The most important provision in the stimulus package for promoting energy efficiency in the U.S. could be a piece of ambiguous language wrapped up in a section on state energy grants. A few sentences encourages states to consider a policy for utilities known as decoupling (though… Read More »
Archive for February 2009
Viewed more than 1.5 million times since its YouTube debut last Thursday, Escape from City 17 is one of those rare viral videos that seems destined to launch a breakout success. In the live action indie short, a pair of argumentative rebel soldiers… Read More »
Behind popular web services such as Facebook, Google and Amazon’s AWS are racks and racks of computers serving up millions of pages or providing raw computing power. The use of thousands of servers to deliver one application or act as a pool of computing resources has… Read More »
Google shook up the smart meter industry this month by announcing it’s developing a web-based energy data tool called PowerMeter. Energy info should be free, easy to read and owned by you — the consumer — says Google. But let’s face it, Google is new… Read More »
We have always said that HTC is innovative and prolific and seems to always be releasing another Windows Mobile phone. They are also pushing the envelope with their own custom interfaces for WM to keep their customers excited. Is it possible that HTC has sold 80%… Read More »
I’m still futzing with Windows 7 on my Samsung Q1UP, but wanted to give an update. The install was no different than on any other device I’ve put Windows 7 on. Right out of the gate, most everything is working, either through the installation or… Read More »
Cali Budget Clears State Senate: The budget plan approved today in the California legislature (after a three-month impasse) includes a provision that will delay requirements for builders to retrofit heavy diesel equipment to reduce emissions. — LA Times China’s Automakers Step Up: China’s Chery Automobile launched… Read More »
I like my Airport Express with AirTunes. I use it to connect my home theater set-up to my iTunes library, and more frequently, for listening to Internet radio via iTunes. But it’s always bothered me that I couldn’t use it to listen to audio from any… Read More »
Kevin and I got to spend a fair bit of time with Sascha of netbooknews.de out at the CES in January. Sascha is a great guy and deserving of the title “Mr. Netbook” for sure. While at the CES Kevin got to play briefly with… Read More »
Graphical and visual search engines are always interesting to me as alternatives to Google. I find that for certain types of searches, especially if I’m say, researching new hardware technology, or scanning headlines that happen to come from unusual sources, the extremely text-heavy way in which… Read More »
This week I’m listening in as HP talks to some of its customers about cloud computing. Today’s webinar was a pretty good overview of how enterprises should think about using the cloud to deliver IT services — and underneath that, why the cloud really isn’t… Read More »
I started using the Filtrbox online monitoring service after reading Aliza’s great review from last year. Like her, I was intrigued by the promise of more easily managing the sheer volume of… Read More »
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