Internet search engine Google has retaken first place in the 2005 global poll of the world's most influential brands. The annual survey compiled by online branding magazine brandchannel.com asked "Which brand had the most impact on our lives in 2005?" ...more
Pristine comet samples returned this weekend by the Stardust spacecraft after a 2.9-billion-mile (4.7-billion-km) journey wildly exceeded scientists' expectations, project managers report. "This exceeded all of our grandest expectations." ...more
Imagine a personalized welcome, few queues and fingerprint checks. This could be your bank branch in the future, thanks to cutting-edge technology such as radio frequency identification and biometric scanning. ...more
Yahoo Inc, the world's largest Internet media company, unveiled a new service that allows mobile phones and TVs to control its Web services similarly to the way computers do now. "We want to connect to the three screens of (consumers') lives." ...more
