The ballroom on the third floor of San Francisco’s Moscone West convention center doesn’t look like special. But in recent years this nondescript hall has become the epicenter of major news about smartphones, tablets, and other cutting-edge mobile gizmos.
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Egypt: Is the Military with or Against the Revolution?
When I met Awad Mahmoud el-Abedy, a 36-year-old tour guide, on Feb. 4, he was manning a pile of stones at the southern entrance to Tahrir Square and had the wild-eyed disheveled look of a freedom fighter
Japan’s Earthquake and Tsunami Warning System Explained
Just after 2:46 p.m.
Strong earthquakes rock South Pacific
Two major earthquakes struck 15 minutes apart Thursday morning near the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Geological Survey said
Another quake hits near Samoan islands
Another earthquake struck near the Samoan islands, an area already devastated by earthquake and tsunami damage.
Samoan Islands earthquake generates small tsunamis
An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 struck in the Samoan Islands region Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said
Clinton to visit heart of Africa’s longest conflict
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton travels to the epicenter of Africa’s longest war Tuesday to try to help victims, especially those of sexual violence, of a regional conflict that’s dragged on more than a decade
Supersonic Concorde, 40 years on
Thursday’s 5.2-magnitude temblor occurred at 2:53 a.m. (12:53 a.m. GMT) about 45 km (28 miles) from L’Aquila, the epicenter of Monday’s 6.3-magnitude quake that killed at least 260 people this week, according to the U.S