After an epic voyage in space, the Ulysses probe is about to undergo a new phase in its silent journey when its transmitters go dark

NASA astronomers say the about-to-lift-off Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) could result in "ten school buses" worth of debris when its payload hits the moon surface

All the space you need, with no caps on storage or bandwidth sounds pretty good - just watch out for the fine print.

See the trailer for one of this year's promising science fiction movies, Moon, which takes cues from Odyssey 2001 and Solaris

The tantalizing prospect of another glimpse into Ridley Scott's 1979 science fiction world is in the cards, with reports of a Scott-directed prequel movie

Up till now Intel has hogged all the glory in the super light space with cheap and cheerful Atom notebooks. No more.

We're worried about the damn hot operating temperature, but otherwise we're blown away by this mini notebook.

More digital Swiss Army knife software, including utilities and tools that are so useful you won't know how you ever did without them

A new "universe atlas" provides a stunning view of our own galaxy, including a supermassive black hole believed to be located at the core

Saving space on your desk will be easier under Dell’s plan for a desktop more than three-quarters smaller than today’s boxes. Anyone heard of Shuttle?

Whet your appetite for next week's documentary about exo-planets with this video voyage through the universe

It seems that Samsung may be a player to watch in laptops - we've just seen their new range including the NC20 and N120, and we have to say we're impressed

Can a new Intel chip put make the sub $1,000 portable even more attractive? We cast our eyes over the ASUS Eee PC 1000HE's tasty looking specifications.

See our side-by-side comparison of the three big guns in the sub-$1,000 mini notebook race, the ASUS N10, S101 and the Eee PC 1000H.

Oh, and it’s power efficient too. Follow our coverage of the next big desktop processor from the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.

Battery life is turning into a major selling point, as we discover when we tested Toshiba's new mini NB100 netbook.

The bad news is that Sony says these sexy 11.1in Vaio TZ laptops are at risk of overheating. But there is something about Sony's Vaio laptops that should make you happy.

Car security systems are getting increasingly James Bond-like, if GeoVision's new box of tricks is anything to go by. The new GV-Compact DVR looks like an ordinary storage box, but could be the ultimate weapon against car thieves.

If you're wondering if a netbook is the perfect laptop for you, ask yourself this: will you want to work or play on your new laptop for hours at a time whilst viewing a screen 10 inches in size?

Looking for data security for your small business? Symantec has some interesting claims for its new EndPoint Protection Small Business Edition.