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A giant but unseen planet may lurk on the outer edge of our solar system, making its presence known only by disrupting the orbits of nearby celestial objects, according to Rodney Gomes, an astronomer at the National Observatory of Brazil, who presented a paper on the topic earlier this month ...

When the SpaceX Dragon capsule blasts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station atop the company's Falcon rocket Saturday morning, it will be doing more than just setting off on another cargo-laden trip to the International Space Station ...

Today's hard drives may be smaller, faster, cheaper and more capacious than their predecessors, but the need for ever-tinier components is making it difficult to keep improving them ...

It may have been a "bad moon" rising in the famous 1969 song by Creedence Clearwater Revival, but this weekend's full moon could well inspire predictions for trouble of a similar kind ...

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Sunday, Lenovo unveiled a smart TV it says is the world's first to run Android 4.0, or Ice Cream Sandwich ...

Well December is halfway over for another year, and that means 2011 is drawing to a close ...

HP's decision to open source its webOS mobile operating system may have met with some early cheers last week from observers glad to see the company's indecision come to an end, but since then much of that relief has been increasingly tempered by sentiments of a darker kind ...

A technical issue disrupted 4G LTE network service from Verizon Wireless for some customers between late Tuesday and late Wednesday, but the issue is now resolved ...

NASA's Kepler mission on Monday confirmed the discovery of a small planet 600 light-years away from Earth in the "habitable zone" of a star not unlike our own sun ...

Users of Google Maps are already accustomed to relying on the technology for directions to places like the airport or mall, but now they can also use it for help getting around inside once they've arrived ...

The next generation of Microsoft's Kinect input device may be able to read users' lips and emotions, according to a Monday report on Eurogamer ...

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Following a one-day delay, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission featuring its new Curiosity rover is now scheduled for launch on Saturday, Nov. 26, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida ...

Android malware has increased 472 percent since July, a new report from Juniper Networks warned earlier this week, with the months of October and November shaping up to see the fastest jump in Android malware ever discovered, the company stated ...

Amazon.com's Kindle Fire tablet will be arriving on consumers' doorsteps a day earlier than planned, the company announced Monday, and reviewers have wasted no time sharing their own early thoughts about the new device ...

The Senate defeated a Republican bid to overturn Net neutrality rules on Thursday, thus paving the way for the regulations to take effect on Nov. 20 ...

Users of eight HTC smartphones will be among the first to receive an upgrade to Google's new Android Ice Cream Sandwich, the device maker announced early on Monday ...

After weeks of widespread uncertainty and speculation, Groupon is expected late Thursday to set the price for its Friday initial public offering (IPO) ...

Ubuntu is already the leading Linux distribution on desktop PCs, according to DistroWatch, and now it's set its sights on tablets, smartphones and even TVs as well ...