Shorter, milder winters caused by global warming to blame for steady decrease in size of St Kilda sheep, experts sayThe mysterious shrinking sheep of St Kilda sounds like a job for super-sleuth Sherlock Holmes.The case involves a rare herd of wild sheep on the remote Scottish island - known in ....

BBC NewsJudge Overrules Jury, Acquits Lori Drew in Cyberbullying CaseWired NewsLOS ANGELES A federal judge on Thursday overturned guilty verdicts against Lori Drew, and issued a directed acquittal on the three misdemeanor charges. If you're not yet registered with Wired.com, join now so you can ....

Those new IE 8 ads featuring Dean Cain are pretty damn funny but it seems that the latest installment went a little too far for Microsofts taste. We're not sure if the company pulled the OMGIGP ad because of the vomit or because of what was bleeped. Either way, the ad was funnya little gross, but ....

Apple is trying to fix an iPhone flaw that allows an attacker to remotely install and run unsigned software code with root access to the phone. For example, malicious code could include commands to monitor the location of the phone using GPS or turn on the phone's microphone to eavesdrop on ....

Telegraph.co.ukNew flu may not spread like regular fluReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The new H1N1 influenza strain may be just a little less catching than seasonal flu, but seems a little better able to cause stomach upsets, researchers reported on Thursday. ...Study: New flu inefficient in ....

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has transmitted its first images since reaching the moon on June 23. The spacecraft's two cameras, collectively known as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, or LROC, were activated June 30. The cameras are working well and have returned ....

With just the simple image you see above, developer Polytron announced that its dimensional-shifting platformer Fez would arrive on the Xbox Live Arcade platform at some point next year. Though we've seen a date of 2009 in a previous trailer, the teaser image is the best indication we've had so far ....

An investigation of Microsoft's licensing for Windows 7 has revealed today that the company plans to introduce a Family Pack bundle for the new OS when it ships in October. Kristan Kenney has found installation rights for "qualified" Family Pack owners that give owners of that special copy the ....

Next week's Rock Band Weekly brings the announced three-pack from Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown album. The tracks are apparently the first offerings from an "exclusive partnership" between Harmonix and Warner Music to bring the band's songs to the platform. Green Day isn't even the angriest ....

An anonymous reader points to Digital Daily, writing "Looks like the fireworks have begun early in Mountain View. On Thursday afternoon, the Department of Justice officially notified Google that it is investigating its book deal for violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act."Read more of this story ....