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Readers share tales of 20-year-old Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet on PC-XT, DR-DOS and aged NT box used on live DR site Last week we brought you news of a server decommissioned after eighteen years and ten months of continuous ...

Light-activated therapeutic nanoparticles that are 20,000 times smaller than a human hair may one day be used to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a new study reveals. Called "quantum dots," the particles resemble semi...

REUTERS/Chance Chan Wall Street is talking about China as if it has a disease — deflation — and is about to pass it to the rest of the world.  It's an issue that comes up with China from time to time, and it has tw...

Chris Martin has revealed that making one change to his eating habits caused significant...

Mike Tyson has upgraded to a bigger house in his neighborhood and put his former home near Las Vegas up for sale. …

Shockproof, dust-sealed and waterproof up to 49 feet underwater, the company's new cam is an action photographer's dream.

U.S. and South Korean officials vowed Wednesday to make North Korea pay a high price for its defiant nuclear test earlier this month that caused worries about advancement in the North's bomb program. …

Images of an impoverished city where no one dares to drink the tap water have put Republican Rick Snyder on the defensive

While plummeting oil prices are cutting into profits, they are not threatening big banks' capital cushions, analysts say, thanks to rigorous regulation.

The Northeast has had an unfathomably mild winter so far, but all that ends this weekend when more than a foot of snow is scheduled to sweep across the region from Washington DC up to Philadelphia, New York and beyond. I...

Goldman Sachs's fourth-quarter profit was trimmed by 65 percent after last week's $5 billion settlement with state and federal regulators over its mortgage bond sales heading into the recession. …

Getty Oscar-nominated Leonardi DiCaprio is at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he received a Crystal Award for "improving the state of the world." And on Tuesday evening, the actor pledged to give $15 million m...

There’s no question that mobile is becoming the dominant channel that even small businesses have to pay attention to if they want to win and keep customers. A 2012 Kissmetrics infographic showed mobile on the rise, wit...

Attackers burst into classrooms and open fire at a university in northwest Pakistan, killing at least one teacher.

U.S. businesses in China are voicing increased concern about unclear laws, perceived antiforeign sentiment and industrial overcapacity, adding to worries about uncertainty over the slowing Chinese economy.

Teachers report primary school student to authorities after he mistakenly writes about 'terrorist house' instead of 'terraced house' in class A simple spelling mistake has led to a 10-year-old Muslim boy being interviewe...

North Korea has announced it has successfully conducted a hydrogen nuclear test, a marked step towards the nation's ambitions to be a "nuclear weapons state both in name and reality."

Anxiety and frustration may set in when we can't be social. Addicts say they realize sometimes these outages can offer a much needed respite.

Low oil prices are accelerating the urge to merge among petroleum producers with the latest speculated deal being a tie-up between two new producers of liquefied natural gas (LNG), Australian-based Santos and Origin Ener...

Tom Gimbel, CEO of staffing and recruiting firm LaSalle Network, explains why hiring isn't as easy as finding someone with the right pedigree.

Four gunmen went on a shooting spree on the campus

Trying to retrieve the Apple ID password of your spouse upon his/her death? You could, but only if you have a court order, or at least that's what's being reported according to CBC News. A woman by the name of Peggy Bush...