Archive for November 17th, 2008

Green news harvest: Parsing the EPA new coal plant decision

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Making wind power at U.K. coal mines, will Google’s Dan Reicher be next energy secretary? taking the renewable energy industry’s pulse in downturn, a profile of mighty ExxonMobil and its commitment to fossil fuels, another late-stage growth fund for green

AOL confirms: No more user-uploaded video

Monday, November 17th, 2008

The company is shuttering its video hosting service in December, and invites users to transfer their videos to start-up Motionbox instead.

Report: Mark Cuban charged with insider trading

Monday, November 17th, 2008

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Broadcast.com founder and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has been charged with insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Three good reasons to venture into Windows’ Registry

Monday, November 17th, 2008

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Three good reasons to venture into Windows’ Registry–Close non-responsive programs automatically, adjust the position of your desktop wallpaper, and prevent specific programs from appearing on the Start menu’s most-frequent list.

New honeycomb tire is “bulletproof”–New airless tire designed to carry soldiers to safety.

Hulu’s ad revenue to catch up to YouTube’s?–An analyst is forecasting that Hulu’s revenue will rival YouTube’s next year.

Eleven years later, ‘Zaireeka’s’ within reach–When the Flaming Lips released this psychedelic masterpiece in 1997, nobody had four portable CD players lying around. Now, thanks to notebook computers, lots of people do.

Intuit launches slick data visualizer for QuickBooks users

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Free and very pretty heat map shows you where your customers are — or aren’t.

Sniff lets you find your friends in real-time

Monday, November 17th, 2008

A company wants you to tell your friends where you are at all times and let them have a map showing your location in real-time.

Obama committed to green energy, auto bailout

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Amid talk of the economic crisis and transition, Obama says that government investments in clean energy are a high priority despite falling oil prices.

Google SketchUp 7 wants to make you an artist

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Google released its SketchUp 7 modeling software Monday and we take a hands-on look at the new tool.

StarOffice gains native Mac support

Monday, November 17th, 2008

The latest version of Sun’s cut-rate productivity suite can also read–but not write–to the latest Office file formats.

Is new Bond movie antitech?

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Don’t let the scientific-sounding title mislead you. Quantum of Solace will leave tech lovers groaning in their seats. It’s cutting-edge tech is off the mark.