In court the Federal Communications Commission has charged 26 people with defrauding the agency of "tens of millions of dollars" from its program that lets people with hearing disabilities to communicate with hearing individuals through the use of interpreters and Web cameras. Read more
While the number of permitted unmanned aircraft operations in commercial airspace has tripled since 2007, the Federal Aviation Administration says routine drone access to civilian airspace is years away. Read more
The FBI today warned that scammers using uniquely spoofed subject lines designed to engage recipients with specific business content, are targeting US law and public relations firms with spear phishing e-mails containing malicious payloads. Read more
It's not a very good day when a security report concludes: Disruptive cyber activities expected to become the norm in future political and military conflicts. Read more
Some math problems are as old as the wind, experts say and many remain truly unsolved. But a new open source-based site from the American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) looks to help track work done and solve long-standing and difficult math problems. Read more
A Tang soufflé' perhaps? Yum. A new book out this week will tell you everything you wanted to know about cooking and eating in space.
The Astronaut's Cookbook - Tales, Recipes, and More - penned by NASA veterans Charles Bourland and Gregory Vogt offers up a number of recipes as well a history of space feasting just in time for Thanksgiving, if you are so inclined. Read more
The NASA spacecraft that plowed into the moon last month have discovered what the space agency calls "significant amounts of water" on the lunar surface. Read more
If you can build a high-tech glove that can move easily and operate effectively in the vacuum of space, NASA may have $400,000 for your effort. Read more
NASA's long running Mars rover Spirit is stuck in a sand trap - a situation the space agency would like to fix. Today NASA said it will begin what it called the long process of Read more
The Federal Trade Commission today asked a federal court to issue a contempt order against BlueHippo for violating a 2008 agreement that required the company to pay $3.5 million for consumer redress and barred the defendants from further deceiving customers. Read more
Military researchers are looking for a 22lb laser that can fit and operate in high-altitude unmanned aircraft. Read more
NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are aiming to cooperate on all manner of robotic orbiters, landers and exploration devices for a future trip to Mars.& Read more
If you are in need of finding out if there is ammonia, chlorine gas or methane in the air around you, there's an iPhone app for that. Read more
Swarms of robots will soon be scooting across the ocean floor looking to monitor everything from protected marine areas and fish migration patterns to a variety of other biological activities. Read more
While there are still tons of economic problems around the globe, the commercial space industry seems to be avoiding at least some of those bumps as a new study shows the total investment in that industry has risen by 20% since January 2008, reaching a total of $1.46 billion.  Read more
The Federal Aviation Administration today said it would streamline the environmental review part of permit applications for the launch and/or reentry of reusable suborbital rockets to help bolster a fledgling commercial space market. Read more
Too little is known about what potential foes have placed into space and how much space debris is threatening to damage American orbiters. And the US needs to deploy more space sensors, satellites and satellite protection and quickly: "We are decades behind where we should be, in my view." Read more
Ultra-high bandwidth lasers in manned or unmanned aircraft could soon be blasting military voice, video and data across the skies and to the ground if a hybrid optical laser system currently undergoing test pans out. Read more
If you want to be a CEO but not have any of the real responsibilities of one, you could try to play a new online game being offered by Cisco. The company this week posted myPlanNet, a computer game that lets anyone be a broadband executive making network deployment decisions. Read more
The Federal Communications Commission and the US Department of Transportation are teaming up to develop what they called high-tech solutions to the growing problem of distracted or inattentive drivers. Read more
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