Curt Schilling, the former Boston Red Sox pitcher, left baseball to start 38 Studios, a video game company, maker of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Read more »
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Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's No. 2 executive, considers herself a role model for women. But her call isn't simply about mentoring and empowering; it's also a business strategy.
Mark Zuckerberg plans to exercise stock options with an estimated value of $5 billion ahead of Facebook's initial public offering, which will translate into a big tax benefit for the company.
Viviane Reding, the European Union justice commissioner, is pressing Google to halt changes to its privacy policies while the implications for personal data protection are being explored.
Steve Appleton was chief executive for 18 years and built an executive team with deep experience working together. Micron's main business of memory chips is poised for an upswing, too, which could help smooth disruptions.
Google has released details on a security system it is using to defend the Android app store from software that can harm its users. Called Bouncer, the service analyzes apps for suspicious activity and flags them before they have a chance to get into the store.
The technology reporters and editors of The New York Times scour the Web for important and peculiar news. Friday's selection includes items on federal authorities seizing sports Web sites, large companies that do not admit to the S.E.C. that they have been hacked and cellphone peace in wired subway stations.
Brazilian hackers claimed credit for taking down the Citigroup and Citibank Web sites. A Citigroup spokesman confirmed that its consumer site had experienced a temporary outage but said Citigroup had been able to restore Web site operations within one hour and was continuing to monitor its systems.
The Saints have the NFC South title, and Drew Brees has a place in NFL history. Brees broke Dan Marino's single-season passing record as New Orleans hammered the Falcons 45-16.
DALLAS (AP) Ty Lawson scored 20 of his 27 points in the first half and the Denver Nuggets faced little resistance on their
way to a 115-93 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night.
China Mengniu Dairy, China's largest dairy company by sales, said it destroyed milk products found to be contaminated with carcinogens, in the latest scare for the country's scandal-hit industry.
South Korea will bolster efforts to counter illegal Chinese fishing in its waters, after a Coast Guard officer died after he was stabbed by a Chinese fishing boat captain earlier this month.
China sentenced a dissident to a 10-year prison term just days after sentencing one to a nine-year term, a move analysts said reflects continued fears in Beijing that the unrest that shook authoritarian regimes across the Arab world could spread.
Coach Mike D’Antoni all but said there was no chance of a return by Nate Robinson to an already banged-up Knicks team, instead suggesting that Mike Bibby would help fill a hole at guard.
Iran jams channels like the BBC on Western satellites even as Iran's state media company broadcasts pro-government news on some of the same satellites, and at times has aired forced confessions of political detainees.
Iran jams channels like the BBC on Western satellites even as Iran's state media company broadcasts pro-government news on some of the same satellites, and at times has aired forced confessions of political detainees.
Iran jams channels like the BBC on Western satellites even as Iran's state media company broadcasts pro-government news on some of the same satellites, and at times has aired forced confessions of political detainees.
Four of the N.B.A.’s five Christmas games generated higher viewership this year over last year, perhaps not a surprise because they opened the lockout-shortened season.
Three playoff spots, and a slew of seedings, will be determined on the final day of the regular season. But for a longer-term effect on the N.F.L., look to the otherwise meaningless game between Jacksonville and Indianapolis.
The team has adopted Tom Coughlin’s understated toughness to overcome injuries, and seemingly long odds, to remain in control of their playoff fate heading into Sunday night’s finale against Dallas.