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SpaceX fixes Dragon capsule problem

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A commercial craft carrying a ton of supplies for the International Space Station ran into thruster trouble shortly after liftoff Friday. Flight controllers managed to gain control, but were forced to delay its arrival at the orbiting lab.The earliest the Dragon capsule ...

Wireless connections creep into everyday things

A car that tells your insurance company how you're driving. A bathroom scale that lets you chart your weight on the Web. And a meter that warns your air conditioner when electricity gets more expensive.Welcome to the next phase of the wireless revolution.The first wave of wireless was all about ...

Burger King’s Twitter hacked, companies fear for cybersecurity

Somebody hacked Burger King's Twitter account on Monday, posting obscene messages and changing its profile picture to a McDonald's logo.The tweets stopped after a little more than an hour, and Burger King said it had reached out to Twitter to suspend the account. A Twitter spokesman did not ...

Facebook hacked, gets unwelcome look at dark side

SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook is getting an unwelcome look at the shady side of the hacking culture that CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrates.Intruders recently infiltrated the systems running the world's largest online social network but did not steal any sensitive information about Facebook's more than ...

Alone, together: Snowed in, in the age of hashtags

HAMDEN, Conn. -- The East Coast woke up under a blanket of snow this weekend and collectively documented the experience on the myriad social and mobile inventions of the past decade. Facebook, Twitter and other technologies make it increasingly difficult to stay isolated -- even if you're stuck ...