MySpace ruling could lead to jail for lying online daters, others (Dec 1, 2008)
The recent conviction in the MySpace suicide case could mean that the days of being able to freely l..
Open source is dead. Long live open source (Dec 1, 2008)
Companies are turning to open source for cost savings and productivity, but will vendors benefit?
Report: Redstone to sell Midway Games stake (Dec 1, 2008)
Media mogul's National Amusements is selling its 87 percent stake in the company to reduce a heavy t..
Microsoft's Surface to drive BMW customization (Dec 1, 2008)
The software giant's multitouch technology will be incorporated in BMW Product Navigator devices at ..
Linux hits the iPhone. Do you care? (Dec 1, 2008)
Linux has been ported to the iPhone, but who cares?
Europe to get cybercrime alert system (Dec 1, 2008)
To be built by Europol, the system will pool reports of crimes such as ID or financial theft online,..
BKAV: Top-notch Vietnamese software raises antivirus bar (Dec 1, 2008)
An online security center in Hanoi offers products and services that redefine online protection.
New 9555 Iridium handset released (Dec 1, 2008)
The Iridium satellite network has just released its third generation handset. It is smaller, lighter..
Morocco issues biometric ID cards (Dec 1, 2008)
The country's national security service says the contactless smart cards, required for all citizens ..
Cyber Monday roundup: My favorite deals (Dec 1, 2008)
Unlike Black Friday, Cyber Monday doesn't stink!
Huffington Post closes $25 million round (Dec 1, 2008)
The liberal news outlet has pulled in significantly more funding than previous reports suggested in ..
The other digital TV transition (Dec 1, 2008)
As the cable industry ramps up its migration to digital TV, confusion mounts with some cable custome..
What you need to know about the digital TV switch (Dec 1, 2008)
The transition to digital TV is fast approaching, with the February 17 deadline just a couple of mon..
Photos: The space station marks a decade aloft (Dec 1, 2008)
The first pieces of the International Space Station went into orbit 10 years ago. Now a full-fledged..
Create a collapsible list in Microsoft Word (Dec 1, 2008)
Use the program's Outline view to show and hide hierarchical lists of information, such as the names..
'60 Minutes' report: How online gamblers unmasked cheaters (Dec 1, 2008)
A joint investigation by 60 Minutes and The Washington Post questions the honesty and security gambl..
Power.com builds complicated bridges between social networks (Dec 1, 2008)
A useful concept marred by a confusing interface: Power.com lets you access all your social networks..
Facebook Connect appears set for expansion (Dec 1, 2008)
The service launched last spring that lets members log onto other Web sites using their Facebook pro..
Hackers boot Linux on iPhone (Dec 1, 2008)
Word of the successful kernel porting was made on the Linux on the iPhone blog, complete with instru..
Round numbers: 10,000 iPhone apps? (Nov 30, 2008)
The iPhone-focused site 148Apps celebrates a big milestone for the popular device, but did it get a ..
Death and taxes in virtual worlds (Nov 30, 2008)
The taxman is coming to your virtual world. Hide your real wallet.
ComScore: Black Friday e-commerce hits $534 million (Nov 30, 2008)
The Thanksgiving weekend was all right, according to ComScore and the National Retail Federation. Pr..
A longer delay for the Large Hadron Collider (Nov 30, 2008)
The world's largest physics experiment has seen a series of setbacks since September, but CERN is de..
A penny for my thoughts. Maybe even less? (Nov 30, 2008)
Using the Internet to cut costs, James Macpherson's outsourcing gambit looks a lot less crazy than i..
Wii leads the way on healthy Black Friday (Nov 30, 2008)
Retailers had reason to smile on the popular shopping day, as consumers went in search of bargains -..
Web searches feed health fears (Dec 1, 2008)
Health information online is breeding a generation of cyberchondriacs - say researchers.
Yahoo signs deal with Virgin Mobile (Dec 1, 2008)
Yahoo agrees a deal that will make it the exclusive search engine for Virgin Mobile's four million s..
EU to search out cyber criminals (Dec 1, 2008)
Police forces will be remotely searching hard drives as Europe steps up the fight against hi-tech th..
Space shuttle touches down safely (Nov 30, 2008)
Nasa's space shuttle Endeavour returns to Earth, landing at an air force base in California after an..
Watching brief (Nov 28, 2008)
Keeping home workers busy
Parallel lives (Nov 28, 2008)
Building digital copies of big cities
White House web (Nov 28, 2008)
How Barack Obama will use the net as US president
Europe backs mobile roaming cap (Nov 28, 2008)
Sending text or downloading data while abroad looks set to get cheaper as Brussels backs caps on roa..
Woman cleared of MySpace bullying (Nov 27, 2008)
A woman accused of driving a teenage girl to kill herself using MySpace has been cleared of cyber-bu..
Europe's 10bn-euro space vision (Nov 26, 2008)
Member states of the European space agency (Esa) have agreed a 10bn-euro budget at their meeting in ..
Spam on rise after brief reprieve (Nov 26, 2008)
Two weeks after the shutdown of a firm hosting massive spamming networks, spam levels are slowly ret..
Online shopping spend in decline (Nov 26, 2008)
For the first time since it began compiling figures, measurement firm comScore finds online spending..
Actor robots take Japanese stage (Nov 26, 2008)
Robots make their acting debut in a new play in Japan - the world's first robot and human experiment..
