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- 2010 Lexus RX 450h
- Photo gallery:2010 Lexus RX 450hRemember that Seinfeld episode where George Costanza said, "I would drape myself in velvet if it were socially acceptable?" Well, sitting in the 2010 Lexus RX 450h is like being draped in velvet, and, with the economical hybrid drivetrain, it is socially responsible. Lexus vehicles show...
- Tags: Lexus
- Product reviews 2009-11-03
- The perfect computer?
- Do we have the technology to build a perfect computer? Would it be perfect for a specific purpose or is it possible to build a perfect general purpose computer? Small Business Computing's Mark Beckley has some answers. Do we have the technology to build a perfect...
- Tags: Motherboard, Computer, Machine, Chip, Small Business Computing, Watt Power Supply, Productivity, PCs, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2009-11-02
- Is Microsoft a dinosaur to Google's mammal?
- Random comments...How odd the mixed metaphors sound... "built from the ground up to work in the cloud"...The dinosaurs were around for tens of millions of years, and we mammals can barely say the same. The crown of creation can be wrested from the head of the wearer by something unforeseen--like...
- Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Ideation, Google Inc., desktop, dinosaur, Linux, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Smart grid grants
- Over $3 billion dollars worth of federal money will be awarded to smart grid projects in the U.S. today. President Obama has chosen a Florida solar power plant as the location for making his announcement. He'll be in Arcadia, Florida, at Florida Power and Light Co.’s...
- Tags: Grant, Monitors & Displays, Wi-Fi, Hardware, Components, Wireless And Mobility, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- Midwest tech firm now wind driven
- Other World Computing OWC is in McHenry County, Illinois, and now their power comes from the wind. OWC claims the title of "first 100 percent on-site wind powered technology manufacturer/distributor in the U.S." It's using Vestas-made wind turbines for all its daily electricity needs. ...
- Tags: Turbine, Other World Computing, Other World Computing HQ, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- Silver Spring signs up another smart grid client
- The latest utility to commit to using smart grid technology from Silver Spring Networks is American Electric Power AEP. Silver Spring will be part of the company's gridSMART initiative, which is being engineered by Indiana Michigan Power and AEP Ohio across regions in Indiana and northeast central Ohio. AEP hopes...
- Tags: American Electric Power Co. Inc., Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- Alternative to electrical retrofits helps Verizon Center save $25K monthly
- So, you're not so sure your business can afford an electrical systems retrofit in order to save money on power consumption? The Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., has sidestepped this problem by installing some technology from Energy Automation Systems that is helping it save about $25,000 per month on electricity.That's...
- Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-10-23
- Can a car be fuel efficient and fun?
- Ford wants it both ways: using less fuel, have fun driving. To that end they are working with some engineers at the University of Michigan to test drive and then virtually test drive hyrbids and electric cars to find what works both for saving fuel, and having fun while...
- Tags: Car, Ford Motor Co., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Don't tase me in the chest, bro
- Seems like a legal memo to me...It seems to me that when a person receives an electric shock, it doesn't matter where it enters the body, chest, legs, shoulder, neck etc. All the same.Taser is starting to cover it's behind, now that a Canadian judicial enquiry has determined that in...
- Tags: What-if IT, NOW IT, TASER, aspirin, chest, cop, risk
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Antitrust: Time to break apart the phone companies -- again?
- Actually,those 'guaranteed revenue' companiesAre not so rare. Food companies, oil and gas companies, phone companies, electric companies, water utilities.... the list goes on and on if I had enough time to think of them all.That is why we need to break up any company that gets more than a 10%...
- Tags: Corporate law, Telecom & Utilities, Network technology, Food & Beverage, 360Networks Corp., phone company, phone, antitrust
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Could you green the world brick by brick?
- It's a brick."Well, the mainstream bricks boys do not like CalStar and want to prevent from the use of the very word 'brick.'"Oh, puh-lease. Even when people in third world countries put mud in molds on the ground and use sunlight to bake it, we still call them bricks.Yes, it's...
- Tags: CalStar, Oak Creek, ash, fly ash, Oak
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- How the cordless Powermat charging system took my iPod touch hostage [review]
- Unnecessary..... POS if you ask me!Cordless charging will work only whenit will be standardized and built into the various devices.what about solar-charging wireless?i've heard it was on the drawing boards...has anyone refined this 'green tech' to the point where it can be relied on?Oh, well... The transformer is such an...
- Tags: Smart phones, hostage, iPod touch hostage, cordless Powermat, Powermat, Apple iPod Touch, Apple iPod, phone
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- GM to sell small electric car for less than $6,000
- it would be nice......if GM would sell these cars in North America...just my two centsRE: GM to sell small electric car for less than $6,000It aggravates me. Why is the US the last one to get this type of innovation that is affordable. I WANT ONEOh yeah people in a...
- Tags: car, General Motors Corp., electric car, small electric car
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- Apple deletes the US Chamber
- Is this man the only climate ally left for the US Chamber? Back in May I wrote about how the US Chamber was losing friends fast with its 'head in sand' position on climate change. Since then things have seriously started...
- Tags: Greenpeace, Apple Inc., Climate Change, Chamber, Bruce, James Farrar
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- Apple leaves Chamber of Commerce in green dispute
- The Washington Post reports that Apple Monday pulled out of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce because of its criticism of plans to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in the U.S. Apple Vice President Catherine Novelli notified the Chamber of the company's displeasure in a letter, writing "Apple supports regulating...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- News to know: Microsoft, ICANN, Best Buy, RIM, mobile apps, Zimbra
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Richard Koman: Judge overturns $388m patent verdict against Microsoft CNET: Court reverses Microsoft patent-infringement rulin Sam...
- Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Mobile, ICANN, Dana Blankenhorn, Zimbra, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Sales Strategy, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Sales, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- Cleantech draws more investments in Q3
- Investment globally were again for the cleantech sector, markking further rebound from the beginning of this year which began glumly. Cleantech Group says total Q3 investments were nearly $1.6 billion. Overall investments in cleantech were up 10% from Q2 but still lagging compared to Q3 in 2008, just...
- Tags: Investment, Clean Technology, Cleantech Group, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-09-30
- What value research? In this case a cool billion dollars.
- Research at MIT led to the founding of A123 Systems. That company just went public to the tune of a billion bills. A123 Systems is in the rechargeable battery biz, a sweet spot these days. It was founded eight years ago with a $100,000 federal grant. My,...
- Tags: Lithium-ion, Battery, Lithium-ion Battery, Rechargeable Battery, A123 Systems, A123Systems, Engineering, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-09-29
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