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Apollo 11 Flashback: 1969 National Geographic Coverage
How was Apollo 11 seen in its day? As Apollo nostalgia skyrockets during 40th-anniversary moon-landing mania, find out what the fresh take was in 1969.
Weighing up the G8's promises to poor countries
talks to Namanga Ngongi about the billions of dollars pledged for food security.
Hurricane Protection for New Orleans Debated
The Army Corps of Engineers' road map for protecting coastal Louisiana from a Category 5 hurricane is substantially flawed because it fails to recommend a clear plan that can be adopted quickly, according...
Concerns raised as LA looks to Google Web services
(AP) -- Security and privacy concerns have been raised over a multimillion-dollar proposal by Los Angeles to tap Google Inc.'s Internet-based services for government e-mail, police records and other...
Made-to-measure solutions for enhancing prostheses of amputated legs
TECNALIA Corporacion Tecnologica and the Valencia Institute for Biomechanics (IBV) have designed made-to-measure solutions to improve adaptation to replacements for amputated legs - the prime objective of the new health...
Where, Exactly, Does Your Garbage Go After You Toss It Out?
Most people assume that their trash ends up in a landfill somewhere far away (if they think about this at all). But growing concern over the environmental impact of waste--discarded electronics, in particular--has...
Video: Paddling a 'poo' canoe for charity
July 17: Two men from Wales plan to cross a busy shipping lane in their canoe made from recycled paper and sheep manure. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown has the story. (msnbc.com)
August Issue Now Online
Our August issue has now been posted in its entirety--you can check it out here. As always, we'll continue to highlight articles from the issue online throughout the month, enhanced...
House Panels Approve Health Plans
The House Committee on Education and Labor approved legislation moving to remake the nation’s health care system by a vote of 26 to 22.
Copyright forums to begin in Vancouver on Monday
The federal government will begin consulting Canadians on the issue of copyright reform next week, starting Monday in Vancouver.
Online pirates police themselves
(PhysOrg.com) -- People who illegally download music, films and TV episodes do not believe they are doing anything wrong, said a Queensland University of Technology researcher.
Judging Doctoral Programs
With methodology in place, long-awaited graduate program rankings may soon be released.
Researchers Help Set Security Standards For The Internet
Secure Internet activity requires being able to prove who you are, and experts agree that the traditional approach of passwords is not always effective. PKI and public key cryptography solve...
Grain company sends IT jobs to India
A Regina-based grain company - Viterra - is looking to Bangalore, India, for some of its office support work.
New drug offers radiation protection
BUFFALO, N.Y., July 17 (UPI) -- A drug developed with Pentagon approval offers protection from radiation in the event of a nuclear attack, U.S. and Israeli researchers said.
June video game sales drop sharply
(AP) -- Squeezed by the economic downturn, U.S. retail sales of video games dropped sharply in June, the largest year-over-year decline the industry has seen in nearly nine years.
Investigators target Michael Jackson's pseudonyms
Associates say the pop singer had long used false names to acquire prescriptions, a violation of federal and state laws designed to curb drug abuse. At least five physicians are focus of...
Microsoft cloud computing gets down to earth
For the last year, the tech world has buzzed with talk of the next big thing: cloud computing. Hailed as a breakthrough that will allow companies to compute without much...
Ex-Boeing engineer guilty in space shuttle spy case
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former Boeing engineer was convicted on Thursday of passing space shuttle secrets to the Chinese government in the United States' first economic espionage trial.
Amazon's Kindle DX: Not the answer
I am holding in my hands a device that some think could be the salvation of the beleaguered newspaper industry. It's the Amazon Kindle DX, a large-screen version of Amazon's...
Retailers miss plastic bag target
Efforts to reduce the number of plastic carrier bags given to supermarket customers by 50% narrowly fail.
Gadgets: A reliable GPS at a good price
One of the most common gadget questions I get (especially during the holiday season) is "Which GPS unit should I buy?"
What's in a name? 7 wacky tech monikers on the Web and where they came from
Last week, Google said it's working on a Web-based operating system called Chrome, sharing a name with its Web browser.
India to Issue Biometric ID Cards to All 1.2 Billion Citizens
Everyone knows the headache of waiting on line at the DMV to get a new driver's license. Now imagine repeating that process 1.2 billion times. Thanks to a new ID program, that's...
Google 2Q profit up 19 pct amid slowing ad sales
(AP) -- Google's second-quarter profit rose 19 percent despite the slowest revenue growth since the Internet search leader went public five years ago.
IBM raises guidance, profit blows past forecasts
(AP) -- IBM Corp. blew away second-quarter profit projections and jacked up its full-year earnings forecast Thursday, a rare sign of confidence from a major corporation in the recession.
Limits on Logging in Old-Growth Forest Reinstated
The Department of the Interior reversed the Bush Administration’s decision to double the amount of logging allowed in old-growth forests in western Oregon.
California academics face prospect of unpaid leave
University of California makes furlough plans as state budget cuts continue to bite.