Italian police show off 'mobile phone gun' seized from mafia (Nov 26, 2008)
Police in Italy have been showing off a tiny gun disguised as a mobile phone which was seized in a r..
YouTube defends video widening (Nov 26, 2008)
The video content site has changed to a widescreen high-definition media player, but some users say ..
You are virtually what you eat: game shows junk food dangers (Nov 26, 2008)
Most young people in the UK are unaware of the serious damage junk food can do to their health, a su..
R u there Dr? (Nov 26, 2008)
Texts and emails could play a big role in the future NHS
Apple made to drop iPhone advert (Nov 26, 2008)
The UK advertising watchdog forces Apple to pull an iPhone advert after ruling it exaggerates the ph..
Musicians urge copyright change (Nov 26, 2008)
Thousands of UK musicians deliver a video message to the prime minister urging him to back an extens..
Mineral wars (Nov 25, 2008)
The battle over Congo's precious natural resources
Mobile internet usage on the rise (Nov 25, 2008)
Mobile net growth is growing eight times faster than PC-based access with over 7 million people now ..
Second Class (Nov 25, 2008)
What can students and teachers learn from virtual worlds?
Death and taxes (Nov 25, 2008)
In-game sales are being eyed up by the tax man
Compulsive gamers 'not addicts' (Nov 25, 2008)
Most gamers seeking treatment for compulsive gaming are not addicts, says the head of Europe's only ..
Europe meets to set space goals (Nov 24, 2008)
Member states of the European Space Agency meeting in The Hague to approve policies and projects for..
Thai airports still closed as court date looms (Dec 1, 2008)
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Restarting operations at Thailand's main airport will take at least a week once ..
Iraq civilian death toll up, U.S. deaths down (Dec 1, 2008)
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The number of civilians killed in Iraq rose last month after a series of Baghdad..
Mumbai gunmen trained in Pakistan: investigators (Dec 1, 2008)
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian investigators said on Monday the militants who attacked Mumbai underwent m..
Global recession rocks Asian and European industry (Dec 1, 2008)
LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) - European and Chinese industry activity slumped in November, Japanese offi..
Car sales slide shows auto crisis worsening (Dec 1, 2008)
PARIS (Reuters) - The global automotive industry faced a fresh wave of bad news Monday, as data show..
Mobile phones distract drivers more than passengers (Dec 1, 2008)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mobile phone calls distract drivers far more than even the chattiest passenge..
Eight killed in suicide blast in Pakistan (Dec 1, 2008)
MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide car-bomber killed eight people on Monday in an attack aimed ..
Obama expected to name Clinton and Gates (Dec 1, 2008)
CHICAGO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama will unveil his national security team on Monday wi..
Credit card industry may cut $2 trillion of lines: analyst (Dec 1, 2008)
(Reuters) - The U.S. credit card industry may pull back well over $2 trillion of lines over the next..
Holiday sales view still weak after weekend rush (Dec 1, 2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consumers made repeat trips to stores and spent more on bargains this holiday w..
Iraq and Iran resume swaps of 1980s war dead (Nov 30, 2008)
SHALAMCHA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iran and Iraq on Sunday exchanged the remains of a total of 241 soldiers..
Somali pirates to release Ukraine ship with arms (Nov 30, 2008)
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somali pirates and owners of a Ukrainian ship laden with 33 tanks and other mili..
Suicide bomber hits German embassy vehicle in Kabul (Nov 30, 2008)
KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber hit a German embassy vehicle in the Afghan capital Sunday, killin..
Microsoft and Yahoo in talks again on online unit: report (Nov 30, 2008)
LONDON (Reuters) - Microsoft Inc is in talks with Yahoo Inc to buy the U.S. internet company's onlin..
Iraq says critics can wait to judge U.S. over pact (Nov 30, 2008)
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's government tried to quell criticism on Sunday of a security pact which se..
Indian anger rises as Mumbai cleans up (Nov 30, 2008)
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Mumbai on Sunday mopped up the streets where Islamist gunmen rampaged and killed ..
Thai police order airport protesters to disperse (Nov 30, 2008)
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police on Sunday again ordered anti-government protesters who have laid sie..
Troops patrol after clashes kill hundreds in Nigeria (Nov 30, 2008)
JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) - Sporadic bursts of gunfire rattled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Sund..
Shuttle crew prepares for Sunday homecoming (Nov 30, 2008)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The shuttle Endeavour astronauts packed equipment and tested lan..
Hundreds of South Koreans leave North before clampdown (Nov 30, 2008)
SEOUL (Reuters) - Hundreds of South Koreans streamed out of the communist North at the weekend, expe..
Bill Clinton agrees to release donor's names (Nov 30, 2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton has agreed to make public the names of more than ..
Asian economies stumble (Nov 30, 2008)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. shoppers awoke early for post-Thanksgiving sales on Friday in a key test o..
Holiday sales get off to slow start (Nov 30, 2008)
COLUMBIA, Maryland (Reuters) - The holiday shopping season got off to a slow start as consumers, squ..
Iraq's Sistani has concerns about U.S. pact: source (Nov 29, 2008)
NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's influential Shi'ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has reserva..
Commandos mop up last of Mumbai militants (Nov 29, 2008)
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Commandos killed the last Islamist gunmen holed up at Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel on..