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PARC VP: Lowering costs with clean tech

Scott Elrod, VP of the hardware systems lab at PARC, says that lowering costs is key in clean tech. By looking at their ink jet technology and applying it to solar cells, the company was able to come up with a lower price per watt—making solar an even more cost-effective...

Tags: Inkjet Printer, VP, Xerox PARC, Clean Technology, clean tech, solar, PARC

Videos 2008-12-02

Clean Tech Open entrepreneurs win big

In a relatively inhospitable economy for tech start-ups, the Clean Tech Open and its six $100,000 cash prizes are like oases in the desert. CNET's Kara Tsuboi reports from the 2008 awards show in San Francisco which celebrated the best clean and green technology companies struggling to stay afloat.

Tags: Clean Technology, News, kara tsuboi, clean tech, green solar, led, eco friendly, environment

Videos 2008-11-07

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Windows 7 pricing: Some users fume as the rose-colored discounts fade

Windows 7 pricing: Some users fume as the rose-colored discounts fadeTalk about beating a horse to death.How many more articles are we going to see about Windows pricing. Let me make it really simple for everyone:You either find the price acceptable for what you get and you buy Windows 7...

Tags: Pricing, Marketing research, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, pricing strategy, Microsoft Windows, rose-colored discount, Windows 7 pricing, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-02

FireFox 3.5, Add-ons and Backwards Compatibility

FireFox 3.5, Add-ons and Backwards CompatibilityI did the same thing and had to revert back.Firefox 3.5 broke the only 2 extensions I use. Adblock Plus and dictionary search. It displayed it in the upgrade box as being incompatible but chose a clean install since I save the profiles on a...

Tags: Web browsers, Firefox 3.5, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Global Chat & Games 8.5.1 (Windows)

Global Chat and Games is a cut above the rest, we are here to have fun, NOT have a lot of drama like so many other places out there on the net, We have many of our own multiplayer games such as, Spades, Backgammon, Chess, Texas hold-Em for FUN only!...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-06-25

Microsoft: Outlook's not broken and we aren't 'fixing' it

Microsoft: Outlook's not broken and we aren't 'fixing' itthe Customer, the Choice! or NOT!Wouldnt the sensible thing here be to give the USER, the CUSTOMER, the CHOICE of what rendering engine they should use! Not just Word or IE8 but a browser engine of your choosing. Another nail in the...

Tags: Word processors, Microsoft Office, CSS, Groupware, e-mail, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, HTML, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

Critical Adobe Shockwave flaw affects millions

Critical Adobe Shockwave flaw affects millionsAnotherIt seems everytime I turn around now Adobe is having a critical flaw in one program or another. If it weren't for PDF files I think even acrobat would be gone.Windows Update...Microsoft should be working with Adobe to get this crap patched via Windows...

Tags: SECURITY, Patches, Adobe Shockwave flaw, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Shockwave, Shockwave, flaw

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

Microsoft Security Essentials beta to be capped at 75,000, kicks off today

Microsoft Security Essentials beta to be capped at 75,000, kicks off todayLast I heard... *edited*OneCare had less false positives then all the other AV/AS software, and scored pretty high in tests.Assuming it's junk just because it's Microsoft kinda makes you look like a... fool.*Edited after realizing I had typed the...

Tags: Desktops, Branding, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft Security Essentials Beta, Microsoft Security, Microsoft Windows 7, public beta, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

Photos: Green tech grows in Boston

A cluster of clean-energy companies has formed in Massachusetts, a state betting on green tech to restore its high-tech luster. by CNET News.com

Tags: Green Technology, Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-06-23

One example of "smarter planet"

The smart grid for electricity has become so mainstream Congress wrote it into the stimulus law enacted earlier this year. IBM's marketing of "smarter planet" goes way beyond electricity and networked grid. I recently spoke with Drew Clark, director of strategy of IBM Venture Capital Group. And...

