NASA scientists have found what they believe are huge water ice glaciers sitting just beneath the Martian surface.

One of the most visually stunning search applications on the iPhone has just been updated to support YouTube videos. Go get it.

If we're talking about a breakthrough, then we're really talking about thinking big about a nationwide charging network. And that means turning to Uncle Sam for help

CNET's Dan Farber and ZDNet's Larry Dignan discuss the big stories of the week in the EIC Squared podcast.

Yahoo added an eBay application to the dashboard area of the new Yahoo home page in testing.

Security experts say they're detecting a marked increase in online scams amid the economic downturn.

CNET Car Tech posts video of the Mini E Electric launched at the 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show.

Viewers reportedly egged on the man, who overdosed while on live Internet video.

The mayors of the San Francisco Bay Area's three largest cities gathered Thursday to announce their ambitious new initiatives to make the region a leader in electric vehicle use.

Defense Department suspends use of USB drives as experts warn of USB-related virus outbreaks.

Want to embed your freshly-christened YouTube HD video on your blog? Here's how.

Corporate IT spending is falling like the stock market, but Apple's share of the growing smartphone market is increasing among business customers, says ChangeWave.

In a speech in London, Microsoft's top intellectual property strategy counsel argues for the need of a model in which content creators are better compensated.

Beta testers of AOL Sync will be able to sync selective information to Microsoft Outlook and their mobile phones.

Shares of the Internet search pioneer dip into the $8 a share range, as the broader markets are beaten.

Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, thought to be President-elect Barack Obama's leading choice to head the Department of Homeland Security, has been a strong advocate of increasing H-1B visas -- a stance that could become an issue during her confirmation.

Lawyers for the plaintiffs in the Vista Capable class-action suit want to grill Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to find out what he said to top executives at Intel, HP and Best Buy when they complained about the marketing program.

Citing the economic downturn, the Massachusetts state government is giving companies more time to comply with tough new regulations on securing the personal data of state residents.

U.S. companies are set to slam the brakes even harder on IT spending, according to a new study.

Samsung today said it is now producing its new 256GB SSDs, which are capable of 220MB/sec. sequential read rates and 200MB/sec. write rates -- twice as fast as previous models.

Nokia and IBM are linking mobile phones to Notes, the companies announced Thursday.

Microsoft revamped the music subscription program offered with its Zune players to allow customers to keep up to 10 tracks per month, even if they later cancel the deal.

Google yesterday said it is closing Lively, its 3-D world to better focus its development resources on core products.

A lot of the stories about President-elect Barack Obama possibly having to relinquish his BlackBerry when he takes office Jan. 20 are, for a variety of reasons, just plain dumb.

David DeWitt retired from the Computer Science Department at the University of Wisconsin last year, but he's already returned, this time as head of a new database research center located on the Madison campus and funded primarily by Microsoft.

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Dell's earnings are a sharp contrast to rival and market leader Hewlett-Packard, which issued last week a stronger-than-expected full-year profit forecast.

YouTube is looking for users willing to make a video to explain topics such as Editing my video, Customizing channels, and Transferring from camera to computer.

Alltel joins Sprint and AT&T by offering the business-focused HTC Touch Pro, which features a touch screen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

Rapidly deteriorating conditions in the global economy and financial system are likely to lead fewer businesses to invest in technology next year.

The global financial crisis speaks to the immediate need for ongoing, firmwide risk management controls at banks.

Banks are unlikely to be the source of a breach, but likely to have to break the bad news.

With the prepaid wireless plans, users with unlocked GSM handsets can call internationally at no additional charge.

The ENose can detect particle quantities as small as 10,000 parts per million.

From the fourth quarter of 2007 to the first quarter of 2008, the industry saw its first quarter-to-quarter revenue drop since the second quarter of 2004, an IAB report shows.

The 3-D interactive chat environment will join the list of Google misfires when it closes, less than six months after launch.

With a major Japanese carrier on board, the number of companies supporting Symbian's free, open source goal has climbed to 59.

ClariFI's ModelStation chosen by KCIC for rapid prototyping and ease of use.

Local firm to utilize BridgePortfolio's total account solution product.

AP - PC maker Dell Inc. said Thursday its third-quarter profit fell 5 percent as businesses around the world bought fewer computers and other technology products.

AP - If Google delivers useless search results, just erase them and you won't see them again.

AP - Lively, a virtual reality service from Google Inc., is dying.

AP - Despite the bad economy, U.S. Internet advertising revenue rose in the third quarter, according to an analysis released Thursday.

CNET - British prime minister Gordon Brown spoke on Thursday (at least indirectly) about the future of Gary McKinnon, a 42-year-old UFO enthusiast accused of hacking into several U.S. military sites. It was the prime minister's first public comments on the case which, after six years, took a twist over the summer.

CNET - The growing economic slump doesn't appear to have fully struck Web advertising.

Reuters - High definition Blu-ray disc players may be one of the holiday season's best sellers, but they will still fall short of expectations, due to the tough economy, the head of Sony's U.S. electronics unit said.

NewsFactor - Nokia and IBM on Thursday launched IBM Lotus Notes support for Nokia's S60-based mobile phones. That means millions of Lotus Notes users will be able to access their e-mail on Nokia devices in December.

InfoWorld - Sun Microsystems has heard from a company concerned about the vetting process of Java and open source, a Sun official said on Wednesday.

NewsFactor - McAfee and Symantec could be affected as Microsoft moves to provide free antivirus software. If the software, code-named Morro, successfully protects against viruses, analysts said, it could mean an exodus from well-known security brands.

AFP - Google has bought a 75 hectare (185 acre) property in the north of Austria to erect a new European server farm within two years, the US Internet search engine giant said Thursday.

CNET - World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion to the mega-popular online game, sold 2.8 million copies in its first 24 hours last week, setting what its publisher said is an all-time record for PC games.