According to the US Geological Survey, the rising sea-levels along the parts of the Atlantic Coast have led to concerns that the coastal areas could likely witness the swamping and erosion of beaches, wetlands and farm fields in the near future.

U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's 11-day, 9-country tour of Africa, has finally ended and a majority of her tour was about highlighting the efforts to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Countries were urged by Clinton to keep prevention programs their priority despite attempts being made to treat the disease and bring down the infections.

Aerial spraying was authorized by the Dallas County this year after suffering from the nation's deadliest outbreak of West Nile virus. In about 50 years, this has happened for the first time to keep away the mosquito-borne illness.

A special animation from US space agency NASA provides a second-by-second breakdown of the landing plan of the high-tech Mars rover Curiosity, which is scheduled to attempt an acrobatic landing on the Mars surface; with the first signal of the feat expected to reach NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at around 3.31pm (AEST).

Google Inc. on Wednesday announced the launch of a cloud version of its mobile payment system - Google Wallet.

New York-based Betaworks on Tuesday launched a brand new version of social bookmarking website Digg, which now resembles a Web magazine, minus the ostentatious bells-&-whistles that the site was once known for.

The brand new version, Digg V1, puts a strong emphasis on images and is currently free of advertisements. It features three sections, viz. Top Stories, Popular and Upcoming.

Within a week of VMware's announcement of its $1.2 billion acquisition of Nicira, software maker Oracle has revealed that it is buying the privately-held, San Jose, California-based network virtualization software maker, Xsigo Systems.

Google has apologized to users for the recent glitch in Google Talk service, and assured that it was making incessant improvements to make its systems better.