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Tech world waits for word on Yahoo, while Microsoft grapples with software challenges. Also: Net music on the court docket, and how green is our Valley?
May 2, 2008 6:38 PM PDT
San Francisco hosts a Web app frenzy, and Earth Day provides the perfect opportunity to look at the very latest in green tech.
(By CNET News.com's Leslie Katz)
Whether you're a hard-nosed B school grad or an eco-minded consumer, keeping track of what's what in green tech can be a daunting task. We're here to help.
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MTI Micro's goal is to displace lithium ion batteries in portable gadgets. The first fuel cells, it says, are due in 2009.![]()
(Posted in Green Tech by Hanna Sistek)
Researchers at PARC, famed for its computing innovations, say printers and copiers have a lot to offer on the eco-tech front.![]()
The region has diesel expertise, a green populace, and interested governments. Could Europe be a big player in green tech?
March 24, 2008 6:18 PM PDT
Ireland is in the right place to generate electricity, and a lot of it, out of oceanic surges, but it won't be easy sailing.![]()
Scaled-down tech show shifts focus to business and technologies that will drive the trend toward environmental awareness.
March 6, 2008 5:37 PM PSTAt the CeBit technology show in Hannover, the chief executive says the software giant is focusing on lowering energy consumption.
March 5, 2008 5:00 PM PSTYou may not love coal, but you use a lot of it. Peabody Energy's Greg Boyce says the company will even participate in cleaning the stuff up.
February 25, 2008 6:00 PM PSTRenowned inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil explains how tech will give people superhuman abilities and near immortality.
February 22, 2008 7:00 PM PSTYes, the entrepreneur and technologist admits, he does have a lot of balls in the air--and rockets too.
February 15, 2008 12:00 PM PSTThere's a chance green products will save the world, so why are they so boring compared to a cell phone with a built-in TV?
February 5, 2008 5:31 PM PSTA funding gap, made worse by a softening economy, could create a wall for clean-tech start-ups despite a favorable long-term environment.
January 29, 2008 12:00 PM PSTGlobal Solar says it's number one in solar cells made from copper indium gallium selenide, but so does Nanosolar.
January 28, 2008 5:00 AM PSTSolazyme already converts algae into transportation fuel. Coming up next: Food oils that are healthier than canola oil.
January 25, 2008 2:00 PM PST
The Open Architecture Network's Cameron Sinclair talks about harnessing next-generation Web technologies to proliferate affordable housing around the globe.![]()
His company still is identified as the home of big, gas guzzlers, but CEO Rick Wagoner is pushing technology alternatives to fossil-fuels.
January 15, 2008 4:10 PM PST
Living Homes has built an affordable, architectural marvel. But is it ready for two kids and a golden retriever named Brandy?![]()
Launch of Eco-Patents Commons puts environmental sustainability patents from IBM, Sony, Nokia, and Pitney Bowes into the public domain.
January 14, 2008 5:05 AM PST