If you’ve ever dreamed of Siri doing useful things for you around the house, you’ll be interested to hear of what one developer did. As with most of its products, Apple had a very tight grasp on Siri — that is, … Continue reading ? Article source: http://news.yahoo.com/seminal-rpg-chrono-trigger-coming-iphone-231425883.html

NEW YORK (AP) — One of the country’s largest publishers, Penguin Group (USA), has suspended making e-editions of new books available to libraries and won’t allow libraries to loan any e-books for Amazon.com’s Kindle. “We have always placed a high value on the role that libraries can play in connecting our authors with our readers,” [...]

BARCELONA (Reuters) – The semiconductor industry is looking at first signs of recovery as it struggles to clear inventories of unsold chips stemming from a slowdown in consumer spending, industry executives said on Thursday. The industry hit a slump as demand for consumer gadgets has slowed in Europe and elsewhere due to economic uncertainties at [...]

TORONTO (Reuters) – Underperforming Canadian companies should brace for a wave of shareholder activism as investors try to wring value from portfolios that have been battered in a global market slump. In the last few weeks alone, three top companies – BlackBerry maker Research In Motion , grain handler Viterra Inc and Canadian Pacific Railway [...]

CINCINNATI (Reuters) – Former Procter Gamble chief executive John G. Smale, credited with transforming the two major international companies he led during his career, died on Saturday at age 84. Smale served as chief executive officer of Cincinnati-based Procter Gamble from 1981 to 1990. Under his watch, the company … Article source: http://news.yahoo.com/research-firm-amazon-tablet-costs-201-70-135313045.html