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The California Air Resources board is expected to approve a new propane-fueled engine this week, opening the door for an alternative fuel source for cars and trucks. Supporters say its also convenient because distribution channels already exist.

Asphalt is a byproduct of oil production, and so is getting more expensive along with rising oil costs. A $5 million research project is looking for greener solutions.

In a challenge to the popular Google Earth, Microsoft has released a new technology that allows users to view 3D models of cities.

New York City officials are looking at using wireless or some other technology to get the city's roughly 8 million citizens access to affordable broadband.

Electronics companies urge Congress to adopt a uniform policy on electronic waste and recycling.

Computer software written by a professor at Ohio State University can help ease traffic congestion.

Columnist Charles Cooper argues that the Segway Human Transporter does not belong on city sidewalks.

An insurance provider now covers the Segway Human Transporter.

A Northern California town listed on eBay, the online auction website, sold for $1.78 million.

The Segway Human Transporter, the much-hyped, high-tech scooter billed as the future of transportation runs into opposition in San Francisco.

The U.S. Postal Service will expand its testing of the Segway Human Transporter to six new cities.

High-tech companies are leaving San Francisco for less expensive U.S. and Canadian cities.

A Japanese robotics professor claims the Segway Human Transporter resembles a patented machine he invented 15 years ago.

The city of Glendale, CA has replaced its employees' password protection system with fingerprint scanners that use biometrics, once considered a space-age technology.

A new for profit government venture program may create new technology centers in some unlikely places.

The dot-com crash has hit the real estate industry hard. Real estate deals are going bust.

Cisco joins a growing list of technology companies that suddenly find themselves in the development and real estate business.

Study finds declining commercial rents and higher vacancy rates in the home of the once booming dot-com companies.

Internet companies are facing massive layoffs and closing up shop in the Bay Area. How will this impact real estate in the region?

The mysterious "Ginger" device that has been hyped as being able to change the world is powered by an emission-free hydrogen-based engine that is environment-friendly.