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A stern-faced President Barack Obama on Thursday announced steps to limit new oil drilling and exploration as the investigation of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill continues, telling the American people that he is "fully engaged" and ultimately responsible for what he called a catastrophe.

Investigators for the Department of Justice began asking questions about Apple's business practices involving digital music at least three weeks ago, multiple music industry sources told CNET.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar reiterated Wednesday that the U.S. government is doing all it can to put an end to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and to enforce ethics requirements in the federal agency responsible for inspecting oil wells.

Space shuttle Atlantis is set to land Wednesday morning, ending the orbiter's stellar 25-year career.

So you're in the market for a new vehicle. Any chance you'd consider one with more than 100 million miles on the odometer, a neat white paint job and a sticker price of $28.8 million? Probably not.

AT&T is offering free public Wi-Fi hot spots to help it deal with increasing congestion on its wireless network.

AT&T is offering free public Wi-Fi hot spots to help it deal with increasing congestion on its wireless network.

Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, plans to slash the price of Apple's 16GB 3GS iPhone to $97 beginning Tuesday.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Can't break away from your precious iPad for a few hours? Then steer clear of Yankee Stadium.

Seven members of the environmental group Greenpeace were arrested Monday after protesting at a private ship that the group says is scheduled to depart for Alaska this summer as part of a drilling mission.

Unbowed by a raft of boycotts over her immigration policy, Arizona Gov. Janice Brewer has requested helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles from the White House to patrol the border region with Mexico.

Google began offering an encrypted option for Web searchers on Friday and said it planned to roll it out for all of its services eventually.

Toyota's announcement that it is making a $50 million investment in upstart electric car maker Tesla got the auto industry's attention this week.

Sales of the iPad are already outpacing those of the Mac in the United States, according to an analyst's calculations.

Did Google just turn the tables on Apple?

"The sunshine bores the daylights out of me."

Those tiny electric cars you sometimes see on the road may be cheap, they aren't very safe, new crash tests show.