Science & Technology
Russian hacker discovers easy way to get iPhone and iPad app for free
A Russian hacker has discovered an easy way to get in-app purchases on the iPhone and iPad for free. The process is potentially damaging for...
Top 10 passwords used in hacked Yahoo! accounts
Despite security warnings a shocking number of internet users continue to use some of the most blatant letter and number combinations. In the wake of...
Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft blasts off for International Space Station
Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA-05M carrying a three-man crew has blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS). The Soyuz rocket set off from Kazakhstan at...
Digg sold to Betaworks and combined to News.me
The news aggregator website Digg has been sold to Betaworks, a technology group based in New York. Digg announced the news on its blog saying...
Amazing Alex: Angry Birds creator launches its first new franchise since 2009
Rovio, the creator of Angry Birds video games, is launching Amazing Alex, its first new franchise since 2009. Amazing Alex's performance will be closely watched...
O2 network partially restored as engineers still work on 3G
O2 network problems that hit hundreds of thousands of customers have continued into a second day. The UK leading provider of mobile phones and broadband...
Alzheimer’s early signs appear 25 years before first symptoms
A team at Washington University School of Medicine has assembled a "timeline" of the unseen progress of Alzheimer's before symptoms appear. Scientists looked at families...
Drinking Time Machine phone app shows how binge will ravage your looks
Drinking Time Machine, a chilling new phone app, gives users an insight into how they will look after ten years of binge drinking. The app...
T-shirt developed to charge mobile phones
Scientists at the University of South Carolina have developed a T-shirt capable to store electrical power. The T-shirt could pave the way for clothes that are able...
Google fined $22.5M by FTC for ignoring customers’ privacy settings
Google Inc. has been fined $22.5 million by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for ignoring the privacy settings of customers using Apple's Safari...
How to quit Google
Is it possible to go online without being noticed by Google? Three computer professionals try to part ways with Google. Tom Henderson spends what he...
DNS Changer malware: thousands face internet loss as FBI shuts off infected servers
More than 300,000 people worldwide could lose internet access later today as the FBI shuts off servers used by cyber thieves. The FBI seized the...
How to avoid meltdown if your computer is infected with DNS changer malware
Tens of thousands of Americans whose computers are infected with DNS changer malware will lose Internet service on Monday. However, the meltdown is preventable by...
New attempts to convert Prof. Stephen Hawking’s brainwaves into speech
US scientist Prof. Philip Low is to unveil details of work on the brain patterns of Prof. Stephen Hawking which he says could help...
First image of Christian Grey character from Fifty Shades of Grey created by Dr. Faye Skelton
The "first picture" of character Christian Grey from E.L. James's novel Fifty Shades of Grey has been created by Dr. Faye Skelton, who has...
EP67 nasal spray can fight off flu in just two hours
Scientists have developed EP67, a new spray that helps boost the immune system can fight off flu in just two hours - even before...
Yahoo and Facebook end their patent row and form ad alliance
Facebook and Yahoo have settled their patent row and formed an advertising alliance. Yahoo had sued Facebook in March claiming 10 of its intellectual properties...
Most realistic robot legs developed by University of Arizona
The most biologically-accurate robotic legs yet has been developed by US experts. Writing in the Journal of Neural Engineering, US experts said the work could...
Robot avatars to double paralyzed patients through brain scanner
Robot avatars have got a step closer to being the real world doubles of those who are paralyzed or have locked-in-syndrome. Scientists have made a...
Meteosat-10 launched to maintain Europe’s weather services
The latest spacecraft in Europe's long-running Meteosat series has just gone into orbit on an Ariane rocket. It is now being manoeuvred into a position...
Smartphones boost Samsung Electronics profits
Samsung Electronics says that it expects its profits to surge 79% in the second quarter as sales of its smartphones continue to grow. It has...
Frog named after Prince Charles, Hyloscirtus princecharlesi
Hyloscirtus princecharlesi, a newly discovered tree frog, has been named after Prince Charles in recognition of his charity work to protect their rainforest homes. Hyloscirtus...
Smartphones running Google’s Android hijacked by botnet
A Microsoft researcher says Smartphones running Google's Android software have been hijacked by an illegal botnet. Botnets are large illegal networks of infected machines -...
Smoking women’ embryos grow more slowly
French academics in an IVF clinic found that time-lapse photography has shown that embryos of smoking women develop more slowly. Experts took regular pictures of...
ACTA rejected by European Parliament
The European Parliament has voted yesterday to reject the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). The proposed agreement sought to curb piracy, but internet campaigners said it...
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