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Saving money with solar tech

It's not cheap to power a home these days. Could solar-energy tech be the solution? At the Intersolar North America exhibition in San Francisco, CNET's Kara Tsuboi finds a few products that could help bring sunshine to your wallet.

Tags: Tech, News, kara tsuboi, intersolar, solar, green tech, comsumer electronics, home remodeling, environment, global warming

Videos 2008-07-16

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Needles and haystacks: Balancing precision and recall

Attivio's Sid Probstein says for traditional search, the conventional model is to return many results to get high recall; somewhere in there are the right answers. But what if you want a more precise answer? Commentary - These terms are bandied about in most every...

Tags: Recall, Pregnancy, Attivio, Spam Email, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Spam, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, search, Sid Probstein Attivio, Special to ZDNet, Sid Probstein Attivio, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-10-29

Live Interior 3D Standard 2.2.1 (Mac)

Live Interior 3D Standard is a powerful yet very intuitive interior designing application. Whether you are remodeling, improving or building a new home, Live Interior will assist in visualizing your redesigned apartment way before you actually start the work. Draw CAD like 2D plans, then surf 3D environment to get...

Tags: 3D, Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, 2D, Standard Corp., BeLight Software

Software downloads 2009-09-02

Remodelled house generates more energy than it uses

It is AMAZING how much CFLs save ....Not just in raw wattage consumption, but on reducing the heat load on air conditioning.It adds up to BIG BUCKS every month!LEDs the next big thingCFLs require about 1/3rd of the energy to produce a given light output, when compared to incandescents.LED bulbs,...

Tags: Engineering, CFL, light-emitting diode, mercury

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

Task Impact 5.4.40 (Windows)

With Task Impact home management software, it's fast and easy to maintain a complete list of each task to be performed, including date due, priority level, date completed, notes, and cost of materials. Most importantly, Task Impact is so easy to use, you'll wonder how you ever managed your to-do...

Tags: Task, Contractor, Property Sidekick, E-mail, Microsoft Windows, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-03-05

Construction Firm Increases Revenue and Reduces Paperwork With Desktop Software

Kuhlmann & Sons Construction, LLC, offers residential construction services in Salisbury, North Carolina. The firm's owner wanted to increase business while reducing the amount of time spent on administration. The small business owner of Kuhlmann & Sons Construction wanted to accept more residential remodeling and home repair jobs. After working...

Tags: Software, Revenue, Desktop, Job, Desktop Software, Residential Construction, Microsoft Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Case studies 2009-03-02

National Construction Estimator 2009 (Windows)

Craftsman's National Estimator program is quick to learn and allows you to create construction estimates using any or all of Craftsman Book Company's national cost databases - framing & finish carpentry, general construction, electrical, plumbing & HVAC, renovation & insurance repair, repair & remodeling, home improvement, painting and concrete &...

Tags: Estimate, Craftsman Book, Craftsman, Costs, Construction, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Taxes, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Financial Planning, Finance

Software downloads 2008-12-14

Home Sizer 1.0 (Mobile)

Designing a new home? Working on a remodeling project or space planning? Home Sizer is the perfect tool for anyone wanting to estimate the size and function of their dream home, or to just calculate the square footage of an existing home. Home Sizer allows you to enter the...

Tags: Footage, Mobile, Armchair Design, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-09-30

Bid4Build Construction Estimating Software 3.5 (Windows)

Bid4Build is one of the most advanced, easy to use, construction estimating software systems available on the market today for the price. Designed for all sizes of general and subcontractors, Bid4Build construction software generates bids, cost estimates and reports, quickly and accurately so you can win the work and build...

Tags: Software, Microsoft Windows, Bid4Build Enterprises, Tools & Techniques, Recruitment & Selection, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2008-08-01

Sub-$600 general purpose PC, complete with Blu-ray support

Sub-$600 general purpose PC, complete with Blu-ray supportBlu-rayNero and others offer software that can play Blu-ray disks without a specialized drive for less than $30. Worth attention? And, if so, what would you spend the extra money on?Very similar to my rigI built a few months ago. I...

