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From the online taxi service Uber -- which regulators are trying to keep out of Washington, D.C. -- to Zipcar.com, tech startups are facing an unexpected challenge: government regulation. Could your favorite apps soon be banned in your city?

NASA issued a solicitation on Tuesday for the next phase of its so-called Commercial Crew Program, aimed at finding an alternative -- or several alternatives -- to flying astronauts to the space station aboard Russian Soyuz capsules.

Love's labor is not lost -- at least, not online. Dating for most people is now officially a digital endeavor, according to a study out just in time for Valentine's Day. 

After some minor speed bumps, Daredevil adventurer Felix Baumgartner's plans to plunge 23 miles from the edge of space back to Earth -- a Red Bull-sponsored stunt that would be the world's highest freefall -- is finally coming to fruition, the team announced.

After weathering a legal challenge in China from Apple Inc. over the iPad name, a Chinese affiliate of a Hong Kong company says it is mounting its own court action.

A group of hackers demanded that Symantec pay $50,000 to prevent it from releasing stolen source code for several of the firm’s software titles.

A Taiwanese advertisement including an actor dressed as an angel-winged Steve Jobs has been pulled from the air, following an international outcry over the tasteless commercial and threats to boycott the electronics maker.

A European spacecraft orbiting Mars has found more revealing evidence that an ocean may have covered parts of the Red Planet billions of years ago.

Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in apps - the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook's online social network.

Just when users get comfortable with the latest iteration of “New Facebook,” Zuckerberg and company go and change something else, drawing the ire of its millions of users. Here are six Facebook annoyances that are currently grinding our gears and ways to deal with each.