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(Photos: Pocket-size solar power)Right on!Nice to see that someone is finally getting it! Solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric and wave generators are the way to go. We need to start dumping our reliance on fossil fuels now!The 26 watt solar sheet is cool! ]:)This is a bit annoying. I wish they...

Tags: energy company, Henry Ford, photograph, Pocket-size solar power

Discussion threads 2007-01-12

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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

Scosche SolChat solar-powered Bluetooth speakerphone

The more gadgets we bring into our cars, the more cables end up strung down to 12-volt power points. Scosche's SolChat eliminates one of those cables by getting its power from the sun. The SolChat is a Bluetooth car speakerphone that lays claim to the "green" label by being...

Tags: Bluetooth, Scosche SolChat, speakerphone

Product reviews 2009-04-23

Reknowned scientist takes unpopular stance on global warming

Reknowned scientist takes unpopular stance on global warmingThe best summary yet?Enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations and the superficiality of our theories??This is the best summary of the state of Global Warming theory I have yet read, and fits exactly what many of us have been...

Tags: global warming, unpopular stance

Discussion threads 2009-03-25

Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018

Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018Infogreat info...to bad most want to stay on the bandwagon...politically correct view...passing the LIE around...then understanding Global Warming is a political tools to keep those we dont want in power to stay there.RE: Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate...

Tags: global warming, foreign oil, attention-getting challenge, latest attention-getting challenge, oil, Gore, dependence, fossil fuel

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Vodafone's Big(ish?) Adventure

It's fun to think of similes to categorise the headlong rush towards CO2 reductions or at least the pledges for such. I think of Vodafone's pledge of a 50% cut of the 2007 baseline by 2020 as a 'Big Adventure'. They have not yet clearly identified how they will get there yet...

Tags: Vodafone Group Plc., Carbon Dioxide, Climate Situation, Jonathon Porritt, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, James Farrar

Blog posts 2008-06-19

Oil and the future of cleantech are NOT separable

Oil and the future of cleantech are NOT separableWind Kills tooWind turbines kill birds too. So fossil fuels aren't the only bird-unfriendly source of energy out there.There are always trade-offs. People who let housecats roam free are responsible for more bird deaths than any oil company anywhere. ...

Tags: clean technology

Discussion threads 2008-05-05

Hey, Toto, maybe we should be in Kansas? In Maryland wind turbines get banned!

Hey, Toto, maybe we should be in Kansas? In Maryland wind turbines get banned!The danger to birds is vastly overstated.One of the largest objections "that wind turbines kills birds" is also one of the least understood, and is favorite of people linked to oil profits.While wind turbines do kill...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, turbine

Discussion threads 2008-04-13

Hybrid cars becoming ever more political

Hybrid cars becoming ever more politicalThey have printable solar cells nowShould be easy to cover cars with solar cells.RE: Hybrid cars becoming ever more politicalThe power the corps have over the government should be disconcerting to all of you. As for the alternatives, of course Detroit is hemming and hawing....

Tags: Engineering, Insurance, Hybrid-car, ever-more

Discussion threads 2008-04-03

Microsoft+relents%3A+Vista+SP1+available+to+technical+users+now

Microsoft+relents%3A+Vista+SP1+available+to+technical+users+nowAs I posted previously... build numbers ARE the same6001.18000 was the build number of the last RC Refresh, and that's what the RTM build number is. They're the same.That's not relenting...Microsoft is still shafting it's TechNet and MSDN subscribers by not releasing it now. This isn't relenting...this is jsut...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Vista is Microsoft, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, SP-1, technical user, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-02-11

Is the 50 watt PC possible using commodity parts?

Is the 50 watt PC possible using commodity parts?These would be nice, but...How much do they cost when contributing to something like folding. Would I be better off at using a series of cheap Celeron systems.Or if I want to swat folding and rack up massive points, should I...

Tags: Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, Intel Corp., commodity part, motherboard, PC

Discussion threads 2007-09-18

Combustible cell phone burns California man

Combustible cell phone burns California manNot releasing the name of the cel phone? What is the justificaiton for it?Hmm ... don't you suppose people who own that brand of phone want and need to know this? It is negligence and the height of arrogance to suppress this information, when...

Tags: Engineering, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, phone, battery, cell phone, malfunction

Discussion threads 2007-01-16

Home wind turbines turn fashionable in Britain

Home wind turbines turn fashionable in BritainWonderfulThis is a wonderful concept, and needs to be adoped by more countries.http://one.revver.com/watch/79286/format/flv/affiliate/23672Nice Britain but ....In my country, Cyprus, things are even better. You get a subsidy of 55% of the cost and in the case of solar panels you get a 15 year...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Telecom & Utilities, Benefits, good cause, tax, renewable energy, subsidy, turbine

Discussion threads 2006-10-14

Gyroid - Space shooter (Mobile)

Other products Sea Battle HOT Camera Picture templatesKunfu FightingPoker Challenge HOT SummergamesTricksoccer HOT Love PredictorChopper RescueOdysseySpaceBallsPuzzle FactoryDone in 50 sec.GPOD Titlescreen Gyroid Our solar system has been invaded by an unknown alien race and you are mankind's last hope of peace. Guide your lonely Gyroid fighter through the solar system...

Tags: Mobile, Mankind, Solar System, Pocket PC, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software

Software downloads 2006-05-17

Solio Universal solar charger kit

For the true outdoors adventurer who still needs to keep in touch with the folks back home, the Solio Universal solar charger kit just might fit the bill. We're not talking some giant solar panel here. Rather, the compact (4.7 inches by 2.5 inches by 1.4 inches; 5.8 ounces), oval-shaped...

Tags: Solio Universal, charger, telephone

Product reviews 2006-02-14

Road rally hawks hydrogen cars

Road rally hawks hydrogen carsSafety?I do not want to drive a car that could end-up like Hindenburg Zeppelin.FantasyAbsolutely amazing the fantasy people are buying into.10,000 PSI?!? Why don't you just strap a bomb to the car?Eliminate dependence on foreign oil? And just where do you think the power is going...

Tags: hydrogen

Discussion threads 2005-09-30

Red Sector 2112 (Mobile)

Loads of Blood, Guts and Aliens in this classic first person perspective Shoot-em-up written exclusively for the PPC. The game utilizes our custom realtime ray-casting engine to deliver a realistic 3D playing environment. Realistic 3D Environent First Person Perspective Gameplay Real-Time Lighting, Shadow and Reflections Various Weapons and Ammo to...

Tags: Earth, Planet, Mobile, Pocket PC, Games, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Hardware, Personal Technology, Software

Software downloads 2005-03-16

Fractal stupidity

Fractal stupiditySo long as $$$ drives usWe will never as a race achieve the greatness we could realize. Greed, in an object that truly has no real value is what is preventing the human race from moving forward. How many wonderful technologies have been shelved and forgotten because it would...

Tags: Semiconductors, Telecom & Utilities, solar cell, stupidity, cell, fractal

Discussion threads 2004-03-18