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NASA has knocked down the price of a used space shuttle to an affordable $28.8m – a considerable saving on the $42m it originally wanted for Atlantis, Discovery and Endeavour. The agency is accepting enquiries from “any US educational institution, federal agency, state or municipality” interested in getting its hands on a second-hand shuttle once [...]

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Acer is getting greener, at least according to Greenpeace. The computer maker unveiled two new notebooks on Friday that have already received kudos from the international environmental group. The Acer Aspire 3811TZ and Aspire 3811TZG are designed to be energy efficient, recyclable, and biodegradable, thereby winning high marks from Greenpeace, which rates PCs and other [...]

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This is the finest NBC sit com since “The Office.” The spittle being tossed by Conan O’Brien toward NBC executives who have removed his show from its time slot and Jay Leno, who is re-taking it over, is both tautly orchestrated and touchingly sincere. Last week, O’Brien offered to sell the “Tonight Show” on Craigslist. [...]

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When IBM revealed Jan. 14 that it had landed Panasonic as a new customer for its LotusLive collaboration software, it said it was partially replacing Microsoft’s Exchange e-mail platform at the Japanese electronics maker. Microsoft fought back Jan. 15, offering training vouchers to the first 500 Lotus Notes professionals who want to learn to use [...]

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AT&T on Friday joined Verizon in revamping its calling plans, announcing a series of new unlimited plans across all devices, especially high-end smartphones. Without tethering, AT&T’s unlimited data plans for the iPhone should be taken with a grain of salt. (Credit: Screenshot by Dong Ngo/CNET) The new plans include: * Feature Phone customers now have [...]

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A run-off will be held on 7 February after no candidate won 50% of the vote. With more than 90% of votes counted, the president had won only about 5%. Former PM Viktor Yanukovych led current PM Yulia Tymoshenko by some 35% to 25%. Despite allegations of fraud by candidates, international monitors gave the election [...]

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Mehmet Ali Agca served 19 years in an Italian prison for shooting John Paul, and another 10 years in Turkey for the earlier murder of a newspaper editor. Agca’s motives for attempting to kill the Pope remain a mystery, although when he was arrested he said he was acting alone. In 1983 John Paul announced [...]

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