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Floating cities may be habitats of the future

As our planet becomes more crowded, city planners and architects are trying to come up with new ideas for future human habitation. We've seen biospheres and proposals for underground housing, but now one Boston-based architectural firm has come up with a conceptual plan that envisages cities that float. more »

Royal wedding photos released

Clarence House releases official portraits of the Royal Wedding as the newlyweds emerge on the morning after and the clean-up begins. more »

Osama Bin Laden dead

U.S. President Barack Obama announces the U.S. has captured and killed Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan. more »

Data transmission speed record has been reached

During the experiment two research groups managed to overcome a symbolic 100 TB/s optical fiber data transmission speed limit. more »

Mars rover „Curiosity“ primed for launch to Red Planet

While the US shuttle programme may be winding down, the drive to explore our solar system is as strong as ever. Mars is still the focus for many scientists and excitement is growing about November's scheduled launch of the latest Mars rover, Curiosity, now in its final stages of testing at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. more »

Video Chat on Your Android Phone

Sometimes, the expressions on a person's face can mean much more than what they say. To help you stay in touch with your friends and family, we’re launching Google Talk with video and voice chat for Android phones. more »

Apple rumoured to have bought iCloud domain name

Apple’s long–awaited online storage service for iTunes could be named iCloud, if only rumours are to be believed. more »

3–Piece Keyboards

One of the things that’s rarely changed since its inception has been the QWERTY keyboard. more »

YouTube founders buy Delicious from Yahoo

The founders of video-sharing site YouTube have bought bookmarking service Delicious from Yahoo. more »

Royal wedding swamps Twitter, Facebook

The royal wedding dominated social media sites, with dozens of mentions every second on Twitter and Facebook. more »

US Army plans app store for troops

The Army Marketplace, which is due to launch in August, will launch with a selection of applications, including training manuals and productivity tools. more »

An Attractive Solution from Penki Kontinentai is Offered in the iTunes Stores

Application software Penki TV Remote Access developed by the Company Penki Kontinentai now available in the Apple iTunes stores. more »

Top five data thefts

The successful raid by hackers on Sony’s PlayStation Network is already being ranked among the biggest data thefts of all time. more »

Apple 'not tracking' iPhone users

Apple has denied that its iPhones and 3G iPads have been secretly recording their owners' movements. more »

A royal bicycle for a royal wedding

German cycling fanatic Didi Senft presents his Royal Rikshaw, a bicycle created in honor of the wedding between the UK's Prince William and Kate Middleton. more »

The white iPhone 4 hits the market

Customers who have waited nearly 10 months for the white version of the iPhone 4 won’t have to wait much longer. The Great White iPhone 4 is finally here. more »

More to surfing than good vibrations – scientists

Researchers in Spain have teamed up with a surfboard manufacturer to unravel the scientific mysteries of surfing. It's thought to be the first time that the dynamics of a surfboard have been analysed in such detail and the researchers hope it will lead to the design of better boards in the future. more »

Fire ants form rafts to defy floods

The researchers found that fire ants link their bodies together, a process similar, they say, to weaving a waterproof fabric. So that will allow them to surviveiin the water for days. more »

Battery-powered plane aims to electrify business travel

A German company hopes to run the world's first all-electric commercial aircraft business after successful test flights of its prototype aircraft, the Elektra One. more »

Simon the robot requests your attention

Researchers at Georgia Tech University are teaching a robot the basics of dialogue. Named "Simon", the robot has already been taught how to attract a person's attention but eventually, it's hoped he'll be able to interact and converse with humans in daily life. more »