Developers kicked out of the iTunes store for using private APIs are turning to the unregulated Cydia store, and think the demographic might even suit them better.

Urgent warnings have been circulated throughout Nato and the European Union for secret intelligence material to be protected from a recent surge in cyberwar attacks originating in China.

A giant asteroid smashing into Earth is the only plausible explanation for the extinction of the dinosaurs, a global scientific team said on Thursday, hoping to settle a row that has divided experts for decades.

With the DVD business continuing to fall down the rabbit hole, movie studios are looking for new ways to boost revenues, and "Alice" may be part of the solution. This weekend Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" will re-write the rules of the game, opening the door for more experimentation with the home entertainment model down the line.

This year American Idol made headlines for pushing out individual Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace accounts for each of its 24 finalists. However, the show made a drastic change in strategy last night by consolidating all of them under the AI9Contestants username across sites.

Federal judge issues permanent injunction against sales of RealDVD, the DVD-copying software Hollywood claimed violated copyright law. RealNetworks agrees to pay studios $4.5 million.

Apple issued a press release stating that it has filed suit against cell phone manufacturer HTC for patent infringement. No mention of Android or Google was in the press release. But the actual legal complaints, which we've obtained and embedded below, make no bones about it. As expected, this lawsuit is about Android. HTC, of course, is one of the largest manufacturers of Android handsets.

The truth is out there, and not just in a cult Nineties TV show, as hundreds of reported UFO sightings and alien life form-related queries have been released into the public domain. Thousands of correspondences addressed to the Ministry of Defence's UFO desk have been placed online this week by The National Archives, fuelling conspiracy theorists and alien hunters worldwide.

Operators of the world's largest atom smasher restarted their massive machine yesterday in a run up to experiments probing secrets of the universe, a spokeswoman said.

The growth in iTunes tracks sold is encouraging - but if you consider what's driving it, the picture might not be so rosy.