Nearly two-thirds of the country's households were online last year, with more Canadians turning to high-speed internet subscriptions.

TD Canada Trust is warning consumers to beware of fraudulent e-mails after a mass e-mail claiming to represent the bank began circulating several days ago.

The launch of a Mars-bound spacecraft armed with a Canadian component designed to study the planet's climate has been postponed a day because of poor weather conditions here on Earth, NASA said Tuesday.

Competitors in a U.K. contest to create new technology to support ground troops in urban areas will benefit from funding of $25 million, 15 per cent more than originally planned, from the Ministry of Defence.

The gene that likely makes people left-handed may slightly raise the risk of developing psychotic mental illnesses, according to an international study.

An octopus with ears like an elephant? Scallops that hang like bats? Yup, they're real and they live off the East Coast.

As if 162 games in a Major League Baseball regular season isn't enough, a new study suggests 256 games should be played to determine the true winner.

Key factors in global climate change, like warming sea temperatures and shifting wind patterns, have prompted a sharp rise in hurricanes, according to a study out Monday.

Vancouver's NowPublic Technologies Inc., which calls itself the world's largest participatory news network, announced Monday it had received a record amount for venture-capital financing in its category.

Software giant Microsoft has plunged into online advertising in a big way, buying and building new lines of business so it can become a key player in a market it sees doubling to $80 billion in three or four years.