Surojit Chatterjee

The sophisticated cyberattack into U.S. defense contractor LockHeed Martin Corp. highlights the grave threat cyber criminals pose to companies, especially weapons manufacturers.

Samsung, which has been accused by Apple of stealing its technology and design has turned the table on its accuser, which is famous for its corporate secrecy, by demanding to see pre-production prototypes of next generation iPhone and iPad so that it can evaluate whether its Galaxy range of devices are confusingly similar to Apple devices.

World's largest defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp., which became the victim of a sophisticated cyber attack last week, has quelled fears that its sensitive data have been compromised.

The 33rd annual Carnaval parade and street festival was celebrated, Sunday, May 29, in San Francisco by tens of thousands of people, who danced and shook their hips to the rhythm of Latin, Caribbean and African music.

The 33rd edition of Carnaval, which annually celebrates the rich cultural diversity of San Francisco's local communities, took place this weekend, with tens of thousands of people shaking their hip to the rhythm of Salsa, Samba, Reggae, Tango, Merengue, Calypso, Cha-Cha-Cha, Cumbia, Mambo and even Hip-Hop at the Grand Parade on Sunday, May 29.

The 33rd edition of Carnaval, the annual spring festival that celebrates the rebirth of life, brightened up the streets of San Francisco this weekend, with tens of thousands of people taking part in the colorful Grand Parade, May 29.

A bill, which would have required social-networking and Internet sites such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo, Skype and online matchmaking sites to hide users' personal information unless they opt otherwise, failed to exit the floor of California's Senate on Friday with lawmakers tied at 16-16.

Casey Anthony trial rolled onto Saturday with Casey's mother Cindy breaking down into tears as she described a playhouse she had built for her granddaughter Caylee even as the prosecutors introduced as evidence the text messages that Casey had sent to her ex-boyfriend Anthony Lazzaro on the day Caylee was reported missing.

Daily deal site Groupon is being threatened by Google Wallet and Google Offers, services that combine coupons and discounts and payments at the time people buy things through their phone.

The ill-fated Air France flight 447, which crashed into the Atlantic ocean on June 1, 2009, en route from Rio De Janeiro to Paris, killing all 228 people onboard, had plunged at nearly 11,000 feet per minute during the final few minutes even as its pilots struggled to regain control following failure of speed sensors, French authorities revealed, Friday.

U.S. officials said documents seized from Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, show that the dreaded terrorist had planned to cut a deal with the local government - in exchange of amnesty, Laden would refrain from attacking the country.

Shares of software giant Microsoft leaped up on Thursday amid reports that a group of investors, led by influential hedge fund manager David Einhorn, want CEO Steve Ballmer to quit.

The relation between United States and Pakistan is showing signs of strain with Islamabad telling the Obama administration to reduce its troops in the country even as it took steps shut down three intelligence liaison centers.

The Casey Anthony trial gained momentum on Wednesday as two former roommates of Casey Anthony and her ex-boyfriend testified that she never looked worried, depressed or angry after her daughter went missing.

A cosmic explosion caused by the death of a giant star, referred to by astronomers as GRB 090429B, has helped astronomers catch a glimpse of what possibly could be the edge of the observable Universe.

The sensational murder trial of Casey Anthony, who has been charged with killing her two-year old daughter Caylee Anthony and dumping her body in a trash bag, began on Tuesday, throwing focus on the sexual abuse suffered by the Universal Studios theme park worker at the hands of her father and brother.

Family Radio president Harold camping said, Monday, people misunderstood about what he predicted about Rapture as he meant it in the spiritual and not physical sense.

Family Radio President Harold Camping refused, Monday, to apologize or take responsibility for destroying the lives of those who had invested in his May 21, 2011 prediction, saying I only teach the Bible and people should have relied on God and not me.

Family Radio President Harold Camping delayed his Doomsday prediction till October 21, 2011, in an Open Forum at Family Radio headquarters at Oakland, California.

Non-profit Christian radio network Family Radio seems to have turned over a new leaf, post Doomsday May 21, 2011, by launching a newly designed website. Will Doomsday prophet Harold Camping do the same by repenting and asking forgiveness from those who have been hurt, financially or otherwise, by his failed prediction?

Harold Camping, Family Radio president and Doomsday prophet, will make a public announcement today on his failed May 21, 2011 prediction.

Self-proclaimed Doomsday prophet Harold Camping is nothing less than a charlatan, a fraud who has given a bad name to Christianity, according to Christian leaders.

Barnes & Noble Inc. has received an unsolicited $1.02 billion offer from John Malone's Liberty Media Group, the No.1 bookstore chain in the United States said Thursday.

Apple is just hours away from kicking off its 10th Anniversary celebration of opening its first retail store and quizzical look on the face of Apple fans are only fueling rumors as to what surprise Apple has up its sleeves.

Mountain View-based social networking site for professionals, LinkedIn has priced its IPO at the higher end $45 a share, making it the biggest US Internet IPO since Google went public and indicates the voracious investor appetite for social networking sites.

When Austin Whitney, 22, walked across the stage to receive his degree from the University of California-Berkeley, thousands of students cheered and clapped because the steps he took were extraordinary - Whitney is a paraplegic student and the walk from his wheelchair to the was made possible with the help of a bionic exoskeleton engineered by a university professor and fellow graduate students.

New leaks suggest that Apple's fifth generation iPhone or iPhone 5 will be positioning the flash and camera lens further apart than they are in the current version.

Finally good news for anxious Sony PlayStation fans - the Japanese company tendered a heartfelt apology on Saturday and said it would begin restoring the PlayStation Network services as early as this Sunday.

Following a 5 year legal standoff between peer-to-peer (P2P) boss LimeWire and the Recording Industry Association of America (R.I.A.A.), the two sides have agreed to settle the music piracy dispute for $105 million.