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A New Day Is Dawning for the Technology Market April 30, 2012 
Last week, I was at the Dell annual Industry Analyst Conference, and it suddenly struck me that we are looking at a very different technology market this decade. Apple is expected to slide, largely due to the firm's inability to replace Steve Jobs; the dynamic that created Microsoft is changing, and analysts are questioning the firm's relevance as Dell and HP ramp up their own software efforts. Dell, in particular, is doing some really interesting things.
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Cleaning Up With High-Tech Housekeeping Tools April 25, 2012 
Marla Cilley, aka the FlyLady, knows a thing or two about housecleaning. One of those things is that it's hard to get motivated to do it. To address this problem, she created an empire around inspiring others to step up their housecleaning game. "We do behavior modification through email, Facebook and Twitter, and that behavior modification helps our members establish simple habits and string them into a routine," said Cilley.
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Demo 2012: Looking for the Next Google, Facebook or Apple April 23, 2012 
Demo is a fascinating show. What you see is a string of companies that each have six minutes to pitch their products to an audience of media, investors, other companies (who might buy them), and peers. My initial thought is that my friend Carmine Gallo, who wrote The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs and teaches people how to present, could make a living helping these folks present properly.
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IBM Aims to Equip Electric Cars for the Long Haul April 20, 2012 
IBM researchers are looking to go the distance with electric vehicles. On Friday, Big Blue announced that material innovation developers Asahi Kasei and Central Glass had joined its Battery 500 Project team to develop new battery technology for electric vehicles. IBM Research has been striving to develop a lithium-air battery that would make it possible for a family-sized electric car to drive 500 miles on a single charge.
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Greenpeace Lambastes Apple, Amazon, Microsoft for Creating Foul Clouds April 17, 2012 
Behind every cloud there supposedly is a silver lining, but a new report from Greenpeace, titled "How Clean Is Your Cloud?" may mean stormy weather for Apple, Amazon and Microsoft. The three tech giants use "dirty" energy to power their data centers, Greenpeace said. It looked at 14 of the largest tech companies' data centers and offered assessments of how much power they required, as well as what type of energy they used.
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Mean and Green: Next-Gen Turbochargers April 10, 2012 
Turbochargers once were associated more with high performance than with efficiency. New turbocharging systems, however, tell a different story. By using otherwise wasted exhaust to provide a power boost, they allow car manufacturers to create smaller engines that act more like larger ones.
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Venture Capital Today: Recycle Your Sock Puppet April 06, 2012 
If your friendly sock puppet is made of recyclable materials, use it now to write a check! The Internet boom is back, but in an interesting new-millennium twist, it is followed closely by the clean technology sector. Earlier this year, the National Venture Capital Association reported that Internet storage company Dropbox received the largest single private investment of the fourth quarter of 2011 with a $250 million funding round.
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What's New in the Electric Car Boutiques April 03, 2012 
In 2003, a group of engineers got together in Menlo Park, Calif., and began developing an all-new electric vehicle -- what would become the world's first highway-capable electric car. "[They] wanted to show the world that electric vehicles could be awesome," said Khobi Brooklyn, a spokesperson for the company they formed, Tesla Motors.
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Riding on Electricity March 06, 2012 
They don't make any noise. They don't vibrate. They don't rely on the many tiny controlled explosions of internal combustion. Electric motorcycles, in short, are completely different beasts from their gasoline cousins. "It's the magic carpet ride," said Abe Askenazi, chief technology officer for electric motorcycle manufacturer Zero Motorcycles.
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Apple Goes Sunny Side Up February 22, 2012 
Apple is hard at work building the "largest end-user-owned onsite solar array" in the U.S., according to a brief environmental report it released this week. Its Maiden, N.C., data center, the central nervous system for services like iCloud and Siri, will be a LEED-certified data center running completely on renewable energy.
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IBM's Tech Predictions Prompt Deep Thoughts, Chuckles December 20, 2011 
IBM looked into its crystal ball and saw five technologies becoming ubiquitous in the next five years. While IBM spends most of its time, effort and intelligence in the innards of big organizations, the five technologies it sees on the horizon are very personal. For example, we'll be able to use our own motion, as well as motion around us, to harness energy. IBM imagines extending this concept to running water.
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Recycle, Reuse and Employ: Jobs in the Recycling Industry October 26, 2011 
It might not be as glamorous as some industries, but recycling is booming. The industry supports more than 450,000 jobs for Americans and generates $10.3 billion in revenue for federal, state and local governments -- making it larger than the forestry and fishing industries combined.
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How Do You Like Them Thermostats? October 25, 2011 
Two former Apple engineers have released a smart thermostat designed to reduce home energy use. Nest Labs -- a company formed by former iPod and iPhone guru Tony Fadell -- has introduced the Nest Learning Thermostat, a device that learns your daily schedule and adjusts your home's heating and cooling accordingly.
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Heating Up: Jobs in the Geothermal Industry October 19, 2011 
Compared to solar and wind, geothermal energy is still a small fraction of the renewable energy market. It's holding its own, however, and it's likely to become a much bigger player in the not-so-distant future. "The resource is enormous," said Karl Gawell, executive director of the Geothermal Energy Association. "We're looking for how to solve our energy problems, and this is a huge resource we're only starting to tap."
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New App Aims to Make Energy Use Top of Mind for Facebook Users October 18, 2011 
A new partnership plans to create a Facebook app that will leverage social networking to improve consumer awareness about energy consumption. The partnership consists of the social networking giant, the Natural Resources Defense Council and energy information software creator Opower. The app will let consumers go on Facebook to compare the energy usage of their homes against the national average, among other things.
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Blowing in the Wind: Jobs in the Wind Industry October 12, 2011 
Like other renewable energy resources, wind energy is taking off. The second quarter of 2011 saw more than 1,003 megawatts of wind power capacity installed, and the wind industry has contributed upwards of 35 percent of all new generating capacity during the past four years, second only to natural gas, according to the America Wind Energy Association.
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A Place in the Sun: Jobs in the Solar Industry October 05, 2011 
Solar is no longer on the back burner; it's right there at the front of the stove, demanding that economists and job seekers alike take notice. "It's a tough environment, but I think it will continue to grow," said Gerald Kelly, communications director for
Third Sun Solar. "As we move forward as a nation, more people will see that it makes sense to develop renewables."
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Greenies Give Google 'Good Example' Props September 09, 2011 
For the first time in the search engine's history, Google revealed just how much electricity it takes to power its massive computing infrastructure. Google announced that for the year 2010, it used 2.6 million megawatt-hours of energy to run its data centers, search mechanisms, Gmail, YouTube and display ads globally.
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