The launch of Dell's Streak 5-inch tablet-phone is quickly turning into a fiasco, despite the company's attempts to bring clarity to the matter.

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Israeli archaeologists say they’ve found a 3,700-year-old clay tablet that appears to bear laws likened to the Code of Hammurabi as well as the biblical “tooth for a tooth” rule.

Zookeepers give animals some tasty ways to cool off.

Bye bye Michael Jackson zombie. Hello … disco zombie? After a protest from the singer's estate, PopCap games has removed a zombie that resembles the King of Pop from its hit game 'Plants vs Zombies.'

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: The $10 million Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize's finals come to an end — but although the field has been whittled way down, the results are not yet "final."

Roughly 80 percent of computers sold these days are laptops. But nearly 90 percent of American homes still have a trusty desktop PC, compared to just 50 percent with laptops, says sales-tracking firm NPD. How can that be?

Terrafugia has released new artists' renderings and updated specs for its Transition vehicle — the world's first flying car.

All living marsupials — such as wallabies, kangaroos and opossums — all originated in South America, a new genetic study suggests.