Week in pictures: Stardust memories
roundup NASA probe blasts off and Stardust capsule comes home. Also: Google views of tech HQs, skin scans and Mideast tech hub.
First look at comet dust
NASA scientists have opened the Stardust probe and found particles from the tail of a comet. January 19, 2006
Stardust capsule returns with comet dust
After a 2.9 billion mile journey, NASA's Stardust probe returned to Earth--carrying secrets of the solar system. January 17, 2006
Destination Pluto
The Atlas V lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on its way to Pluto. January 19, 2006
The Cartwheel galaxy
A composite image of the Cartwheel and two neighboring galaxies, one of which may have collided with the Cartwheel long ago. January 18, 2006
Where on Google Earth is this?
Challenge: Match these satellite views with the appropriate tech company headquarters.
An evolving high-tech center
Qatar is taking steps in creating a major university center that can help lead it into a post-oil world. January 18, 2006
Getting the skinny on skin
A soon-to-be-released high-tech gadget analyzes skin, both above and below the surface. January 18, 2006
A look inside Nissan's Xbox car
How do you drive when your car's standing still? Just ask Nissan, whose Urge puts you behind the wheel of an Xbox 360. January 19, 2006
Google subpoenaed over pornography
Prosecutors defending an Internet pornography law demand that Google hand over millions of search records. January 19, 2006
Lessig gets real in a virtual world
Stanford Law School professor Larry Lessig talks with "Second Life" about his book "Free Culture." January 19, 2006
Defender of the GPL
Richard Stallman staunchly defends the tenets of version 3 of the General Public License. January 17, 2006
Photos: Dying to be a corpse
Chuck Lamb hopes to gain immortality through his Web site, DeadBodyGuy.com, featuring photos of him playing dead. January 17, 2006
Seagate's mighty Momentus drive
The perpendicular recording technique in this 2.5-inch drive means a notebook could pack 160GB of storage. January 17, 2006
'Cubers' gather for Rubik's competition
Dozens of the best in the world at the famous cube come to San Francisco for a competition. January 15, 2006