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Google is to allow people to sign up to its rapidly-growing social network Google+ using just a nickname or pseudonym. Just a few months ago the company was widely criticised for deleting accounts of users who had joined the site using made up monickers. Many of those who tried the seven-month old...
Standing to sing 'God Save the Queen' is supposed to be a source of national pride. But a new scientific analysis has shown – as many of us have long suspected - our national anthem is one of the least catchy. Compared with those from five other nations, Britain's was judged the worst in terms...
Facebook has now made its Timeline feature mandatory to everyone. Like it or not but over the next few weeks Facebook will automatically switch you to the Timeline. This Feature was launched last year as a result of massive overhauling by...
A trial to determine the division of royalties earned by 1960s country star Jim Reeves entered its second day in a Nashville courtroom with testimony about the finances and mental state of Reeves widow, Mary Reeves Davis. Mary Davis, suffering from dementia and other ailments, passed away in 1999 ...
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo's latest financial results show the Internet company is still losing ground in the battle for online advertising. The fourth-quarter breakdown announced Tuesday is the latest in a succession of ho-hum performances. The company earned $296 million, or 24 cents per share, in the...
NEW YORK - After uncharacteristically tepid sales in the July-to-September quarter, Apple came back with a vengeance in the last three months of 2011, vastly exceeding analyst estimates and setting new records. Apple Inc. on Tuesday said it sold 37 million iPhones in the quarter, double the figure...
London: A scientist at Cambridge University has debunked the long-held myth about how aircraft stay aloft. Aeroplanes can fly as their wings cause the air pressure underneath to be greater than that above, lifting them into the air. But, engineers have for years been frustrated by a theory which...
