U.S. rockets have suffered six failures in the last nine months, destroying or rendering useless billions of dollars worth of surveillance, research and communications satellites and raising concern

China successfully launched two civilian satellites on Monday morning on a Long March 4B rocket, its first satellite launch this year, Xinhua new agency

A three judge panel of the U.S. appeals court in San Francisco ruled that the government's restrictions on export of computer-encryption software violate free-speech protections, a blow to efforts by

The government will pledge that the UK will be an enthusiastic participant in European space programmes, abandoning the frequent reluctance of the previous Conservative administration to support

The Chernobyl computer virus damaged 360,000 computers in China and caused $120 million in economic losses, the official China Daily newspaper reported on

Safety at nuclear power stations in France could be jeopardized by the millennium computer bug, the French Institute of Nuclear Safety said. "Malfunctions of certain computer and automated systems at

A rocket car, packed with formula One technology, will try to smash Richard Noble's British land speed record this August with two dashes of 300mph on an airport runway. The challenge faced by the

Safety at nuclear power stations in France could be jeopardized by the millennium computer bug, the French Institute of Nuclear Safety said. "Malfunctions of certain computer and automated systems at

The days of speculators making fast money by registering trademarks as Internet addresses may be coming to a close. A United Nations panel issued proposed rules to end so-called

International Business Machines will introduce a new generation of mainframe computers as the 'dinosaurs' of the computer world make a comeback in the guise of electronic commerce