The company behind the images seen on Google Earth is scheduled to launch its second satellite on Tuesday, one it said will boost the accuracy of images on the popular mapping program.

Verizon Wireless has resumed selling cellphone ringtones based on Bob Marley songs despite objections from the estate of the late reggae singer.

Sea ice in the Arctic has sunk to its lowest level since satellite record-keeping began, fully opening the most direct route through the Northwest Passage.

Apple Inc. is planning to hold a news conference in the United Kingdom on Tuesday, fuelling speculation the company will announce which telephone companies will distribute the touch-screen iPhone in Europe.

Online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding said Friday that it has eliminated unauthorized computer code that allowed hackers to get access to a company database.

NASA scientists are testing water treatment technology that would allow astronauts to convert both sweat and urine into drinkable water.

Scientists said Friday they have invented a non-stick chewing gum that can be easily removed from shoes, sidewalks and the underside of classroom desks.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a law banning teenage drivers from using cellphones while allowing older drivers to use only hands-free devices.

Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day says the federal government won't introduce legislation forcing internet service providers to reveal customer information without a warrant.

MySpace social networking site has a deal to obtain exclusive rights to TV series Quarterlife, which it describes as the first "network quality" program to be shown exclusively on the internet.

Not satisfied with simply displaying images of the moon, internet search company Google Inc. is bankrolling as much as $30 million US for a competition to pull off an unmanned lunar landing, the company announced Thursday.

A British research group has given cellphones a clean bill of health, at least for the short term.

The speed or "temperature" of the mysterious substance known as dark matter could have a direct impact on how the early universe formed, scientists said Thursday.

Prince has threatened lawsuits against several major websites including YouTube and eBay as part of his latest campaign to 'reclaim his art on the internet.'

IBM has developed a computer program that can translate the spoken word into sign language and then sign it out through an animated digital character, or avatar.

Search crews have found the remains of about six old airplane wrecks in the Nevada wilderness, but no signs of missing aviator Steve Fossett.

Government agencies are moving to gain access to telephone and internet customers' personal information without first getting a court order, according to a document obtained by CBCNews.ca that is raising privacy issues.

Ebola and hunting have decimated the world's population of the most common type of gorilla to critically endangered levels, according to the 2007 Red List of Threatened Species.

In a sneak preview of the fate that could befall Earth in four or five billion years, astronomers have discovered the first known planet to survive the expansion of its local star to red giant size.

Scientists have ruled out catastrophic climate change as the cause of the extinction of the Neanderthals about 30,000 years ago, according to a paper published Wednesday.

News sites generated by public citizens don't follow the same stories as those found in the mainstream media, focusing more on technology than politics and eschewing wire services for alternative sources of information such as blogs and YouTube, according to a study released Wednesday.

A man walking in a small Northwest Territories community has stumbled across what could be the carcass of a steppe bison that roamed before the last Ice Age.

Microsoft Corp. issued only four downloadable fixes on what has become known as "Patch Tuesday," the fewest flaws needing monthly remedies this year.

The CRTC has rejected an application by Bell Canada to deregulate 56 of 58 local phone markets, which means the company will still need regulatory approval to change its prices in those areas.