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Big Brother was the UK's most popular Yahoo internet search of 2009. It finished ahead of TV talent show X Factor and even the death of pop star Michael Jackson in the round-up of terms on the search engine. Reflecting...

Duckson's first online stop early Monday was tirerack.com, where he scoured the site for tires for his automotive repair shop, Clearview Car Care on North Market in Frederick . "I always check it out just in case I get a...

U.S. software giant Microsoft denied computer failures had resulted from November security patches, calling the reports "inaccurate." "Microsoft has investigated reports that its November security updates made changes to permissions in the registry that are resulting in system issues for...

The latest deaths – two adults who were treated by NHS Greater Glasgow and an older person in NHS Lothian – took the toll since the outbreak began to 51...The recent rise in H1N1 deaths is a harsh reminder that...

Jean-Paul Massey was being looked after by his grandmother, Helen Foulkes, 63, at her home in the Wavertree district of the city when the animal attacked early on Monday. The child died from multiple injuries despite desperate efforts by Mrs...

A teacher has been appointed the country's first Twitterer-in-Residence by his home town. College lecturer Mike McTimoney will be paid £140 a year to write tweets about Darlington, the County Durham market town where he teaches IT. The idea was...

You could be forgiven for thinking it's not happening – and there, in fact, is the heart of the problem. Climate change, according to one view the greatest threat that human civilisation has ever faced, may seem a particularly nebulous...

Charities and MPs condemned the variations, which mean that sufferers in some parts of the country have significantly less chance of surviving at least a year after diagnosis of cancer. Although overall cancer survival rates have improved, almost all NHS...

The casing of the exclusive iPhone 3GS Supreme was created using 271 grams of 22 carat solid gold. The front bezel houses 136 flawless diamonds totalling a massive 68 carats while the Apple logo on the back is made from...

Financial comparison websites have multiplied almost as fact as hormonally charged rabibts in recent years as copycat entrepreneurs all rush to get a slice of this lucrative market. There's no doubt they've proved a money spinner for their founders: the...