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Forget asking search engines to take down the site for you. There's an easier way. Robots.txt is a file you can store on the root level of your web server to protect your personal files from showing up on search results. It allows you control over where bots are allowed to crawl your site.

The practice of placing RFID chips inside your physical ID credentials is becoming routine for everything from your gym to the federal government. Here's a way to protect yourself and your deets using only duct tape and some other cheap materials.

Security analysts and the Somali government publicly flirt with the idea of hiring mercenaries to stop the pirates that are terrorizing east Africa. Now, the notorious guns-for-fire at Blackwater respond to the call, with a resounding arrrr!!!!!

It's more than a concept — it's a running car. And we'll see it at the Los Angeles auto show.

Google posts sharp third-quarter ad growth in the face of a global financial crisis. Seems the economic downturn isn't catching up with the search giant yet.

Fools never learn. No matter how many times I repeat that there's no sock puppetry -- posting under multiple names -- allowed here on DANGER ROOM, some half-wit goes ahead and does it again. So say goodbye, everyone, to one...

The rest of us may be going broke. But Al-Qaeda, "which gets its money from the drug trade in Afghanistan and sympathizers in the oil-rich Gulf states, is likely to escape the effects of the global financial crisis," experts tell...

Security analysts and the Somali government are publicly flirting with the idea of hiring mercenaries to stop the pirates that are terrorizing east Africa. Now, the notorious guns-for-fire at Blackwater are responding to the call, with a resounding arrrr!!!!! "Blackwater...

Linton Wells used to be one of the Pentagon geeks-in-chief -- a prime mover in the military's embrace of information technology. Now, he wants to encourage the Defense Deparment to network with relief agencies, civic organizations and the private sector...

The Republic of Georgia is one of the primary routes for the smuggling of nuclear materials out of the former Soviet Bloc. The U.S. has spent millions training and equipping the Georgian government to thwart nuclear trafficking. The recent Russian...

The cable networks' VP of programming, Stephen Shelanski, on the new series and what comes next.

The cable networks' VP of programming, Stephen Shelanski, on the new series and what comes next.

A study by J&J shows its rival product is superior to Endeavor model.

The diversified manufacturer raised the low end of its 2008 guidance despite slowing orders in some segments.

Hershey price hikes stick and shares move up, but Citi sinks after racking up its fourth straight quarterly loss.

A newly developed RNA "device" allows scientists to "program" molecules to directly interact with cells.

A surge in development has taken its toll on Abydos, a sacred destination for ancient pilgrims. But plans are underway to renovate the threatened archaeological site.

A young pulsar that had been undetectable to radio, visible, or x-ray observatories has been found by the recently launched Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.

Warmer waters around Antarctica could actually benefit a threatened population of gray nurse—or sand tiger—sharks, scientists say.

A sandstorm in Baghdad, Iraq, strafes residents, who use scarves or masks to ease breathing.

Thanks to the innovations put in place by NOAA marine superintendent, Dennis Donahue, and the 'Green Ships Initiative,' all three of NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory large diesel research vessels operate fully on bio-based, vegetable products. The R/V Huron Explorer, R/V Shenehon. […]

Considering the 3.44 million square miles that comprise federal waters, is twice the size of the entire land mass of the United States, protecting resources withing this marine zone could be seen as a daunting task. However, for the 220 NOAA employees within NOAA Fisheries Service’s Office of Law. […]

While meteorologists at the NOAA National Hurricane Center predict the track and strength of individual storms, the annual Hurricane Seasonal Outlook is an official forecast product of NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. It’s the job of NOAA’s seasonal hurricane forecasters to predict tropical s. […]

In many parts of the country, the arrival of summer signals the start of air pollution season. Fortunately, the NOAA National Weather Service’s air quality forecast guidance, produced in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, helps provide air quality forecasters and the public. […]

All eyes are on the sun now that the NOAA-led Solar Cycle 24 Prediction Panel released its official consensus solar cycle forecast at the Space Weather Workshop in Boulder, Colo., yesterday. “The next 11-year cycle of solar storms will most likely start next March and peak in late 2011 or mid-2012. […]