Just as grid parity is the holy grail for the solar industry, price parity with conventional mass-market vehicles is the holy grail for today’s plug-in car makers. Startups like Fisker Automotive, whose CEO Henrik Fisker spoke on a panel today at the Fortune Brainstorm Green… Read More »
Archive for April 2009
Updated: Well, I hope all of you who complained about Time Warner Cable’s plans for metered broadband are happy. Shortly after the cable company pulled its metered broadband trials, it’s also rethinking its deployment of super-fast broadband in San Antonio and Austin, Texas; Greensboro,… Read More »
Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) and bookkeepers can develop full-time web working careers by using their knowledge to provide the help many people need with their finances. The tools available now mean that it’s possible to do this kind of work remotely. Is bookkeeping or accounting… Read More »
We’ve chatted about the Microsoft Windows 7 Starter Edition in the past: it’s the upcoming version of Windows 7 that is limited to run only three programs concurrently. James has said “no way, no how” for most folks, but I took a contrarian view… Read More »
Web video quality is growing by leaps and bounds these days, but can a higher quality experience draw enough income to pay for its own costs? Quite possibly, because HD revenues are about to jump, according to a new report from IDC that was commissioned by… Read More »
I’ve been waiting for the ability to edit Word documents on the iPhone since the day I got one. Why? Because I’m a dreamer, and my dream is someday not having to lug around a laptop of any size while I’m traveling, or just out and… Read More »
Over the past several years, I’ve run the CrystalMark software on just about every computing device I’ve purchased or reviewed. As I mentioned in my recent battery test for the HP dv2, there are a number of ways to test hardware. For consistency, I try… Read More »
VMware today rolled out its cloud computing operating system software, vSphere 4. The offering brings together VMware’s suite of dynamic virtualization management tools -– including vMotion, Distributed Resource Manager and Distributed Power Management — under one roof, and marks significant improvements in transaction… Read More »
UPDATED: As automakers hash out electric vehicle charging standards, startups like Coulomb Technologies and Better Place are starting to install the charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in forward-thinking cities. But when it comes to something a little more, well, not standard, like Better Place’s planned… Read More »
Screensharing applications are one of the essential weapons in the web workers’ arsenal and a popular topic here on WebWorkerDaily; in the past we’ve covered services such as Yuuguu and Oneeko. The latest to join the fray is Mikogo, a cross-platform (Windows & OS… Read More »
Oprah’s debut on Twitter dominates the service (NewTeeVee) Android netbook prototype surfaces in Germany (jkOnTheRun) 5 free online answer sites for tech questions (WebWorkerDaily) How to forward delete on Apple notebooks (TheAppleBlog) Will renewable standards spur Moore’s Law for cleantech? (Earth2Tech) Read More »
We’ve said that Android netbooks were likely on the way, and a prototype has appeared in Germany. The I-Buddie is a typical Intel Atom-based netbook that happens to be running Android, and our friend Sascha at Netbook News captured it on video: http://www.youtube.com/v/qFnqwdIqEW0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=de&feature=player_embedded&fs=1 Read More »
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