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Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan, the teacher-turned-astronaut who is embarking her first space flight Wednesday, is capturing much of the world's attention as the space shuttle Endeavour is readied for launch. Morgan served as the backup to Christa McAuliffe under the NASA Teacher in Space program...
Recent events have raised questions as to whether San Francisco's municipal WiFi project will ever reach completion. Indications both from the city and from EarthLink, which is developing the project, point to the sudden uncertainty. EarthLink Chief Executive Rolla Huff recently suggested the compan...
We live in an a golden age for portable gizmos. Wherever we go we can take our computers, telephones, personal organizer, digital cameras, video camcorders and satellite radios with us. However, along with those gadgets, we also take along -- if we're away from an electrical outlet for any length of...
The risk of getting into an auto accident while reading or writing text messages is 50 percent higher than talking on a phone while driving, according to new research. A person talking on a cell phone when driving is four times more likely to get into an accident than someone driving without distrac...
Not to be outdone by Sony's recent -- and now somewhat controversial -- PlayStation 3 price cut, Microsoft has slashed $50 off the price of the Xbox 360. The price reduction, which goes into effect Wednesday, applies to Xbox 360s sold by retailers in the United States, said Microsoft. In announcing ...
Police departments release annual figures detailing the number of crimes committed in a given year. While these statistics may be useful for high-level planning, they don't put anyone in jail. What is needed is convincing evidence of exactly who did what, where and when. The same can be said for net...
Security experts, malware ninjas and hackers of all shades packed the hallways of the Palace Tower conference area at Caesar's Palace last week for the 11th Annual Black Hat conference. The event provides security pros with a venue for outlining the latest flaws, both technological and human, in tod...
Jack McClellan, the self-professed pedophile who has attracted international attention for his Web site with pictures of kids and tips for other pedophiles, is now barred from coming any closer than 30 feet of any minor in California. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Melvin Sandvig on Friday placed ...
In a move sure to disappoint scores of gamers, not to mention Microsoft and Sony, Take 2 announced late Thursday that the release of the latest installation in its hottest gaming property, "Grand Theft Auto IV," will be delayed. The company said its revised plan is to release the game some time afte...
Minutes before a looming midnight deadline, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen Friday night decertified e-voting machines manufactured by Diebold Election Systems, Hart Intercivic and Sequoia Voting Systems and adopted for use in 39 California counties. The vendors will have 30 days to submit...
Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, will add support of Microsoft's latest copyright protection software, PlayReady digital rights management technology, to its line of Nokia S60 and Series 40 mobile device platforms beginning in 2008, the two companies announced Monday. The move, accordi...
A "Dateline NBC" undercover reporter tried a little social engineering of her own at a well-known conference of computer hackers and security experts -- and reportedly failed spectacularly. Defcon, an annual convention for hackers and security experts, was held this year at the Riviera Hotel and Cas...
The iPhone continues to do well for a device of its price and class, but the product that is likely to really break open the segment for Apple is the anticipated lower cost, more limited, smaller nano offering. The product in the market that is most similar to what the nano is likely to be is the Ne...
Approximately 1,500 online activists -- bloggers, for the most part, that are collectively called the "netroots" -- are meeting in Chicago for the 2007 YearlyKos Convention, an event named after the super popular, left-leaning Daily Kos political blog. The convention is the second of its kind ever h...
Although it was rumored three years ago that Sony would be the first consumer electronics vendor to make a Blu-ray Disc camcorder, Hitachi won the race this week when it unveiled two models. Both units, the DZ-BD70A and the DZ-BD7HA, record about an hour's worth of 1920x1080 high definition video on...
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