Tags: Sensor, Grid, IBM Corp., Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-21

Microsoft "Morro": explicitly explained, fact from fiction

Microsoft "Morro": explicitly explained, fact from fictionsounds.....Sounds terrible.It's a great idea, however I can see this breaking all sorts of crap (Remote access programs, SSL VPN connectivity etc.).Sounds like the solution could easily be worse than the cure. But we'll see won't we?- SamRE: Microsoft Morro ...If it's really "in...

Tags: Cyberthreats, SSL/TLS, SECURITY, Real-time Protection, Sounds like China, Microsoft Corp., Morro

Discussion threads 2009-06-15

Cloud computing and open source face-off

Cloud computing and open source face-offThanks for the shout outI think your piece adds a lot to the discussion as well.Master Joe Says...Just two questions. The word proprietary is mentioned. Last time I checked, one of the biggest reasons that the open-source idiots, also known as OSI, complained...

Tags: cloud business, open source, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-06-15

Top 10 affordable gadgets for Father's Day [gift guide]

That time of year is almost here. That's right: it's almost Father's Day, and the time to has come to show your appreciation for Dad. Why not get him a gizmo he'll really like? ("But haven't I been showing him...

Tags: Monitor, Camcorder, Dad, Soundbar, Home Entertainment, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-12

Via hangs tough but not a real contender

Via hangs tough but not a real contenderI use a VIA Chipset......and suffer every moment. It has patchy drivers for Windows, and it's Linux drivers are incompatible with any remotely-new distro, and even back then, they didn't properly function. The onboard GPU especially. That means everything falls on the CPU's...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Monitors & displays, ITX

Discussion threads 2009-06-10

WWDC 2009 live

WWDC 2009 liveCommon baby!And here comes the 240GB iPod classics, *keeps fingers crossed*Or alternatively, a 80GB or so flash iPod classic - you can keep that touch feature and large screen - I need all my music with me at all times, with lots of battery life and that On...

Tags: Network technology, Digital music, 64-bit, Apple Inc., WWDC 2009, official opinion, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2009-06-08

Five ways to keep the dust bunnies out of a PC

Five ways to keep the dust bunnies out of a PCTypo?When you mentioned environments where stuff is bound to get dirty anyway, did you mean to say "these tips are [b]not[/b] for them" ?Aside from that, good article!RE: Five ways to keep the dust bunnies out of a PCIronically (to...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, Telecom & Utilities, dust bunny, bunny, Five-Way, PC, tube, environment, computer

Discussion threads 2009-06-05

Green boom busted?

The global outlook for clean tech energy investment is gloomy. A report by the International Energy Agency IEA finds that investing in alternative energy is slumping. The IEA expects green energy investment to fall below the 2007 level, far off of last year's record topping $80-billion US. ...

Tags: International Energy Agency, Renewable Energy, Clean Technology, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-04

2009 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen 2.0T

Photo gallery:2009 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen 2.0TIn the past, we looked at Volkswagens that arrived in our garage with a mixture of anticipation and dread. Although fun to drive, especially when equipped with the DSG automated manual transmission, the cars have been cursed with substandard cabin tech. But the 2009 Volkswagen...

Tags: Volkswagen Jetta, car, Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen 2.0T, Jetta SportWagen 2.0T, Volkswagen AG

Product reviews 2009-06-01

Alienware's "Allpowerful" notebook unveiled - The M17x

Alienware's "Allpowerful" notebook unveiled - The M17xTempting, but...when the heck are they going to get terabyte laptop hard drives? I'd be willing to pay that kind of money for a top of the line laptop, but not until they come out with terabyte hard drives. Or at least 2 half-terabyte...

Tags: Notebooks, Games, Desktops, notebook, Gaming Laptop, laptop computer, game, Alienware, desktop, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-29

Are we getting fracked?

New word for your energy tech vocab: "fracking." It is the practice of using hydaulic pressure and chemicals to get inderground natural gas to the surface where it can be piped and marketed. And it's one more costly energy practice that is highly political. Our relative abundant...

Tags: Natural Gas, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-05-27