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Egypt starts repairing Tutankhamun's botched beard 10 Oct 2015 - 04:38 pm

Cairo: Egypt started work Saturday to remove a crust of dried glue on the beard of legendary boy pharaoh Tutankhamun's golden mask after...

Apple removes few apps from App Store over security concerns 09 Oct 2015 - 04:28 pm

Apple Inc said on October 8 that it had removed "a few" applications from its App Store, expressing its concern that the security...

Street 750 is the closest Harley gets to a cafe racer 08 Oct 2015 - 05:10 pm

By Hannah Elliott Here's a twist: Harley-Davidson's most dynamic markets today are outside of the nation that conceived, birthed and reared its dominance....

Sony buys Belgian image sensor technology firm 08 Oct 2015 - 01:24 pm

Japan's Sony Corp said it bought Belgian image sensor technology company Softkinetic Systems for an undisclosed sum, stepping up investment in an area...

Electronic health records software often written without doctors’ input 07 Oct 2015 - 05:28 pm

BY KATHRYN DOYLE The reason why many doctors find electronic health records (EHR) difficult to use might be that the software wasn't properly...

Microsoft is making its first-ever laptop 07 Oct 2015 - 04:45 pm

Under the leadership of chief executive Satya Nadella, the message out of Microsoft has been one of collaboration rather than competition. Since Nadella...

New study says 30 minutes of exercise a day is not enough 07 Oct 2015 - 04:41 pm

If you're among of the millions of Americans who dutifully carve out 30 minutes a day for the moderate-intensity exercise recommended by experts...

Facebook to launch satellite to expand Internet access in Africa 07 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Facebook Inc said it would launch a satellite in partnership with France's Eutelsat Communications to bring Internet access to large parts of sub-Saharan...

Toyotas merge onto highway hands-free as driverless views evolve 06 Oct 2015 - 06:56 pm

TOKYO: Touch a button on the steering wheel and put your hands up -- this Toyota will take it from here. That's the...

Beijing's abandoned buildings: canvas for a rare street artist 06 Oct 2015 - 06:30 pm

Chinese artist ROBBBB prepares to take pictures of people along a street for his artworks in Beijing's Gulou area, September 25, 2015. A...

Microsoft unveils new smartphones, tablet and fitness tracker 06 Oct 2015 - 06:17 pm

Microsoft Corp unveiled on Tuesday its first laptop, a line of Lumia smartphones, a new Surface Pro tablet and an updated version of...

Britain tops world 'Quality of Death' index 06 Oct 2015 - 04:49 pm

London: Britain topped an 80-country "quality of death" study released Tuesday, which warned that ageing and booming populations would make palliative care a...

Twitter makes it easier to grab onto hot 'Moments' 06 Oct 2015 - 03:54 pm

SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter made it easier Tuesday to seize hot tweets and high-profile posts from the flood of real-time commentary at the one-to-many...

Opening of Abu Dhabi's Louvre pushed back to 2016 06 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Abu Dhabi: The opening of Abu Dhabi's branch of the iconic Louvre museum has been postponed until next year because building work still...

Mercedes commuter van might just carry the future 05 Oct 2015 - 06:18 pm

By Warren Brown It was a tale of two Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans - one, a bare-bones commuter I drove in the Northern Virginia...

People-rating app sparks firestorm 05 Oct 2015 - 10:34 am

reators of an app that will let people assign ratings to those they know vowed to launch as planned next month as planned...

Exercise eases knee osteoarthritis, temporarily 03 Oct 2015 - 05:42 pm

A therapeutic program of weight-bearing exercise reduces pain and improves joint function, at least for two to six months, for people with osteoarthritis,...

Bye bye Google, hello Alphabet 03 Oct 2015 - 04:27 pm

After U.S. markets closed on Friday, Alphabet replaced Google as the publicly traded company that will house Google's search and Web advertising businesses,...