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"Avatar" director James Cameron is working with NASA on two 3-D cameras that could be used on the next Mars rover, known as "Curiosity." Earlier this month, Malin Space Science Systems delivered two cameras, known as "MastCams," that are similar but lack the 3-D capabilities. If the new pair develop...
Twenty years ago Saturday, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into low Earth orbit, beginning its journey to become NASA's best-recognized, longest-lived and most prolific space observatory. To celebrate the milestone, NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Space Telescope Science Institute r...
Two months after the launch of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, its first images are now arriving back on Earth with more detail about the sun than has ever been seen before. Some of the images from the spacecraft reveal in new clarity the material streaming outward and away from sunspots. Others ...
Google may have been the primary target of a sharp attack by privacy commissioners from 10 nations on Tuesday, but later that same day, the company revealed a new tool that could effectively turn the tables on those and other governments. Specifically, the company's new Government Requests tool is d...
In the past two months since it originally surfaced, the Blake Robbins v. the Lower Merion School District school spying case just keeps getting bigger. It turns out the Lower Merion School District took "thousands of webcam pictures and screen shots" of students in their homes using the LANRev "pee...
President Obama on Thursday delivered a major speech at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida about his vision for human spaceflight in the coming years, affirming that he is "100 percent committed to the mission of NASA and its future." As part of a $6 billion increase in NASA's budget over...
Obama on Thursday will speak at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida about his plans for drastically changing the direction of the nation's human spaceflight program. Included in those plans is a decision -- originally announced back in February -- to end the Constellation moon program and shift NASA...
If the Department of Homeland Security has its way, cellphones will soon do more than transmit calls, GPS information and a host of data from the Web. They'll also monitor the air for toxic substances that could be part of a chemical warfare attack. Just as antivirus software springs to life when it...
Scientists on Thursday announced the discovery of a new species of hominid, thanks to fossils whose whereabouts were located with the help of Google Earth. Dating back almost two million years, Australopithecus sediba was discovered in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site in South Africa. The...
After months of investigation by police and the FBI, a French hacker accused of breaking into the Twitter accounts of President Barack Obama and singer Britney Spears was arrested earlier this week. Francois Cousteix, a 25-year-old unemployed man from central France who is known online as "Hacker Cr...
In a move sure to make the grade with cyclists across the United States, Google on Wednesday added bicycle routes to its Google Maps service. Biking directions and extensive bike trail data are now available for the United States through Google Maps, giving cyclists nationwide a way to customize the...
Online news sites are now the third most-popular source of news for American consumers, behind only local and national television news, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project and the Project for Excellence in Journalism. Roughly six in 10 Americ...
With all the hype surrounding Bloom Energy's newly launched Bloom Box, it may be tempting to view the new device as a cure-all for the world's energy concerns. After all, the promise of an on-site power source that can provide homes with reliable clean energy at an affordable price seems like nothin...
In a ruling that could have profound implications for the future of the Internet, three Google executives were convicted of privacy violations on Wednesday over a video that aired briefly in 2006 on the now-defunct Google Video site. David Drummond, Google's SVP and chief legal officer, Peter Fleisc...
A Pennsylvania couple has filed a lawsuit against their local school district for allegedly using the webcam in a school-issued laptop to spy on their son at home. The suit -- which was filed last week in U.S. District Court by Michael Robbins and Holly Robbins on behalf of their son, Blake Robbins ...
Good things come in small packages, as the saying goes, and nowhere is that more true than in nanotechnology. Research in the field has recently led to several new strategies for employing nanotechnology in the fight against cancer, and -- so far, at least -- the results are promising. One of the ha...
World leaders must embrace agricultural biotechnology if they are to cope with the severe food shortages likely to result from global warming in the coming decades, warns a group of scientists. Yields from some of the most important crops for human consumption begin to decline sharply when average t...
Originally planned for launch on Tuesday, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory was delayed once again on Wednesday due to high winds. The new planned launch for the device from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida is Thursday, Feb. 11; the launch window is between 10:23 a.m. and 11:23 a.m. EST....
Following a day's delay due to cloudy weather, space shuttle Endeavour launched successfully early Monday morning from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle, which launched at 4:14 a.m. EST, is carrying a new module and an attached cupola for the International Space Station. "What a beaut...
President Obama on Monday proposed a dramatically new path that would end NASA's Constellation moon program and shift the agency's focus to developing new technologies for deeper space exploration instead. "We were not on a path to get back to the moon's surface" in a reasonable time frame, NASA Adm...
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Kubuntu Focus Iridium Laptops Set New Built-for-Linux Standard
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Database Admins See Brighter Job Prospects Amid IT Challenges
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Monopoly Preservation, Risk Aversion Hurt Google AI Development, Says Gmail Creator
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Acer Chromebook Plus 516 GE Redefines Gaming Style, Computing Performance
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New Qualcomm Chip Could Supercharge Sub-$100 Global 5G Phone Market
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SevaCare Blood Pressure Monitor Offers Affordable Home Health Assurance
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Current Backyard Smart Grill: Perfect for Condo and Apartment Living
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Upgrading to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble Numbat: Step-by-Step Guide
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AI, IoT, Quantum Security Among Top 10 Emerging Technologies: Forrester
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Cat-Phishing, Living-Off-The-Land, Fake Invoices Top Q1 Cyberthreats: Report
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Balance, Not Mandates, Needed To Keep Kids Safe Online: Report
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AI-Powered Software Offers Breakthrough for Treating Dyslexia
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AI-Enhanced Searches May Pose Threat to Creators, Publishers
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Pundit Predicts Apple AI Will Be Bound to iPhone, Analysts React
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Meta and Nvidia: The Future of Social Media and Personal Technology
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