» Mobiles wrecking havoc on bee populations
Written by : Caron Armande |  Published on : 10:21:00EST Mon, 16 Apr 2007

LONDON - Signals emitted from mobile phones have annihilated bee populations by the droves in Britain, a report published in The Sun claims.

» YouTube is blocked in Thailand for posting anti-King video clips
Written by : Archibald Freeman |  Published on : 04:18:01EST Mon, 09 Apr 2007

Video-sharing and community networking site YouTube has been blocked in Thailand by the army-supported government of the country following posting of some video clips on the site apparently offensive to the country's king, Bhumibol Adulyadej. The site has not been available to users in the country since Wednesday after the clips mocking the king appeared on the site.

» Lactose tolerance is part of evolution, say scientists
Written by : Paul Robinson |  Published on : 08:03:00EST Tue, 27 Feb 2007

Humans became tolerant towards lactose only about 7,000 years ago and milk was not part of the diet for them in ancient times, according to new research by scientists at the Mainz University in Germany.

» Google Maps used in phishing scam
Written by : Caron Armande |  Published on : 05:36:00EST Wed, 21 Feb 2007

A phishing scam that uses Google Maps to reveal the physical location of IP addresses has affected customers of at least two Australian banks. The malicious code of this scam was inserted into fake news, which revealed that the Australian prime minister had suffered a heart attack.

» Google study unravels myths about hard drive life
Written by : Paul Robinson |  Published on : 05:12:01EST Wed, 21 Feb 2007

Heavy use of computer hard drives and high temperatures are not related to drive failures, according to a study by search engine Google.

» Belgian court rules that Google violated copyright laws
Written by : Jun Shen |  Published on : 08:36:00EST Thu, 15 Feb 2007

BRUSSELS - A Belgian court has ruled that Google violated the copyright of several Belgian newspapers by posting extracts of their stories on the Google News Web site.

» China uses a ground missile to destroy its aging satellite
Written by : Tabitha Ratliff |  Published on : 07:33:00EST Fri, 19 Jan 2007

A major test carried out by China when it used a ground-based missile to destroy one of its aging satellites, has evoked criticism from several countries, especially the U.S., Canada, Japan and Australia. They have sought an explanation from China why it fired a missile into space.

» Apple's iPhone is a winner
Written by : Kavindra Rani |  Published on : 04:36:01EST Thu, 11 Jan 2007

SAN FRANCISCO - The annual Macworld Expo in San Francisco is usually a happy time for Apple fans and this year was no different as CEO Steve Jobs fulfilled the wishes of millions of Apple fans by unveiling the iPhone. Although rumors to this effect have been floating around for the past year, the device itself was a pleasant surprise.

» YouTube fails to implement anti-piracy system as promised
Written by : Paul Robinson |  Published on : 05:06:01EST Tue, 02 Jan 2007

Community networking and video-sharing website YouTube could not keep up its promise to incorporate anti-piracy software by the year-end to tackle illegal use of copyrighted content on the website.

» Windows Vista sports a flaw
Written by : Tabitha Ratliff |  Published on : 07:48:00EST Thu, 28 Dec 2006

NEW YORK - The new operating system introduced by Microsoft; Windows Vista, is not as safe as thought. A Russian site revealed that the detection of a flaw in Vista could even let hackers gain entry into the system, according to a report in the New York Times.