Science & Technology
Farmville 2 unveiled at Zynga’s Unleashed press event in San Francisco
Zynga has unveiled Farmville 2, a sequel to its most successful video game to date. Farmville 2 builds on the original real-time farming simulation adding...
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales banned in US
A US court has banned sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the country while it decides on the firm's patent dispute with...
Orbitz travel site targets Mac users with costlier hotels
Mac users booking hotels on the Orbitz travel site could end up paying more for their holidays, reports the Wall Street Journal. Orbitz told the...
How to manually revert your Facebook email address
If you haven't looked closely at your Facebook contact information in a while, then it may come as a surprise. The social network has taken...
Facebook changes users email address without notification
Facebook has taken it upon itself to change its 900 million users' email address and replace it with one that ends in “@facebook.com”. The changeover...
Stress and dementia link to be investigated
British researchers are to begin a study to find out if stress can trigger dementia. The investigation, funded by the Alzheimer's Society, will monitor 140...
Microsoft buys Yammer for $1.2 billion
Microsoft confirms it has bought the office social network site Yammer for $1.2 billion. The business, which is four years old and has five million...
Voice algorithms can detect Parkinson’s disease symptoms, Max Little has discovered
British mathematician Max Little has come up with a non-invasive, cheap test which he hopes will offer a quick new way to identify Parkinson’s...
Google TV service to be launched in UK with Sony tie-up
Google and Sony have announced a tie-up that will see Google's interactive TV service made available outside the US for the first time. The set-top...
Lonesome George tortoise dies at Galapagos National Park
Staff at the Galapagos National Park in Ecuador has announced that Lonesome George, a giant tortoise believed to be the last of its subspecies,...
Shenzhou-9 spacraft makes first Chinese manual docking with Tiangong-1 lab
China has successfully completed its first ever manual docking of a spacecraft with another space module as astronauts on the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft docked with...
Did codebreaker Alan Turing really suicide?
Alan Turing, the British mathematical genius and codebreaker born on June 23, 1912, may not have committed suicide, as is widely believed. At a conference...
Rio+20 Summit ends with corporate power warning
Rio+20, the UN sustainable development summit in Brazil, has ended with world leaders adopting a political declaration hammered out a few days previously. Environment and...
Twitter taken down by cascading bug
Twitter blames a "cascading bug" for rendering the social networking site inaccessible yesterday. Users from around the world reported difficulties logging on to the site...
Planned obsolescence: How your gadgets are built to break
Throughout history electronics manufacturers have sold products with built-in obsolescence, or introduced new formats forcing consumers to rebut accessories and even music, films and...
Apple accused of making all iPhone accessories obsolete by changing design of its future device
Apple was accused yesterday of ripping off consumers as it emerged the next version of the iPhone could render all current accessories obsolete. Outraged iPhone...
H5N1 bird flu virus mutations could cause deadly human pandemic
Scientists warn the H5N1 bird flu virus could change into a form able to spread rapidly between humans. Researchers have identified five genetic changes that...
Kripparrian completes Diablo III video game
Just over a month after the release of Diablo III, Kripparrian, a pro player, has managed to complete the game on its hardest setting. Toronto-based...
AWARE2 gigapixel camera creates images with unprecedented detail
US engineers have unveiled AWARE2, a new camera capable of creating images with "unprecedented detail". The prototype machine is capable of taking pictures with resolutions...
Queen of Sheba legend origins written in Ethiopians DNA
Scientists claim they found that clues to the origins of the Queen of Sheba legend are written in the DNA of some Africans. Genetic research...
Apple ordered to pay damages to Samsung Electronics by a court in the Netherlands
Giant tech company Apple has been ordered to pay damages to rival Samsung Electronics by a court in the Netherlands. The court said that Apple...
Windows Phone 8, updated version of Microsoft smartphone OS, unveiled
Microsoft has unveiled Windows Phone 8, the next version of its smartphone operating system. Windows Phone 8 shares much of its code with the firm's...
Euclid telescope to investigate Dark Universe
Europe has taken the final decision regarding Euclid telescope space mission to investigate the "dark universe". The Euclid telescope will look deep into the cosmos...
Elephant’s long pregnancy mystery solved
Scientists have unraveled the mystery of the elephant's long pregnancy. A quirk of biology allows the unborn calf to develop in the womb for almost...
Sina Weibo introduces membership charge for premium features
Sina Weibo, China's biggest Twitter-like microblogging platform, is introducing a membership charge for premium features. For a monthly fee of 10 yuan ($1.57) its 300...
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