PALO ALTO, California, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Facebook today announced that Marc Andreessen has joined its board of directors. Currently co-founder and chairman at Ning, Andreessen is an investor…

"I want to say one word to you. Just one word," spoke Mr. Maguire to young Benjamin in the 1967 film The Graduate. That word was 'plastics' and it became a cultural litany meaning lots of different…

Sol Invictus, Iowa State University's student-designed and student-built solar race car, is getting ready to compete in the North American Solar Challenge July 13-22. The challenge will take 24…

A new assistive technology developed by engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology could help individuals with severe disabilities lead more independent lives. The novel system allows…

HANOVER, Germany and VIENNA, June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- - Hybrid and Electric Vehicles Gaining Recognition Worldwide - Automotive Supplier Continental Presents Results of an Unprecedented Study -…

The odd behavior of a molecule in an experimental silicon computer chip has led to a discovery that opens the door to quantum computing in semiconductors. In a Nature Physics journal paper currently…

A friend wonders what I think about this editorial by Chris Anderson, the editor of Wired. Anderson says “faced with massive data, this approach to science — hypothesize, model, test — is becoming…

FREMONT, California, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- - Alienware Area-51 ALX Overclocked to 1600MHz for High-Performance Gaming Corsair(R) http://www.corsair.com, a worldwide leader in high performance…

If you remember the early days of computers, you saw some marketing claims that seemed to make sense but quickly evaporated when reality hit - you could store all your recipes, for example, until you…

LONDON, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- - Working Buildings 2008 - 8-9 October 2008 - Olympia, London The organisers of the London-based built environment exhibition Working Buildings 2008, is searching for…