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‘Royal wedding and ‘winning’ deemed top television words

“Royal wedding” and “winning” (as in Charlie Sheen’s catch-phrase) were the two most used phrases on television in 2011, according to a survey released on Tuesday. The rantings of the former “Two and A Half Men” actor beat “Arab Spring”...

Facebook looks to extend online reach, sharing

Facebook is trying to evolve from an Internet hangout where people swing by to share tidbits, links and photos to a homestead decorated with the memories, dreams and diversions of its 800 million users. In what may be the boldest step yet in the company’s...

Science fiction becomes reality

United States astronomers say they have discovered the first planet that is orbiting two suns, much like the fictional home of Luke Skywalker featured in Star Wars. Skywalker’s native planet of Tatooine was hot and desert-like, but this planet,...

British atomic clock ‘most accurate in world’

A British atomic clock is the most accurate measure of time in the world, scientists have announced. The machine, which is responsible for keeping Britain’s clocks on track and also contributes to the international measure of time, is accurate to...

Space shuttle Atlantis makes final landing

Space shuttle Atlantis has landed back on Earth, bringing to a close America’s 30-year orbiter programme. The vehicle swept into the Kennedy Space Center, its wheels touching the runway just before local sunrise. Nasa’s shuttles were instrumental...

Google warns of malware infection on Windows users’ computers.

Google is harnessing the power of the web to alert Windows users of possible malware infections on their machine. The malware alert was developed after the company noticed “some unusual search traffic” during routine maintenance on their data...

Era of the PC ‘coming to a close’

PCs are going the way of typewriters, vinyl records and vacuum tubes, one of the engineers who worked on the original machine has said. The claim was made in a blog post commemorating 30 years since the launch of the first IBM personal computer. No longer,...

NASA finds new evidence of liquid water on Mars

NASA scientists have discovered new evidence that briny water flows on Mars during its warmest months, raising chances that life could exist on the Red Planet, the space agency said on Thursday. NASA first found signs of water on Mars more than a decade...