A Sydney-based technology firm is the brains behind much of Australia's Olympic medal haul, the NSW government says.
A Chinese factory worker has become a celebrity after her smiling face was accidentally loaded onto an Apple iPhone and shipped to the other side of the world, her employer has said.
A new space telescope has revealed pulsating stars and a flaring faraway galaxy as it began its mission to unveil the mysteries of cosmic gamma rays, NASA said.
A Chinese factory worker has become a celebrity after her smiling face was accidentally loaded onto an Apple iPhone and shipped to the other side of the world.
Archaeologists excavating a pyramid in the heart of Peru's capital said that they uncovered three 1,300-year old mummies from the Wari culture.
A British firm has launched an urgent review after a staff member sold a computer on eBay containing details of a million bank customers, a spokeswoman says.
Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered parts of a marble statue of the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius who ruled between 161 and 180 AD.
Two British alternative energy enthusiasts want to use a West Australian lake bed for an attempt on the world speed record for a wind-powered vehicle.
The German Federal Agency for Security in Information Technology in Bonn is warning about a new and especially tricky security hole affecting internet users.
An Australian researcher has won an international prize for her plan to wrap a giant asteroid with reflective sheeting to stop it colliding with the earth.
A program that stitches together a mass of photos to provide a three-dimensional image of an area is being touted as a "new visual medium".
Microsoft is to pay comedian Jerry Seinfeld $US10 million ($A11.47 million) to star in an advertising campaign for its Windows Vista operating system.
WARSAW, Aug 21 (Reuters) - When Apple Inc rolled out its iPhone in the United States, some fans paid big money to be among the first to get their hands on the device. In Poland, people are getting paid to line up.
New Zealand's mysterious colossal squid, the largest ever caught, was not the T-Rex of the oceans but a lethargic blob, new research suggests.
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