ROME (AP) -- Tennis officials are considering adding third-set tiebreakers at the 2016 Rio Olympics after marathon matches in London this year.
Also, bronze-medal matches could be eliminated to lighten the loads of players entered in multiple events.
ITF president Francesco Ricci Bitti tells The Associated Press at the European Olympic Committees meeting in Rome that the matches this year were ''very...
FCC chairman urges FAA to revise in-flight iPad rules
Labels: TechNo, it doesn’t make any sense that you have to turn off your iPad or Kindle during airplane landings, and now the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission wants to see that change. In a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration, FCC chairman Julius Genachowski urged the agency to “enable greater use of tablets, e-readers, and other portable devices” on flights, The Hill reports. Genachowski...
Top Google executive forced off Twitter
Labels: TechWorking at Google (GOOG) has its benefits — for one thing, the company’s reputation as an innovator is nearly unmatched — however things aren’t always as simple as they look. After making a joke on Twitter about Microsoft and Nokia’s Windows Phone partnership, Google’s senior vice president of engineering Vic Gundotra was told to stop using the micro-blogging site. Gundotra had been using the social...
Google hauled in $1 billion in Google Apps revenue this year
Labels: TechGoogle (GOOG) isn’t just be a consumer tech company anymore. Unnamed sources have told the Wall Street Journal that Google ”generated around $1 billion from the sale of Google Apps and separate mapping software to businesses and governments” over the past year, signifying that Google has made significant progress in its push into the business technology market. The Journal notes that “more than five...
APNewsBreak: Dispute over records at nuclear plant
Labels: TechLOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal board Friday ordered the operator of a shuttered nuclear power plant in California to turn over dozens of pages of documents that were withheld when the company submitted a plan to restart one of its damaged twin reactors.
The records at issue were prepared by industry experts who have helped Southern California Edison investigate why the San Onofre plant's nearly new...
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Ini Alasan Rhoma Irama Siap Maju jadi Capres
Labels: BusinessRhoma Irama memantapkan niatnya untuk maju dalam bursa calon presiden 2014 mendatang. Terlebih lagi setelah dirinya mendapat dukungan dari Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa (PKB). Selain itu, dia memiliki alasan lain di balik niatnya tersebut.
"Saya didorong untuk maju karena nama Rhoma sudah jadi icon Islam. Karena adanya keresahan di dunia politik itu yang membuat saya tidak bisa nolak. Itu yang membuat...
Benda Mirip Petasan Asap Meledak Saat Pilkades di Semarang
Labels: BusinessEnam buah benda mirip petasan meledak di tempat pemungutan suara Pemilihan Kepala Desa (Pilkades) di Desa Suruh, Kecamatan Suruh, Kabupaten Semarang. Benda tersebut meledak dibelakang panggung tempat dua calon kepala desa duduk.
Peristiwa terjadi sekitar pukul 13.50, Minggu (2/12/2012) siang. Saat perhitungan suara baru saja dimulai, tiba-tiba dari belakang panggung terdengar bunyi ledakan kecil...
Obama peringatkan Assad tidak gunakan senjata kimia
Labels: BusinessObama meminta Presiden Assad tidak melakukan kesalahan tragis.
Presiden AS Barack Obama memperingatkan Presiden Suriah Bashar al-Assad bahwa dia akan menghadapi konsekuensi jika menggunakan senjata kimia terhadap warganya.
"Dunia mengamati. Penggunaan senjata kimia sepenuhnya tidak bisa diterima, kata Obama.
Dalam sebuah pidato terkait non-proliferasi nuklir di Universitas Pertahanan Nasional di...
Wasit tewas dipukuli pemain sepakbola
Labels: BusinessRichard Nieuwwenhuizen kerap menjadi hakim garis bagi klub Buitenboys.
Seorang wasit liga sepakbola remaja di Belanda dilaporkan tewas setelah dipukuli oleh sekelompok pemain berusia belasan tahun.
Wasit bernama Richard Nieuwenhuizen sempat dibawa ke rumah sakit setempat beberapa jam setelah kasus pemukulan yang dilakukan oleh tiga pemain sepakbola yang tergabung di klub Nieuw Sloten.
Nieuwenhuizen...
Novel terbaru JK Rowling diangkat dalam drama televisi
Labels: BusinessCasual Vacancy merupakan novel dewasa pertama Rowling setelah Harry Potter.
Setelah buku Harry Potter sukses dalam layar lebar, kini buku lain JK Rowling, The Casual Vacancy, juga akan diangkat dalam drama televisi BBC.
Drama televisi adaptasi novel dewasa pertama JK Rowling ini diperkirakan akan ditayangkan di layar kaca BBC One pada tahun 2014 mendatang.
Rowling mengatakan dia senang novelnya...
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