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Article | 22/01/2009 Pope to courts faithful on new YouTube channel

The Holy See appears set to start riding the Web 2.0 wave.

Article | 21/01/2009 Crowds watch inauguration with their Facebook friends

In a somewhat new twist to social networking, a lot of techies watched Tuesday's inauguration of President Barack Obama with all their Facebook|Comput...

Article | 20/01/2009 Microsoft, CNN to make historians out of inaugural attendees

Microsoft is teaming up with CNN to make average people virtual historians.

Article | 19/01/2009 Move over Harry Potter, Duke develops invisibility cloak

Harry Potter has nothing on the researchers at Duke University, who say they're getting close to developing an actual invisibility cloak.

Article | 16/01/2009 Facebook has Whopper of a problem with Burger King campaign

While Burger King execs might have thought they were being pretty funny by offering Facebook users free hamburgers if they each deleted 10 online frie...

Article | 16/01/2009 NASA: Gas may be new evidence of life on Mars

NASA scientists have discovered that Mars actually is burping gas -- methane to be exact -- which could be one more sign that there's life on the Red ...

Article | 15/01/2009 MIT sending smart robots into war zones to save lives

Researchers at the Massachsetts institute of Technology are testing a robotic forklift prototype they hope can one day unload and move military suppli...

Article | 9/01/2009 Would you cut off 10 Facebook friends for a Whopper?

Feeling a bit hungry? Wondering exactly who some of these people are who you befriended on your Facebook page? Maybe it's time to cull a few friends?

Article | 8/01/2009 Hack Forces Twitter Into 'Full Security Review'

Twitter Inc. has launched a comprehensive review of the defenses in its popular social network and microblogging service after hackers last week hijac...

Article | 24/12/2008 Google teams with Norad to track Santa on Christmas Eve

Want to know what time Santa will be touching down Christmas Eve to fill your stockings and drink the glass of milk you've left him?

Article | 24/12/2008 NASA: Space Station crew installs probe

Winding up a space walk in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, an astronaut and a cosmonaut installed a probe on the outside of the International Space ...

Article | 24/12/2008 Google unveils new desktop Docs gadget

Google has added a new feature to enable users to find and access their Google documents straight from the desktop.

Article | 23/12/2008 Stanford researchers use nanotech for early cancer detection

Using the same type of nanotechnology that enables hard drives to read and write data, researchers at Stanford University have developed a system that...

Article | 11/12/2008 Google gives old magazines new life online

Google announced late yesterday that it's teaming up with a slew of publishers to give old magazines new life -- by bringing them online.

Article | 10/12/2008 Need a to-do list? Google adds one to Gmail

In today's world where everyone has more and more to do every day, Google is testing out a new Gmail tool designed to help users get those things done...