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When billionaire Charles Simonyi blasted off into space for a visit to the International Space Station last month, he not only made history as the fifth private citizen to fly into orbit. He also fulfilled what for many is a lifelong dream: To explore the final frontier. The prospect of traveling in...
It's been a long wait, but for fans of the super popular first-person shooter series "Halo," Tuesday was a very good day indeed. Not only were gamers just hours away from the launch of the multiplayer beta for the highly anticipated game, Microsoft finally announced the game's release date -- Sept...
MySpace won't comply with a request by eight state attorneys general for it to supply information about sex offenders registered on the site, the company announced Tuesday. Citing the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, MySpace said it is prohibited by law from turning over the information withou...
Motorola announced a series of new phones Tuesday, and while all of them have interesting form factors and compelling features, only one -- the Razr 2 -- has the potential to compete with Apple's upcoming iPhone. The reasons? There are three: form, function and sex appeal. "People buy this class of ...
In response to a Supreme Court ruling that found carbon dioxide qualifies as an air pollutant under the Clean Air Act, President Bush has called for changes designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2008. "Last month, the Supreme Court ruled that the EPA must take action under the Clean Air Act...
DirecTV could test a high-speed Internet delivery service over power lines within the next year, chief executive Chase Carey said Monday. Carey's comments came during the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit in New York. DirecTV is just one of several companies in talks with provider...
A number of firms have recently launched remote home monitoring services. Are they able to do so because of widespread broadband adoption or consumer demand? The answer is both, but to examine this issue in more depth, we should explore both sides and see what conclusions can be drawn. First, always...
Attorneys general in eight states announced Monday that they have sent a letter to MySpace requesting information about sex offenders using the site. Last December, MySpace said it had hired Sentinel Tech Holdings to check the site for registered sex offenders. That search uncovered thousands of off...
For the makers and fans of the blockbuster games "Halo" and "Halo 2," Tuesday will be almost like Christmas Eve. "Halo 3" is set to go live with its public beta Wednesday. For two years, gamers have been counting the days until they could get a glimpse of the game in action. Their wish was granted F...
Advanced Micro Devices has unveiled plans to replace its Athlon processor line with a new quad-core chip for desktop PCs in an effort to keep pace with chief rival Intel. AMD will launch its quad-core desktop processors under the name "Phenom" later this year, shortly after the company unveils its q...
Global warming may hit the eastern United States harder than scientists thought, resulting in extremely hot summers. Average summer high temperatures could reach almost 10 degrees higher in 2080 than they do today. Eastern U.S. summer daily highs currently average in the low to mid-80s Fahrenheit. T...
Observers of recent legislative action in Sacramento should be forgiven for thinking they have been transported back to 2002, when policy makers were pushing government mandated software standards and micromanagement of cell phone companies. Five years later, in 2007, the same bad policies are bein...
IBM will begin investing $1 billion per year across its businesses to dramatically increase the energy efficiency of information technology. As part of its "Project Big Green" plan that includes new products and services, IBM aims to sharply reduce data center energy consumption and to transform the...
Game maker Electronic Arts revealed details on its forthcoming title, "The Simpsons Game," Wednesday during an event announcing the new video game as well as 12 other new titles. Set for release this fall, the game turns the tables on the characters of the well-known TV family: The whole Simpsons cl...
A team of astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has mapped temperature variations over the surface of the giant gas planet HD 189733b, revealing it is likely being whipped by roaring winds. "We have mapped the temperature variations with longitude across the entire surface of the planet t...
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