Search giant Google has been accused of being the "biggest threat to genetic privacy" for its alleged plan to create a searchable database of genetic information.
An ambitious program called CubeSat, developed at Stanford University and California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, is giving students and companies the opportunity to build and launch functional satellites into low Earth orbit, or about 240 to 360 miles above the planet.
Cyberspace will soon come under much greater legal control, according to one expert - who forecasts that denial of service attacks will eventually be ordered by courts of law against offenders.
An extensive report on the recent surge in nanotechnology funding and interest from government, industry, and financial leaders.
As U.S. airports begin installing face-recognition systems to thwart terrorism in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, civil rights activists are rushing to decry the technology as ineffective and invasive.
A simple computerized test has been touted as being able to accurately identify trained terrorists before they can board planes or even enter the country and has proven infallible in FBI and U.S. Navy testing, according to Infoseek founder Steve Kirsch.
Hackers have begun attacking Web sites connected to Afghanistan's Taliban rulers and to other Islamic nations including Iran, prompting the FBI to issue warnings to system administrators everywhere to tighten up their security.
A new electronic circuit can mimic the activity of the brain and may one day be used to create computers that think more like humans, scientists said.
"Dystopia or utopia: There may be a calamitous menace hidden behind the glorious possibilities of artificial intelligence. Science fiction has portrayed machines capable of thinking and acting for themselves with a mixture of anticipation and dread, but what was once the realm of fiction has now become the subject of serious debate for researchers and writers."
An overview of the debate over artificial intelligence.