Friday Mar 19 06:09 AEDT
39 mins agoAmazon has released a free program that allows Kindle electronic books to be read on Apple's Mac computers.
Friday Mar 19 05:12 AEDT
1 hours 36 mins agoRobot teachers - who never get angry or make sarcastic remarks - have been a hit with pupils during a pilot project in some South Korean schools.
1 hours 36 mins agoThe British government said that it is providing financial backing for Ford's program to develop environmentally friendly technologies for engines and vehicles.
Thursday Mar 18 05:20 AEDT
AFP | 18 Mar 2010Marking a further step in the hunt for worlds orbiting other stars, astronomers on Wednesday said they had found a cool planet the size of Jupiter that encircles a sun at searing proximity.
Wednesday Mar 17 20:04 AEDT
17 Mar 2010Social-networking star Facebook surpassed Google to become the most visited website in the United States for the first time last week.
Wednesday Mar 17 07:41 AEDT
17 Mar 2010The Catholic Church is again funding research into the medical use of adult stem cells.
Tuesday Mar 16 16:00 AEDT
By Henri Paget, ninemsn | 16 Mar 2010The US-based owner of a satirical Wikipedia-style website may be charged under Australian law over a deliberately offensive article about Aborigines.
Tuesday Mar 16 15:00 AEDT
16 Mar 2010Education Queensland is investigating two female high school teachers who published scantily-clad photographs of themselves on Facebook.
Monday Mar 15 05:15 AEDT
AFP | 15 Mar 2010The swindling saga of legendary Wall Street conman Bernard Madoff has inspired the creation of The Vile Plutocrat, a website devoted to the notion that "rich people suck."
Friday Mar 12 09:30 AEDT
By ninemsn staff | 12 Mar 2010A US reporter has achieved notoriety online after an on-air tantrum in the middle of a report about a child killer.
Friday Mar 12 07:32 AEDT
12 Mar 2010A new blog will allow art lovers to follow the restoration, step by step, of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh's famous The Bedroom, the Van Gogh Museum says.
Thursday Mar 11 10:09 AEDT
11 Mar 2010The world's most powerful atom smasher will be brought up to unprecedented power by early April, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said.
Wednesday Mar 10 14:00 AEDT
10 Mar 2010Australian scientists believe they have unlocked another clue that will help save the Tasmanian Devil from extinction.
Wednesday Mar 10 12:31 AEDT
By Richard Ingham | 10 Mar 2010Australian scientists have, in a world first, extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds, including giants such as the moa and elephant bird.