After 10 years as a company, Google is making the Chrome browser key to the coming of age of cloud computing, or software as a service. A week after Google released a Web browser of its own called Chrome, it’s clear that despite the frailty of Chrome’s beta code, there’s a seismic shift occurring in the computer industry.

E! News has confirmed that the Britney Spears dance video leaked yesterday on MSN.com does not show a rehearsal for a performance on Sunday at the MTV Video Music Awards.

US scientists have unveiled the most complete genetic profile ever attempted of glioblastoma, a common and deadly form of the brain cancer that US Senator Edward Kennedy is battling. The research uncovered a host of genetic alterations linked to the disease, including three previously unknown mutations found in at least three-quarters of tumour samples analysed.

Some men may not be wired to be happily married. Is monogamy in men’s genes? Scientists have long known that the gene that controls the hormone vasopressin is responsible for monogamy in prairie voles — small rodents, common in the grasslands of North America, that remain faithful to their mates. Now, researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, have uncovered it in men — and say it seems to play a role in whether they and their spouses are happily married.