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Red Tape: Toyota woes raise car-tech woes

March 13, 2010

We may never know why runaway Toyotas suddenly seem to be everywhere. The scariest possibility, however, is that faulty computers are driving some victims to their deaths with frightening randomness.

Mobile giving for Chile pales compared to Haiti

March 13, 2010

So far, Americans have pledged $100,000 in donations via cell phone for victims of Chile's earthquake compared to more than $43 million raised that way for victims of Haiti's Jan. 12 quake.

Orders for Apple's new iPad start today

March 13, 2010

Apple began taking orders online Friday for its new iPad tablet computer, with delivery scheduled for April 3, the same day the iPad goes on sale in stores.

Cosmic Log: Pluto finds its place

March 13, 2010

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Pluto and the other small fry of the solar system are getting their due 80 years after the dwarf planet's discovery was announced to the world.

Feds' e-mail botch earns a raspberry

March 13, 2010

As the Justice Department hunts for the latest batch of missing federal e-mails, the officials who oversee spending of $71 billion a year for information technology got a big raspberry Friday for a 14-year-long failure to ensure that government e-mails are preserved.

Some Mars channels carved by lava, not water

March 13, 2010

Comparison of images of Martian channels to lava flows in Hawaii indicates that lava, not water, may have been the creative force behind at least some of the channels, according to a NASA researcher.

It's daylight science time

March 13, 2010

It’s that time of year again, when most Americans lose an hour’s sleep setting their clocks ahead. Here are answers to your questions about the time switch - and about sleep.

‘FarmVille’ power user: ‘I'm not obsessed’

March 13, 2010

Cathy Hinz is a mom and a grandmother. And until last summer, she wasn’t much of a gamer. But then she got hooked on “FarmVille,” the Facebook game that draws 80 million monthly players. She plays faithfully, daily, surpassing her daughters and her grandkids. She’s a power user.