Avatar kills geezer

A 42-year-old Taiwanese man with a history of high blood pressure has died of a stroke after becoming somewhat overexcited watching blue blockbuster Avatar.

ESO releases new image of Cat's Paw Nebula

The European Southern Observatory has amalgamated images from its La Silla observatory in Chile to produce the best pictures yet of the Cat's Paw Nebula.

Fishy invasion threatens Great Lakes

Asian carp DNA has been found in Lake Michigan for the first time, raising fears that they could devastate the Great Lakes' delicate ecology - and commercial fishing interests, of course.

iSlate is late

The most important product in the history of everything, ever, Apple's indescribably-exciting tablet computer, is unlikely to hit the shelves before June due to battery life and reliability issues.

MS issues patch for ancient browser

Microsoft has issued an 'out of band' patch for the antique Internet Explorer 6 following ill-advised panic on the part of the German and French governments.

Space agency plans satellites for solar energy and forest monitoring

EADS Astrium - Europe's biggest space company - is working on satellites to supply solar energy from space and monitor deforestation on Earth.

Plasma jets could replace the dentist's drill

The dentist's drill could soon be a thing of the past. Plasma jets could be just as effective at cleaning out decayed teeth - and a damn sight less painful.

Bill Gates goes social: Twitter hell freezing over

OMG, billg is friending me and texting me and twittering me. 2G2BT. GMTA.

GOP Twitters its way to victory in Massachusetts Senate race

The GOP appears to be Tweeting its way to victory in the contentious Massachusetts Senate race between Sen. Scott Brown and Democratic Attorney General Martha Coakley.

Apple Tablet: best product launch ever

There is NOTHING going on that's why Apple could launch a marshmallow into a bucket of iced tea next week and it would be the most amazing thing ever. A low fat, sugar free marshmallow in edible gold paper shot out of a Prada cannon by Victoria's Secret' models, of course.

Capcom's Dark Void crashes into an abyss of mediocrity

Capcom's Dark Void has unceremoniously crashed into an abyss of video game mediocrity.

Microsoft just won't give up on Windows Mobile

I see that there's speculation that Microsoft is to introduce two versions of Windows Mobile 7 - one for business and one for media.

Monkeys can do math

First it's chatty dolphins, now it's mathematical monkeys. They can add, subtract and make decisions on the basis of their calculations, new research shows.

PS3 gamer 'sexually assaulted' online

A PlayStation 3 gamer has apparently abandoned the game for ever, after her avatar was repeatedly hassled in Sony's PlayStation Home virtual world.

Skype traffic increases at astonishing pace

Skype has succesfully taken on Ma Bell by increasing its international calling minutes from 8 to 12 percent in 2010.

Analyst questions the future of 3D gaming

EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnich has told TG Daily that the multiplayer community will likely ignore the hype and adopt a wait-and-see attitude towards 3D gaming.

HarperCollins talks tablets with Apple

Amazon ought to be getting a little anxious because it appears that Apple is talking to HarperCollins about a tablet device the Cupertino company is cooking up.

Microsoft will only keep Bing user data for six months

Anal retention isn't an attractive trait in human beings and so much less attractive in multinational corporations like Microsoft.

DoD looks to snails for new armor

The Army and the Department of Defense are funding work on a new type of armor inspired by an unusual snail shell.

Nanoparticles could replace stents for heart patients

Patients with heart disease could soon be treated without stents, thanks to tiny nanoparticles that can home in on damaged tissue and release drugs.