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Apple's iPad 2 and Amazon's Kindle Fire have hogged the limelight for quite some time with appealing features at affordable prices. However, as more and more comparisons emerge between the two, some startling revelations have surfaced.

Barack Obama's chances of winning second term boosted by jobless claimant figures hitting four-year low.

Bobby Brown is reportedly determined to attend Whitney's funeral.

Marston Hefner accused of kicking and punching live-in girlfriend Claire Sinclair.

The U.S.-based Fair Labor Association (FLA) has begun probing working conditions at the factories of Apple's various OEMs in China, including Foxconn, upon Apple's request.

The 136th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show kickstarted on Monday, at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Earthquakes Hit California and Costa Rica

The world pays tribute to pop legend Whitney Houston who died on Saturday in Beverly Hills, California, aged 48...

Researchers from the University of California and NASA have discovered that earthquakes can bring about considerable changes in the landscape of affected regions.

The R & B singer regarded as one of the world's best singers, died on Saturday in Beverly Hills, California, at the age of 48, on the eve of the Grammy Awards.

Robert Dewey Hoskins who was convicted of stalking and threatening Madonna was caught on Friday.

Julie Brady Engaged: Sister of Patriots’ Quarterback to Marry Red Sox Star

Have you ever wondered why it is we tend to tan so easily and are so prone to sunburn whereas plants never seem to mind?

Scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles, have discovered a technique to improve the memory of people suffering from dementia or early Alzheimer's disease disease.

'Chances are that we have been infiltrated by the police,' says St Paul's activist.

Robert Dewey Hoskins, 54, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 1996 after attempting to scale the walls of Madonna's home and threatened to slit her throat.

Speculation is rife about Google's cloud storage system taking shape in the form of "Google Drive". Besides, new rumours abound that the search engine giant is churning out a home entertainment device, which may be actually linked with its Android@Home project.

Washington state law makers passed a bill to legalise same-sex marriage on Wednesday, making it the seventh state in the US to back same-sex marriage.

Internet search giant Google has launched "Solve for X" - a forum and a Web site... an ambitious idea that promises radical solutions to any variety of problems, particularly large-scale ones.

According to reports Google has broken its anti-poaching pact, hiring an Apple senior director of product integrity to work on a new secret project.

Classic Ferrari 250 GTO sells at auction for £20.2m, making it the most expensive car ever sold in the UK.

Europe Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express spacecraft has shown a strong evidence that there is was a ocean that once covered part of Mars.

It was Arylynn Presser's New Year's resolution - to meet all her 325 Facebook friends in person! The journey wasn't easy. Presser also suffered from agoraphobia (a form of anxiety disorder characterised by repeated attacks of intense fear), from which she had suffered from over 30 years.

Fans of talk show "Saturday Night Live" were treated to a show hosted by "The Vow" star Channing Tatum. Folk music band Bon Iver was the guest band for the show.

David Johnson, a switchboard operator for the Department of Defense, raps about his love for Pizza Hut.

Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest and richest founder of Facebook, whose shares enable him to surpass the net asset value of existing Google co-founders and also compete against the likes of business tycoon Larry Ellison's Oracle.

A rescue team from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in Seattle, U.S., is searching for a whale that found itself entangled with fishing lines, off the coast of Hawaii.

Scientists from the University of California at Santa Cruz and the Carnegie Institution for Science in the U.S have discovered super-Earth that may have extraterrestrial life.

The Facebook IPO (Initial Public Offering) has generated a lot of hype and buzz. But various Republican Legislators and financial analysts have raised concerns. Some of them do not sound all that positive, hinting that the stock value might recede to unexpected lows after some initial gains.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is in India, to attend the 12th meeting of the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit.