Ford Motor Co. said Friday it is recalling 3.6 million passenger cars, trucks, sport utility vehicles and vans to address concerns about a cruise control switch that has led to previous recalls based on reports of fires.
NASA delayed the launch of space shuttle Endeavour by one day on Friday to allow time for workers to finish replacing a leaky valve in the spaceship`s crew cabin, officials at the U.S. space agency said.
Russia`s Progress M-59 space cargo ship carrying garbage from the International Space Station (ISS) burned up over the Pacific Ocean at 11:26 p.m. Moscow time (7:26 p.m. GMT) Wednesday, Mission Control said.
Mikhail Pogosyan, the head of Sukhoi Aircraft Holding Company, has resigned as director general of the company`s design bureau, Sukhoi said in a statement Wednesday.
Make-way cutesy animals and sugary pop songs -- Chinese mobile phone users can now download film clips of the Korean War and stirring military anthems to celebrate the founding of the People`s Liberation Army.
Hard drinking is flourishing among astronauts, which describes a cluster of the American elite, leader of the Russian Liberal Democratic Party, MP Vladimir Zhirinovsky announced yesterday commenting among others a scandal at NASA.
Billed as the biggest change in the way viewers watch television in 40 years, the BBC launched an online service on Friday that allows people to download many programs from the last week.
Switzerland, renowned for its clean Alpine air and pristine ski slopes, has named Toyota`s Prius the world`s greenest car.
Boeing set up a joint venture Friday with Russia`s VSMPO-Avisma, the world`s largest titanium producer, to make components for the U.S. aviation giant`s super-light Dreamliner passenger aircraft.
Russia`s industrial safety regulator said Friday it would establish this year a system for exchanging information with the UN nuclear watchdog to ensure radiation safety.
Dell Inc, said the founder of a company that offers Linux support services. Mark Shuttleworth, who created a version of Linux software named Ubuntu, said Dell is happy with the demand it has seen for Linux PCs that were introduced in May.
Russia`s Progress M-59 space cargo ship will be undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) August 1 and de-orbited into the Pacific, a representative of Mission Control said Friday.
America`s space agency was shaken Thursday by two startling and unrelated reports: One involved claims that astronauts were drunk before flying. The other was news from NASA itself that a worker had sabotaged a computer set for delivery to the international space station.
Malaysia`s deputy prime minister denied the government is clamping down on bloggers after a prominent ruling party politician lodged a police report against a website, reports said Tuesday.
As criminals increasingly hijack digital technologies, police in Canada are turning to an unusual candidate pool for crime fighters: the virtual world of Second Life.
After three years on Mars, NASA rovers built for a three-month mission face their toughest foe: Martian sandstorms blocking the sunlight that charges their batteries.
Acer Inc, Taiwan`s leading personal computer vendor, said Friday it has filed a counterclaim of patent infringement against Hewlett-Packard Development Co (HP) before the Eastern District of Texas Court in the United States.
Nokia launched a service on Thursday which it said would cut the time a GPS-enabled cellphone takes to pinpoint its whereabouts, opening new opportunities for location-based online services.
Nintendo Co. Ltd. has sold more than 3 million units of its Wii game console in Japan, three times the sales of Sony Corp.`s PlayStation 3, game magazine publisher Enterbrain said.
Walt Disney Co. music label Hollywood Records is offering a new CD format with extra features to encourage compact-disc purchases in a bid to reverse declining CD sales.
Microsoft Corp. is once again on the defensive against hackers after the launch of a new program that gives average PC users tools to unlock copy-protected digital music and movies.
The United States and the European Union are close to signing an agreement that would allow their satellite navigation systems to work together to provide more accurate images and information.
The first launch of a Zenit rocket under the Sea Launch project following a January explosion that damaged a launch platform has been scheduled for October, a company spokesperson said Thursday.
Space shuttle Endeavour arrived at its launch pad early Wednesday for a flight to send teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan and six crewmates to the international space station.
Nokia, the world`s top mobile phone maker, said on Wednesday it has made Skype telephone services available on the Nokia N800 Internet tablet.