A new type of heart valve made with cow tissue and inserted by catheter was hailed as a major breakthrough.
Critics, fans and the Twittersphere lashed troubled actor Charlie Sheen on Sunday after he was booed off stage in a chaotic start to a live show tour.
If Walmart is a person, as a United States ruling contends, then perhaps it should exercise some self-control.
The US and Britain consider arming the Libyan rebels if airstrikes fail to dislodge Gaddafi.
A new Amazon.com service that lets customers store songs and play them on of phones and computers is facing a backlash from the music industry.
An international coalition piled pressure on Muammar Gaddafi on Tuesday to quit, pledging to continue military action against his forces.
Auction site eBay moved to bolster its ability to take on number one web retailer Amazon.com with a $1,96-billion takeover bid for GSI Commerce.
Nokia said on Tuesday it was filing a fresh complaint against Apple for patent infringement in "virtually all" of Apple’s devices.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, addressing a US audience on Monday, defended SA’s record on affirmative action and press freedom.
While America’s economy may best be known for its ultra-capitalist ways, local bartering between tradesmen is as trendy today as ever.
Sending a 49-member delegation to a United Nations gender summit in New York was a gross misuse of public funds, the DA said on Monday.
To have credibility within the Republican party is to have none outside it. They act as if all their Kool-Aid has been spiked.
Western warplanes bombed Muammar Gaddafi’s armour in eastern Libya on Friday to try to break a battlefield stalemate and help rebels take Ajdabiyah.
Small protests broke out in Bahrain’s capital for a planned Day of Rage on Friday despite a ban under martial law imposed last week, but were crushed.
Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor was given a small private funeral service attended by family and close friends in the Los Angeles area on Thursday.
Tiger Woods launched a cellphone application on Wednesday that will give golfing lessons via cellphones.
Elizabeth Taylor was the archetypal Hollywood movie queen, beauty known equally for her stormy romances as her Oscar-winning performances.
Legendary Hollywood actress and violet-eyed beauty Elizabeth Taylor, who captured hearts in <em>National Velvet</em>, has died aged 79.
Ernie Els sees a wide-open fight for the Masters crown next month.
Former United States secretary of state Warren Christopher, instrumental in negotiating peace in the former Yugoslavia’s civil war, has died.
Former United States secretary of state Warren Christopher, instrumental in negotiating peace in the former Yugoslavia’s civil war, has died.
A push by several allies for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation to take over operations in Libya ran into resistance from France on Monday.
The United States issued a sharp rebuke to Bahrain on Wednesday, after a day of crackdowns on demonstrators.
Behavioural economist Dan Ariely and Sarah Szalavitz revealed the results of their recent study on cheating at the South by South West conference.
Microsoft on Thursday announced the dismantling of a "notorious and complex" network of virus-infected computers that send billions of bogus emails.
The ebook boom has reached new heights, but not high enough to boost book sales in the United States overall.
Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide will arrive in Port-au-Prince early on Friday, ending seven years of exile in South Africa, an aide said.
Nate Dogg, whose near monotone crooning anchored some of rap’s most seminal songs and helped define West coast hip-hop, is dead at age 41.
Nate Dogg, whose near monotone crooning anchored some of rap’s most seminal songs and helped define West coast hip-hop, is dead at age 41.
Ex-president Jean-Bertrand Aristide is due to end seven years in exile in South Africa and return to Haiti on Thursday, a source says.
Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, is to join the <i>Huffington Post</i> as the media firm adds big names to its roster following its takeover by AOL.
The rapid growth of smartphones and tablets is making the internet the destination of choice for consumers looking for news.