World Science & Technology News

Newspaper publishers can now limit the number of free articles people can read via Google, according to a posting on the web giant's blog. To make this happen, Google will adapt its First Click Free program. At the moment, users'...

The opportunity to jab yourself in the eye with a tiny computer display is one step closer, thanks to the ongoing work with opto-electronic contact lenses taking place at the University of Washington in Seattle. The lab there has been...

Everybody likes Android, Google's open-source smartphone operating system. But a smartphone operating system isn't all that satisfying without an actual kick-ass smartphone wrapped around it. Obviously, There's a lot to expect with the Motorola Droid. Their dissing of the iphone-kind...

Informing that the total market in mobile sector in India was about 488 million units per annum, he said for Samsung, touch-screen mobiles were the volume drivers. In November, 50 million full touch-screen mobiles of Samsung were sold. In 2009,...

A high-surf warning is in effect until 6 p.m. tonight for north- and west-facing shores of Oahu, Kauai, Maui, Molokai and Niihau. There is a high-surf advisory for east-facing shores on Oahu and for northeast and west-facing shores of the...

The stage has been set by NASA and it is within the realms of possibility to take a vacation to outer space. In fact, one could contemplate ‘Marriage in Outer Space’ – it would be an exotic affair. If you...

Everyone that follows Google has probably heard of, or seen the video, showing a beta feature of a Google search accompanied by real time data as reported by people from Twitter. Today, December 8, 2009, a new site has been...

But those involved in the partnership between the California software giant and two of the nation's top newspapers see it as a first step toward changing the way news is consumed online. It's called a living story page , and...

It's billed as the world's first commercial spaceship, designed to be carried aloft by an exotic jet before firing its rocket engine to climb beyond the Earth's atmosphere. In a Hollywood-style rollout, Virgin Galactic on Monday took the cloak off...

Weather permitting, the peak time to view the Geminid (jem-uh-nid) meteor show will be around midnight Sunday Eastern time when up to 140 meteors per hour could streak across the sky. Though not as famous as the Perseid meteor shower,...