Set your DVRs and get ready – it’s that time of year again. Project Runway 8 starts tonight! I, for one, have been eagerly awaiting this ever since Seth Aaron stormed Bryant Park with his ultra-cool military-inspired collection in the Season 7 finale. Now, 17 new and aspiring designers are coming together to see if they can make it to the top through unique and challenging creative tasks. Read more...

Copeland and Arctic guide Eric McNair-Landry traversed 2300 kilometers using kites and skis, for 45 days in sub-20 degree weather. Can you imagine? Their journey began in early May and concluded over this past weekend, and they blogged about it all along the way. Learn more about their trip -- and how HP gear made it possible. Read more...

On the corner of University and Town Terrace, in the quiet suburb of Los Gatos, sits a bright bungalow. It may look quaint on the outside, but inside it is packed with impressive smart home technology. This look inside the Sunset Magazine Dream Remodel kicks off a series where we plan to look at smart homes all across the country. Read more...

The Plastiki – the eco-friendly boat that set sail from San Francisco earlier this year – is just about to reach Sydney, Australia, its final destination. If you haven’t been following the adventure so far, this expedition has been all about raising awareness for the impact of waste on our waters. The team constructed a boat composed entirely of recycled materials (over 12000 plastic bottles!) and during their travels, they’ve conducted experiments and posted information on the Web (http://www.theplastiki.com/) -- all thanks to gear provided by HP. Read more...

This small, rugged printer, dubbed ThinkJet for thermal inkjet, was introduced in 1984. Just as the HP-35 calculator replaced the manual slide rule forever, inkjet technology spelled the end for the noisy dot-matrix printer. Read more...

Launched in February 1999, the Jornada 420 was HP's first pocket-size PC, and it was one of the first Microsoft Windows CE pocket-size PCs boasting a color screen. It doesn't seem like that long ago, but we've come a long way. Read more...

According to a recent article from Advertising Age, one in four Americans are playing Farmville. Are you one of them? Read more...

Today, we’re excited to welcome the Palm team and its community of customers, developers and enthusiasts into the HP family. We’ve already talked about the tremendous opportunities that will come from marrying Palm’s award-winning intellectual property with HP’s scale and financial strength. You can imagine the potential impact of turning the billion people who already use HP products worldwide into fans of webOS phones and mobile systems. Read more...

Hosted by Fortune, Time and CNN, the event (June 26 - 28) will gather global leaders to discuss on issues and opportunities in the developing nations. It's where chairmen, presidents and CEOs sit side-by-side to feed off of and learn from each other. Find out how HP is involved in making this happen -- and keeping leaders up to date on World Cup standings. Read more...