A team of researchers who found that people think they are more attractive when drinking alcohol, have scooped an Ig Nobel prize for their work.

When asked to name the most notable rags-to-riches entrepreneur that his firm has funded, venture capitalist Ben Horowitz doesn't hesitate: Christian Gheorghe, a Romanian immigrant who came to the United States without speaking English, and rose from limo driver to founder of a business-analytics company, Tidemark.

Samsung just launched their next, new, big time product. It's the Galaxy Gear smartwatch.

It's easy to ask why Microsoft would want to buy Nokia when its share of the smartphone handset market is sliding.

Amazon has announced plans to offer buyers of printed books a copy of the text in digital form for free or at a discounted price.

The British Government was accused of "breathtaking laxity" in its arms controls after it emerged that officials authorised the export to Syria of two chemicals capable of being used to make a nerve agent such as sarin a year ago.

LG and Acer are both claiming "world firsts" with their latest product launches, revealed ahead of Berlin's Ifa tech show.

Everybody likes to make a good first impression

In a shabby back-alley office in Shibuya, a Tokyo district known for youth culture and tech ventures, defectors from corporate Japan are hard at work for a little-known company they fervently believe will be the country's next big manufacturing success.

They are all "veterans of the tobacco wars," as Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois put it.