Google may cooperate more closely with Facebook and Twitter and believes there is room for multiple social networks.
Betty Ford, the wife of the late president Gerald Ford, who overcame addictions and helped found a rehabilitation clinic, died on Friday at 93.
Angelenos fear the closure of the San Diego freeway for 53 hours for bridge rebuilding will bring an already congested LA to a standstill.
American painter Cy Twombly, renowned for his large-scale scribbled canvases, died in Rome on Tuesday. He was 83.
The International Monetary Fund’s new managing director, Christine Lagarde, will make her debut under intense pressure this coming week.
United States wars launched since the attacks of September 11 2001 have left 225 000 dead and cost up to $4.4-trillion.
MySpace has been sold to an online ad company for $35-million, a fraction of the $100-million its parent company was seeking for the social network.
The case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn is in doubt following reports of major holes in the credibility of the woman who alleges he attacked her.
Stephen Bannon’s portrayal of Sarah Palin opens with footage in which various well-known figures offer scathing, often expletive-ridden verdicts.
Tom Petty has told US presidential candidate Michele Bachmann to stop using one of his songs as part of her campaign.
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. For months the tech press has swirled with persistent rumours that News Corporation is selling MySpace.
A stink bug from Asia is chomping up US vegetable fields, orchards and vineyards, causing experts to scramble through an arsenal of weapons.
Microsoft is making its biggest move into the world of cloud computing this week as it takes the wraps off a online version of its Office software.
Michele Bachmann, a favourite of Christian conservatives and anti-tax Tea Party activists, kicks off her presidential campaign in Iowa on Monday.
Euphoria over New York State’s legalisation of same-sex marriage promised to turn the annual gay pride parade here into an enormous engagement party.
The capture of notorious mobster James "Whitey" Bulger sent a wave of mixed emotions through residents of the accused killer’s former stomping ground.
The US is seeing a natural gas boom thanks to discoveries of abundant shale gas, and at the same time a groundswell of opposition from critics.
The Lulz Security group of rogue hackers announced it was disbanding on Saturday with one last data dump.
Show-business history records that the American actor Peter Falk, who has died aged 83, made his stage debut the year before he left high school.
The return to Boston of gangster James "Whitey" Bulger awas met on Friday with high security at a courthouse not even built when he fled the city.
Despite sightings around the world, the fugitive who inspired a character in a Scorsese film was finally undone by a TV ad.
A cellphone used by Osama bin Laden’s courier appears to show he was aided by militants linked to Pakistani intelligence, it has been reported.
A major earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday 172km east of Atka, Alaska, at a depth of about 40km.
The upgraded Apple handset will look like iPhone 4 but feature an A5 processor and 8MP camera, according to reports.
Transocean has blamed BP for decisions that led to the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year.
Republican Jon Huntsman, President Barack Obama’s former ambassador to China, entered his party’s 2012 presidential race on Tuesday.
Star saxophonist Clarence Clemons, a defining member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, died on June 18 after suffering a stroke.
Only one thing was missing from Rory McIlroy’s breakthrough win in a Major at the US Open on Sunday — there was no Tiger Woods.
The sex scandal that forced New York Representative Anthony Weiner from Congress last week capped a season of dishonour for male politicians.
US First Lady Michelle Obama begins a six-day visit to Southern Africa on Monday where she will highlight the spread of democracy on the continent.
Clarence Clemons, the burly saxophone player who played a crucial role in shaping Bruce Springsteen’s early sound, died on Saturday.
The US defence agency that invented the forerunner to the internet is working on a "virtual firing range" intended as a replica of the real internet.