A teenage geek who dared to 'dis' 50 Cent on YouTube has been flown to New York to hang out with the superstar rapper.
Students and parents at a US primary school have been left horrified after a teacher accidentally sent home a sex tape with the kids.
Military-backed researchers in the US have a built a tiny flying robot that looks and moves like a hummingbird.
A Victorian inventor has won a state innovation award for his "handheld laboratory".
A European rocket on Wednesday placed the world's biggest commercial telecommunications satellite into geostationary orbit, launch operator Arianespace said.
Chinese authorities are insisting an internet filtering program will go ahead despite a decision to postpone making it mandatory on new PCs, reports say.
Grieving Michael Jackson fans are the targets of a new online computer virus.
Brazil's biggest city has unveiled plans to introduce Latin America's first hydrogen-powered bus, which from August will plough the city's thronged streets, spewing water vapor instead of carbon dioxide.
Indonesia has successfully launched a home-grown rocket into space as part of plans to send a satellite into orbit by 2014, officials say.
RoboCup 2009, the world's largest robotics event, has kicked off in Graz, with some 400 teams and 2,000 robots ready to compete in sports and rescue operations.
The US space shuttle Endeavour has apparently cleared a test for potentially harmful hydrogen leaks that had twice delayed its high-profile launch.
Video-sharing site YouTube has announced it is doubling the size limit for uploads to its website to allow users to post more high-definition (HD) video.
Astronomers said they had identified an intermediate class of black hole that could explain how supermassive, light-sucking monsters develop.
Some people are receiving text messages containing death threats as part of an international scam - and they're been told to report them to authorities.