Scientists were successful in trapping antimatter for over 16 minutes, long enough to begin to study their properties in detail.
Technology giant Apple is expected to unveil iCloud, the company's upcoming cloud services offering, at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).
Android devices have seen a rise in popularity since the date of their introduction
The slowdown has begun. The economy has started to sputter and unemployment claims have tipped 400,000 for the last seven weeks. Manufacturing is cooling, the housing market is struggling and consumers are keeping a close eye on spending, meaning the U.S. economy might be on a slower path to full health than expected.
Apple iOS 5 powered iPhone 5 may not be debuting after all at Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) next week, leading people to wonder whether the next generation smart phone will be playing a catch up game or whether it is prowling for the right opportunity to reveal itself and blast its rivals into oblivion.
Brent crude oil fell below $115 a barrel on Monday, heading for its first monthly decline this year, as investors weighed the prospect that Europe's debt crisis and a sputtering U.S. economy may slow demand.
We're in no danger of hyperinflation because the Fed is not printing money. That's not what the program is all about. Instead it was a gamble meant to lift the prices of stocks and commodities, which it did - but which could now colapse very quickly when QE2 ends.
In an escalating legal melee, Samsung demanded access to upcoming iPhone and iPad products from Apple, widening the schism between the two allies who haven't always been the best of friends.
More than two months ago on March 21, demonstrators in Daraa set fire to the ruling Baath Party’s headquarters and government buildings. Police officials started gunning down the crowd reportedly killing hundreds by March 24. The total may have exceeded 5,000 now, reports say.
Apple and Samsung have a love-hate relationship as they both rely on each other for business, but also compete across a number verticals. Recently however, that relationship has gotten more tense.
Microsoft is making progress in prepping the next version of its ubiquitous Windows operating system, with new architecture promising a departure from its PC centric roots, and positiong the company to capitalize on new emerging form factors.
Gold futures advanced on Friday as deepening concern over Greece debt default spurred demand for the metal as a safe haven investment.
Crude oil futures advanced in Asian trade on Friday amid weak U.S. dollar, which made commodities including oil more affordable for investors holding other currencies.
The evidence from China, for example, suggests that while higher rates certainly have the potential to dent gold demand, far more important drivers are inflation and growth. China's experience may not be typical, but it's certainly worth examining. China is the world's second biggest gold market after India.
Gold prices may continue to stay at high levels in the coming months as investors seek the metal as a safe haven investment on concerns about faster inflation, slowing global economic recovery and geopolitical crisis, according to China National Gold Group Corporation (CNGGC).
Crude oil futures gained to above $101 a barrel level in Europe trade on Thursday as increased fuel demand in the U.S. and weaker dollar buoyed sentiment.
Crude oil prices declined in Europe trade as strengthening U.S. dollar and weaker-than-expected decline in U.S. crude stockpiles weighed.
Microblogging site Twitter is said to have acquired popular Twitter application TweetDeck by paying more than $40 million.
The coming of the next version of Windows in 2012, as announced by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer during a speech at a developer conference in Tokyo might just be a speculation as the company is yet to confirm on its date and OS features, reports PC World.
In less than 90 days, the debt crisis in Europe drove gold up more than 17.5% in 2010. If gold were to repeat the same pattern we saw last year, we could tack on 17%+ from today’s prices, putting the metal at over $1780 per ounce.
Oil rose more than $2 per barrel on Tuesday, taking Brent crude futures to almost $113, after Goldman Sachs increased its forecasts for the North Sea benchmark, citing strong fuel demand growth.
United States President Barack Obama, as part of the Middle East peace speech on Thursday, called for two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, which would be based on the 1967 accords.
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The much-mocked hat worn by Princess Beatrice to Britain's royal wedding last month -- widely described as looking like a toilet seat -- sold for 81,100 pounds ($131,000) on eBay, charities which will benefit from the sale said.
BP struck a key victory in its battle to share the cost of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill when partner Mitsui & Co agreed on Friday to pay $1.1 billion toward the clean-up bill and possibly billions more in fines.
Oil fell sharply on Friday with U.S. light crude tumbling more than $2 toward $96 per barrel as the dollar rose and investors worried about the outlook for global growth and about the health of the euro zone.
Oil steadied on Friday with U.S. light crude below $99 per barrel, as the dollar rose and investors worried about the outlook for global economic growth.
MOEX, a unit of Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co , and partner in BP Plc's doomed Macondo well has agreed to pay the UK oil major $1.1 billion toward the cost of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Shares of LinkedIn soared as high as $122 on its first day of trading on New York Stock Exchange, bringing back memories of tech bubble in late 1990s when investors lapped up internet firms.
The longstanding Microsoft-Intel relationship codenamed Wintel, which ruled the PC market for more than decade, is starting to show fault lines after Microsoft refuted Intel's claims about the upcoming Windows 8 OS.
Alarmingly frequent bubbles and busts in copper, wheat, crude oil, silver and pretty much all other natural resources might now be the collateral damage of QE
