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Of the 88 White House officials who also have e-mail accounts with the Republican National Committee, some 51 are missing records, according to a House Oversight Committee interim report released on Monday. The investigation stems from a larger Congressional probe into the firing of eight U.S. Attor...
Google's latest idea takes it off the information superhighway and onto the world's real-life streets with it's new RechargeIT initiative. Promoted by its philanthropic arm, Google.org, the new initiative aims to reduce CO2 emissions, cut oil and gasoline use, and stabilize the electrical grid by ac...
The British Board of Film Classification on Tuesday put the kibosh on the scheduled July 13 release of "Manhunt 2" in that country. The independent board, established in 1912, rejected the video game headed to Sony's PlayStation 2 and Nintendo's Wii because of its "unrelenting focus on stalking and...
YouTube is adding a local twist to its popular video-sharing site with new versions tailored specifically to the local culture in nine countries, the company announced Tuesday. Users in Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom can now enjoy fully trans...
Google wants to go beyond discussing its latest tools and products with blog readers -- the search engine giant is eager to share its corporate viewpoint with public policy makers. The company launched a new blog this week to provide information and thought processes from inside Google headquarters ...
There's little doubt blogging and podcasting have changed the way many people communicate today. With content ranging from what was for breakfast to insightful and engaging discussions of key social and political issues, examples currently span the spectrum in terms of the value they provide. Whethe...
Computers aboard the international space station are up and running once again, thanks to the efforts of flight controllers over the weekend, so the Space Shuttle Atlantis received the green light from mission managers to undock from the space station on Tuesday morning. Two of three lanes on each o...
In an apparent effort to move beyond the past problems with its Internet protocol television middleware, Microsoft has changed the name of the platform and added some new multimedia capabilities. What was once Microsoft IPTV is now Microsoft Mediaroom. The updated software includes support for the s...
Last week was kind of a disappointment, because I think most of us expected more from the Apple developer conference than it delivered. This is particularly true of the iPhone, which is way overhyped for a generation one product. Most tech companies -- and particularly Apple -- suck at generation ...
Given that a swarm of presidential candidates in both the Republican and Democratic camps have participated in several formal television debates, many voters may already be feeling election fatigue some 18 months before the big day. That should not stop viewers from tuning in on July 23, however, wh...
After working overnight to try to restore two failed computers aboard the international space station back to full operation, flight controllers have made little progress in identifying or fixing the problem. Operating on the theory that the pair of new solar arrays being installed on the starboard ...
Thieves who broke into a car belonging to an intern for the state of Ohio on Sunday now have access to data on all the state's 64,000 employees -- at least theoretically. The data, which was on a backup device, included the names and Social Security numbers for all employees of the state, Gov. Ted S...
Using subscriber information provided by MySpace, Texas officials have arrested seven previously convicted sex offenders who illegally created profiles on the site. The arrests were described as the nation's "first large-scale crackdown" on MySpace-enabled predation. The busts came after a two-week-...
A promising technology that involves controlling light with magnets could improve the speed and reduce the juice requirements of future computer chips. The technology, developed by researchers at the U.S. Navy Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., and the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada...
Following the massive cyberattacks against the Baltic country of Estonia in April, NATO on Thursday asserted that cyberdefense must now be a priority among member nations. Several defense ministers, including Estonia's, raised the issue during a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, and...