LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Shares of Apple Inc slid more than 4 percent on Tuesday after a poor review for its iPhone 4 from an influential consumer guide underpinned mounting complaints about the hot-selling device’s reception.
Consumer Reports said on Monday it could not recommend the iPhone 4 — which sold 1.7 million units worldwide in [...]

The new iOS 4 firmware update has arrived for newer iPhone and iPod Touch models. Here’s what you need to know to get the most out of the new, improved operating system.
First off, have you actually upgraded? If not, here’s how.
Afterwards, be sure to go to iTunes and download the apps updated for iOS 4. [...]

Follow Martin Rogers on Twitter at @mrogersyahoo
JOHANNESBURG – The World Cup is an unforgiving place, as the United States is finding out in a hurry.
Just one game into the tournament – a highly commendable draw against one of the world’s top-rated teams in England – the Americans already are facing a do-or-die showdown in South [...]

A little more than a week ahead of the expected release of the latest version of the iPhone OS, Apple is opening the floodgates to applications that take advantage of the latest iOS 4 features. Topping the list, of course: multitasking.
TechCrunch reports that Apple has fired off a series of e-mails to developers, inviting them [...]

By Tony Bradley, PC World
With the launch of IOS4 — the rebranded iPhone OS 4 — and the recent unveiling of Android 2.2, the leading edge smartphones have new OS platforms to build on. There are a lot of cool “bells and whistles” type features in both, but when it comes to deploying the smartphone [...]

PHILADELPHIA —American players lingered on the field, waving to adoring red-white-and-blue clad fans. They hope to be making a similar victory lap when games count next month.
Landon Donovan set up second-half goals by Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey, leading the United States over Turkey 2-1 on Saturday in the Americans’ last exhibition before leaving for [...]

Background
One African Cup of Nations title and two World Cup appearances show that South Africa have accomplished a great deal since being readmitted to CAF and FIFA in the early nineties.
The side has a number of players plying their trade in Europe, ranging from the Premier League to the Israeli top flight. The South African [...]

At it’s release many heralded the iPhone as the productivity gadget that would change the world for working professionals everywhere. And yet, it only hinted at what the iPad now offers. It’s hard to over estimate the difference that a larger screen and faster processor can have on one’s out-of-office productivity ability.
For those that haven’t [...]

Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs on Thursday sharply criticized Adobe Systems popular Flash multimedia software, calling it unreliable and ill-suited for mobile devices, escalating a pitched battle between the two companies.
Analysts said Jobs’ pointed, nearly 1,700-word manifesto — which Apple posted on its website — helped push Adobe’s shares down nearly 2 percent, as [...]

The national government owes it to the rest of the country to promote growth in Greater Copenhagen
The economic slump of the 1980s may seem so far off, yet it lurks just over the horizon and threatens to come back if we fail to prevent Copenhagen and the rest of the capital region from falling behind [...]