The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that AOL Inc. may be exploring new options like a possible deal with Yahoo Inc.The Journal said that AOL has not reached out to Yahoo with a proposal, but that AOL’s advisers have been showing compan…
What is the most important account you sign into each day? If it’s a Windows Live or Hotmail service than Windows Phone 7 is bound to be the best smartphone for you. Microsoft has come up with a fresh style for what is a very familiar set of touc…
The delay of space shuttle Discovery’s launch to the end of the month should not impact the overall schedule for the final missions of NASA’s three-orbiter fleet, agency officials said.
More than half of the households that used the Internet in 2009 used broadband, a new study by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) has revealed.The result…
In the midst of our Diwali celebrations, an ember of Greek mythology glinted into our office in a familiar package. As we unpacked the dressing, another intimidating Razer product surfaced on our…
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The Royal Navy website is currently suspended after being targeted by a hacker. The Royal Navy’s website was suspended today after being hacked into over the weekend.
The extraordinary case of Phineas Gage has been used and abused by neurologists and even the occasional creationist. Mo Costandi summarises what we know, and what we don’tThe photograph above, which was uncovered earlier this year, is one of only two known images of an otherwise unremarkable man named Phineas Gage who attained near-legendary status [...]
On Monday, China is reported to have released photos that its lunar probe took of the spot the nation picked out for its first landing on the moon. The National Space Administration said in a statement that the photos of the moon’s surface w…
Scientists say they have for the first time tracked how certain nontoxic elements of oil from the BP spill quickly became dinner for plankton, entering the food web in the Gulf of Mexico.
The bug that keeps people in bed lives on: when will Apple roll out iOS 4.2 to fix it?Photo by kodomut on Flickr. Some rights reservedThe iPhone DST bug is making its way around the world and has hit the US – where people found that they slept through for an hour after the end [...]
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has joined Facebook, adding a presence on the world’s most popular social network to the royal family’s accounts on Twitter, photo-sharing site Flickr and YouTube.
Google’s latest Doodle is celebrating 115 years of X-ish technology. No, we don’t mean X-Files or X-Men: we mean X-rays.
The breakthrough means perfectly matched blood could be made to order for patients who have lost the ability to make their own as a result of leukaemia or chemotherapyScientists have turned clumps of human skin into blood cells in a feat that could revolutionise cancer therapy and the treatment of blood disorders such as anaemia. [...]
Scientists find link between mild painkiller use in pregnancy and raised risk of having a son with cryptorchidismThe use of mild painkillers, such as paracetamol, in pregnancy – previously considered harmless to the baby in the womb – could be a major factor in the rise of male reproductive disorders, according to a study.Scientists in [...]
In all sectors (not just the internet), we’d like to gather the information about where and what the UK’s brightest startups are. Younger than 5 years, fewer than 100 people, less than £10m turnover, in technology? You qualifyTalking the other day to Sarah Wood of Unruly Media in London’s Brick Lane, I began wondering about [...]