Private Companies compete for Google Lunar X Prize
The recent launch of South Korea’s Naro-1 rocket marked the emergence of the 10th nation with the capacity to launch payloads to orbit....
Science & Technology
Broadband Initiative Stimulates Interest
The Obama Administration, under the rubric of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of...
State Department Passport Snooping & RFID
A sixth U.S. State Department employee or contractor has pleaded guilty to illegally looking...
South Korea Launches First Rocket
After a six-day delay caused by a faulty valve, South Korea has launched its...
Microsoft, Yahoo Oppose Google Books
Microsoft and Yahoo are joining a coalition to oppose Google’s creation of what could...
NASA Committee Weighs Future of Manned Space Program
In an age of out of control government spending — over $30 billion a...
The Private Sector and the future of Space Exploration
An article at Wired.com (“Rocket Booster: Let Private Sector help NASA”) keeps a free-market...
Microsoft Appeals Ban on MS Word
Microsoft on August 18 filed an appeal to a judge’s ruling that the company’s...
South Korea Aborts Rocket Launch
According to a report in the Associated Press, South Korea aborted its first launch...
Computer Chips Based on DNA
In order to meet the demand for ever smaller and faster computer chips, IBM...
Twitter Attack Aimed at Georgian Blogger
CNET News reported on August 6 that “a Georgian blogger with accounts on Twitter,...
Cyberattack Takes Down Twitter
A denial-of-service attack took down the Twitter short messaging service on the morning of...
Marines Fight Facebook, NFL Tackles Twitter
The Los Angeles Times reported on August 5 that the Defense Department is studying...
Secret Service Checks Las Vegas ATMs
PC World reported on August 3 that the U.S. Secret Service is investigating some...
Apple Says Hacked iPhones Are Dangerous
Wired reported on July 28 that the Electronic Frontier Foundation is asking the U.S....
Abu Dhabi Backs Space Tourism
Aabar Investments of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates agreed on July 28...
Microsoft, Yahoo Reach Long-Term Search Deal
In an effort to combat Google’s dominant market share, Microsoft and Yahoo have announced...
AT&T Did Not Censor 4chan
AT&T, on July 26, temporarily blocked its customers from accessing the img.4chan.org image-sharing website....
Regulators Searching Google
Representatives from the European Union said on July 20 that they are investigating Google’s...