Almost every wireless industry conference has its obligatory "carrier bashing" panel of mobile content start-ups and medium-sized companies complaining about how mobile carriers do not "get" content. With few exceptions, the parade of statistics, anecdotes and panelist opinion seem to pull on Star Wars imagery of plucky rebels taking on an entrenched empire.

England:  Garden flats are enjoying a renaissance on the property market, with demand outstripping that for other homes by as much as 54 per cent. Traditionally viewed as a bad investment because of poor security and lack of daylight, basement flats have previously been difficult to sell.

Men are just as likely to be compulsive shoppers as women, according to a new study. Previously, it was thought about 90 per cent of people with the condition – characterised by excessive binge- spending followed by deep regret – were women. But research from the United States suggests it is more common among men [...]

China:  After creating half the country’s wealth in 2005, private enterprises are poised for an even bigger role in the years ahead, a key government think-tank said yesterday in Beijing.

Popcap Games, creators of the wildly popular video game Bejeweled, has released a study which profiles casual game players. Casual games, which are graphically simple and do not require the large time commitment of online games like World of Warcraft, are by far the most popular game types in the US, with 29% of video [...]

U.S. researchers who simulated a terrorist attack on various physical components enabling internet connectivity in the United States have found that it would be very difficult to cause major disruptions.

Chinese scientists on Thursday successfully conducted their first test of an experimental thermonuclear fusion reactor, which replicates the energy generating process of the sun.

The numbers are by no means definitive, but the inferences to be drawn from last month’s Hitwise tracking figures have to have a lot of online marketers wondering, "What if…?"

A team of engineers from the University of British Columbia have developed a vehicle that has the ability to travel roughly 3,145 miles on a single gallon of gas – roughly the distance from Boston, MA to San Diego, CA.

Newspapers grappling with declining circulation and profit margins can turn themselves around if they quickly develop publications and affiliated websites packed with local information, according to an eagerly awaited industry report Wednesday.

The Cormorant Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) program has been established to examine the feasibility of a UAV that may be deployed from the sea without carrier support. The program will explore concepts that launch from both the sea surface and submarines. Amazing photo.