A poll asking people whether President Barack Obama "should be killed" has been taken down on the popular social networking site Facebook, and is being investigated by the Secret Service.
Cisco will acquire Norwegian video communications firm Tandberg for about $3 billion in a cash deal. The deal is a 25 percent premium on Tandberg's three-month average price. If unopposed, it will likely close during the first half of 2010.
Even a president dealing with huge national and international problems has to make time to take his wife out to dinner on their wedding anniversary.
Apple's App Store, which offers free and low-cost applications for its iPhone and iPod devices, reached an important milestone; offering 85,000 apps and logging over 2 billion downloads.
David Letterman shocked his audience Thursday night with the revelation of an extortion plot against him. The "Late Show" host told a story involving how someone was threatening to reveal his sexual relations with staffers.
Madonna quit Britain because people called her "Madge." The "Material Girl" singer - who moved from London to New York following her divorce form British director husband Guy Ritchie - "can't stand" being referred to by the nickname because of the connotations it has.