I usually limit my book reviews to Goodreads or Shelfari but this one deserves much more attention. In Happy Accidents: Serendipity in Modern Medical Breakthroughs; When Scientists Find What They're NOT Looking for, Morton Meyers reviews examples of the unpredictability of scientific progress. This could just be a collection of interesting anecdotes - and some of the stories are truly fascinating. My favorite is probably the discovery of platinum compounds for the treatment of cancer.

LONDON, August 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Falcon Copiers Plc is a leading national supplier of photocopiers, printers and document management systems and this year celebrate 15 years in business.

The company was set up in 1993 by Richard Guttfield and Robert Kedgley and are now one of the 'top ten' Canon authorised dealerships in the UK.

The past 3 years have seen remarkable growth from GBP1.7 million to GBP5.7 million with profitability increased 4 fold. What exactly has been the reason for the success in recent years?

Robert Kedgley puts the success down to 4 factors:

"We have a great team of people here at Falcon, all of whom are dedicated to making sure that our customers get the very best experience in dealing with us.

ELMSHORN, Germany, August 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Home Automation, Video Surveillance and Energy Efficiency in Focus

Shuttle Inc., market leader in the Mini PC segment and maker of multi form factor solutions grants a first-look at the innovations to be showcased at IFA in Berlin, Germany. Complete Mini PC solutions ranging from Home-Computing, Home-Media and Home-Terminal will be on display awaiting the visitors.

DUBLIN, Ireland and WASHINGTON, August 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Award-winning mobile development database from dotMobi now open for community input with read/write capability

dotMobi, the company behind dev.mobi -- the world's leading cross-platform mobile developer forum -- today announced a preview release of DeviceAtlas, version 2.0. With this release, the award-winning DeviceAtlas moves from a "read-only" database to a "read-write" version with the introduction of automated phone capability tests.

SAN RAMON, California, August 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Data centers, projected to be one of the world's biggest energy users, face rapidly rising costs and tough carbon regulations

TrendPoint Systems, a leader in data center energy management solutions, today announced a four-point plan aimed at dramatically reducing energy costs and carbon emissions at data centers. A recent study by McKinsey & Co. predicted that data centers will surpass the airline industry as the largest source of carbon dioxide emissions by 2020 and called for data centers to double their energy efficiency by 2012. TrendPoint projects that by implementing only a part of its plan -- focused on managing cooling costs -- data centers can reduce energy cooling costs by a third or more.

BOSTON, August 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Crosscheck Networks SOAPSonar integrates with AET SafeSign Identity Client to test WS-Security using hardware tokens.

ROCHESTER, New York, August 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Aggressive Three Week Deployment Schedule Brings Advanced, International Signalling Capabilities to Fiji

Performance Technologies (Nasdaq: PTIX), a leading developer of communication platforms and systems, today announced that Fiji International Telecommunications Limited (FINTEL) has implemented the company's SEGway(TM) STP Signalling Solution with Point Code Emulation(TM) (PCE) technology to meet its high-growth, international signalling requirements. FINTEL, partially owned by Cable & Wireless, provides international telecommunications service to and through the South Pacific Island of Fiji.

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, August 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- VLP Vaccine - Coupled with Innovative Manufacturing - Has Potential to Address Gaps in Global Pandemic Preparedness

Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) announced today favorable results from the second stage of the Phase I/IIa human clinical trial of its pandemic influenza virus-like particle (VLP) vaccine candidate. The vaccine, which does not contain an adjuvant, induced robust neutralizing antibody responses. Novavax's VLP candidate is directed against the H5N1 A/Indonesia/05/2005 avian influenza strain. Avian influenza emerged in humans in Indonesia in 2005 and has caused 135 documented human cases, 81% of which have been fatal. (1)

LAVAL, Canada, August 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Laval-based firm Algorithme Pharma is pleased to announce that it has achieved its goal of securing a European facility through its acquisition of Simbec Research Ltd in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. This news comes only six weeks after confirming the purchase of another clinical research centre in Baltimore, Maryland.

This important acquisition will enable Algorithme Pharma, a worldwide leader in clinical research and bioanalysis, to continue its international expansion plans, establish a foothold in Europe for the very first time in its history and, most importantly, obtain additional advanced scientific and medical expertise for its North American teams.

LONDON, August 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- Exhibition Designer Calls for Photos of British Public

- With Photo

People across the UK are being given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a part of BODY WORLDS, the groundbreaking anatomical exhibition by trailblazing scientist Gunther von Hagens, opening at The O2 on October 24th.