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Eddy Cue, an Apple senior vice president, speaks on February 2, 2011, at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

New airborne laser scanning data has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating an entire bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temples complex.

Among the lucky candidates: the first female fighter pilot to become an astronaut in nearly two decades.

On June 4, the Obama Administration issued five executive actions and seven legislative recommendations to improve incentives for high tech patents and to curb abusive litigation by patent assertion entities , or "patent trolls," as they are commonly called.

The space agency announced its newest astronaut class Monday. Among the lucky candidates: the first female fighter pilot to become an astronaut in nearly two decades.

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George Carlin once said, "I don't automatically wash my hands every time I go to the bathroom.

Moscow: Russia has celebrated the 50th anniversary of the flight of the first woman in space - a Soviet national hero who went by the call name "Seagull" and captured the imaginations of girls around the world.

The Guardian newspaper says the British eavesdropping agency GCHQ repeatedly hacked into foreign diplomats' phones and emails when the U.K. hosted international conferences, even going so far as to set up a bugged Internet cafA© in an effort to get an edge in high-stakes negotiations.

The Guardian newspaper says that the British eavesdropping agency GCHQ hacked into the emails and phones of foreign diplomats at international conferences to get an edge in high-stakes international negotiations.

Young entrepreneurs from the G20 countries see themselves as the most dynamic source of technology innovation and expect their businesses to achieve strong growth and job creation in the next two years, according to a report by and the G20 Young Entrepreneurs' Alliance .

Over the past few years, Microsoft has been inching closer to making Office available on any device.

The Hong Kong government is investigating allegations raised by NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden that the U.S. agency hacked into its computers.

Google plans to corner the wind energy market in New Jersey. It's a first-of-its kind venture that could cost Google and its partners $1.3 billion, but one Google believes fits its core mission: You can make money without doing evil.

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The founder of psychoanalysis, who created an entirely new approach to the understanding of the human personality, came top of the national poll with 50% of votes.

A Yale doctor's research into a technique called mindfulness training and how it can help smokers quit is now available as an app.

NASA's Wallops Flight Facility is hosting more than 120 students and educators for Rocket Week on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

Google is preparing to conquer a new dimension: the stratosphere. The Internet giant is releasing 30 high-tech balloons in a trial of technology designed to bring the Internet to places where people are not yet connected.

The security analysts wanted to know how easy it would be to hack into medical devices used in hospitals, knowing the danger if outsiders could gain control.