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There's one fossil fuel that is becoming more abundant, thanks to technology

It's long been a popular fuel for industrial use, and even got some play in the transportation market. Now natural gas will be even more popular in America because IT'S ACTUALLY BECOMING MORE PLENTIFUL. U.S. oil production has been dropping annually since 1970. Natural gas production is...

Tags: Petroleum, Natural Gas, Fossil Fuel, Natural Gas Production, Renewables, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-08-25

Are lower oil prices the death knell for cleantech energy?

We've been watching oil prices drops during recent weeks. You and I and our fellow Americans are drivng fewer miles. And then the Chinese shut down many of the Beijing-area industries to keep from choking Olympic athletes on particulates. They are even rationing auto driving: odd license plates...

Tags: Clean Technology, Natural Gas, Energy, Natural Gas Production, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-08-04

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The invisible frontier of our solar system

On October 19, NASA will launch a new spacecraft named IBEX, short for 'Interstellar Boundary Explorer.' Its mission, which will last about two years, is to refine what the Voyager spacecraft experienced in 2004 when 'an invisible shock formed as the solar wind piles up against the gas in interstellar...

Tags: Earth, Spacecraft, NASA, Orbit, Solar System, IBEX, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-10-07

A Consumer Electronics Carol

I recently received a promotional email from a large Internet-based retailer that shall for the moment remain nameless (cough! Amaz-ahem!)  As I was considered to be a high-volume "Prime" customer, this online retailer wanted to offer me a 30-day trial of their their premier store-branded consumer...

Tags: Retail Company, Retail, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Hands-on review of the Logitech Squeezebox Boom

After seeing my mildly skeptical post about the release of its Squeezebox Boom Internet radio device, Logitech offered to send me a sample unit to review, promising me I'd be pleasantly surprised with the audio output from the compact unit. I've been testing it out over the last few weeks,...

Tags: Station, Radio, Logitech, Boom, Music Services, Advertising & Promotion, Engineering, Wireless, Marketing, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-04

Enterprise 2.0 and business collaboration

Update: I hit "publish" before the article was completely finished, so I've added some images and updated some links. I can't pull the post without it leaving a trail behind it, so I may as well just own up now and say, "whoops, sorry". GroupSwim Collaboration, in...

Tags: Security, Microsoft SharePoint, Enterprise 2.0, Wiki, Collaboration, Groupware, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Citizen journalism might try to kill you

Citizen journalism might try to kill youDouble edged swordCitizen journalism almost sounds like a contradiction. One one hand, so many people nowadays carry a device that can at least take snapshots, but more are taking video. Real journalists can't get to where a story is very fast so it takes...

Tags: Citizen Journalism

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

President Obama will take away kids cold medicine

President Obama will take away kids cold medicineWhy regulate something that is only a problem due to irresponsible parentsALL over-the-counter OTC medications have information about who can use it and how much medicine it should get. Every bottle of OTC medication has very visible warning and most specify that...

Tags: blog author, gov, cold medicine, Obama, prescription, medication

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

HP to jump into smartphones. Why?

Hewlett Packard is jumping deeper into the crowded smartphone market, announcing plans for an iPaq smartphone that will be marketed toward consumers to be released first in Europe before the end of the year and later worldwide, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. In...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Smart Phone, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Apple wins royalty rate showdown

Apple wins royalty rate showdownhigher Rate?the Real price for a song should about 25 cents (this will make it more competive agains "free") but guess the RIAA's members just want more money no matter what. that is why the RIAA must be shutdown as it is the most anti-consumer criminal...

Tags: Apple wins royalty rate showdown, RIAA, royalty rate showdown, piracy, Apple Wins, music, showdown, MPAA, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Portraits of Autumn screensaver (pd)

This free screensaver from American Greetings showcases three beautiful autumn settings: a waterfall, a park bench under a natural canopy, and a covered bridge, all framed in the brilliant colors of fall. In each environment, leaves fall and other animations affect the changing screen.Note: The screensavers from American Greetings require...

Tags: American Greetings Corp., Screensaver

Software downloads 2008-10-03

Greentech Investing: Not So Fast

There's an inevitable slowdown in venture capital investing and that's not good news for Silicon Valley nor the Cleantech start-ups. Last quarter VC activity was about one-third of the same quarter last year. While economists claim there's plenty of capital around, the investments being made are more cautious....

Tags: Bank, Alternative Energy, American Media, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Android sucks oxygen from mobile broadband room

Android sucks oxygen from mobile broadband roomany other Carriers?So Far it's only T-Mobile. There's all this hype, and I don't work/live in a major city. T-Mobile has the fewest towers in the country and is barely rolling out their G3 network to the major metropolitan areas. ...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, mobile broadband, mobile, oxygen, Qt Extended, OpenMoko, phone, open source

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Apple lifts iPhone NDA to dull Android's edge

Responding to a crescendo of criticism from the developer community, which saw books canceled, long time fans lose enthusiasm, and some calls for defections to Android, Apple finally relented Wednesday: We have decided to drop the non-disclosure agreement NDA for released iPhone software. ... The NDA has created too...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Android, Tools & Techniques, Management, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Natural Remedies For Acne (exe)

Natural Remedies For Acne. Learn which natural acne remedies can help you get rid of acne naturally. There are many natural acne home remedies that can get rid of acne, blackheads, pimples, and zits easily and naturally without acne medication. Learn which are the best acne skin care supplements online....

Tags: Remedy, Acnezine Review

Software downloads 2008-10-02

Natural Acne Medication (exe)

Are you suffering from acne problems? If so, learn how natural acne treatment methods can help you cure acne naturally. Use natural acne supplements to cure your acne from the inside out. Most acne skin care products contains harsh chemcials such accutane and hydrogen peroxide that can cause acne side...

Tags: Product, Acnezine Review

Software downloads 2008-10-02

To: Circuit City and Best Buy, From: You

To: Circuit City and Best Buy, From: You"We don't pay you to think."As an ex-employee computer technician from the pilot store, this was told to me verbatim several times. To me it sounded curious because if anyone should be thinking, it should be the guy repairing the computers, right?If you...

Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Best Buy Co. Inc., Circuit City Stores Inc., LET IT, sales

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

Leave Windows Mobile al-o-o-o-o-o-ne!

Leave Windows Mobile al-o-o-o-o-o-ne!It will come down to supportWill Google pull yet another "thanks for the free time, but it is Beta so we will not help you with it", or T-Mobile pushing it off on Google, to the same response?With the others you do have an infrastructure behind it,...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, Handhelds, Bottomline, Google Inc., mobile, phone, Leave Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

Microsoft says crisis will impact tech

Microsoft says crisis will impact techGround Control to L.E.M. Apollo13 Gemini has returned to Canada:Tom Hanks Impersonator,"Aren't we glad Houston didn't say San Fransico. That fire would wipe-out the SSA and put fourteen million Americans out of their homes."" I wonder how my trailer park is doing?"Wrong!!What's needed is NOT...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft says crisis, MICROSOFT SAYS

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

New report places Semantic Web 'On the Cusp' of something big

Today sees the publication of a new report by Boston-based David Provost. On the cusp: a global review of the Semantic Web industry PDF features David's analysis of the space, informed by detailed conversations with representatives from many of its leading companies, and the picture he paints is an optimistic...

Tags: David Provost, Semantic Web, Podcasts, Internet, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-09-30