A START-UP founded by engineers from Google and other tech giants is launching a search engine that claims to cover three times as many web pages as the search juggernaut
TELECOMS engineer Star-Tech Communications has dumped Engin in favour of Freshtel Holdings to supply its university campus customers with a range of internet telephony services
THE four young actors who share the role of Billy Elliot - the boy who chooses ballet over boxing - took the stage together last night after winning best actor at the Helpmann Awards
THREE suicide bombers, believed to be women, have killed 25 Shi`ite pilgrims as they headed to a holy shrine in Baghdad for a major religious ceremony that has been marred by bloodshed in the past
OIL prices rose today after rebels said they had sabotaged two pipelines in Nigeria, a major exporter of crude, and analysts said that the market was also tracking developments over Iran
CAMBODIAN Prime Minister Hun Sen took nearly 60 per cent of the vote in weekend elections, according to early returns, but observers said they could not yet declare the election free and fair
NATO-led soldiers killed two children after opening fire on a car that failed to slow down near a military patrol in southern Afghanistan, the alliance`s force said today
CHINA`S capital city and Olympic host Beijing is not taking new measures to restrict business visas ahead of the Games, state media said on Monday, even though financial hub Shanghai is
AT least 500,000 people have been evacuated or returned to port in eastern and southern China as Typhoon Fung-wong bore down on the coast, state media reported today
TWO people were killed and several wounded today when a man armed with a shotgun opened fire in a church in Knoxville, Tennessee, local television reported
THE cafeteria tray is being elbowed out of US university canteens as campuses change the way students collect their food and look for savings in tough economic times
A FLORIDA woman is under investigation over the disappearance of her two-year-old daughter, who was missing for more than a month before authorities were told
GOLD Coast Titans have suffered another blow after their heavy defeat by Canberra with three players charged with dangerous throws from their NRL match