Technology

Cupertino -- Apple Inc. is racing to secure media content for its new iPad with hundreds of thousands of units pre-sold and soon to be released, officials said.

Cupertino -- Apple Inc. is racing to secure media content for its new iPad with hundreds of thousands of units pre-sold and soon to be released, officials said.

Shares of smart phone-maker Palm Inc. fell by 29 percent on Friday as investors questioned its capabilities in the smart phone market, especially against competitors like Apple Inc., Google Inc., and Research in Motion.

That set-top box from Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) is getting closer to your living room.

The Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corp. Thursday issued a statement that the company disagrees with all the charges Apple has filed against it in the patent infringement suit and is prepared to fight.

Philadelphia -- NASA Edge, the U.S. space agency's televised talk show, will celebrate Sun-Earth Day 2010 with a live Web cast focusing on the sun and its effects on Earth.

Dublin -- Disney Research and an Irish scientific organization called Clarity say they are starting a research project in broadcasting and sports visualization.

Washington -- NASA said a Soyuz spacecraft carrying U.S. astronaut Jeff Williams and Russian cosmonaut Max Suraev landed safely early Thursday in Kazakhstan.

Washington -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of Tumi Mobile Power Packs due to a fire hazard.

With Google considering ending its operations in China, the advertisers who are currently with Google have asked the Internet search giant to state clearly its business plans in the country.