NASA loses contact with comet probe

CAPE CANAVERAL: NASA has lost radio contact with a pioneering comet probe that hunted for planets beyond the solar system, officials said on Wednesday.

The last radio communications with the Deep Impact spacecraft were on Aug. 8, and recent attempts to contact the probe have failed, NASA said.

Engineers suspect a software glitch is causing Deep Impact's computers to continually re-boot, crippling its ability to fire its steering thrusters and position itself for communications with Earth.

Apple unveils music streaming service

NEW YORK (AP) Apple unveiled an Internet radio service called iTunes Radio and said the service will personalize listeners  music based on what they ve listened to and what they ve purchased on iTunes.

Apple said iTunes Radio will be available this fall in the U.S., it said Monday. It will be free with advertisements included, although subscribers of Apple s iTunes Match music-storage service will get a commercial-free version of iTunes Radio. That service costs $25 a year.