Twelve days ago, a second-generation alumnus of my university, the College of William & Mary, created a Facebook Page for his alma mater. In less than two and a half weeks, membership exceeded 1,700, roughly 30% of the current student body.

Most individuals likely want to keep up with, and broadcast to, friends on a number of networks. So what do these people do? In the interest of time, they use cross-posting tools to send the same message to a number of different services...

Comedian George Carlin, a counter-culture hero famed for his routines about drugs and dirty words, died of heart failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital Sunday, a spokesman said. He was was 71.

R&B superstar R. Kelly has been acquitted on all counts at his child pornography trial, according to a court reporter's account displayed in a room set aside for the news media.

Jaime Moyer, at age 45, took a no-hitter into the sixth and allowed two hits in eight innings, striking out three as the Phillies' beat the Florida Marlins 3-0 Thursday night. Moyer, whose fastball is slower than a lot of change-ups, is now 7-3 overall.

By Scott Hillis - Analysis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) will make less money off each new iPhone, but Wall Street expects only a minor impact on the company's bottom line as the cheaper price spurs...

1. Poor rules of thumb- We each follow certain rules of thumb which mean that even though we know what will make us happy we still don't choose it.

If another advanced civilisation in the Milky Way is the proverbial needle, a group of researchers has suggested how we should narrow our search for it in the galactic haystack...