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NASA space shuttle Endeavour has landed for the final time at Kennedy Space Center after 248 orbits around Earth and a journey of 6,510,221 miles on STS-134 mission. Endeavour's next 'mission' will be attracting guests to the California Science Center museum in Los Angeles.

Apple is conducting its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) from June 6 to June 10 at San Francisco.

Google's mysterious social project is finally materializing in the form of its new offering Google +1. Techcrunch first broke the news of Google +1 launch which is expected tomorrow, after accessing the information through a Google affiliate agency. The new feature will render a personal aura to your Google searches by showing up results from sources that you know and trust.

A measure to collect taxes from online retailers passed the State Assembly Tuesday, with a 46-16 vote.

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The family of Michelle Hoang Thi Le, a Hayward nursing student who went missing since Friday, has offered $20,000 for her safe return.

Cell phones contain radiofrequency electromagnetic fields that can possibly increase the risk of glioma, a malignant brain cancer, in human beings, the WHO/International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said.

Two people were killed and one wounded critically in an Oakland shooting on Sunday night, Oakland police said.

Following are the three things Apple will release at annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC).

If Twitter goes ahead and launches its photo sharing service, it will get into the core of Facebook's advantages, and soon the existing rivalry between 'likes' and 'tweets' can assume another dimension. It remains to be seen when Twitter launches this long overdue service and, whether this will protect the microblogging site against the marauding onslaught of Facebook.

Prince William and his new wife, Duchess Catherine, are set to travel thousands of miles from the north of Canada to the south of California in what is their first royal tour together, royal officials said.

Endeavour is set to make its final return voyage to Earth.

Samsung is demanding to see Apple's upcoming products as the legal melee between the companies escalates, and the schism between the competing allies widens.

The 6-member crew of space shuttle Endeavour began its two-day journey back to the Earth from the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday 11:55 pm (EDT) after delivering a $2 billion payload - Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer particle detector or a cosmic ray detector - and a pallet of spare parts intended to tide over the orbital outpost after the shuttle program ends.

US space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station (ISS), Sunday, and began its journey back to earth, marking the end of its 16-day mission of upgrading the orbiting space laboratory.

Samsung, which has been accused by Apple of stealing its technology and design has turned the table on its accuser, which is famous for its corporate secrecy, by demanding to see pre-production prototypes of next generation iPhone and iPad so that it can evaluate whether its Galaxy range of devices are confusingly similar to Apple devices.

NASA space shuttle Endeavour has left the International Space Station for the last time late Sunday and is headed home ending nearly two weeks of joint flight. Endeavour's next mission will be attracting guests to the California Science Center museum in Los Angeles.

Dorchester Collection's Hotel Bel-Air, scheduled to re-open in the fall after 24 months of extensive refurbishment and redesign, has inked an agreement with Master Chef Wolfgang Puck and his restaurant group, the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group (WPFDG), to oversee all of the property's food and beverage operations.

Hundreds and thousands of milk fish washed up dead at Taal Lake in Talisay, Batangas, south of Manila on Sunday, baffling environmentalists and raising concerns over climate change issues.

In an escalating legal melee, Samsung demanded access to upcoming iPhone and iPad products from Apple, widening the schism between the two allies who haven't always been the best of friends.

The 33rd edition of Carnaval, the annual spring festival that celebrates the rebirth of life, brightened up the streets of San Francisco this weekend, with tens of thousands of people taking part in the colorful Grand Parade, May 29.