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Would you use a fireplace with no chimney?

EcoSmart Fire specializes in modern, environmentally friendly fireplaces. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos took a look at one at the West Coast Green conference in San Francisco in September.

Tags: News.com, Chimney, EcoSmart Fire, green, fireplace, west coast green, san francisco, conference, michael kanellos, building, house

Videos 2007-10-02

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Apple's big box store debuts in NYC

Not like Best BuyBest Buy does not do panoramic walls of glass.Apple Stores do not a jerk at the exit door asking to see your receipt.That looks really uglyUgh, the designer needs to be fired, quick.RE: Apple's big box store debuts in NYCHow does that in any way look like...

Tags: Construction, iStore, Apple Inc., big-box-store, NYC

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

HP and Sun expand partnership...what about a merger?

Hewlett-Packard and Sun will announce details of "their newly expanded partnership agreement" Wednesday morning. Might this be a step towards a merger? I've long been a proponent of a HP/Sun combination, there are some strong synergies such as: +Both have strong and green datacenter...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Partnership, Merger, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microprocessor, +Sun, Middleware Software, Data Centers, Business Structures, Mergers & Acquisitions, Semiconductors, Processors, Middleware, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Investment, Components, Enterprise Software, Software, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-02-24

Could being sustainable save the world AND the economy? New book makes convincing case.

Usually, when I read on planes or during brief brain rest-stops between work projects, I pick up fiction to clear my head. But a couple months back, I was handed a book that I would highly recommend to anyone who is responsible for a corporate sustainability or green technology effort....

Tags: Sustainability, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-25

There's something nasty lurking beyond the horizon - notes on life in Silicon Valley

It feels as if our economic version of Hurricane Katrina is building up energy, just off the coast of Silicon Valley. There is a definite feeling of something huge and nasty lurking just over the horizon. It's an ominous feeling highlighted by the fact that we...

Tags: Capital Efficiency, Chip, Corporate Communications, Financial, Financial Crisis, Hardware, Internet, Marketing, Public Relations, Recession, Semiconductors, Sequoia RIP Powerpoint Presentation, Silicon Valley, Tom Foremski, VC, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2008-10-22

Photos: Living walls, smart homes at West Coast Green

The West Coast Green design show features products that earn "green" points for old and new buildings. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, News.com, Wall, Construction, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-09-30

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

Since my blogging buddy Harry Fuller is on vacation this week, I need to pick up the gauntlet and ensure that we've got some good political fodder for those of you who want to debate the existence of global warming and the necessity of reducing our dependence on foreign oil....

Tags: Al Gore, Blogging, Finance, Fossil Fuel, Gore, Heather Clancy, Internet, Investment, San Jose

Blog posts 2008-07-18

In all fairness: here's concise statement of the drill-more-oil position

In all fairness: here's concise statement of the drill-more-oil positionI've always respected George WillEven when we disagree. Now your job is to tell us why he's wrong.Truly amazingly short sightedYou're in your bedroom, your wife has hollered outside for help because in the background your house is on fire,...

Tags: concise statement, fairness, oil

Discussion threads 2008-06-05

Two green tech confabs coming up in early June

For those of you green tech types who have occasion to be on the west coast in mid-June, there are two conferences you might want to drop by. The earlier meeting, in San Francisco, is focused on the development of universal power supplies for all ...

Tags: Green Technology, Cell Phone, Conference, Transportation, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Furnishing the green house

So you want to go green but don't know where to begin? Lucky for you, a legion of building supply companies and distributors have started to crank out eco-friendly products. Here's a sample of what's being offered at the booths at West Coast Green, a conference held in San Francisco....

Tags: CNET News.com

Image galleries 2007-09-23

Biofuel or bunk?

Biofuel or bunk?Biofuels. Bunk?Hard to say whether they are bunk or not. There are at least as many energy/cost models of biofuel production/distribution as there are consultancies/universities with departments to study them. What is clear though is that there needs to be a dramatic increase in fuel efficiency in the...

Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Biofuel, carbon dioxide, fossil fuel

Discussion threads 2007-08-20

OR trying again to pass electronics recycling law

Contrary to Oregons image of being a progressive green state, the Oregon has yet to pass an electronics recycling law, reports the Oregonian. The first state to pass a bottle recycling bill, Oregon has twice tried and failed to come up with an electronics recycling plan. Now a third...

Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt

Blog posts 2007-02-07

Off-topic: Hotel sink stoppers

I promise to get back on-topic right after this posting — I have some catching up to do, what with John Hagel sounding off about Web 2.0 and SOA, with everything else that's worthy of comment in the SaaS world, and with my Wither ... series of postings still to...

Tags: sink stopper, stopper

Blog posts 2006-04-28

Where is the new leadership of the tech industry?

Scott McNealy's departure from Sun Microsystems has been on the cards for more than a year. It will likely be just one of many departures by veteran Silicon Valley and other captains of the tech industry over the next year or two, as that generation moves into the grey zone...

Tags: leader, leadership, Sun Microsystems Inc., tech industry, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2006-04-25

Jetfighter V: Homeland Protector demo (Windows)

Steel yourself and scramble your wingmen, because there's hardly enough time to blink. A shadowy faction has stolen a fleet of warships and has come knocking on the door of the U.S. West Coast. Only you and a handful of green rookies stand between this onslaught of evil and the...

Tags: Global Star Software, Microsoft Windows, Network Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Networking

Software downloads 2003-11-20