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- The perfect computer?
- Do we have the technology to build a perfect computer? Would it be perfect for a specific purpose or is it possible to build a perfect general purpose computer? Small Business Computing's Mark Beckley has some answers. Do we have the technology to build a perfect...
- Tags: Motherboard, Computer, Machine, Chip, Small Business Computing, Watt Power Supply, Productivity, PCs, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet, Mark Beckley Small Business Computing, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2009-11-02
- Wave disk engines to make hybrid vehicles cheaper, more efficient
- RE: Wave disk engines to make hybrid vehicles cheaper, more efficientIt would require an encyclopedia simply to list all the turbine applications developed over the past century. What turbines continue to dislike, however, is speed alterations. Change their speed and you lose much of their efficiency. That's...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, gasoline engine, disk, diesel, combustion, turbine, battery
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- GM to sell small electric car for less than $6,000
- GM Spark, photo courtesy of GM. But, of course, this car will not be sold in the U.S. or Canada. The all-electric Spark will go on sale next year in India. There GM partners with Reva Electric Car Co. The standard combustion engine Spark, sells...
- Tags: India, Car, Electric Car, General Motors Corp., Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- California screenin': Majority of residents oppose big-screen TV ban
- Regulate power, not sizeThey should be regulating the power consumption of TVs, not necessarily their size. Force the companies to make big screen TVs less power hungry and more efficient. Not flat out ban them.TVs should strive to be Energy Star compliant because I'm sure many of them...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, TV, big-screen TV
- Discussion threads 2009-09-17
- Windmills stir up opposition
- Let's do some mathHarry:How much energy is recoverable, year in, year out, for vertical turbine blades?What percentage of the US' domestic energy usage does that amount to?This is very basic arithmetic.Likewise, when you factor in the energy costs needed to make the lithium ion batteries of the Prius, and assume...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, wind energy
- Discussion threads 2009-09-13
- 'Mericans say: "Gimme a plug-in"
- Pay more, yes...Pay more than the gas price we would save over the life of the car, no. That's the issue now, you do not save more in the long run. Once we get to the point where we would merely break even, then I would seriously consider a plug-in.Electric...
- Tags: Plug-in car, car, plug-in, electric car, battery, commute, No.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- Fossil fuel battle: who'll reign over America's energy future
- Nothing but lies...When will this lie stop, no different than Lenin quoted, if you tell a lie enough it becomes the truth.There is NO evidence of this and it is ludicrous that everything will be electric. The power grid cannot even support what we have now, so now it is...
- Tags: Obama, global warming, fossil fuel
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- A feisty ride in the Chevy Volt
- "But the emperor is naked"Or maybe the title should be:"Don't confuse me with the facts, my mind is made up!"The media is just full of wonderfull stories about electric carsand how they will save Michigan, the auto industry, possibiliy the whole world,and so forth.Now maybe there is something brand new...
- Tags: Engineering, replacement cost, battery, car, Tesla, cell
- Discussion threads 2009-08-14
- Will more expensive gasoline be the salvation of General Motors?
- GM's now saying the fuel efficiency for their plug-in volt will be the equivalent of 230 MPG in city driving. If the EPA concurs that would make the 2010 Volt the first mass-produced car to top the triple-digit MPG barrier. Volt. This preliminary 230...
- Tags: Car, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, General Motors Corp., Volt, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- Chevy Volt: 230 mpg in city driving; Are you a buyer?
- Why the focus on MPG for an electric vehicle?The real question is: How much in increased electricity costs will one incur from recharging this vehicle "at least once a day"?That plus the added price tagare warning me away from this. If I thought I could save money versus buying a...
- Tags: car, mpg, battery
- Discussion threads 2009-08-11
- News to know: Google; IBM; Microsoft's edge; Palm SDK; Twitter
- 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. Sam Diaz: Google: Nice quarter, but... Larry Dignan:Â IBM delivers strong second quarter, ups 2009 earnings outlook ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Data Center, Palm Inc., SDK, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Palm Pre, Storage, Desktops, Hardware, Data Management
- Blog posts 2009-07-17
- Hybrids to increase market share, but...
- Hybrids to increase market share, but...Pretty glacial statements . . .Pretty cold language around here. Why the scare quotes around re-tool? Why the talk about hidden agendas again?Do you just hate them because they exist or something? Is there [b]any[/b] way they could earn your trust?Now that they're finally turning...
- Tags: Engineering, Telecom & Utilities, battery, X-REV, hybrid, car, electric vehicle
- Discussion threads 2009-05-31
- If green is the new black, then 100 MPG is new green
- If green is the new black, then 100 MPG is new greenGreat, another $450 million down the sewerYup, let's make sure those Indiana folks vote Dem by showering them with money borrowed from our children and their children. Hey, how about the concept that if an idea makes sense,...
- Tags: car, MPG
- Discussion threads 2009-04-21
- Does the future of GM include a tricked out Segway?
- Does the future of GM include a tricked out Segway?FixedThanks for editing ;)RE: Does the future of GM include a tricked out Segway?[i]The P.U.M.A. prototype can go 25 mph to 35 mph on one charge.[/i]Did you mean 25 to 35 miles? If so, what is it's top speed?Looks very...
- Tags: Food & Beverage, Segway, General Motors Corp., tricked-out
- Discussion threads 2009-04-07
- Chinese electric car maker thinks green and Go America
- We've read about many Chinese manufacturers cutting back, laying off, feeling the pinch of reduced consumption in the U.S. Bucking the general trend: BYD. They are a Chinese car maker and plan to introduce their plug-in electric car in the U.S. in 2011. Of course, one of...
- Tags: Car, Electric Car, BYD, F3DM, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-03-18
- Never has an un-launched car carried such a heavy load
- Never has an un-launched car carried such a heavy loadI hope soI hope so. IMHO electrics and plug-in electrics are the best clean technology going forward.Pragmatists won't buy itWealthy enviro-nazis will. There aren't very many of them, though.I'm all for expanding our knowledgebase, but from what I've read so...
- Tags: Taxes, Personal finance, car, Obamasiah, tax
- Discussion threads 2009-03-14
- Here's one view of a green future: more jobs and healthier planet
- Here's one view of a green future: more jobs and healthier planetThe luddite denialists will do everything to prevent it from happeningThey will deny it, they will call it a hoax, they'll claim they have "scientific" evidence on the contrary, etc."The report sees nearly eight million green energy jobs by...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job, healthier planet, green future, SQC, cleaner energy, hoax
- Discussion threads 2009-03-12
- Hybrids not selling either
- Hybrids not selling eitherWaste of money and a trickThe entire environmental whacko green movement is based on a lie.RE: Hybrids not selling eitherIf there is no money, it doesn't matter what your selling, it won't sell (you bunch of dummy's!)I agree.While I think it's important to try and minimize our...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, Tesla Motor, Carbon tax, tax, car, green technology, environment
- Discussion threads 2009-03-05
- Rail--even more controversial than nuclear?
- Rail--even more controversial than nuclear?Sorry HarryYou're in the wrong place if you expect reasonable discussion based on facts. The majority of responders here start from ideology, not facts.Nuclear fission, of course, is still the same ideology that got us here in the first place. Use a scarce, incredibly...
- Tags: ideology, car, bus system
- Discussion threads 2009-02-25
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