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NASA Can't Pay for Killer Asteroid Hunt

NASA officials say the space agency is capable of finding nearly all the asteroids that might pose a devastating hit to Earth, but there isn't enough money to pay for the task so it won't ge

Scientists Try to Predict Intentions

At a laboratory in Germany, volunteers slide into a donut-shaped MRI machine and perform simple tasks, such as deciding whether to add or subtract two numbers, or choosing which of two buttons to press.

Semiconductor Sales Up in January

Worldwide semiconductor sales rose 9.2 percent in January, boosted by better-than-expected cell phone shipments and strong sales of personal computers, digital cameras and music players, an industry g

Chattering Chips Enliven Tokyo Stroll

Downtown strollers looking for directions, store guides or historical tidbits will be able to get an earful without talking to anyone - thanks to 1,200 computer chips embedded around Tokyo's Ginz

Movie Firms Working on Digital Film System

Tired of being turned away at the theater box office when a movie's sold out? Unhappy there's no art-house theater in your neighborhood to cater to your hoity-toity theatrical tastes?

Diebold Weighs Strategy for Voting Unit

Diebold Inc. saw great potential in the modernization of elections equipment. Now, analysts say, executives may be angling for ways to dump its e-voting subsidiary that's widely seen as tarnishin

Police Turn to YouTube to Catch Suspects

Patrolman Brian Johnson of the Franklin, Mass., Police Department studied a surveillance video showing two men using allegedly stolen credit cards at a Home Depot.

Carmakers Adding High-Tech Perks

When friends check out Aaron Priest's new Acura TL sedan, the oohs and aahs start on the inside.

Tech Firms Go Green As E-Waste Mounts

This is where computers go to die a green death.

Computer Archive Used to Find Stolen Art

The request was simple enough: Lloyd's underwriters had been approached to insure the movement of seven paintings, including one by Cezanne, from Russia to London for valuation and sale.

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