Social media is gold for Olympics advertisers

Advertisers are going for Facebook as athletes go for the gold, in the first Olympic Games where marketers are placing such high hopes on social media to create a buzz for their brands.

Analysis: Apple results loom large for tech - and the market

When Apple's shares fall, is Wall Street's entire performance at risk? The outsize influence of Apple on both the technology sector and the entire stock market was thrown into sharp relief when the iPad maker's shares fell 4.1 percent on Monday.

Making sense of the Windows 8 versions

With only two versions of Windows 8 to be available to consumers, plus one for ARM devices (pre-installed only), what you get ought to be straightforward.

Mobile operators unconvinced by Nokia's revival bid

(Reuters) - Nokia's bid to challenge the dominance of Apple's iPhone and Google's Android has failed to convince telecom operators in Europe, depriving it of powerful allies in its fight to regain the top spot in the mobile market.

Dinosaur eggs found in Russia's Chechnya

(Reuters) - Geologists in Russia's volatile Chechnya region have discovered what they believe to be fossilized dinosaur eggs laid by one of the huge extinct reptiles that roamed the Earth more than 60 million years ago.

Prostate cancer trial shows fewer side-effects

A new prostate cancer treatment could provide more effective for patients and have fewer side-effects, according to a report.

Oracle v Google court case over Android begins

It's being billed as the technology trial of the century: Oracle v Google, in which the database giant, a longstanding fixture in Silicon Valley, is trying to persuade a jury that the search giant knew it was misusing intellectual property that belonged to the other for its Android smartphones.

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Philips pins hopes on healthy technology

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ReRAM competes to be tech's next memory chip standard

A next generation RAM memory that remembers data even when the power is turned off is nearing production. Unlike most RAM, ReRAM is non-volatile memory, meaning that it retains data without power

Apocalypse not now: 2012 doomsday predictions debunked by NASA

NASA Says New Planet Is A 'Major Milestone' In Finding 'Earth's Twin'

IBM Technology To Produce Micron's Hybrid Memory Cube

VW plant called greenest in world

NASA to Launch Mars Rover 'Dream Machine' This Week

After nearly a decade of planning, several cost overruns and a two-year delay, NASA is finally set to launch its next Mars rover this week.

NASA's Hubble Confirms That Galaxies Are the Ultimate Recyclers

New observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are expanding astronomers' understanding of the ways in which galaxies continuously recycle immense volumes of hydrogen gas and heavy elements

Tool tracks hard disk price increases

Wondering how high hard disk drive prices are rising because of the flooding in Thailand? Computer reseller Newegg offers a quick way to track HDD pricing

Planet-Sized Object as Cool as Earth Revealed in Record-Breaking Photo

The photo of a nearby star and its orbiting companion -- whose temperature is like a hot summer day in Arizona - will be presented by Penn State Associate Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kevin Luhman during the Signposts of Planets conference at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center on Oct. 20, 2011

Intel CEO: HP, Dell Ultrabooks coming in 2012

Hewlett-Packard and Dell will enter the Ultrabook market next year, Intel's CEO told Fox Business today. He also said he was "stunned" by former HP CEO Leo Apotheker's announcement that the company was thinking about spinning off its PC business

Climate change spawns the incredible shrinking ant

Plants and animals are shrinking because of warmer temperatures and lack of water, researchers said on Monday, warning it could have profound implications for food production in years ahead

Microsoft closes $8.5 billion Skype acquisition

Microsoft has completed its $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype Global, giving the software company a major foothold in the growing market for Internet telephony services

Yahoo on the Block?

Yahoo's (Nasdaq: YHOO) been making a lot of choking sounds lately, and to some companies,that sounds like a mating call. Rumors once again started flaring up that buyers are on the hunt to snap up the once-dominant search provider, and Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) name is getting passed around

The fruits of Steve Jobs' tireless quest for perfection

With the passing of Steve Jobs, the tech world loses a visionary whose ideas, execution and salesmanship transformed multiple industries. His work has left its mark on nearly every personal computer sold today -- even if it's not made by Apple. Meanwhile, the rift between Oracle and Salesforce.com grows, potential buyers eye Yahoo and Apple lets fly with the iPhone 4S

Microsoft 'takes on Goliath' with Bing TV ads mocking Google

NASA radar on Chandrayaan-I detects ice deposits on moon

Vancouver 2010: An Exclusive Tour of the Technology Operations Center

Renovation rescue NASA-style gives space station room with a view

Symantec hit with class-action lawsuit over auto-renewals

Hubble spots Pluto blushing in space

USB inventor is tech's unlikely 'rock star'