Author: Nick

Bill Gates made the first stop on his college tour on Monday, speaking at the University of California Berkeley, before touring one of its biology departments. http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/ne/gr/prtnr/rss_logo.gif Read more Bill...

Molycorp Minerals seeks to reopen a California mine to extract rare earth elements, a group of metals used for magnets and batteries in hybrid vehicles, wind turbines, and other green technologies. Read more Rare earth element...

Sending hundreds of millions of messages and search queries through Twitter adds up to real energy consumption, though it’s less than a Google search, says Twitter. Read more Tweeting uses less juice than googling, says...

The paper game manual is an endangered species, at least if Ubisoft’s new paperless route spreads to other publishers. The company is doing away with them entirely in its Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 titles. Originally...

AP – The Supreme Court appears likely to rule against public employees who claimed a local government violated their privacy by reading racy text messages they sent on their employers’ account. Go to...