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When Lucovsky walked into Steve Ballmer's office in 2004 and told the Microsoft CEO he was leaving the company for Google, Ballmer picked up his chair and chucked it across the room. Now, ex-Microsoft man Paul Maritz has turned the tables on Google, bringing Lucovsky to VMware, where's he's building a new software platform for the internet age.

Results from a second experiment uphold the observation that neutrinos are moving faster than the speed of light. The OPERA collaboration, which reported superluminal neutrinos back in September, have rerun their experiment and detected 20 new neutrinos breaking Einstein's limit.

Around three dozen Apple patents made their way through the US Patent and Trademark Office this week alone. Here we share three of the most notable ? one helps prevent cracked cover glass, another would deliver power to multiple devices with just a single adapter, and a third is a far-reaching location-based services patent that could keep Apple?s competitors on their toes.

The story of Protocetus, one of the very earliest whales and the fossil that could have quickly closed a gap in our understanding of one of the greatest transitions in evolutionary history.

Only Homer Simpson would take his daughter's disillusionment with tween books and try to cash in on it. Fantasy author Neil Gaiman makes a guest appearance in this Sunday's show to help out with Homer's potentially lucrative literary project.

Thanks to FXI Technologies' Cotton Candy USB device, we may not have to wait long to see Android on more than just our mobile devices. FXI essentially built an ultra-lean computer inside a small USB stick. Stick it into any device that supports USB storage, and Cotton Candy will register as a USB drive. From there, you can run the Android OS in a secure environment inside your desktop, courtesy of a Windows/OSX/Linux-compatible virtualization client embedded in the device.

A NYC spokesman says reporters should get an official press pass from the police to avoid getting arrested while covering Occupy Wall Street. He neglects to mention that the NYPD won't issue press passes to cover the protests.

This week on the Gadget Lab Podcast, the gang talks Android updates, competing music services and Amazon?s hot new tablet.

Jeff Bezos? super-secretive commercial space program has opened up a bit, releasing a brief video showing low-altitude testing of its New Shepard suborbital space vehicle.

The iPhone 4S is available on three major carriers, leaving potential buyers to wonder whether AT&T, Verizon or Sprint is the better network choice. Pricing plans aside, carrier is a significant factor in anyone's purchasing decision, and now consumers have hard data to help them choose: A just-released study reports AT&T is tops for fast data speeds, while Verizon is the most reliable when it comes to making phone calls.

We speak with the developers of a new 2-D fighting game called Skullgirls, and weigh in on Sony's ongoing ambitions for 3-D gaming on this week's episode of the Game|Life podcast.

Here are 10 of our favorite recent time-lapse films for your viewing pleasure (please excuse some of the over-the-top music). Feel free to point out any of your own favorites in the comments.

Do you want to help save America's insect-eating bats from extinction? Then tell President Obama.

For three excellent seasons, Batman: The Brave and the Bold has skewered The Dark Knight's seriousness. On Friday, it bids television adieu with a multilevel satire on Batman's mythos, cartoons and fandom. Check out an exclusive preview clip and more images from the fantastic finale.

About 150 of the world?s best GPS engineers have gathered at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center this week, and the subject is war. At stake is the delicate satellite signals that power the $110 billion global positioning system market for military and commercial aviation navigation systems, automated agricultural machines and consumer mapping services in cars, to name a few.

The U.S. military can see you breathing on the other side of that wall. It can even see your heartbeat racing while you crouch behind the door. But if you think running farther away or hiding in a crowd will make you invisible to the Defense Department's sensors, you might be in for a surprise. The Pentagon's geeks are looking to tweak their life-form finder so they can spot your tell-tale heart no matter what you do.

Special ops commandos are already the savviest, most covert of all soldiers: They fly in stealth helicopters, wear high-tech camo suits and use nothing but the best face paint Pentagon cash can buy. But they've still got weak points. Most importantly, their own body heat and even the swiftest of movements can give them away.

Building great mobile websites is not easy, even some of the best in the business get it wrong. Now you can learn what not to do from a new website dedicated to calling out the worst of the so-called mobile web.

The biggest volcanic eruptions of the past half eon had seemed a likely culprit in the greatest mass extinction Earth has seen -- both biotic cataclysm in the sea and on land.

Physics professor Rhett Allain investigates the rings of foam in his glass of beer.