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Following reports of mass arrests and acts of brutality against participants in the Oakland chapter of the Occupy movement, the hacker cell of the Anonymous collective has enacted a revenge attack, hacking the Oakland Police networks.

BlackBerry manufacturer Research in Motion has been sued by consumers in the US and Canada for the three-day service outage that affected millions of users worldwide this month.

Reports have emerged suggesting riot police are attempting to forcefully disperse the Occupy Oakland movement using tear gas, rubber bullets and armoured vehicles on peaceful protesters.

Lindsay Lohan's father has been arrested in Florida on domestic violence charges against his on-off girlfriend.

Steve Job’s father boasted about meeting the man himself and called him a ‘great tipper’, without realising he was his biological son.

California preacher Harold Camping has predicted that October 21 will be the end of the world, after his previous prediction that the rapture would take 200 million Christians to Heaven on May 21 turned out to be a dud.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg could be set to pay a hefty €100,000 (£87,000) fine after it was discovered that the social networking site was holding data that users had deleted.

Caroline Spelman was said by many commentators to have had her card marked for demotion after her handling of the forest sell off controversy, but her latest comments on the proposed referendum on EU membership prove she may have the makings of a baroness!

Troubled wildlife collector, Terry Thompson, 62, released 51 animals Tuesday October 18, out of the private Muskingum County Animal Farm near Zanesville, before ending his own life, forcing local authorities to set up an all-night game hunt, to track down the creatures.

Brenda Song, best known for her roles in Disney shows like, "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" and "Phil of the Future" is getting engaged to her boyfriend, Trace Cyrus. The couple has been dating for one-and-half years now.

Beyonce's Baby Bump Controversy: Celebrites Who Have Resorted to Surrogacy(Photos)

A gunman opened fire at a busy hair salon in Seal Beach, Calif., Wednesday, leaving eight people dead and another critically wounded.

Steve Jobs, despite knowing the fact that he had been dying, had worked for more than a year on the products that, according to him, would safeguard Apple's future.

Crab Pulsar's Gamma Rays Baffle Scientists. A group of international astrophysicists,Using the Very Energetic Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS),spotted gamma rays with energies exceeding 100 billion electron-volts emitted from the Crab Pulsar supernova. The fast spinning crab pulsar supernova was discovered in 1968 and was the first to be connected with a supernova remnant. the crab pulsar's emissions were more than 100 gigaelectronvolts which are100 billion times more energetic ...

We take a look at the rollercoaster ride that was Steve Jobs. The ups and downs are numerous, from Jobs getting sacked, to becoming CEO of Apple Inc.

Apple’s chairman and ex-CEO has been found dead just a few hours ago days after the iPhone 4S launch.

Ford generated some UK publicity for its Sync system, recruiting comedian Jimmy Carr and chat show host Jay Leno to demonstrate the in-car Wi-Fi available through Sync.

Potential Tesla Model S customers got their first chance to drive the new battery powered saloon car from the electric car manufacture Tesla, ahead of it being delivered next year.

The U.S.-born radical Islamist cleric and accused al-Qaida leader Anwar al-Awlaki, wanted by both the CIA and the Yemeni authorities, has been killed in Yemen, the country's Defense Ministry announced Friday.

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have discovered how to capture your thoughts and play it back on video.

The need for faster broadband is not only felt here on Earth, but NASA has found that its current 6Mbps connection with Mars is just too slow, and has been trialling laser-powered 100Mbps broadband.

For protesters still reeling from the execution of Troy Davis in Georgia, his death provides yet more evidence that the U.S. should abolish the death penalty.

A Facebook employee has let slip about the predicted music streaming service, due to be announced this evening, by mentioning the new feature on his Twitter page.

An 18-year study of the Octopoteuthis deletron, a little-known squid which dwells a depth of 400 to 800m, found that males attempt to mate with any deep sea squid it comes across, whether male or females.

After years of rights group fighting the law, the ban against gays serving openly in the U.S. military, usually known as thee "Don't ask, don't tell" policy has finally been repealed, ending a policy under which more than 14,000 men and women were discharged.

Two Babies Born From Two Separate Uteruses. The chances are said to be one in five million but a woman in Florida has given birth to two babies from two separate uteruses.

California student holds a world record of having longest tongue.

Declining Cancer Rates in U.S. Direct Consequence of Dramatic Fall in Smoking. The declining rates of cancer in America are the direct consequence of U.S cities becoming tougher on smokers. U.S citizens are now turning away from smoking and as a direct results U.S citizens are becoming healthier.

New Plans For Genetically Modified Mosquitos to Exterminate Dengue Flu. Millions of genetically modified mosquitos are to be released into the world in the Brazilian city of Juazeiro to try and eradicate Dengue Fever.

Scientists have discovered a very bright supernova that is visible with a pair of binoculars and astronomy enthusiasts have a wonderful opportunity to catch a glimpse of the dying star at its brightest peak on 9 September as it is the closest supernova of its type in 30 years to be discovered in the sky recently.