Internet titan Google Inc has acquired two startup firms -- Apture and Katango -- for an undisclosed amount that would help it enhance the user experience of its browser and social networking services

A judge cited the 'huge and brazen' nature of the crime as he imposed a record USD 92 million civil penalty on billionaire hedge fund boss Raj Rajaratnam snared in the biggest insider trading case eve

Adobe has announced that it is cutting 750 jobs, nearly eight percent of the workforce at the US software maker.

Adobe on Monday said it is eliminating the positions in North America and Europe as p

Arkansas mom Michelle Duggar proudly announced to the world on Tuesday she's expecting, but her 19 other children got to hear the news first.

Duggar, 45, and her husband Jim Bob, 46, have more experi

The Federal Aviation Administration is urging witnesses to contact police after someone aimed a green laser at six airliners as they landed at LaGuardia airport over the weekend.

Lasers can blind or

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says he received some words of wisdom from Apple's late co-founder Steve Jobs who told the young Silicon Valley billionaire to focus on building the right team for a '

Kenya's Geoffrey Mutai smashed the New York Marathon men's record on Sunday while Ethiopian Firehiwot Dado surprised herself with a late charge to capture the women's title in her New York debut.

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Former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier, who earned boxing immortality after three epic fights with Muhammad Ali, is in hospice care with liver cancer, his manager said on Saturday.

"Smokin' Joe" Fra

Fears of a possible police crackdown spread on Friday through New York's Occupy Wall Street camp in the wake of violent clashes between police and protesters in California.

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Yahoo has signed confidentiality agreements with several parties interested in buying all or part of the Internet company, according to people familiar with the matter.

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