Maps fiasco mars Apple's big iPhone launch
Melting bridges, misplaced landmarks, and major cities disappearing: Apple's glitch-ridden maps program released in its new mobile software has customers fuming and analysts puzzled.
22 September 2012 17:11
US space shuttle lands in LA after final flight
The US space shuttle Endeavour took its final flight Friday, making a spectacular series of flypasts over California before landing in Los Angeles where it will retire near its birthplace.
22 September 2012 14:13
Apple maps disaster may solve China-Japan islands row
Apple's new iPhone 5 may have been criticised for its glitch-ridden new maps program, but it may have inadvertently provided a diplomatic solution to China and Japan's ongoing row over disputed islands.
22 September 2012 10:47
iPhone 5 big success, but no leap forward: analysts
The new iPhone 5 is on its way to unprecedented commercial success, but the world's most iconic smartphone is facing tougher competition from rivals out-innovating Apple.
21 September 2012 16:16
US space shuttle in California on final flight
The US space shuttle Endeavour arrived Thursday in California, where it will make a spectacular series of flypasts before finally heading into retirement near where it was built.
21 September 2012 14:43
Long queues for iPhone 5 rollout despite glitches
Apple's iPhone 5 hit stores in a festive global rollout Friday, with long queues of devotees undeterred by a lukewarm welcome from experts for the smartphone and complaints about its new mapping system.
21 September 2012 10:48
Kazakhstan will assemble Russian helicopters
Implementation of these programs will enable us to approach new production chains and improve the quality and scale of the industrial cooperation between the countries: Vladimir Putin.
Woman takes command of ISS after crew return
A woman took command of the International Space Station for only the second time Monday as three US and Russian colleagues made a safe return from the orbiting space lab to the Kazakh steppe.
17 September 2012 13:38
Aging Mars rover discovers geological mystery
NASA's Opportunity rover, older brother to the Curiosity rover that landed on Mars last month, has made a new discovery that geologists find both puzzling and exciting.
Two 'hot Jupiters' found in star cluster: NASA
US scientists have for the first time found proof that planets can form and survive around sun-like stars within dense star clusters, NASA said Friday.
15 September 2012 11:17
Eyes on Apple for "iPhone 5" debut
The stage is set for Apple to unveil a new-generation iPhone on Wednesday as the culture-changing company once again lays claim to the heart of the Internet age lifestyle.
13 September 2012 10:24
New nano-code ups the fight against counterfeiters
Scientists on Wednesday reported they had invented an invisible tag using the widely-used "quick response" code to help thwart banknote forgers and criminals who sell bogus drugs or fake vintage wine.
Study says wind could power the whole world
There's enough wind to power the world many times over, according to a study out Monday, but it would take a massive infrastructure investment to harness it that analysts say is not realistic.
