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Atlantis astronauts are steadily working through the transfer of roughly half a ton of supplies and equipment from inside the shuttle to the International Space Station. Mission specialists Mike Foreman and Randy Bresnik are checking their spacesuits ahead of Saturday's...

Twitter, the social-networking company valued at $1 billion by venture capitalists, said it is generating sales of more than $4 million a year and plans to build on that revenue with advertising. Twitter plans to start the ad business in...

The sci-fi TV serial Star Trek captured the imagination of man and when it was made into a movie, the imagnation of everyone went wild with excitement. When coupled with advancements in space exploration and travel to the Moon, people...

Google today unveiled more details of Chrome OS, a lightweight, browser-based operating system for netbooks. With a strong focus on speed, the Chrome OS promises nearly instant boot times of about 7 seconds for users to login to their computers....

Yahoo, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., announced the addition of Twitter to improve search results and most relevant tweets. The move shows the popularity of Social NetworkingTwitter and the power of information it generates for companies like Yahoo, according to the...

Ontario will consider revising its standards for flat-screen televisions now that California has moved to ban power-hungry sets from its store shelves, Energy Minister Gerry Phillips said Thursday. "We're always looking at where we need to improve the standards in...

Todd Marshall/National Geographic Fossil hunters have uncovered the remains of primitive crocodiles that "galloped" on land and patrolled the broad rivers that coursed through north Africa one hundred million years ago. The skeletons of five creatures that walked with dinosaurs...

But while that event is hogging the spotlight, Google also introduced another example of how one Google project leads to another -- and eventually to more online traffic and ad revenue. The back story Google's YouTube video sharing service added...

The latest addition in Google’s mind-boggling evolution is AdMob Inc., a start-up software developer of display ads for mobile phone applications, even as it continues to build Android, their own mobile operating system. “The mobile Web is still in its...