Scientists discover unique sea snake       A unique species of sea snake discovered in the Gulf of Carpenteria, northern Australia, has raised scales. The finding by Bryan Fry, associate professor from the University of Queensland, and colleagues from the University of Adelaide provide imp

Briton jailed for "extensive" Facebook hack       A British student, who hacked into Facebook's (FB.N) internal network risking "disastrous" consequences for the website, was jailed for eight months on Friday in what prosecutors described as the most serious case of its kind they had seen. Glenn

Low-carbon technology can't fix global warming       Switching over to low carbon-emitting technologies, which includes wind, solar and hydroelectric power, may not cut global warming until the latter part of this century. Technologies that offer only modest reductions in greenhouse gases, such as t

India's PC market declines       India's computers market declined 6.5 percent at 2.5 million units for the quarter ended Dec 31 against the like period of the previous financial year, a study by IT research and advisory firm Gartner said Wednesday. The devices included desk-base

Apple to launch 4G iPad in March: report       Apple Inc(AAPL.O) plans to announce a fourth-generation (4G) version of its iPad in the first week of March, a Wall Street Journal report said, citing a person briefed on the matter. Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) and AT&T Inc (T.N) will sell t

Scientists develop MRI for batteries       Scientists have now unravelled a tool of medical diagnostics to improve a battery's performance and its safe internal workings, a study reveals. Mobile phones, cameras, iPods require robust, dependable batteries to function optimally. When the bat

China loans two pandas to Canada       China has loaned two rare giant pandas to Canada for a research program. The Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens (CAZG) on Saturday signed an agreement with two Canadian zoos in this regard in Chongqing municipality in southwest China. Th

CIA website hacked       The website of the Central Intelligence Agency was unresponsive on Friday after the hacker group Anonymous claimed to have knocked it offline. “CIA Tango down,” a member of Anonymous said on @YourAnonNews, a Twitter feed used by the group. “Tango

Scientists say NASA cutting missions to Mars       Scientists say NASA is about to propose major cuts in its exploration of other planets, especially Mars. NASA’s former science chief is calling the plan irrational. With limited money for science and an over-budget new space telescope, the space a

YouTube hits 4 billion daily video views       YouTube, Google Inc's video website, is streaming 4 billion online videos every day, a 25 percent increase in the past eight months, according to the company. The jump in video views comes as Google pushes YouTube beyond the personal computer, wit