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The worlds largest conference for entrepreneurs, TiEcon, will be held next month in Santa Clara, Calif., and as a media sponsor, GigaOM is offering its readers an $80 discount off the ticket price. The conference will bring together hundreds of founders, VCs and other entrepreneurs, with speakers including Elon Musk, chairman of Tesla Motors; Clarium [...]

The idea of a “smart grid” involves a lot more players than its simple name suggests. That’s why Silver Spring Networks has launched its Technology Alliance Program, which includes an impressive partner list of big energy vets, tech giants and cleantech startups alike. Silver Spring’s open network, which is based on Internet Protocol, [...]

The CEO of California utility PG&E, Peter Darbee, recently said that he’d like to use the company’s deep pockets to buy solar thermal plants. Turns out that’s just the beginning of the things he’d like to change about how utilities operate. Check out Earth2Tech’s video clip of a roundtable discussion with Darbee as he [...]

Cleantech startups have been liberally taking cues from the Internet world, like using IP tech to make smarter power grids or leveraging Web 2.0 tools to sell solar. Now the creators of the well-known interactive web technology Flash are building web-based software to measure a home’s energy consumption and ultimately help homeowners reduce their [...]

IBM, the granddaddy of computing, uses 5 billion kilowatt hours to power its data center operations each year. But over the next three years, Big Blue is attempting to double its compute capability without budging the needle on its power consumption. And while it’s already well on its way in the $1 billion effort, [...]

Profits may not have arrived for online video, but venture capitalists are still happy to pick up the bill. More and more U.S.-based, venture-backed online video companies are attracting more and more financing each year, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. Some $460.5 million was invested in such startups in 2007, up from $266.9 million [...]