- Google OS: the end of the hard drive?
Google today unveiled more details of Chrome OS, a lightweight, browser-based operating system for netbooks.
- Three charged as Comcast hackers
Three alleged members of the hacker gang Kryogeniks were hit with a federal conspiracy charge Thursday for a 2008 stunt that replaced Comcast's homepage with a shout-out to other hackers.
- False alarms prompt space station scare
Astronauts aboard the international space station and space shuttle Atlantis woke up to a worrying sound -- alarms indicating a fire and dangerous loss of pressure, NASA said Friday.
- Android's growth worries some
A year after its release, Google's open source Android operating system has become a sensation.
- Online churches draw believers
Hjalti á Lava was searching his iPhone for a Bible app when he stumbled across Church Online, a service of Web site LifeChurch.tv. Soon he was regularly logging into the Oklahoma-based cyber-church -- some 4,100 miles away from á Lava's home in the Faroe Islands, west of Norway.
- With Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft fights back
With Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft showed Wednesday it's trying to retake the browser initiative.
- California approves new energy efficiency standards for TVs
The California Energy Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to become the first state to impose energy efficiency standards for televisions. The agency estimates the move will save consumers $1 billion a year in energy costs.
- Senate studies 'shocking' online-marketing ploys
It could happen to anyone who shops online these days.
- China gaining in space race
When China decided to test an anti-satellite missile in 2007, the impact shattered not just the target satellite but any illusions that China did not have military intentions in space and the capabilities to achieve them.
- Google: your new phone company
Google is set to become your new phone company, perhaps reducing your phone bill to zilch in the process.
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