Amid further tension following the sinking of a South Korean warship, North Korea fired some 110 rounds of artillery near the disputed sea borders with South Korea on Monday.
The new application from Facebook that lets your friends know where you are is at the centre of a new privacy row today. Facebook "Places" uses your smartphone's GPS and Wi-Fi detection capabilities to allow you to broadcast your whereabouts to your contacts at the tap of a button.
The chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben S. Bernanke, urged regulators and banks on Monday to help the country's small businesses get back on track in creating jobs by helping them to secure much needed loans. He also admitted that economists were not clear on why this kind of small business lending had decreased so much over the last couple of years.
An "ice island" the size of 4 Manhattans broke away from Greenland on Thursday, heralding renewed calls for action from global warming advocates. The huge 100 square mile ice sheet is causing concern as it is heading towards shipping lanes. It is currently adrift in an area called the Nares Strait, about 600 miles south of the North Pole.
Speculation is mounting today that BP will attempt to stem the fallout of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill… [more]
In conjunction with the start of the eagerly anticipated 2010 season, the Miami Dolphins Integrated Media… [more]
The new Nintendo hand-held 3DS console was undoubtedly the star of the show at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3).
The recent flooding caused by the monsoon in Pakistan has caused more devastation than the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, Haiti and Kashmir earthquakes combined, according to Maurizio Giuliano, a spokesman for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
A giant asteriod called 1999 RQ36 could hit the earth on September 24th 2182, according to NASA… [more]
