They are more cut off than the crew of the International Space Station. They are at Concordia in Antarctica, and one of them is ESA researcher Eoin Macdonald-Nethercott. If you want to follow in his footsteps, ESA is looking for his successor.

Texas Instruments’ acquisition of National Semiconductor for $6.5 billion will create a giant that dominates the power IC field according to the latest data* from IMS Research. The combination of these two titans will represent about 17% of the power…

PEM Type PTL2 spring-loaded plunger assemblies allow users to quickly and easily move racks, slides, access panels, and similar equipment to new positions without requiring tools. If necessary, a unique lockout feature

Distributed wireless sensors are increasingly being used to monitor all sorts of things—from water quality in a river to the oven in your kitchen. A startup in the U.K. called Pachube wants to kick-start a revolution in new apps and services...

Dontech has introduced the Therma Klear Flex series of thin flexible transparent heaters for use in outdoor, military or avionic applications. Therma Klear Flex transparent heaters provide the warmth necessary to extend the operating temperature...

Headlines from various research firms that overplay the risk of cord cutting illustrate just how important over-the-top (OTT) video services have quickly become in the whole home entertainment experience.

More people applied for unemployment benefits last week, the first increase in three weeks. Still, the broader trend points to a slowly healing jobs market.The government says applications for unemployment benefits rose 27,000 to a seasonally adjusted…

A German privacy watchdog is demanding answers from Apple Inc. over whether its iPhones and iPads are secretly collecting data on users' locations.Thomas Kranig, head of the data protection authority for the state of Bavaria, where Apple has its German…

Deal-a-day coupon company Groupon Inc. has hired away a top Google executive to be its chief operating officer as rivalry grows between the two tech companies.The new COO, Margo Georgiadis, ran global sales and operations at Google Inc., overseeing the…