There are many Mac applications which will sit on your desktop and display cover art as well as give some controls such as play/pause, next, etc. But since the recent release of iTunes 10, one application does this better than any other, and that's iTunes itself.…
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Tiny New Apple TV Costs $99, 99-Cent TV Rentals Confirmed
At this morning's Apple press event, CEO Steve Jobs announced a new Apple TV that's a quarter of the size of the original box, with all-HD content, cloud storage and Netflix and YouTube access. The $229 price is dropping to $99, with pre-orders available today.…
Read MoreTips for Handling Information Overload: Too Much Content
The biggest problem with information overload for most people is that it is cumulative and it comes in from a variety of sources. The source that people think about when you mention information overload is the huge amount of content that we consume online.…
Read MoreVeoh Assets Sold to Qlipso
Los Angeles-based social video start-up Qlipso has bought the assets of San Diego-based video sharing site Veoh, according to a report from…
Read MoreScion Invites Car N00bs to Reinvent the Wheels
[show=reinventwheels size=large]There are people who will stop and stare at a beautifully made car the same way that dog people fawn over…
Read MoreVid-Biz: HBO, Blockbuster, Lady Gaga
HBO In Discussions For ‘TV Everywhere’ Deals; Eric Kessler, co-president of HBO, said that the programmer is engaged in conversations with a…
Read MoreThe Guild Gets Melancholy in Comic Book Form
Looks like in the case of The Guild, the gestation of a comic book project is about the same as a human…
Read More“Building Star” Proposed in Senate: $6B for Retrofits of Larger Building
Home Star, the White House-backed plan to provide billions of dollars in incentives for home energy retrofits, now has a sibling —…
Read MoreBuilding Green Homes Breaks Into the Mainstream in Northern Cali
Green buildings are still far from typical across the U.S., but signs are mounting that mainstream homebuilders are starting to take energy…
Read MoreEV Charging In China: ECOtality Secures $300M Credit Line From Chinese Partner
ECOtality’s executives better start practicing their Mandarin — China is fast becoming a major focus for the company. The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based charging…
Read MoreCash for Trash: ecoATM Lands Funding for Recycling Kiosks
Cash for high-tech trash. That’s the basic concept for the recycling kiosk from ecoATM. You drop off old electronics at one of…
Read MoreThe Future of Electric Vehicle Batteries: Lithium Ion & China
As the automotive industry transitions to electric vehicles, companies developing lithium-ion battery technology will be in the driver’s seat – and they’ll…
Read MoreIce Is Nice: Veolia Acquires Into Ice Thermal Energy Storage
Is the ice battery finally getting its day in the sun? Veolia Energy North America, a subsidiary of massive French energy and water…
Read MorePole Solar: Petra Solar Goes Big With $40M Funding Round
Update: Petra Solar, which develops pole-mounted solar systems for electric utilities, announced Monday that it has raised $40 million in funding led by…
Read MoreQ&A: Vulcan Power's CEO on the Potential of Geothermal
At times it’s seemed like geothermal power is the Rodney Dangerfield of clean energy – it’s gotten little respect compared with glitzier…
Read MorePicarro’s Sensors to Measure Methane in California
Watch out methane producers, California has just hired Picarro. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based startup announced Wednesday that it has been selected to provide…
Read MoreSemprius Surges Into 2010: A Siemens Deal, VC Funds
Hit the ground running in 2010. That appears to be the game plan for Semprius, a semiconductor technology company that is developing solar…
Read MoreObama: Fed's GHG Emissions Must Drop 28% by 2020
A national cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gasses might be in limbo, but that hasn’t stopped President Obama from announcing on Friday an…
Read MoreLS9 Makes “Major Breakthrough” in Cellulosic-based Fuel Production
Khosla Ventures-backed LS9, which is using a genetically modified version of e.coli bacteria to make diesel, announced Wednesday that it has made…
Read MorePeople Power: Using Facebook To Cut Carbon
The home energy management industry has become saturated with new players looking for creative ways to be heard among the crowd. That’s…
Read MoreHarvest Power Cuts Deal with Waste Management, Snags More VC Cash
Harvest Power, which builds, owns and operates facilities to turn yard clippings and other organic waste into renewable energy and composted soil,…
Read MoreCarbon Offsets Come Under Fire
Mark Shapiro, of Berkeley, Calif.’s Center for Investigative Reporting, has written a scathing report on the carbon offset industry in the February…
Read MoreKleiner Perkins Doubles Down on a “Shrouded” Wind Turbine Design
Venture capitalists are starting the New Year off with a deepening interest in the wind industry. About two weeks after Khosla Ventures…
Read MoreCali Adopts Nation’s First Green Building Code, Not Everyone's Happy
Just two weeks into the new year, California government authorities are helping to bolster one of our four green building trends to watch…
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