Mercedes-Benz sales increased 11.6%

The German car maker Mercedes-Benz increased sales in the first six months of the year to 607,400 vehicles, up to 11.6 percent over the same months in 2009. Mercedes-Benz Cars, comprising the brands of Mercedes-Benz, Smart, Maybach and AMG, reported today that improved sales in the first half, which was possible by the success of [...]

Hundreds of accounts hacked on Apple’s iTunes App Store

Several users of iTunes have warned of manipulation in the ranking of applications for the iPhone. As reported, for an indefinite period, the category of books have shown 40 of the 50 most popular apps belonging to a developer called Vietnamese Nguyen Thuat. Presumably, Nguyen himself had hacked the App Store for advertising to promote [...]

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has cost BP $3 bln

The costs resulting from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has now reached $3,120 million, but the company estimated that the final cost of work containment may be higher. This was reported today by British Petroleum (BP) in a statement, which said the figure released today includes the cost of spill containment, [...]

Android 3.0 will be available in the fourth quarter for high-end terminals

Only high-end terminals, and potentially the tablets, may use the new Android 3.0, the open source operating system from Google. The Android 2.2 also known as Froy was just released (which among other things incorporates Flash 10.1, Davlik JIT compiler and the ability to run applications from a memory card) and Google already begins to [...]

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