Starting a career as a cyber criminal got much easier in 2007.

A number of technologies have exploded throughout 2007, from Facebook and the iPhone to the Nintendo Wii.

 

Genentech Inc. has solved the disputable question over its cancer drug Avastin, a much cheaper alternative to the biotech company's Lucentis for macular degeneration, doctors and the company’s officials reported Thursday.

The problems of early sexual intercourse, teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and HIV/AIDS infections can be controlled now. The remedy is sexual education.

Sony’s PlayStation 3 console outsold Nintendo Co.'s Wii player and Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 on the U.S. market in November. Sony Corp. achieved such a result with the help of a price cut, which automatically attracted more customers to its product.

Microsoft announced a public beta version of Hyper-V, its upcoming server virtualization technology. The company had previously shipped a pre-beta version of Hyper-V in an earlier Windows 2008 pre-release build; this newer version adds new functionality and fit and finish, Microsoft says.

Search engine Ask has launched a feature that it hopes will prove a selling point for consumers concerned about their online privacy.

The glitzy city state of Singapore has one of the world’s largest desalination plants and is paying Dutch experts tens of millions of dollars (euros) to devise ways to protect their island from the seas, surrounding it.

Digging in an east Jerusalem, the archaeologists have discovered a mansion which is 2,000 years old. They believe it belonged to Queen Helene of Adiabene, an outstanding figure in the city’s history.

New Toyota robot plays "Pomp and Circumstance" on the violin, a little artificially, if compared to a virtuoso.