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Electric car startup Tesla Motors casts a long shadow. The time that Rob Ferber spent as Tesla’s science director got the most play last week after electric motor developer KLD Energy Technologies named him chief technology officer. But according to Ferber, it’s chapters… Read More »

 
 

Microsoft is serious about their Windows Mobile app store, and the Windows Marketplace is officially open for business. Now, before you can sell apps you have to get them into the store, so what is actually open is the app submission process for developers. Microsoft… Read More »

Facebook and SunRun, a San Francisco-based company that helps finance residential solar installations, don’t connect on many levels. But according to Rich Wong, a partner with Accel Partners — the venture capital firm that backed Facebook early on and on Tuesday will announce that it… Read More »

One eskimO Blends Music and Animated Movies

At Comic-Con (or as I like to call it, “the most wonderful time of the year”) over the weekend I got the chance to meet up with One eskimO, a band from England that will soon be releasing a visual album through Warner Premiere. The… Read More »

In December 2005, Google bought 5 percent of AOL, a division of Time Warner, for about $1 billion. The impetus of the deal was to keep AOL and its traffic out of the reach of Microsoft and Yahoo. Of course, the two companies tried… Read More »

I never seem to know what to do with my Bluetooth headset when it’s not attached to my ear. Do I put it in a pocket? Drop it in my gear bag? Just keep wearing it until it grafts itself permanently to the side of… Read More »

Ah yes, that Neil Diamond fave is coming to mind. I’m talking about “Hello Again” for you kids growing up on the Black Eyed Peas. Taking a cue from Om, I’m going to make a little switcheroo from the Mac to Windows. Unlike Om,… Read More »

Vonage, a VoIP services provider, is making its first move to mobile by developing smartphone applications, the New Jersey-based company has confirmed to us. The news was first reported by Gadgetell. Unfortunately, Vonage wouldn’t provide many details on the applications other than to… Read More »

Averatec has entered the aluminum notebook market with the introduction of the N3400. The N3400 is a 13-inch metal notebook that weighs less than 4 pounds and starts at $799. The specs of the N3400 are pretty respectable for the low price point: Processor:  Intel Pentium Dual… Read More »

Cleantech companies are painting a cautious but encouraging picture with their most recent quarterly numbers. A week after solar panel maker SunPower posted surprisingly strong earnings, EnerNOC has delivered better-than-expected numbers and raised its forecast for the rest of the year. In the quarter ended… Read More »

Earlier this month, Dare to be Creative announced MainMenu 2.0, an update to its system maintenance utility for OS X. This lightweight application allows you to clean up your Mac, improve system performance and free up hard disk space — all directly from the system… Read More »

More Must Reads

YouTube today announced it is conducting a trial with video ad startup FreeWheel through which publishers can serve their own ads directly into YouTube. The announcement is significant because YouTube rarely acknowledges tech partners, preferring to build things itself when it can. What’s… Read More »

One of the biggest impediments to accurate broadband mapping is the unwillingness of carriers to share with mapping companies or the governments who employ them data on their service areas and speeds. The carriers tend to view such data as proprietary… Read More »

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my quest to organize my workflow, it is that everyone’s brain works differently. There are almost as many answers to the question “what task management tool do you like” as there are people, and we’ve reviewed a host… Read More »

For a fleeting moment, I thought I was going to enjoy Wi-Fi at Boingo Wireless hotspots without paying my $10 a month. The wireless network company announced a four-year partnership with Verizon that offers Wi-Fi at no additional charge to Verizon FiOS and… Read More »

(Updated to include the previously overlooked “The Ensemble”) Netflix posted an announcement yesterday that it has closed its Netflix Prize recommendation improvement contest. Though no official winner has been announced, the two leading teams, The Ensemble and BellKor’s Pragmatic Chaos (Team Pragmatic Theory and… Read More »

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