When Jeff Jordan learned last May that Web-search leader Google Inc. was building its own Internet-payment service, he reacted swiftly.

Mr. Jordan, who is president of eBay Inc.'s PayPal online-payments unit, immediately asked employees to unearth information about the Google service. Soon, PayPal employees were monitoring blogs, news reports and other data for information about Google's progress in payments. PayPal staffers even gleaned details about Google's plans during regular calls to customers who were eager to dish about how Google had reached out to them.

Charles Babbage would be very, VERY proud! :)

An international team of scientists says it has found a "lost world" in the Indonesian jungle that is home to dozens of new animal and plant species.

Marie Lindor, a home health aide who has never bought, used, or even turned on a computer in her life, was sued by the RIAA in Brooklyn federal court for using an 'online distribution system' to 'download, distribute, and/or make available for distribution' plaintiff's music files. She has requested a pre-motion conference in anticipation of making a summary judgment motion dismissing the complaint and awarding her attorneys fees under the Copyright Act.

Confirming what many have long suspected, scientists have found that male monkeys of two different species get heavier when their mates are pregnant.

Eating lots of red meat is linked with DNA damage which raises the risk of bowel cancer, researchers suggest.

Cancer Research UK scientists, including Professor Steve Jackson of the University of Cambridge, believe they have discovered the final piece of the picture of how cells fix a severe type of DNA damage thereby reducing the chances that the cells become cancerous.

Channel 4 in the United Kingdom is debuting its new show "IT Crowd," which is about the life of three IT workers in a big corporation, on the Web a week before it premieres on TV.

PC users have been urged to scan their computers before 3 February to avoid falling victim to a destructive virus.

“Joshua Philip Martin was in his fourth day on the job as a rescue-squad worker in Russell County when, in a playful mood, he decided to reach into the front seat of the ambulance and zap one of his co-workers with the defibrillator paddles. The rookie's mistake was fatal.”