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"Gangnam Style," the cult hit by Korean hip-hop star Psy, has become the most viewed YouTube video of all time, beating the previous record-holder, Justin Bieber's "Baby." At the time of writing, the video — which...

Many businesses use shared mailboxes, public folders and discussion databases that, over the years, accumulate a lot of institutional knowledge. Most cloud-based email services don't offer this feature, though, making it...

Photonics lights a path to a high-speed, low-energy, Internet If we want to keep expanding the performance and the reach of the Internet, we need an inflection point: otherwise, its electricity consumption will become ca...

Sand flies -- tiny, winged gnats often called no-see-ums -- bit troops in Iraq as many as 1,000 times in a single night. These pests are rife in the Middle East, Africa and Afghanistan. And they may carry dangerous disea...

Self-driving cars are barely on the road yet, but designers apparently think they'll be the future of police work. At the Los Angeles Car Show's annual design challenge, car companies were asked to envision the highway p...

Civil rights activists, free speech advocates, lawyers and politicians have spoken out in recent days against India's controversial Internet laws. A particular target for criticism is the section that makes it a crime to...

Entrepreneurs and small business owners are used to wearing a lot of hats in their business -- everything from handling sales and accounting to replacing ink in the printer. However, trying to take care of everything can...

In the midst of yet another labor dispute, the Chicago Blackhawks' Dave Bolland sends out a retweet that he subsequently deems a mistake. Should there be consequences? [Read more]

Charles Darwin once referred to the Venus flytrap as "one of the most wonderful plants in the world." But despite the plant's notoriety, its closing mechanism remains a mystery 250 years after its discovery.

A UK computer games firm is shedding 75% of its worksforce after losing a number of projects and a steep decline in sales.

More than 280 popular ".pk" domain names, including that of the Pakistani Google homepage, have reportedly been hijacked by a Turkish hacking crew known as "eboz." Addresses including Apple.pk, Microsoft.pk, and Google.c...

In less than five months the South Korean dance megasensation has overtaken Canada's Tweentastic pop darling. Sorry Biebs. [Read more]

General Electric is betting that Internet-era technology is ready to sweep through the industrial economy, much as the consumer Internet has transformed media.

Black Friday shoppers can rest now that this year’s frenzy is over, but when the next one rolls around there may be even more reason to skip it altogether. Here are four reasons it really isn’t worth stayin...

In the role-reversed world of the pipefish, it is the males that carry the pregnancy – which helps deliver more resilient offspring

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Saudi men can now be alerted via text message if women try to escape from the country. The new digital leash on women is being resoundingly criticised over social media channels. "Hello Taliban, herewith some tips from t...

While Instagram users shared Thanksgiving-themed pictures at a rate of more than 200 photos per second, Twitter users also rung in Turkey Day with mentions of Thanksgiving food. The tweet-mapping company, Floatingsheep, ...

It’s not easy being one of the most hated people on the internet, but Noel Biderman makes it look easy. The founder and CEO of AshleyMadison.com is often targeted because of the service his company offers: a secre...

The age of the Earth? We owe it to a geochemist wrongly forgotten amid a post-election debate over creation.

As Black Friday continues, there have been a few notable discounts on MacBook Pro and Air models during the day, including one discount as high as 20% on the 13" MacBook Pro. - Amazon: 13" MacBook Air: $1199 -> $1011 ($1...

Black Friday shoppers scored some bargains this year with stores opening even earlier on Thanksgiving to allow for more shopping time. However, as shoppers descended onto stores, so did the chaos and unruly crowds. Fight...