Space solar power advocates are hoping the Obama administration will revive their experiment. Read more…

Red Hat’s Fedora is regaining its reputation as being a top Linux distribution. Here’s how it happened. Read more…

The dead tree book will never die – I think it will even have more longevity and popularity than the boutique appreciation of vinyl records – but our generation will be the last to use “books” as our primary reading systems. Expect ebooks to hit colleges in perhaps five years and high schools and grade [...]

This post is written for designer, developers, or anyone else who has struggled with testing their websites across multiple browsers. Read more…

The UK government says it will accelerate the use of open source software in public services. Read more…

Experts are warning of an increase in the number of fake anti-virus websites than can damage your PC. Read more…

Worries that mobile phone texting is damaging the way children learn could be unfounded, a study finds. Read more…

The social networking site Twitter again stole a march on traditional media when it was the first outlet to publish dramatic pictures of the Turkish Airlines crash. Read more…

While traveling in China, Genevieve Bell figured she’d have no trouble getting a cell phone. With cash, a passport and official documents from her employer, she went to a local shop where phone packages lined the walls, and asked for one. Read more…

Iran tested its first nuclear power plant Wednesday, a stride that prompted one Iranian technician to declare it was “independence day” for the Islamic republic. Read more…