Kodak targets Apple and RIM in controversial patent lawsuit

Kodak has sued Apple and RIM over the unauthorized use of patented digital imaging technology in iPhones and camera-enabled BlackBerry devices.

AMD's ability to shoot itself in the foot is endless

Column Despite the fact that Intel paid AMD $1.25 billion at the end of last year to settle all that nasty, nasty antitrust stuff, it just won't keep going away.

Doomsday clock's inexorable tick tocks forward and/or back

Readers of a nervous or terminally-stupid disposition might like to note that we're officially a minute closer to death, destruction, general unpleasantness and yet more re-runs of Seinfeld than we were, err, thirty years ago.

Lawyers under cyber attack, everyone conflicted on feelings

The law firm behind the $2.2 billion Cybersitter case claims that servers in China are being mean to them.

Rotorless helicopter laughs at gravity

Israeli engineers have successfully tested a 'fancraft' - a robot vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft that hovers using fans.

Harvard grad kills self, blames Guatemala

A 47-year-old Harvard graduate orchestrated his own death in a shooting in Guatemala City in a bid to blame President Alvaro Colom for his murder.

Girlfriends harder to find than aliens says math nerd

The good news is that finding the perfect girlfriend is easier than contacting an alien civilisation. The bad news is that the odds are still pretty long.

Y chromosome not stagnating, men not idiots

Us double-X-ers can't feel quite so smug any more: apparently the Y chromosome isn't stagnating or decaying, as was previously thought, but is in fact evolving quite rapidly.

US expresses concern over Chinese hackers

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke says China must provide a 'secure' commercial environment for companies such as Google and that the US is 'troubled' by recent cyberattacks originating in China last month and targeting human rights activists.

Charity develops artificial pancreas

The world's first artificial pancreas is on the way, potentially freeing millions of diabetes patients from insulin injections and blood sugar checks.

Speaking Polish, a dog's life

Staff at an animal sanctuary thought a dog was deaf until they realized it only understood Polish.

Modern Warfare 2 generates $1 billion in global sales

Activision confirms that sales of its popular Modern Warfare 2 video game have exceeded $1 billion.

French lingerie commercial sexes up YouTube

A French lingerie commercial featuring supermodel Bar Refaeli has been viewed nearly 200,000 times since being posted to YouTube on January 10.

Intel leaks new MacBook Pro specs

Intel has inadvertently confirmed that at least one of Apple's new MacBook Pros will feature a Core i5 processor.

Nudists endorse full body airport scans

The American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR) has officially endorsed the deployment of full body scanners in major US airports.

Nintendo insists the Wii is far from dead

Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime recently insisted that the Wii console still has a "very long life" ahead of it.

Apple tablet described as "iPhone on steroids"

The eagerly awaited, yet still enigmatic Apple tablet will reportedly feature an "incredibly fast" ARM CPU along with an iPhone kernel.

AMD executives admitted its chips were inferior

Updated A response to the FTC investigation into the Intel Corporation has revealed that senior AMD executives - including Hector Ruiz and Henri Richard - didn't think much of their own products. Intel has also replied to an investigation initiated by New York State.

Adobe, 32 others suffered Chinese hack attack

Google data is not the only data to be compromised by attacks by Chinese hackers, according to a report by iDefense.

Facebook offers 350 million people free security software

Facebook has teamed up with McAfee to offer a free six-month subscription to its security software.