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Where are you on the green tech belief scale?

Where are you on the green tech belief scale?IDC is not to be trusted.No matter who or what issue their data seems to support. They can be bought to supply nearly any conclusion.Biggest SCAM of all time....Climate Change I thought it was 'Global Warming' hencethe name change since it...

Tags: green tech belief, green technology

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

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Nvidia: Next big supercomputer player?

NVidia has a chanceNot all that surprisingly the concept of supercomputing on a small basis has finally filtered down to audio/video recording facilities, with the bulk of basics going to the CPU and the actual processing going to the GPU. This is a clear advancement when those of us...

Tags: NVidia Corp., supercomputer, big supercomputer player, supercomputing, supercomputer player

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

One more voice AGAINST geo-engineering to combat global warming

Fuller, you are spamming ZDNet.Every day your alarmist short blurbs, without any intelligent analysis, becomes boring.Have you ever considered taking a real job?Oh, btw, what happened to your standard 'disclaimer'? Wrong on that also?And what is it, global warming or climate change? You keep on flip flopping.Seriously, get an honorable...

Tags: geo-engineering, global warming, everyday live, green technology, too-often

Discussion threads 2009-08-09

Has the U.S. already lost green tech to other nations?

Has the U.S. already lost green tech to other nations?No.Govt. sponsored research is only a big edge for products where the government is the customer (nuclear bombs, stealth jets, tanks, etc.)When the market decides that green products and tech is desirable, then a market with less government baggage will produce...

Tags: COMPANIES, green technology, government

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

China throttles Google, U.S. ratchets up trade war over Green Dam

China throttles Google, U.S. ratchets up trade war over Green DamM$ and the Chinese gov are working against GoogleWhen they can't compete they sue or create laws to stiffle inovation.Is Green Dam a block on trade too?I'm starting to wonder if Green Dam is not so much a block on...

Tags: Green Dam, Google U.S., Google Inc., Chinese Government

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

News to know: Swine flu; Microsoft; Windows 7; iPhone and Verizon

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. Andrew Nusca: Swine Flu: Where to find virus, track outbreak, learn symptoms, more Harry Fuller: Swine flu and the enviornment? Mary Jo...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, Microsoft Windows 7, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-28

Where are you on the green tech belief scale?

Here are some stats collected by market research firm IDC at its recent Green IT Forum.The survey base is inherently biased because I'm betting mostly environmentally minded people attend green conferences, but they are worth sharing nonetheless. 68 percent of attendees said "energy efficiency" was the think...

Tags: Green Technology, Green IT, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-04-27

Got waste? Feed it to the algae. Presto chango it's valuable.

Helix bioreactor. Courtesy Origin Oil. For a healthier environment today, tomorrow and in the distant future: algae. That's the belief of Riggs Eckelberry, CEO of OriginOil, in Los Angeles. Sound like just another bodiesel start-up? No way, this is a company that...

Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Sapphire Energy, Solazyme, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-27

PWC On Tech Sector Going Green: Efficiency, Ambivalence and Pretty Pictures

PwC is to be congratulated at the very least for the aesthetics of their latest report: Going Green: Sustainable Growth Strategies. This is a truly handsome report with pretty brown coloured text interspersed with striking images of wind turbines, sail boats, happy children, adults playing in autumn foliage and even...

Tags: James Farrar, Management, PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Strategy, Sustainability, Technology Sector

Blog posts 2008-03-05

A smart VC should eat this one up: what's in my food?

There're actually a few problems technology can handle. And I think I've run across one recently. There's a growing move that combines green tech and personal health. And it's starting to gain momentum in many countries as a combined social and political trend. We've come a...

Tags: Food, Michael Pollan, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-01-07

Attracting high-skilled immigrants

Attracting high-skilled immigrantsfunnyWhen u say "We need to be prepared to be an active competitor in a global marketplace" about USA, it is more funny from Europe.I agreeBut I'm actually in favor of abolishing H1-B outright and instead making it easier to get a green card.CorrectionsYou wrote:H1-B visas are pegged...

Tags: H-1B visa, H-1B, immigrant

Discussion threads 2007-11-08

Volta: Browser capabilities on steroids

Volta: Browser capabilities on steroidsRevenue maintenance and exploration of new ways to continue make money.Everybody know Microsoft is one exceptionally mediocre software developing company and there are just so many ways to come up with new ideas for the office applications. New versions have to come or Microsoft will...

Tags: Web browsers, Now IT, Microsoft Corp., Volta, Web browser, Microsoft Silverlight

Discussion threads 2007-08-09

San Francisco CIO: Chris Vein - Transcript

Dan Farber: Chris thanks for joining me.Chris Vein: It's my pleasure. Dan Farber: How did you end up in this role as CIO of San Francisco? Did you have a background in being a CIO?Chris Vein: Very accidentally, is how I came into my role.Dan Farber: So you are the...

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Blog posts 2007-03-19

San Francisco CIO: Chris Vein - Transcript

Dan Farber: Chris thanks for joining me. Chris Vein: It's my pleasure. Dan Farber: How did you end up in this role as CIO of San Francisco? Did you have a background in being a CIO? Chris Vein: Very accidentally,...

Tags: CIO, City, County, Department, San Francisco, Difficulty, Government, Internet, Productivity, Wireless LANs, Network Technology, Strategy, Wireless, Networking, Management, ZDNet Editor

Blog posts 2007-03-19

Tech asks departing Republicans for favors

Tech asks departing Republicans for favorsYes, Continue the ExodusYes, by all means, let's continue the exodus of jobs from the American worker. Whether it be here in the US to foreign workers or sending them overseas the damage continues to be done.Please, no song and dance routines about a...

Tags: H-1B program, Hindustani, H-1B

Discussion threads 2006-11-14

Novell advocates open source

Novell advocates open sourceSCO doesn't act like they dropped for United Linuxhttp://www.sco.com/unitedlinux/I wish the would take that down. Really an insult to die hard OpenSource fans.UnitedLinuxI checked on SCO's website, and they still claim to be partners in UnitedLinux (go to "Products & Services" | "Linux" | "UnitedLinux"). ...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., open source, SCO Group Inc., OSS, Novell Inc., UnitedLinux

Discussion threads 2004-01-21