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Since the FBI was founded over 100 years ago in 1908, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has always used the highest forms of technology to track down prospective criminals.

In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, 26-year-old Silverback Gorilla named Kelly of the Los Angeles Zoo's Campo Gorilla Reserve celebrates today's launch of Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D on Nintendo 3DS, Friday, May 24, 2013 in Los Angeles.

Three Norfolk-area teens face obscenity charges after they allegedly transmitted nude photos via mobile phone messages, state police at Massena said Friday.

Sseven girls from Heartland Elementary School in the Blue Valley School District, now mostly middle-schoolers at Harmony or Aubry Bend, for a few years had been competing in an international problem-solving educational program, Odyssey of the Mind.

Charles J. Jenkins, 29, has been arrested for robbery and grand Larceny, according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.

The following provides guidance on how people can help in the wake of the devastating tornadoes that hit Oklahoma.

A record-high 25 million mobiles and tablets are expected to be sold this year on the back of faster wireless broadband and a tremendous shift in demand to third-generation smartphones.

Researchers are still debating the effects of technology on young children, but while they debate how much is too much, parents seem to have it figured out.

Items taken from Trayvon Martin's cell phone -- including a text-message discussion of drug use and pictures of a gun and marijuana plants -- are among new details released Thursday by attorneys for the neighborhood watch volunteer accused of killing him without provocation 14 months ago.

Importers of popular electronics such as big-screen TVs and MP3 players are ramping up their fight against federal tariff changes, accusing the government of misleading them by offering tariff breaks that it planned to claw back later.

LG Electronics licenses ARM’s leading-edge CPU and GPU technologies, taking next-generation SoC solutions to new performance levels CAMBRIDGE – MAY 23, 2013 – ARM announced that LG Electronics has licensed the next generation of ARM® Cortex®-A50 series of central processing unit solutions and the next generation of ARM ... (more)

Fairfax County is now part of a new system that automatically sends text messages to area phone users during the most dire of emergencies.

Twitter, in a much-needed move to keep its users safer from cyberattacks, is introducing a more secure login process.

Google Inc.'s new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated along different genres provides a big playground for music lovers.

A former cell phone salesman testified Wednesday that, after months of requests, he wrongfully and secretly emailed Gilles Delisle's bills to Eugene Ferri, the man accused of killing Delisle, his wife and their business partner in 2010 near Mesilla.

Workers continue to dig through the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary School after a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013.

While still maintaining a lead in customer satisfaction, Apple is seeing the distance between competitors such as Samsung and Motorola closing.

Two men identified as suspects in the armed robberies of T-Mobile stores in Linden and Woodbridge are seen walking into the Linden outlet on Sept.

Arbutus 800 block. 5 th Avenue. 1:05 a.m. on May 18. A woman was walking on 5 th Avenue when she was approached by two men, one of whom pushed her to the ground.

Richard Read covers technology, social media, advertising, legal issues, and other auto industry topics for High Gear Media.