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Yusuf Mehdi, senior vice president of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business, discusses the Xbox One uses for television viewing during a press event in Redmond, Washington, May 21, 2013.

Microsoft Unveils New Xbox One Game Console

Microsoft says its third-generation console, coming eight years after Xbox 360, is an 'ultimate all-in-one entertainment system' More

Technicians monitor data flow in the control room of an internet service provider in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 15, 2011.

Iranians Face New Internet Curbs Before Election

Experts, Web users say they believe slower Internet speeds, limited access are related to June 14 presidential vote More

Apple CEO Tim Cook, center, is surrounded by his team during a break from testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 21, 2013.

Apple Defends Tax Avoidance

Apple says it paid about $6 billion in US taxes in 2012, but investigators say it would have had to pay billions more without overseas accountsMore

A news headline about the Tumblr sale to Yahoo scrolls on a building in New York's Times Square, May 20, 2013.

Yahoo Buying Tumblr for $1.1 Billion

Acquisition gives struggling Internet pioneer much-needed social media platform to reach younger generation More

Scientists say large dams have altered the natural course of many rivers, affecting ecosystems and aquatic life.

Scientists Ponder Damage to Water System

Scientists meet in Bonn on human effects on freshwater More

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Various Chinese microblog websites are seen on a screen in this photo illustration taken in Beijing, Sep. 13, 2011.

China Trying to Manage Exposure of Corruption Online

Authorities have deleted microblogs, even accounts to quash rumors that might fan protests that could escalate out of control

Mandiant Founder & CEO Kevin Mandia (L) and Mandiant CSO Richard Bejtlich participate in the Reuters Cybersecurity Summit in Washington, May 13, 2013.

China Resumes Cyber Attacks on US, Firm Says

Mandiant says Chinese hackers recently broke into computer systems of more than 100 American companies

Comet ISON is shown in this NASA handout image photographed by the Hubble telescope on April 10, 2013.

Astronomers Awaiting Comet ISON's Year-End Spectacular

Celestial rock and ice formation expected to bedazzle enthusiasts with long, luminous tail

Scientists Race to Contain Malaria: New Discoveries, More Resistance

World Health Organization is warning about dire consequences if drug-resistant form of malaria spreads beyond southeast Asia

Earth and Moon Share Water Source

Most of water on Earth thought to have come from ice-bearing meteorites; some of that water transported with new Moon during its birth in cataclysmic collision

On May 17, NASA witnessed the largest impact of a meteoroid on the Moon in the past eight years. This is an artist

Moon Hit By Largest Meteoroid Impact in 8 Years

Flash was nearly 10 times as bright as anything ever seen before

Artist concept of OSIRIS-REx. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is to launch in 2016, reach asteroid (101955) 1999 RQ36 in 2019, examine it up close during a 505-day rendezvous, then return at least 60 grams of it to Earth in 2023. (Credit: NASA/Goddard/Universit

Asteroid Sampling Mission Gets Green Light

OSIRIS-REx is expected to bring back a minimum of 60 grams of surface material from asteroid Bennu

Carbon Storing Qualities of Coastal Wetlands Explored In Australia

Seminar in Sydney brings together governments, research institutions, non-governmental organizations from around the world to discuss ecosystems

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Scientists Race to Contain Malaria: New Discoveries, More Resistance

Two new medical discoveries are raising hopes of containing malaria - the mosquito-borne parasitic disease that each year infects more than 200 million people and claims an estimated 660 thousand lives. Meantime, the World Health Organization is warning about dire consequences if a drug-resistant form of malaria spreads beyond southeast Asia.

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