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BLOGS
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A Solar SunFlower, the first of its kind in the nation, is in operation at the Sacramento City School of Engineering & Sciences in California promoting math and science studies.
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HARDWARE, CLOUD COMPUTING
NEWS
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Tomorrow, a new breed of explorer will challenge the often treacherous Mississippi River in different kind of canoe – one powered by the sun. The CalypSol is a solar energy based canoe created by the CalypSol Group.
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HARDWARE, SECURITY
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There you are, reading on your Kindle by the river, nearing the climax of an exciting mystery story when your battery begins to grow dim. With the SolarKindle e-reader cover, no problem.
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ENTERPRISE, BUSINESS
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Pyrite, often called Fools Gold, has the capacity to absorb energy from the Sun. Scientists were fooled into thinking it could be an inexpensive, easily accessible, nontoxic material for making solar cells.
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HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, BUSINESS
ANALYSIS
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Californians think they have the corner on Silicon Valley, but similar congregations exist in France, Germany, India, and Canada. Even Russia is getting into the act.
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BUSINESS
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This year’s World Solar Challenge will pit vehicles from 21 countries against 3000km of sun drenched terrain in Australia. It is only one of several events where solar cars are put to the test.
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HARDWARE
NEWS
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Samsung Electronics unveiled solar-powered NC215S netbook. According to the manufacturer, two hours of sunlight exposure result in one hour of extra life.
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Space probe Messenger (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, Ranging) is outfitted to learn just what Mercury is made of. The probe was launched in 2004, and seven years later it is reaching its target.
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HARDWARE, BUSINESS
ANALYSIS
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Memory chip prices surged Monday, underscoring concerns that global technology firms will have to contend with higher component costs and product shortages. We take a look at Japanese disaster from an IT perspective...
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HARDWARE
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World’s largest peripheral maker finally released a product that can be considered a true innovation in the peripheral space: wireless keyboard that uses solar for charging.
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APPLE, HARDWARE
NEWS
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Dexim manufactures a line of mobile accessories for the iPod, iPhone, iPad, and BlackBerry. At MobileFocus, they introduced fun and serious accessories for the iPhone 4.
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ENTERPRISE, SOFTWARE, BUSINESS
NEWS
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BUSINESS
NEWS
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Hollow tubes of carbon atoms, carbon nanotubes, can concentrate solar energy 100 times more than a regular photovoltaic cell, so say the chemists at MIT.
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CLOUD COMPUTING, SECURITY, SOFTWARE
NEWS
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Microsoft issued a press release stating that My T-Mobile website now features a recovery tool to restore contacts Sidekick user may have lost during recent SNAFU, restoring the device to October 1st, 2009.
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BLOGS
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While traversing its orbit, Ulysses encountered the tails of three distinct comets: McNaught, McNaught-Hartley, and Hyakutake. Although Ulysses was hundreds of millions of miles away, scientists got unexpected readings.
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After whirling around the sun since its launch in 1990, Ulysses has accomplished its mission. It has provided earthlings data on interstellar dust particles and interstellar helium atoms in the solar system.
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