BEIJING, October 27 (Xinhuanet) — Yahoo’s web hosting service, GeoCities, has closed after 15 years of offering people the ability to set up their own website. GeoCities once boasted millions of users but has fallen out of fashion in recent years. Free blogging services such as Blogger, WordPress and Typepad as well as social networking [...]

Computer hackers have targeted the Guardian newspaper’s jobs website in a “sophisticated and deliberate” move, the company has said. The breach put the personal details of some of the site’s users at risk, and those who may have been affected have been identified and e-mailed. The Guardian said it had since been “assured” by the [...]

‘Freezer plan’ bid to save coral By Matt McGrath The prospects of saving the world’s coral reefs now appear so bleak that plans are being made to freeze samples to preserve them for the future. A meeting in Denmark took evidence from researchers that most coral reefs will not survive even if tough regulations on [...]

There has been a mixed reaction to South Africa’s decision to reappoint Carlos Alberto Parreira as national coach. Bafana Bafana captain Aaron Mokoena has welcomed the move. But the man who led them to glory in the Africa Cup of Nations in 1996 says he is disappointed. “Carlos has been there and he’s done it [...]

Chelsea 5 – 0 Blackburn Chelsea had the chances to win by a far greater margin op of the Premier League.They opened the scoring when Gael Givet diverted Nicolas Anelka’s cross into his own net and Frank Lampard fired home from close range to make it two. Michael Essien curled in from distance before Lampard [...]