Energy-efficient lighting investments are starting to trickle back onto the scene after cleantech deals plunged in the first quarter. On Tuesday, Braemar Energy Ventures raised its bet on lighting with a $10 million investment in Hawthorne, Calif.-based Fulham Inc., a 7-year-old company that makes components for […] Read more »
We all like to go where everybody knows our name: Unusually I am the only person here with a computer even though the place is hopping. I am not happy that Outlook crashed a minute after resuming from sleep. Sucks. Read more »
Tired of the same old ethanol and solar-panel stocks? The word in some quarters, including a recent appraisal from Investors Business Daily, is that an up-and-coming trend is…fluorescent light bulbs. Snicker if you must, but that notion is receiving some validation this week on Wall Street […] Read more »
One of the things that seems to most perplex new freelance web workers is setting an appropriate hourly rate. As a starting point, let me tell you how not to do it: do not take your current weekly salary for doing the same work as an […] Read more »
The hype surrounding our burgeoning video culture already exceeds the level of scrutiny applied to its consequences. The promise is that we’re creating a participatory culture where every consumer is a producer. The danger is that we’re all just a big focus group. Thus my suspicion […] Read more »
Hey TAB readers, I need your help. I need a PDA Cell Phone for my job, but I want to get one that will still work well with my [at-home] MacBook. I’m tied-in to Cingular, and have narrowed the field down to either the Treo 650, […] Read more »
Debating Apple’s future is like chattering about Bennifer! Pointless and needless. But when Barbara Walters asks J-Lo, what next, it is worth paying attention to. Similarly, when Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge decides to weigh in on the subject, one pays attention. WK chatted with “longtime […] Read more »