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• Energy, Technology & Science

  Real Data on CFL Replacement

  02.09.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  People are making all sorts of claims about energy efficient lighting, I’m one of them, having systematically inventoried, evaluated, and replaced incandescent lighting with compact fluorescent lamps in June, 2007. In fact, one of the most popular entries ever to appear in this blog was titled “Want to get $3,500?” which talks about the inventory, […]

• Innovation, Technology & Science

  Whatever Happened to Rollable Displays

  02.06.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Whatever Happened to Rollable Displays

  These were all the rage in 2005/6 and we really haven’t seen them emerge. The promise of such technology is amazing, but alas, there hasn’t been much follow through in terms of real market applications. There were also printable displays with electronic ink that seemed to be emerging, but somehow stalled. In any case, watch […]

• Business, Technology & Science

  Micro-Hoo?

  02.01.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Micro-Hoo?

  This morning it’s being reported widely that Microsoft has offered $44.6B to purchase Yahoo, a 62% premium over Yahoo’s closing price yesterday. Yahoo, a leading destination site for web surfers for over a decade has been struggling in recent years with the ascendancy of Google in particular. Yahoo maintains a strong brand and is the […]

• Technology & Science

  Rodent of Unusual Size

  01.16.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Artist’s Rendering of ROUSImage Credit: AFP/GUSTAVO LECUONA Via Yahoo News: PARIS (AFP) – Fossil hunters have uncovered the greatest rodent that ever lived — a one-tonne behemoth that bestrode the swamplands of South America some four million years ago. The newly-identified species is the greatest-known member of the order Rodentia and by comparison makes the […]

• Business, Technology & Science

  Shopping Spree

  01.16.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Shopping Spree

  Well, the week is only 2 days old and there are deals aplenty, VMWare announced another acquisition yesterday (of Thinstall) and this morning, BEA has finally given in to be assimilated by the borg in Redwood Shores, Oracle for $8.5B. Finally, Sun Microsystems has finally made good on its threat to enter the database market […]

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