computer unveiled last week will be linked to Apple Inc.’s first e-book store when it goes on sale in [...]

Toyota is the latest Japanese corporate icon making headlines for all the wrong reasons.
News of the automaker’s massive vehicle recalls over faulty gas pedals in the U.S. came just days after Japan Airlines, a once proud flag carrier, filed for bankruptcy, saddled with billions in debt.
Sony has lost its lead in consumer gadgets to the [...]

UN chief Ban Ki-moon’s top political adviser Lynn Pascoe will visit North Korea in February as part of a four-nation tour that will also take him to China, Japan and South Korea, a UN statement said Sunday.
Ban’s press office said Pascoe, the UN under secretary general for political affairs, would visit North Korea from February [...]

The company charged with selling off General Motors’ unwanted assets is suing BMW for breaking the terms of a contract to buy gearboxes, a GM factory spokesman said on Sunday.
Motors Liquidation Company (MLC) has filed a suit against the German motor giant at New York’s bankruptcy court, saying BMW unfairly reduced its order for gearboxes [...]

The Obama administration on Sunday endorsed spending an additional $100 billion to attack painfully high unemployment as it prepared to send Congress a $3.8 trillion budget that would provide billions more to pull the country out of the Great Recession while increasing taxes on the wealthy and imposing a spending freeze on many government programs.
White [...]

 China and the United States were locked Sunday in an escalating row over US arms sales to Taiwan, with Washington rebuffing Chinese protests and insisting the deal promotes stability in the Taiwan Strait.
The Pentagon Friday sparked the latest challenge to China-US relations under President Barack Obama when it approved the 6.4-billion-dollar sale of Patriot missiles, [...]

Egypt claimed an unprecedented third successive Africa Cup of Nations title thanks to a 1-0 win over Ghana in Luanda. The substitute Mohamed Gedo scored the winner five minutes from full time after playing a one-two with Mohamed Zidan.
Ghana were the better team for much of the game but were unable to create many clear-cut [...]

 Australia–Roger Federer dismantled Andy Murray in the Australian Open final Sunday to extend his own record to 16 Grand Slam titles and prolong the British drought.
Mr. Federer collected his fourth Australian Open title with a 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (11) win at Rod Laver Arena that, apart from the tiebreaker, lacked the drama and raw emotion [...]

The year is 2185, two years since the climax of the original Mass Effect. You are Commander Shepard. You are a hero. You are dead. This unfortunate condition does not absolve you from saving humanity again, however. Your new employer does not see complete absence of motor function as an excuse to lie around. And [...]

Good afternoon everybody. It’s New Money against No Money at Eastlands today, with Manchester City taking on Portsmouth in a mouth-watering clash many are describing as “seventh in the table against rock-bottom”.
Still smarting from the cuffing they got from city neighbours Manchester United in the Carling Cup semi-final during the week, a win for City [...]