Tags: Corporate governance, Blu-ray, Operating systems, Desktops, general purpose, Foxconn, disc, Linux, PC

Discussion threads 2008-07-29

Sears and the dishwasher that didn't

Sears and the dishwasher that didn'tI figured it out right away....I saw "Sears" and "Dishwasher" and pretty much figured out that it had nothing to do with virtualization. I also figured out that it's Dan's blog and that he can write about whatever the hell he wants to write...

Tags: Financial services, Sears Roebuck & Co.

Discussion threads 2008-04-10

Creating Floor Plans for Commercial Remodeling

Owner of Villalobos Design Group was looking for an effective way to create floor plans. The new business required submitting remodeling plans for restaurants located in several different cities. They needed to submit professional-looking plans for approval, and they definitely didn't want to do them by hand!. Owner's brother-in-law found...

Tags: Plan, SmartDraw, Construction, Internet, Productivity

Case studies 2008-02-13

SmartDraw Helps Couple Update Victorian-Era Home

The 107-year-old house of Lisa Barrett and her husband desperately needed refurbishing and restoring, so the Barretts decided to do some remodeling as well. They wanted to change the floor plans of the kitchen and bathroom, and they realized that they needed to find a program that would help them...

Tags: Plan, SmartDraw, CAD, Internet, Productivity, Software

Case studies 2008-02-13

Look who's coming to DEMO 2007

Ill be attending the DEMO 07 conference next week in Palm Desert, CA. This will be my third DEMO Conference and fourth DEMO event. Chris Shipley and her team put on an absolutely first-rate event and I cant wait to see what great ideas are presented this year. The companies...

Tags: DEMO, Computer Associates International Inc.

Blog posts 2007-01-26

Solar cell breaks efficiency record

Solar cell breaks efficiency recordBreak even at $1 per watt would be 3 yearsToday, I pay 11 cents per kilowatt-hour from Xcel Energy. At $1 per watt, a solar panel rated at 1000 watts would cost $1000. It would take 9000 hours of use to break even. ...

Tags: Solar Cell

Discussion threads 2006-12-07

Local bulls, online

Barry Diller, CEO, IAC/InterActiveCorp, is bullish on the local opportunity online; His enthusiasm is shared by many others, his competitors.Diller is expected to announce next week a new, rebranded online destination designed to integrate and leverage existing IAC locally-oriented properties: Citysearch, Ticketmaster, Evite, Ask.com…The new initiative will be named AskCity...

Tags: Kudzu.com, Advertising, Local, Media, Marketing

Blog posts 2006-11-30

eTasks 1.4 (Windows)

eTasks allows you to manage your tasks when you are at home with your living room remodeling project or also when you are at work with complicated projects. You get auto/manual e-mails reminders, share account with others, organize tasks in projects, export, print, statistics, smart priority calculation.

Tags: Innovation, eTasks, Leadership, Strategy, Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Management, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications

Software downloads 2005-08-18

Sony hones its TV efforts

Sony hones its TV effortsI just gotta ask, who buys a $10,000 TV?I can assure you it won't happen in my home, regardless of the Super Bowl...I have absolutely no ideaWho WOULD spend 10 grand on a TV? Actually I DON'T want to know, I'm sure it would make me...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Sony Corp., TV

Discussion threads 2004-10-05

Little Rock, Arkansas - Yellow Pages 1.0 (Mobile)

Page TitleThis is a database of Yellow Page listings for your Palm-powered handheld. Now you can carry the phone book in your pocket. This database includes over 8,000 business listings for Little Rock, Arkansas, with addresses, phone numbers and zip+4 codes. It is in a TomeRaider Formatted File. To view...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, Arkansas, Morocco Ink, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2003-05-14

Kansas City , Missouri - Yellow Pages 1.0 (Mobile)

Page TitleThis is a database of Yellow Page listings for your Palm-powered handheld. Now you can carry the phone book in your pocket. This database includes over 14,000 business listings for Kansas City, Missouri, with addresses, phone numbers and zip+4 codes. It is in a TomeRaider Formatted File. To view...

Tags: Phone, Kansas City, Mobile, Missouri, Morocco Ink, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2003-05-09