When the State Department recently asked the CIA for names of Iranians who could be sanctioned for their involvement in a clandestine nuclear weapons program, the agency refused, citing a large workload and a desire to protect its sources and tradecraft.

The British Airport Authority (BAA) on Wednesday announced that it has launched a limited scale trial of three integrated, biometric-driven security systems at London’s Heathrow airport.

Hackers demonstrated how to clone a copy of an human-implanted RFID chip at a hacking conference this week. The demonstration goes against claims from people-chipping firm VeriChip that its technology, the subject of the experiment, can uniquely identify an individual.

Scientists have found the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows on Mars, raising the prospects that there may be simple microbial life still living on the red planet.

The United States plans to set up a colony on the south pole of the Earth’s moon by around the year 2020.

Companies that help businesses track and search their e-mails and other electronic data are experiencing a surge of interest in the wake of federal rule changes that clarify requirements to produce such evidence in lawsuits.

Paperless electronic voting machines used throughout the Washington region and much of the country “cannot be made secure,” according to draft recommendations issued this week by a federal agency that advises the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.

A federal agency is set to recommend significant changes to specifications for electronic-voting machines next week, internetnews.com has learned.

Canadians need to engage in a broader discussion about the societal issues involved before hospitals and physicians embrace implantable microchips or other technologies touted as the next step in electronic patient records…

Within the next two weeks the Ministry of Defence will award BAE Systems a £200 million contract to create the UK’s first unmanned fighter jet, The Times has learnt.

A man in Manchester, England has been convicted of using an MP3 player to hack cash machines. Maxwell Parsons, 41, spent £200,000 of other people’s money after using the machine to read card details.

Mobile phones are closer to becoming smart wallets, following agreement among mobile operators on an approach to near field communications (NFC).

Having a nap is a great way to consolidate your memory for what you’ve just learned. Now it appears researchers have found a way to boost this beneficial effect.

A U.S. physicist has shown it is feasible to read data stored in the magnetic ’spins’ of phosphorus atoms — a step toward creating a superfast computer.

Three million Britons have been issued with the new hi-tech passport, designed to frustrate terrorists and fraudsters.