The iPhone could replace the stethoscope as millions of doctors across the world are signing up for a free app created by University College London.

A large asteroid in space that has a remote chance of slamming into the Earth would be most likely hit in 2182, if it crashed into our planet at all, a new study suggests.

Sales of Android phones have risen by more than 300% from the beginning of 2010, with one in 10 contract handsets sold in the UK now running Google's mobile operating system.

Chinese engineers are considering a new super-powerful engine for the next generation of space rockets, say officials.

Later this year both Sony and Microsoft will release motion control devices that they hope will not only enhance the gameplay experiences on their consoles, but also eat into the Wii's motion-controlled mass-market dominance.

Microsoft is set to release a series of Windows-based, tablet-style computers this year as it seeks to see off the challenge posed by Apple's iPad. Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, told delegates at the company's annual worldwide partner conference that they would find the range of devices “quite impressive”.

Amidst surging sales of its Android handsets mobile handset vendor HTC is reporting stronger than expected financial gains. The company said in its monthly financial report that quarterly revenues were on pace to jump by some 58.45 per cent over the same period in 2009. In the month of June, the company reported a 66.69 per cent jump over 2009.

Sweden's Pirate Party has said that it is now acting as the Pirate Bay's internet service provider and plans to use parliamentary law to protect the site. In a statement the party, said that it hopes to take over the running of the site from within Sweden's parliament.

The 1,300 megapixel photo was taken while the England-Slovenia world cup match was being screened on a big screen at the Pyramid Stage. Festival goers were then asked to 'tag' themselves and friends on the Orange GlastoTag website using Facebook.

Internet giant Google says it has been forced to stop redirecting users of Google China to its unrestricted Hong Kong site.