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TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Dec 6, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

SF Gate -- Sometime next year, developers will boot up the next generation of supercomputers, machines whose vast increases in processing power will accelerate the transformation of the scientific method, experts say. The first "petascale" supercomputer will be c.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Wed Aug 22, 2007 @ 1:57pm neoform

New Scientist -- By the end of the year, twin underwater turbines should be generating 1.2 megawatts of electricity off the coast of Northern Ireland in a landmark demonstration of tidal power technology. Marine Current Turbines, a company based in Bristol, UK, had hop.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Sun Aug 12, 2007 @ 11:36am neoform

SF Gate -- Bay Area zero-emission advocates got their first test ride Thursday on a zippy new all-electric motor scooter that can take two commuters on a silent freeway ride that will cost them just pennies in electrical power. The plug-in hybrid automobile crowd.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / OPINION Fri Jan 19, 2007 @ 9:59am mrmdc

Economist -- The launch of a new version of Microsoft Windows, called Vista, is not quite the event it used to be. Has the software giant reached the pinnacle of its power?.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue Dec 12, 2006 @ 11:05am neoform

Yahoo News -- An innovative new memory technology that promises to replace flash in a wide range of products has been unveiled by IBM and two partners who claim their phase-change technology is 500 times faster than flash and draws roughly half the power... Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Wed Nov 15, 2006 @ 8:24am neoform

BBC News -- The tangle of cables and plugs needed to recharge today's electronic gadgets could soon be a thing of the past... Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Fri May 9, 2008 @ 8:29am neoform

BBC News -- Nasa is making a bid to join the elite group using supercomputers whose power is measured in petaflops. By 2009 the US space agency aims to be running a petaflop supercomputer that will be able to do 1,000 trillion calculations per second. By 2012 i.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Mon Jan 21, 2008 @ 8:17am neoform

MSNBC -- Hackers literally turned out the lights in multiple cities after breaking into electrical utilities and demanding extortion payments before disrupting the power, a senior CIA analyst told utility engineers at a trade conference. All the break-ins occur.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Fri Jan 4, 2008 @ 8:48am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Around the world, investment in renewable energy projects is skyrocketing. S&P has buy ratings on three stocks poised to benefit from the boom You know something is hot when Google (GOOG) wants in. The dominant Internet search company stunned investors.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Fri Dec 14, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

BusinessWeek -- Advances in chip design are prompting companies to take advantage of the potential power. But the necessary new markets and software are lagging During the last technology boom, Dan Reed, a longtime supercomputer researcher and tech policy expert, stay.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Fri Nov 23, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

BusinessWeek -- IBM, Yahoo!, and Google are all putting the power of cloud computing to work. Here's a short primer on how the new technology works Researchers seeking smarter ways to tackle the most complicated computing tasks think they've found the answer in a clou.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Sep 27, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

MSNBC -- A government video shows the potential destruction caused by hackers seizing control of a crucial part of the U.S. electrical grid: an industrial turbine spinning wildly out of control until it becomes a smoking hulk and power shuts down. The video, pr.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue Sep 4, 2007 @ 3:56pm rogerk

ecogg.com -- ecoGG is a Google-powered search engine that helps save valuable energy through its mainly black design... Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Fri Aug 17, 2007 @ 4:50pm neoform

Los Angeles Times -- Satellite television provider DirecTV Group Inc. said Wednesday that it reached a deal to offer subscribers high-speed Internet and voice services carried by Current Group over electric power lines. DirecTV will be able to offer its customers the servi.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Jun 14, 2007 @ 4:46pm neoform

CNN -- China is seeking to unseat the United States as the dominant power in cyberspace, a U.S. Air Force general leading a new push in this area said Wednesday. "They're the only nation that has been quite that blatant about saying, 'We're looking to do that.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Wed Jun 13, 2007 @ 12:03am neoform

ZDNET -- An awful lot of juice meant to power PCs never gets used so tech companies -- including Google and Intel -- have teamed up to try and make PCs and servers run more efficiently. Google, Intel and a host of PC and component companies on Tuesday unfurled.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Sun Apr 8, 2007 @ 10:43am neoform

Al Jazeera -- Pantip is the most popular chat room in Thailand and the political pages often feature feisty debate about democracy, the military junta and the legitimacy of the coup that brought them to power last year. Crackdown The ICT's move comes just d.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Mon Dec 18, 2006 @ 9:50am mrmdc

BBC News -- The green light has been given for two offshore wind farms in the Thames Estuary, one of which will be the world's biggest when it is completed... Read More