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Google is downplaying claims of new delays in the release of its Android mobile phone platform. The launch of the protocol is being pushed back until late 2008 or early 2009, according to The Wall Street Journal ...

The OpenSuse project has released a new version of its Linux operating system. OpenSuse 11.0 became available for free download this week. The software -- an open source project powered by Novell -- aims to bring the Linux world to the masses ...

Yahoo is expanding its free e-mail service with two new domain names for Yahoo Mail users. The company has added ymail.com and rocketmail.com as options for personalized e-mail addresses. Registration opens Thursday afternoon ...

Microsoft and HP are teaming up to develop the high-tech home of the future. The two companies revealed their Innoventions Dream Home at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., this week. The home features some of the newest developments in communications technology and is now open for public tours ...

Microsoft has a new weapon in its advertising arsenal. The software giant has acquired Navic Networks, an interactive television ad developer that targets specific audiences with its service. Terms of the deal were not disclosed ...

HP has a new way to bring all your home media together in one central place. The company introduced the HP MediaSmart Connect system Tuesday. MediaSmart Connect is essentially a wireless server that aggregates content from various sources around your home and makes it all accessible via your high-definition television ...

IBM is taking new steps to make greener energy generation more common. The company has unveiled plans to create more efficient and less expensive solar cell systems. It will work with Japan-based Tokyo Ohka Kogyo to build what it calls the "next generation" of CIGS -- or Copper-Indium-Gallium-Selenide -- solar cell modules ...

Sky-high cancellation fees for cell phone contracts could soon be a thing of the past, but getting there is proving to be a rocky path. The Federal Communications Commission has put forward a plan to regulate carriers' ability to charge you for ending your agreement early -- but not everyone in the industry agrees it's a good idea ...

NASA has launched a new mission to unravel some of the universe's most intense mysteries. Scientists sent GLAST -- the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope -- into orbit from the Kennedy Space Center. A Delta 2 rocket catapulted the high-tech scope to its destination Wednesday in a meager 90 minutes. Now, the effort to answer centuries-old questions begins...

A vulnerability found in utility control software is raising serious questions over municipal security. The issue, revealed Wednesday morning, could have let attackers take control of water treatment plants, natural gas lines and potentially even nuclear power plant equipment ...

Six of technology's biggest names are joining forces to make wired connections a thing of the past. Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco Systems, Clearwire, Intel, Samsung and Sprint Nextel announced an agreement this week to form the Open Patent Alliance to help companies develop cutting-edge WiMax devices at a reasonable cost ...

A new company is working to index the real world. Sense Networks officially launched its CitySense and MacroSense activity-tracking services Monday ...

Disney World and Google are teaming up to take tourism to a new dimension. ...

A new NASA land use agreement is bringing Google -- and, ultimately, the general public -- one step closer to outer space. Google announced a 40-year plan Thursday to build a massive research and development campus within NASA's Ames Research Center. ...

Microsoft has unveiled an updated beta release of its Silverlight multimedia publishing software. Chairman Bill Gates announced the debut of Silverlight 2 beta 2 at Microsoft's TechEd conference in Orlando on Tuesday. ...

Electronics retail giant Best Buy has announced plans to try out a free electronics recycling program at 117 of its stores. The initiative will start in three cities and could spread to others if it succeeds ...