The surprise must have been etched on my face when the FedEx guy dropped off a big box at Mobile Tech Manor this morning. I wasn’t expecting anything and usually the boxes Ralph delivers are small and light, but this box was very big and I… Read More »
Archive for January 2009
I like puzzle games on my iPhone, and I like Tetris. With that in mind, I approached ShiveringKittens ($2.99, App Store) fairly optimistically since, since it is a puzzle game which resembles Tetris. Certainly, other apps for the platform have used this recipe to… Read More »
I am enjoying playing with the HP Mini 2140 netbook. It is very similar to the consumer targeted Mini 1000 with the exception of the ExpressCard slot that the enterprise focused 2140 brings. Engadget is reporting that an updated model, the Mini 1100, adds the… Read More »
TPI Composites Inc., which makes light-weight wind turbine blades that it claims are more durable and more efficient than conventional blades, on Thursday announced it had raised $20 million in its second round of funding. Investors in the convertible preferred equity financing round, announced at the… Read More »
This list is an example of how web tools can be useful across a number of different professions. Read More »
Consumer electronics giant Sony today announced that it would report a record loss of almost $3 billion, as the company said it was slammed by the economic downturn. This is the first net loss for the company in 14 years. As part of a… Read More »
Following in the footsteps of LG and Sony Ericsson, Nokia today reported a poor performance for the fourth quarter of 2008, for which it blamed the global economic downturn. Handset sales during the latest three-month period were 113.1 million, down 15.3 percent from… Read More »
Consumers holding out for a newer version of the MSI Wind netbook need wait no more. Amazon shows that the U120-002US, an evolutionary successor to the U100 I own, is available and in stock. The actual device I see available at this will ship… Read More »
One of my favorite apps for smartphones is the great program ShopSavvy for the Android platform. It is one of the most used apps I have and it runs on the T-Mobile G1 Android phone. In this video I show why the program is so… Read More »
Indian auto giant Tata Motors plans to throw an additional $435 million at production of its Tata Nano, the compact car unveiled in prototype last year with the promise of a price tag low enough to revolutionize transportation in emerging markets. With a lightweight design… Read More »
Chemical giant BASF and a small specialty chemicals company in Skokie, Ill., called Polyera Corp. have come up with a new type of semiconductor ink they plan to market under the name ActivInk. The ink is based on a new molecule that allows printed… Read More »
Cree shares rallied 14 percent to $18.76 Wednesday after a positive earnings report just as cleantech investors are sifting through numbers to separate the strong from the weak. Demand from consumer and automotive products may be down, but government spending in China and possibly the… Read More »
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