UK online advertising spending hit £1.33 billion ($2.66 billion) in the first half of 2007, up from £917.2 million ($1.83 billion) in the first half of 2006, according to an Internet Advertising Bureau UK-commissioned study by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the World Advertising Research Centre.

In addition to their mean-looking 180Hz LCD, JVC has introduced another display technology in progress at this year’s CEATEC. Specifically, it’s a TV that responds to claps and gestures, or "handclap & gesture recognition TV" as it’s officially labeled.

Researchers in a multicenter international study have identified a new gene that, if mutated, may increase a woman’s risk of breast cancer by more than a third.

Deb Frey:  Over the past 34 years I have signed up for several MLM businesses. Working a 9-5 job, the MLMs gave me a chance to feel like I had a possible path to something much bigger.

What if your doctor could swipe a wand over your neck and reveal whether you have hidden heart disease?  That is now possible in places other than the sickbay of the starship Enterprise.

It can take your pulse, check your body fat, time your jogs and tell you if you have bad breath. It even assesses stress levels and inspires you with a pep talk. Meet your new personal trainer: your cell phone.

Back in the day, the universe could really belt out the supernovae — but no more. A new survey of monster stellar detonations shows that the more distant and ancient the explosions are, the greater their inherent brightness. This discovery has important implications for measuring the rate at which the universe is expanding, and therefore […]

"Naked Lunch" just doesn’t sound appetizing to some people. A sandwich called the Skinny Dip, featuring sliced prime rib in a baguette roll, has been offered free of charge anyone willing to plunge naked from The Black Frog Restaurant’s dock into a lake.

The earth is too small to accommodate all the biofuels projects envisioned for the globe, and this raises doubts whether green fuels will ever play a big role in weaning the world off crude oil.

Scientists have come up with a new currency designed to be used by inter-planetary travellers.