Following fears that the highly infectious bird-flu virus might escape from the laboratories that are conducting research on the virus, influenza experts have agreed to a two-month voluntary ban on research.

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In what came as a disquieting surprise for most investors, Internet search giant Google Thursday reported weaker-than-projected results for the 2011 fourth quarter, largely due to lower advertising prices and the debt woes that hit Europe.

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Reporting its earnings for the second quarter, Microsoft said that robust sales of its Office suite of programs and Xbox gaming system helped the company touch a profit figure which was two cents more than the analysts' estimates, even though the figure was `flat' in comparison to the numbers for the previous year.

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According to GameSpot, Capcom has somewhat confirmed that a console game from its flagship Resident Evil franchise may apparently be on the cards later this year; with a viral marketing campaign by the publisher teasing the next episode in the series.

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In about 40 years, industrial action is now being threatened by Scottish doctors after they showed anger over changes proposed to their pension plans.

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Outright opposition is something that the unions representing nurses and midwives have now thought of doing when it comes to the government's NHS plans in England for which the union has joined others.

Concerns in the past have been expressed by the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal College of Midwives and stated that they will support the ministers while working towards this.

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In what apparently was a retaliatory move against the Monday attack on the Tel Aviv stock exchange website and Israeli airline El Al's website by Saudi hackers, an Israeli hacking group took down the websites of the stock exchanges in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday.

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In an interesting revelation during the course of a recent interview with The Daily Beast, one of Apple's co-founders Steve Wozniak said that even though the Apple iPhone was his "primary phone," he also uses the Android-based Droid Razr from Motorola.

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In a recent research note, analyst Gus Richard, at investment bank Piper Jaffray, has expressed the opinion that the year 2012 will be a hard one for chip-maker Intel, and it will be some time before the company gets to reap the benefits from Microsoft's Windows 8 software.

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According to a USA Today report, citing a genetic survey carried out by the researchers at the Yale University, a giant Galapagos tortoise species which was believed to have gone extinct in the 1840s is still alive and in good health.

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In what apparently will be a notable setback for Apple in its attempts to prove that the Android-based devices ‘copy’ the iPhone, the US International Trade Commission (ITC)’s early ruling in the Apple-Motorola Mobility patent infringement battle has gone the way of Motorola Mobility.

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At the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the charge in the operating systems (OS) arena was led predominantly by the increasingly popular Google Android OS, which powered a horde of smartphones and tablets displayed at the show.

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The California Department of Food & Agriculture’s Animal Health branch is conducting a full epidemiologic examination at the Orange County property where five horses have been tested positive for the equine herpes virus 1 (EHV-1).

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On Thursday, popular social network Facebook commenced the rollout of its new “Listen With Friends” feature, which will give a notable boost to the Facebook users’ social experience of listening to music online.

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In an attempt to bring on increased consistency to its Android platform in order to enhance its overall usability, Google has introduced a new set of design and style guidelines for the latest Android OS iteration – the Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) version.

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In a Thursday statement, the world’s biggest contract electronics manufacturer Foxconn Technology said that its pay dispute with its employees at one of its central China plants has been resolved successfully and peacefully.

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Moderate consumption of red wine may slash risk factors for breast cancer in pre-menopausal women, researchers at Los Angeles Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre suggested.

MD Glenn Braunstein and his colleagues randomized thirty-six women to drink either Cabernet Sauvignon or Chardonnay daily for a period of around one month, before they were allowed to switch to the other type of wine.

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The Central Provident Fund Board (CPFB) has announced its decision to place a cap of 1 per cent a year on the wrap fee charged on unit trusts included in the Central Provident Fund Investment Scheme (CPFIS).

The planned cap, which will take effect from July this year, will encourage investors to invest more in products offered under the CPFIS by lowering the costs of investment.

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Singapore’s bank lending jumped 2.3 per cent to settle at S$415.8 billion in November from the previous month.

Business loans jumped 2.9 per cent to S$240.1 billion, while consumer loans climbed 1.4 per cent to settle at S$175.7 billion.

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Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said that the country would have to take this year’s economic fluctuations in their stride.

Delivering his New Year message, Mr. Lee said “The economy goes up, goes down - we have to take it in our stride.”

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