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NASA issued a 'teaming opportunity' to private companies and designers for assistance creating the Aerial Regional-scale Environmental Surveyor [ARES]. The team behind the concept hope that it will be accepted as one NASA's 'Discovery' missions aimed at exploring other worlds...

NEW YORK : Online auction giant eBay apologized on Sunday for a technical glitch that caused a one-day crash of its website search functions it attributed to a surge in holiday shoppers. "The unanticipated technical issue resulted from a surge...

Dell will be launching its new laptop, the "Adamo XPS" model. Benefiting from a futuristic design that is really quite striking, it claims to be the thinnest on the market. At barely one centimetre thick, it gives the "MacBook Air"...

A top Russian space official says there is no space for tourists wishing to fly to the International Space Station. Sergei Krikalyov said that since the space stations crew has doubled to six people, there is no room for tourists...

New evidence has made it more likely that remnants of Martian microbes were transported to Earth in a meteorite, it was revealed today. A study by scientists from the American space agency Nasa has found chemical signatures in the rock...

Howard Sutton, The Journal Co.'s CEO and publisher, said Wednesday that the company has assembled an internal team of senior managers to examine a potential free and paid model for the Web site. He said the team will explore options,...