Tablet sales surged in the first quarter of 2013, as sales more than doubled to 49.2 million, IDC reported Wednesday.

Firefighters continue to battle what has been a fast-growing Southern California wildfire,one that has already consumed more than 2,950 acres.

A 28-foot-long dead basking shark has washed ashore on a Rhode Island beach; necropsy to determine cause of death.

No matter how carefully thought out your password, no matter how complex it is, if you type it on a keyboard, (irrespective of language or symbol), as we all must do, it is no challenge to a hacker.

The bidding hasn't closed yet, but a charity auction of a cup of coffee shared with Apple CEO Tim Cook has already attracted offers of more than $600,000 — more than 10 times its estimated value of $50,000. Cook is one of several celebrities tak ...

Federal researchers shut down a clinical trial of an HIV vaccine involving about 2,500 subjects after it is found to be ineffective at preventing healthy subjects from contracting the virus.

Germany deliver Spain another knock-out blow as Dortmund thrash Real Madrid in their first leg Champions League semi.

Jennifer Lopez has been approached by Fox execs to return to "American Idol" for the balance of the season ... to replace Mariah Carey ... sources connected with the network confirm to TMZ.

Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow on Wednesday was named the world's most beautiful woman for 2013 by People magazine, knocking pop singer Beyonce out of the top spot.

The federal government is going after Lance Armstrong's money. As much as it can get.

According to Germans newspaper, Robert Kubica was at Brackley, Silver Arrows headquarters, doing some F1 simulator testing.

The explosion of a car parked outside the French Embassy in Libya wounded two French guards on Tuesday in what appeared to be the first major terrorist attack on a diplomatic compound in the capital since the ouster of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in 2011 ...

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), the world’s largest software maker, rose the most in a year after activist investor ValueAct Holdings LP amassed about a $1.9 billion stake.

The U.S. government will temporarily delay a controversial rule that would again permit passengers to carry small knives on commercial flights three days before it was due to take effect.

After years of deliberation, a German provincial privacy regulator has fined Google €145,000 ($189,000)—nearly the legal maximum of €150,000—over its Wi-Fi scanning scandal.

Boeing (BA.N) began installing reinforced lithium-ion batteries on five grounded 787 jets in Japan on Monday, starting a process that should make the first commercial Dreamliners ready to fly again in about a week.

Five people were shot dead, at least one by police, during a Sunday night gunfight at an apartment complex about 20 miles south of Seattle, a police official said.

From producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski, the filmmaking team behind the blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, comes Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer Films' "The Lone Ranger," a thrilling adventure infu ...

Y'know what they say about stranger danger -- the chick who pulled a knife on Eddie Kaye Thomas had just met the "American Pie" star less than 24 hours earlier.

Russian authorities have put on trial the most vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin in what experts said was a risky attempt to shut out of politics the country’s most charismatic opposition leader.