Facebook has threatened legal action against a service that sells friends on the social networking site.
It said it would take the action against marketing firm USocial unless it stopped violating Facebook's rights.
It also wanted USocial to stop helping members break the site's terms and conditions, specifically letting people profit from their profile.
In response, USocial agreed [...]

The e-mail system of one of the world's leading climate research units has been breached by hackers.

E-mails reportedly from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU), including personal exchanges, appeared on the internet on Thursday.
A university spokesman confirmed the email system had been hacked and that information was taken and published without permission.
An [...]

The future of computing may depend on embracing the chaos that defines human thinking.

Kwabena Boahen’s love affair with digital computers began and ended in 1981, when he was 16.
Boahen lived outside the city of Accra in the West African nation of Ghana. His family’s sprawling block house stood in a quiet field of mango and [...]

You've probably heard of the concept of a space elevator, climbing a 22,000 mile long cable that's attached to a satellite in geostationary orbit over the Earth's equator. Sounds crazy, but the concept is edging ever closer toward reality.

NASA is offering a first prize of $1.1 million to anyone who can create a space elevator [...]

Nokia Siemens Networks has announced plans to reduce operational costs by €500m (£447m) by the end of 2011, in a bid to improve its financial performance and return to growth.

Part of the cuts will involve a major headcount reduction of up to nine per cent of the company's 64,000 employees, roughly 5,700 workers, through a [...]

Remember those watches made out of pieces of the Titanic? Or that watch with the little moon lander on it? Well Yvan Arpa, the nutso horologist behind those treats has finally hit the a new level of crazy. Homeboy is a has a black belt and, in order to honor his fellow black belts, he’s [...]

Forget Tata’s small car -NANO. Start saving to buy this little flying wonder by the year 2015 !  Truly Flying  Drive

Terrafugia has completed flight testing of the Transition POC (Proof of Concept). Introducing the Transition®. Simply land at the airport, fold your wings up and drive home. 

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In a saga with more twists and turns than an Agatha Christie mystery, Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have filed a motion for a preliminary injunction against their former partner, Mike Volpi, who has been involved in an effort to break off Skype from eBay in a $1.9 billion deal.
In the first [...]

Samsung and Giorgio Armani have teamed up for a third time to design a new Windows Mobile 6.5 powered Samsung smartphone. The high-end smartphone comes with a full touchscreen that slides out to reveal a full QWERTY keypad beneath.
 
It comes with a 3.5 inch AMOLED touchscreen display with 800 x 480 pixel resolution, 5 megapixel [...]

THE INVENTOR behind the bagless hoover today launched a bladeless fan, touted as an environmentally-friendly alternative to air conditioning.

Designer James Dyson says his latest invention stops the unpleasant “turbulent buffeting” of traditional desk fans, creating a smooth, constant air flow “like a breeze”.
The 62-year-old hopes the Dyson Air Multiplier, which costs from £199, could replace [...]