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There are ways to make greener plastic besides making it from corn. On Tuesday, IBM’s Almaden Research Center and Stanford University announced a new line of organic catalysts that they say could revolutionize the green plastics industry by giving it a set of tools to build […] Read more »

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Urban Dictionary defines “red-headed step-child” as one who, unlike a stepchild who looks like their step parent, is likely to be singled out for abuse. Which may very well define my stint here at TheAppleBlog. Will you, dear readers, treat me with the respect of someone […] Read more »

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In another sign that greentech investments could be back on the rise, organic electronics company Plextronics said today it has raised $14 million in financing. Pittsburgh, Penn.-based Plextronics has developed technology to make conductive inks and materials for printed electronics, specifically for organic plastic solar cells […] Read more »

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I’ve never understood why biofuels get so much more attention than the sister biz of bioplastics — blending agricultural waste and other bioproducts into plastic materials is a massive, relatively untapped market. Investors in Novomer, a startup that uses recycled carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide to […] Read more »

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GreenVolts Wins Grant for Low-Cost Solar: GreenVolts has won a $250,000 grant from the California Energy Commission’s Public Interest Energy Research Program for its proposal on low-cost concentrating photovoltaics. This is the second grant GreenVolts has won from PIER – Press Release. Novomer Gets new CEO […] Read more »

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Novomer, a startup that uses recycled carbon dioxide to make polymers and plastics, said this morning it has started selling its first product: the unsexy-sounding “NB-180,” made from a little less than half carbon dioxide. NB-180 is a class of products called sacrificial binders, which are […] Read more »

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Yesterday, the Google Webmaster Central Blog carried the news of an addition to Google Trends: Trends for Websites. With this tool, you can see the relative amount of traffic tracked to one or more websites, and slice the data by location and time. While this is […] Read more »

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Although my home office is the last place I’d use a WWAN connection, I’ve been testing the device here on multiple machines. I was concerned on Friday because the USB727 modem in the MacBook Pro was showing something strange: downloads, which are usually faster than uploads […] Read more »

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ABC News SuperPokes Facebook; social networking site to allow its members to electronically follow the news org’s reporters, watch videos, and participate in polls and debates. (The New York Times) Ad Inventory Opens Up Online; because of the nature of online advertising, opportunities are available for […] Read more »

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Andy on Comcast: Five Cities will be unveiled Feb 11th with another 50% of all Comcast covered in another 6 Months. The goal is to have 100% of all Comcast covered by the end of 2005. Well whatever is the real number, I have heard Comcast […] Read more »