A mysterious fireball has lit up the sky in western Canada and may have been a meteorite which slammed into central Alberta, according to local reports. more...
Astronauts vowed to double-check, even triple-check, to make sure a bag of tools is properly tied down during a spacewalk Thursday so it doesn't float away like one did earlier this week. more...
A sophisticated speaker system, described as a "bull-horn on steroids," may be one of the most effective weapons designed at repelling hijackers on the high seas, according to an anti-piracy expert. more...
CTV's Middle East Bureau Chief Janis Mackey Frayer
follows a Palestinian militant, blindfolded, into the covert world of the rocket-making industry. more...
The CRTC has sided with Bell Canada (TSX:BCE) in the controversial Internet "throttling" case, ruling that the telecommunications giant is within its right to regulate the flow of traffic on its network space. more...
Microsoft Corp. is giving an early holiday gift to people who pay for all-you-can-listen access to the Zune digital music store: 10 songs to keep each month, included in the $14.99 monthly subscription fee. more...
Statistics Canada reports the federal government will spend about $9.9 billion on science and technology this fiscal year. more...
King Herod may have been buried in a crypt with lavish Roman-style wall paintings of a kind previously unseen in the Middle East, Israeli archeologists said Wednesday. more...
The world's largest consumer products company and the online search leader are working together to learn more about each other and about targeting customers. more...
Scientists have sequenced much of the genome of the woolly mammoth, raising the tantalizing but remote possibility that one day the long-extinct mammal could be resurrected to again trudge through the Arctic snow. more...
Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday, though he told shareholders that the company would still be "very open" to a collaboration on Internet search. more...
Researchers studying a rare and endangered species of penguin have uncovered a previously unknown species that disappeared about 500 years ago. more...
The most popular item on the auction block Wednesday was a rug depicting the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers, says an official with Ritchies Auctioneers. more...
Young teens will use violence in video games to "manage their feelings," say authors of a book about the impact of video games. more...
The last Yugo, once the pride of communist Yugoslavia's automobile industry, will roll off its Serbian production line Thursday in the central town of Kragujevac. more...
When a tool bag was lost after astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper let it go Tuesday outside the International Space Station, it added to a number of objects that have been lost by spacewalkers over the years. more...
Archeologists believe a 12,000-year-old skeleton found in a grave containing 50 tortoise shells, a leopard pelvis, a cow tail and part of an eagle wing is the remains of a witch doctor. more...
Learning the name of a colour changes the part of the brain that handles colour perception. more...
In a technique they say shows "great promise," doctors have given a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells, eliminating the need for anti-rejection drugs. more...
Australian scientists say they have unravelled the DNA of a small kangaroo named Matilda, and they found it last shared a common ancestor with humans 150 million years ago. more...
Ford Motor Co. is slashing its stake in Japan's Mazda Motor Corp. by nearly two-thirds, joining other struggling U.S. automakers in selling prized assets to stay afloat. more...
‘Measures employed by Bell Canada to manage its network were not discriminatory,' chairman says More...
Europe's heritage went digital on Thursday when the European Union launched an online library More...
Bloggers worldwide are abuzz over a report of the arrest of Hossein Derakhshan More...
Vertu plans 50 stand-alone stores by end of 2009 selling gem-encrusted, hand-built mobile phones More...
CRTC has ordered Canada's second-largest cable operator to market and package channel as equitably as it does others More...
U.S. president-elect Barack Obama seeking the first chief technology officer More...
Third in a series of excerpts from Don Tapscott's new book Grown Up Digital More...
Should the vocal minority always be the one to control the debate? More...
Download batches of links with ease, consolidating your e-mail backup and making sense of myriad folders More...
Company says global reach, diverse customer base and cost-cutting measures are helping it weather the economic downturn More...
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