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- How artificial is the crude oil price? Have we passed peak oil?
- Here's a map that purports to show how much oil there is in North America and that the supply far exceeds the demand. This website argues greed is driving the high oil price, not shortage. Wait a minute, isn't greed the heart and soul of a free makret...
- Tags: Oil, Petroleum, Clean Technology, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-11
- A sailing robot to cross the Atlantic
- The Times of London reports that seven robotic craft will compete in a race across the Atlantic Ocean in October 2008. One of them, 'Pinta the robot sailing boat,' has been designed at Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK. Pinta is expected to sail for three months at a maximum speed of...
- Tags: Pinta, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-11
- Another morning hangover for ethanolics
- This time a major U.S. newspaper editorializes against the American subsidies for ethanol. Their conclusion: "This does not mean that Congress should give up on biofuels as an important part of the effort to reduce the country's dependency on imported oil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. What it does...
- Tags: Biofuel, Methanol, Greenhouse Gas, Clean Technology, Corn, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-10
- A new career: isotope designer
- According to a Michigan State University (MSU) news release, 'Made-to-order isotopes hold promise on science's frontier,' nuclear physicists can now start a new career as isotope designers. These scientists can build specific rare isotopes to solve scientific problems and open doors to new technologies. The lead researcher says this approach...
- Tags: Michigan State University, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Professional Development, Productivity, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Career, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-10
- Don't insulate, Nansulate, says Florida cleantech company
- Don't insulate, Nansulate, says Florida cleantech companywhat about other uses e.g. Space Shuttle, airplanes, etc?If this stuff is so good NASA should be buying it by the bucket to insulate their flight vehicles including the Back To The Moon Lander.What about Boeing using it for airplanes instead of whatever they...
- Tags: Nansulate, R-Value, cleantech company, clean technology
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Why do Macs need so much fixing?
- Last weekend, in the course of a column about Steve Ballmer, my colleague Larry Dignan tossed an offhand shout-out in my general direction: When Ed Bott has a series on how to fix–or at least cope with Vista–you know this OS isn't so hot. Why should this thing need...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- HRH Prince Penguin
- Did anyone else happen to notice that Prince Charles is a closet Penguin? On our UK-based sister site, ZDNet.CO.UK our British colleague Andrew Donoghue quoted His Majesty as follows: "Many of the case studies we received highlight the...
- Tags: Thin Client, Thin Clients, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Africans tie mobile data to health care improvements
- Bridging the digital divide is the key to improving Africa's health, according to organizers of a conference in Namibia this week. And the fastest way to do it is through mobile links. Speakers at the IST-Africa conference in Windhoek said e-health services are key...
- Tags: Mobile, Health Care, E-health, Advertising & Promotion, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Health care debate is a neverending story
- Health care debate is a neverending storySupply and demandOf course there's a way to balance the two. It's called the Market. Get third-party pay out of the equation, and demand and supply laws will come into effect.The reason demand is so high is because prices are artificially low. Whenever you...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Oil's superspike may make telecommuting the norm
- Oil's superspike may make telecommuting the normUnlike the Music Industry - Never heard of "oil payola"Superspike? Really. It's interesting that we have so much of the stuff that why don't the companies start paying us to use their fuel? I guess that would probably be "illegal" at...
- Tags: Gas Prices, telecommuting
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- WatchTVPro Ex (exe)
- WatchTVPro is an alternative software to watch tv channels and radio via satellite, cable or terrestrial reception. It's developed since 2001. A digital DVB reception hardware is needed to use the software. WatchTVPro has regularly updates. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Digital Video Broadcasting, Michael Hepp, WatchTVPro, DVB Reception Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-05-09
- How does OpenSolaris fare for Ed Tech?
- How does OpenSolaris fare for Ed Tech?RE: How does OpenSolaris fare for Ed Tech?The biggest thing would be that OpenSolaris has is the name "Sun" behind it. When some people (IT departments included) see "Linux" they see just a community of programmers and hackers, corporate and basement dwelling. Sun is...
- Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Nexenta
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
- TomTom One 130S
- The TomTom One 130 and TomTom One 130S mark a new beginning for the company's line of basic GPS. You still get TomTom's hallmark ease of use and community features, but the portable navigation systems now boast more compact designs as well as a new vehicle mount that can be...
- Tags: GPS, Keyboards, TomTom
- Product reviews 2008-05-08
- Micron claims low-power server memory lead with two new modules
- I think I've reported this number before, but I keep forgetting it. Anyway, there is a statistic suggesting that memory components eat up something like 15 percent of the power consumed in data centers. Not an insignificant amount, which is one reason Micron continues to focus on lower voltage as...
- Tags: Micron Technology Inc., Module, Memory, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Here we go again ...
- Here we go again ...Pure marketing hype.I agree with you, show me SOMETHING.It's time for ZDNet to hold Intel to the same standardsAMD has to update partners on roadmaps. The roadmaps leak, and ZDNet bloggers like Adrian and the former blogger George Ou delight in ripping AMD up for how...
- Tags: Processors, Blogging, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
- Images: A visit to 'negawatt' central
- Take a tour of EnerNoc's operations center, where it uses the Internet to dial down customers' energy usage during peak times. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Internet, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-05-08
- NASA's lunar breathing system
- When six astronauts share a 15 cubic meters spacecraft for weeks, how is it possible to avoid to be bothered by your fellows sweating and breathing? I've already written about staying clean in space, but NASA is going further this time. Its scientists are testing a lunar breathing system. The...
- Tags: NASA, Carbon Dioxide, CAMRAS, Sorbent, Flows, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Brewster Kahle offers a cookbook for fighting security letters
- Just talked to Brewster Kahle at the Internet Archive about their successful settlement with the FBI of a lawsuit over a National Security Letter. The FBI had demanded personal information on a user; the Archive replied with a lawsuit challenging the propriety of the NSL. As part of the settlement,...
- Tags: Security, Electronic Frontier Foundation, FBI, Library, Brewster Kahle, Cookbook, National Security Letter, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Don't insulate, Nansulate, says Florida cleantech company
- Thermal testing. Courtesy Industrial Nanotech. Energy costs are now serious business for industries, office managers, and home owners across the world. Buildings account for over half of the energy use in the U.S. and a fair portion of that is for heating and...
- Tags: Insulation, Clean Technology, European Union, Nansulate, Energy Cost, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
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