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Google has announced that it is trying to fix a vulnerability exposed in Android phones by a group of researchers at a German university which allows hackers to get hold of a user's contact and calendar data over open Wi-Fi network.

U.S. and Hong Kong named as the most competitive countries in the world, according to data from “2011 World Competitiveness Yearbook”, released by by the Lausanne-based Institute for Management Development (IMD).

Pippa Middleton, sister of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, has revealed the secret behind her greatly toned body in a testimonial at Parson's Green Pilates Studio in London.

Minutes from the last FOMC meeting held April 26-27, 2011.

German researchers have discovered that nearly all Android phones have an authentication flaw that could allow hackers to steal digital credentials over open wireless networks.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been arrested by US authorities for rape allegations. There is a very good chance he won’t be returning as the head of the IMF.

Timothy Ray Brown, a resident of San Francisco Bay Area, is possibly the first ever person to be fully cured of the incurable HIV-AIDS disease, according to scientific journal Blood.

Timothy Ray Brown, 45, who tested positive for HIV in 1995, has appeared in a new interview proclaiming he is cured of HIV, several months after the December study published in scientific journal Blood which said Brown had exhibited “evidence for the cure of HIV infection.”

Pope Benedict XVI has issued new guidelines to bishops across the world to fight child abuse by the priests.

As Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s continued role as boss of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) appears doomed following his arrest on charges of rape in New York over the weekend, speculation grows on who will ultimately succeed him.

Pakistani Taliban leaders sometimes visited with al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden at his compound in Abbottabad, according to documents and computer files captured by U.S. officials.

The Dollar price of Gold on wholesale markets continued to rally Friday morning, rising as high as $1516 per ounce - less than 4% off this month's all-time high - before slipping back, while stock and commodity markets recovered some of Thursday's losses.

The European Union (EU) has decided to stop its free travel policy across the continent in the midst of fears of migrants fleeing Africa due to the unrest.

John Demjanjuk has been convicted of helping Nazi in massacring 28,000 Jews at Sobibor camp during Holocaust, to five years in prison by a German court on Thursday.

Stocks, led by defensive shares, rebounded from prior session losses, as commodities also clawed back higher.

Janssen, one of the units of Johnson and Johnson has tackled some issues in a discussion together with the regulatory authorities in five different countries about the trace amounts of fungicide discovered in the HIV drug, Prezista. Johnson and Johnson did a series of recalls that pertain to the presence of the chemical. The discussion was started by Janssen after receiving four consumer reports of a foul undetermined musty and moldy odor.

Ninety-one-year-old Ivan, the Terrible or John Demjanjuk was finally charged with thousands counts of being an accomplice to murder, in a Nazi-occupied Poland and sentenced to five years imprisonment, ending a trial that ran well over three decades.

Google’s first Chromebook from Samsung and Acer’s new web-centric PCs can be monthly subscribed at $28/user for businesses and $20/user for schools.

Astronomers were shocked when the dusty remains of an exploded star, the Crab Nebula, unleashed a surprisingly blast of gamma rays, the highest-energy light in the Universe.

In a shocking report, evidence about child abduction by family planning officials in China for the purpose of oversees adoption has raised questions on the current human-rights situations of the country.

The prospect has been tossed around tech circles for ages, with various rumors fueling the flame, but the day has finally come -- Google has unveiled its answer to Microsoft dominance.