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Portugal's wave farm may be sunk

Slow deployment, bankrupt owner, perhaps a wave or two too far. The Portugal offshore wave farm to generate electricity may go the way of the Cray computer and the Edsel automobile. Or hydrogen powered cars. Back when I first blogged about the Pelamis tech...

Tags: Portugal, Pelamis Co., Litigation, Outsourcing, Personal Finance, Business Operations, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-05-20

America's lag-time in alternative energy

I just blogged about San Francisco applying for a permit to build an offshore wave farm to generate electricity. That's but the second step after deciding to try this tech. It's many more steps before anything is actually placed in the Pacific. And this is San Francisco, positioned next...

Tags: Alternative Energy, Portugal, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-01

Wave of the future for alternative energy?

Courtesy: Pelamis Get out your atlas, see if you can find Agucadoura, Portugal. Just three miles offshore there, these big metallic sea snakes are bobbing in the ever-restless waves of the North Atlantic. And they're generating electricity for over a thousand homes on...

Tags: Alternative Energy, Portugal, Pelamis Wave Power, Venture Capital, Telecom & Utilities, Outsourcing, Finance, Financing Startups, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-10

Half a million Classmates headed for Portugal

Several news sources are reporting on Portugal's agreement to purchase 500,000 second-generation Classmate PCs. The exact details of the transaction are still emerging, but parents will have the option of selecting either Windows XP or Linux pre-installed on the laptops. The most significant aspect of this...

Tags: Laptop Computer, Portugal, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-30

Intel to deliver 500,000 Classmates to Portugal

Intel said Wednesday that it has inked a pact with the Portuguese government to supply 500,000 Classmate PCs to elementary school students. The chip giant is part of the Magellan Initiative, Portugal's education technology plan. It was launched by Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates and Intel Chairman...

Tags: Intel Corp., Portugal, Government, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-30

Gallery: iPhone launch at Vodaphone in Portugal

Five pictures from the iPhone 3G launch at Vodaphone in Portugal courtesy of Neal Hoskins. Who writes: Last minute change to Vodaplan gives you â€" get this â€" 500MB in their $70 per month plan, 250MB more costs another $15 per month. Hardly a real data phone, you can...

Tags: 3G, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, jason D. O'Grady, Personal Technology, Portugal, Wireless, Apple iPhone

Blog posts 2008-07-10

iPhone 3G launch at Vodaphone Portugal

iPhone 3G launch at midnight at Vodaphone Portugal. Contributed by Neal Hoskins by Jason O'Grady

Tags: Apple iPhone, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason O'Grady, iPhone, Vodaphone, Portugal

Image galleries 2008-07-10

Two small countries thinking big, and green

Two small nations on opposite sides of the globe are building world class renewable energy proejcts. In Portugal they're constructing what will become, temporarily at least, the largest solar generating plant on earth. It's going into eastern Portugal near the town of Moura. This photovoltaic farm is...

Tags: Turbine, U.K., Portugal, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-08

Little nation has big green ideas

P'rtugal may become a real-life test case for renewable energy. The country has no coal, no oil. Though Portugal is heavily agricultural there's no corn lobby, no rapeseed industry, no huge dependence on fertilizer, no local auto companies. Chief exports for Portugal include wine, fish, beef, olive...

Tags: Portugal, Wave Energy Equipment, Telecom & Utilities, Government, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-02-25

New wave energy to hit Washington

State, not Washington D.C. Nothing newunder the sun in THAT Washington. But there is a plan afoot for a Canadian fimr to build an offshore wave energy plant to generate electricity. You have to forgive the Seattle reporter who gushed about this being the world's first, etc....

Tags: Washington, Portugal, Outsourcing, Blogging, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Internet, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-12-22

Catching a wave, Euro-style

Most of our fellow American probably think Portugal is a small town near San Diego, but green techies like us should know better. Cause Portugal is where it's happening. We might think bright sun and probably solar, right? Well, besides cork oaks and Port, Portugal...

Tags: Sea, Portugal, Government, Outsourcing, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-10-17

Portugal Creates Interoperability Framework to Simplify Citizen/Government Interaction

The Portuguese government is working to make Portugal one of the world's leading information societies. The Agency for the Modernization of the Public Administration AMA is chartered with leading digital initiatives across Portuguese society, including introducing e-government services. The agency worked with Microsoft, Accenture, and Siemens IT Solutions and Services...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Portugal, E-government, Government, Vertical Industries, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing

Case studies 2007-10-09

New meaning to the term 'catch a wave'

OK, so not all of you are convinced that water is a worthwhile data center cooling system. Yes, I read your comments. And I love inspiring debate. So, mission accomplished as far as I'm concerned. OK, so, indulge my water fetish a little more, will you? ...

Tags: Ocean, Power, Portugal, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2007-09-11

Beach Cams PT 0.1 (Windows)

Surf Beach Cams from Portugal; Carcavelos, Praia Grande, Guincho e Costa da Caparica. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Portugal, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-07-26

MATec Grades 1.0.7 (Mac)

MATec FCUP - Portugal: grades calculus.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Calculus, Portugal, GP, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-09-16

River Flow Monitoring System Improves Forecasting and Response to Floods and Droughts

Portugal has established an integrated network to monitor river flows, rainfall, reservoir levels and water quality in all the country's river basins. The 'RIOS' system, developed using the Microsoft .NET Framework, allows the Water Institute to better forecast and monitor flood and drought situations, and keep civil protection authorities aware...

Tags: Monitor, River, Monitoring System, Microsoft Corp., Forecasting, Portugal, Monitors & Displays, PDAs, WAP, Hardware, Components, Handhelds, Wireless

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Software downloads 2009-06-22

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Software downloads 2009-06-19

News to know: Botnets; Adobe patch day; NetApp; Craigslist

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. Dancho Danchev: Inside the botnets that never make the news - a gallery Images: Inside the botnets that never make the news right ...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., NetApp Inc., Craigslist, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., Robots, GPS, Document Management, Storage, Emerging Technologies, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-21

Portugal's wave farm may be sunk

Portugal's wave farm may be sunkPlease ZDNET, do something about this guy...Harry Fuller rarely does any research as evidenced by his posts, his grammar and spelling are poor at best, and he tends to push his eco-nazi propaganda with a religious fervor. This particular post only has one of his...

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Discussion threads 2009-05-20