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Cutting solar panels' high price tag

Cutting solar panels' high price tagI want to see more of this.. with even more indepth analysisI am really interested in deploying these the home i plan to build in a few years.I want to see easy installation, reduced cost, high efficiently, upgradabilityswap out old for new or plug and...

Tags: high price tag, solar panel, grid, Citizenre, Solar Electric

Discussion threads 2007-09-25

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Dell: Turnaround interuptus as share grab hurts net, margins

Dell's second quarter earnings fell short of projections, but revenue was well ahead of targets. Translation: Dell is gaining share at the expense of its bottom line as price competition heats up. Dell reported fiscal second quarter earnings of 31 cents a share on revenue of $16.4...

Tags: Revenue, Dell Computer Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-28

SaaS market will 'collapse' in two years

Lawson's CEO, Harry Debes says SaaS is the third attempt at "on demand" in his lifetime and predicts it will take the same path as the first two--to oblivion. Lawson's CEO, Harry Debes, doesn't believe in software-as-a-service SaaS. ...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Software as a service, SaaS, software, Lawson, Asia, Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia

News items 2008-08-28

Smart grid player Trilliant closes $40 million in funding round

Trilliant, a green tech company that's working with about 100 utilities on various smart grid deployments, has just closed a $40 million round of equity funding from a group of investors including affiliates of MissionPoint Capital Partners and zouk ventures. Trilliant CEO Bill Vogel characterizes the investment...

Tags: Green Technology, Ontario, Trilliant, Vogel, Government, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-28

GoBootstrap: simplifying SME accounting

I'm keen to see startups in the accounting for small business space. Part of that is because I spent more years than I care to remember in finance roles, part is in the belief that accounting systems that reflect a 600 year old methodology are well...

Tags: Accounting, Small And Medium Enterprise, Advisor, GoBootstrap, GoBootstrap.com, Tax Estimate, General Usability, Taxes, Free Trade, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-28

News to know: IE 8; iPhone password locks; SOA; Palm Treo Pro reviews

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: IE 8 Beta 2 ready for download Ed Bott: Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover Gallery: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Password, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, SOA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-28

Attention Craig Newmark: Citizens aren't customers

Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, has offered a thoughtful but misguided palliative at CNN to the shortcomings of the age of networked democracy. ... if you know how Americans use the Net to talk, you can easily stay in touch with real people. ...

Tags: Politics, Democracy, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-08-27

It must be a rough day in Cupertino

They just keep coming, one negative headline after another after another. At least that's how it must feel today over at Apple. In the last 24 hours or so, there have been at least four separate events that have put the company in a negative light. The widespread problems with...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., TechMeme, Apple Mac OS X, Internet, 3G, Service Management, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-27

NPR feature on OLPC - what went wrong?

NPR feature on OLPC - what went wrong?Very simply put, It became a religious war....Software is simply NOT a religion.So the software religious community needs to learn to sleep with itself.In retrospect, the OLPC has changed the world. Sure, it has spawned anindustry that is more to serve rich consumers...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, NPR

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Palm Treo: The reviews are upbeat; Can a device turn Palm around?

Palm may have a hit on its hands with the Treo Pro judging from the recent spate of reviews as NDAs ended on Wednesday. The larger question is whether this pricey device can give the company a boost in the bottom line. To wit: ...

Tags: Device, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, Treo Pro, QWERTY Keyboard, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Just-announced Nikon D90 vs. just-reduced Canon EOS 40D

Just-announced Nikon D90 vs. just-reduced Canon EOS 40DComparing the Wrong ThingsYou don't buy a body like this for the camera only. You buy into a system. I.e., what you should be comparing in particular if you're in the market is the lenses you may buy, not the body. Your decision...

Tags: Nikon Corp., Canon Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Taiwan busts hacking ring, 50 million personal records compromised

Taiwan's Criminal Investigation Bureau CIB has successfully tracked down and arrested six people in what the CIB believes to be the biggest personal data breach in Taiwan to date. Apparently, the group also managed to obtain personal data on Taiwan's current and former presidents : "The suspects are believed...

Tags: Taiwan, Hacking, Security, Financial Services, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Mozilla Ubiquity: Is Mozilla building out a different kind of RIA platform?

Mozilla Ubiquity: Is Mozilla building out a different kind of RIA platform?And this is why Mozilla is so important. MS wants to keep the standard webdumbed down, so you have to use MS only technologies for anything fancy. Mozilla will not let that happen!!But, the monetization issues are going to...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Corp., Ubiquity, rich Internet application

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Just-announced Nikon D90 vs. just-reduced Canon EOS 40D

Now that Nikon has finally announced the long-awaited Nikon D90--just days after Canon announced the EOS 50D, dropping the price on its predecessor the 40D--the big question on many people's minds is "should I buy a Nikon D90 or a Canon 40D?" Or, "what will $99.05 buy me?" by Janice...

Tags: Nikon Corp., Canon Inc., Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Can you trust kids with a Kindle?

Can you trust kids with a Kindle?Can you trust kids with a Kindle?I agree with you for the most part. An electronic book or ereader would be good for looking up information to reference. The drawback I see is the price tag of the kindle, and if someone...

Tags: E-books, textbook, locker, e-book

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

The role of media in the Internet age

The role of media in the Internet ageThe problem is simple and will never be correctedPrint media is dying because they are not much more than democrat-party house organs and people are tired of listening to "America sucks" stories that constitute their constant non-stop drivel.They'll never fix the problem because...

Tags: Investment, Advertising & Promotion, stock price, stock, problem-I, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Comcast VoIP's service is no great bargain- and I'm talkin' more than just the high price

Comcast VoIP's service is no great bargain- and I'm talkin' more than just the high pricewe just for 4 CDV linesWe have comcast internet and our own VoIP Asterisk server. We do some major volume we put around 20,000 minutes per line a month. I haven't found any all you...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, call quality, VoIP, Comcast Corp., fax, Comcast Voip

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

The role of media in the Internet age

Jon Stewart, host of "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central, a fake news show that has acquired a huge following a group among whom I include myself, is attending the Democratic National Convention in Denver this week. As a result, he had the chance to meet with members of...

Tags: Newspaper, Internet, Media, News, Jon Stewart, Advertising & Promotion, TVs, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Psystar countersues Apple for anticompetitive business practices

Psystar countersues Apple for anticompetitive business practicesOh this is going to be goodApple is going to have a tough time wiggling out of this one and MS have a great opportunity, ad-wise, to strongly differentiate themselves, not that they had any difficulty with that in the first place, but keying...

Tags: Printers, Psystar, Apple Inc., printer, Lexmark International Inc., hardware

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

Cisco buys PostPath: WebEx to compete with Exchange, Outlook, Office?

Cisco buys PostPath: WebEx to compete with Exchange, Outlook, Office?And, those costs are just the start. How about the staff to keep it running24x7?? Better to just pay somebody to host it all, and you will save a ton of money and have better uptime. Also, a lot more storage....

Tags: Groupware, E-mail, Microsoft Outlook, WebEx Communications Inc., PostPath, CAL, collaboration, Cisco Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-27