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Will 2009 be a solar year?

There are strong indications that eleven months from now, there'll more solar energy use around the globe than there is today. Just two months ago work was completed on Europe's first concentrated solar power plant CSP. These CS plants use mirrors to focus the sun's heat and don't...

Tags: Solar Panel, Solar Energy, CSP, Solar Millennium, Bengladesh, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-17

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Potential green tech corporate role models for you to research

There are two new resources out for those of you who crave more case-study-type information to guide your corporate green initiatives. The first is a $399 guidebook from PR News that is an online resource containing case studies about companies small and large that have rearchitected some part of their...

Tags: Data Center, Green Technology, Lifecycle Management, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-02

Solar power, no money down, could prove profitable

Solar power, no money down, could prove profitableNot so fast...I have the perfect roof for this: South facing, steep pitch, no trees, and in Florida. So you'd think I would be a perfect candidate, right? Even with Florida's rebates and net metering, I wouldn't see breakeven until around...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, solar energy

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

Millennium Remake 1.21 (Windows)

With the rich resources of the solar system at your disposal, you must defend your colony against hostile attacks while ultimately trying to discover how to recolonize Earth and ensure the survival of the human race.This is a remake of the original Amiga game published by Electric Dreams. Version 1.21...

Tags: Maelstrom Productions, Microsoft Windows, Games, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-03-10

U.S. has more sun but Europe has more solar power...for now

Courtesy EER. A new study of the Concentrated Solar Power industry shows Europe to be far ahead, with major growth in the U.S. a couple years away. Emerging Energy Research found several reasons for the growth on Concenrtated Solar Power...but first a brief explanation....

Tags: Solar Energy, Europe, Chip, CSP, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Networking, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-02-16

To nothing less than the Whole Earth: "We are as gods"

Stewart Brand from his own website. Green Tech is about to observe a crucial anniversary. The first Whole Earth Catalog was published in 1968. Nearly forty years ago. Already the commemorations begin. The "New York Times" just published a book review...

Tags: Desktop, Earth, Brand, Green Technology, Tool, Wikipedia, WEC, Productivity, Government, Wiki, Desktops, Branding, Online Communications, Hardware, Marketing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-12-13

ZDNet UK's list of top 10 IT failures

As you might imagine, I'm a sucker for failure trivia. ZDnet UK has compiled a list of the top ten IT disasters of all time. Although I question the inclusion of some items on the list, it's worth a peek: 1. Faulty Soviet early warning system...

Tags: Airbus A380, Airbus S.A.S., Centre, Dell Computer Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Information Technology, Laptop Computer, Management, Michael Krigsman, Russians, Software, Tools & Techniques

Blog posts 2007-11-27

Tech Policy Summit: Solving the energy problem

Tech Policy Summit: Solving the energy problemMaybe patents and regulations will helpHelp destroy civilization, that is.Break the shacklesNone of this will happen until we get the jackboot of the environmentalist movement off our neck, and that will take a change in perspective that I just don't see happening in our...

Tags: nuclear energy, energy problem, transportation

Discussion threads 2007-02-26

France: UFO sightings are no X-Files

France: UFO sightings are no X-FilesGiven the gravely serious nature of the world todayyou wonder where all the UFO spotters have gone to, . . . maybe France . . . Oh the days of they are among us, we are not alone in the universe, . . . what...

Tags: UFO, sighting

Discussion threads 2006-12-29

Supercomputing in space

Many of you know that the computers sent into space are not very powerful compared to the ones we use everyday on our desks. This is because space is a pretty tough environment: computers need to be ruggedized because of cosmic radiation, and this slows their performance while increasing their...

Tags: radiation, computer, fault-tolerance

Blog posts 2006-10-27

Dogs of War demo (Windows)

One hundred and sixty years into our future, humans have traveled beyond their solar system and into the depths of space. In an effort to replace Earth's dwindling resources, dozens of mining colonies have been built on planets scattered throughout the universe. Each colony is maintained and governed by the...

Tags: Colony, Earth, Primus Co., Take 2 Interactive, Modems, Government, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Components, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2000-04-11