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Thousands of Aboriginal artefacts found at Australian building site 30 Mar 2016 - 01:45 pm

Sydney: A huge trove of Aboriginal artefacts, which could have been part of an armoury, has been unearthed at an Australian building site,...

Top computing awards show growing importance of cybersecurity 30 Mar 2016 - 12:53 pm

People wearing balaclavas are silhouetted as they pose with a laptops in front of a screen projected with the word 'cyber' and binary...

Assassins’s Creed and The Walking Dead arrive on phones 30 Mar 2016 - 11:18 am

Assassin’s Creed and The Walking Dead are just two of a few successful games which are making the jump from consoles to smartphones...

Apple remains in dark on how FBI hacked iPhone without help 30 Mar 2016 - 10:50 am

a man holding up an iPhone displaying a 'No Entry' image as part of a rally in front of an Apple Store in...

Hackers breach computer networks of some big U.S. law firms: WSJ 30 Mar 2016 - 09:52 am

A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw in this February 28, 2013 illustration file picture. REUTERS/KACPER PEMPEL/FILES Hackers broke into the...

Will it hurt? Uncertainty is worst of all, says study 30 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE. Reuters Paris: Not knowing if a decision will provoke pain is more stressful than correctly anticipating the outcome, even when that...

Giant rats to sniff out tuberculosis in Tanzania, Mozambique prisons 29 Mar 2016 - 06:34 pm

REPRESENATIVE IMAGE. Reuters By Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM: Scientists in East Africa plan to exploit trained rats’ highly developed sense of smell...

Google CEO Pichai paid $100.5 million for first year at the helm 29 Mar 2016 - 04:10 pm

Sundar Pichai (Reuters / file photo) By Brandon Kochkodin and Anders Melin Google IncChief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai received a $100.5 million pay...

Quick fixes for common computer grievances: Jammed drives and bouncing cursors 29 Mar 2016 - 04:00 pm

Most PC users don’t have much patience with the devices, demanding they function non-stop. As soon as something stops working, many are quick...

First devices featuring next-generation WLAN standard announced 29 Mar 2016 - 03:45 pm

TP-Link's ad wireless Router, the Talon AD7200, comes with two USB 3.0 sockets. It suits close-range communications, such as streaming movies from a...

BMW bills upcoming X7 as ultimate luxury SUV 29 Mar 2016 - 03:01 pm

The interior of the BMW M760Li xDrive car. If the German carmaker moves on to a top-of-the-line SUV, it would likely match this...

Sharjah Book Authority launches world’s first virtual reality book 29 Mar 2016 - 02:40 pm

(Photo: Sharjah Book Authority) Sharjah, UAE: Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) has launched the world’s first virtual reality book in Arabic and English, as...

Allergy or a cold? Here's how to tell the difference 29 Mar 2016 - 12:11 pm

A girl with a runny nose. A catarrh can by a symptom of a common cold or of an allergy. (File photo /...

Samsung follows Apple with launch in China of mobile payment 29 Mar 2016 - 11:43 am

Seoul: South Korea's Samsung Tuesday announced the launch of its mobile payment service in China, where it is likely to struggle in an...

Weight loss more important than diet in reversing obesity-cancer link 29 Mar 2016 - 10:40 am

Washington: Researchers striving to break the link between obesity and cancer have found in a new preclinical study that significant weight loss through...