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Researchers find scientific basis for near-death experiences

Posted August 13, 2013 - 12:31 pm

What are near-death experiences? Scientists may at least have found some physiological evidence.
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Yahoo! Marissa Mayer’s workers get paroled [CARTOON]

Posted July 19, 2013 - 6:00 am

Yahoo’s CEO celebrates one year on the job by granting employees a special privilege
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Government IT employees get to have all the fun [CARTOON]

Posted July 12, 2013 - 6:00 am

The government’s new approach to dealing with problematic hardware is catching on
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You may kiss the bride and tweet a selfie [CARTOON]

Posted June 7, 2013 - 6:00 am

How social media is changing everything, including weddings; plus a wrap up of this week's top tech stories
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We the Geeks: White House hosts Google+ Hangout to discuss Grand Challenges

Posted May 16, 2013 - 6:00 am

The White House kicks off a new series of geek Hangouts by discussing the future of science, technology and innovation in the U.S.
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Marissa Mayer takes Yahoo back to the... past

Posted February 26, 2013 - 1:02 pm

The Yahoo CEO’s (hypothetical) internal memo, responding to the “no telecommuting” announcement
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The Weekly Hash - January 11, 2013

Posted January 11, 2013 - 11:14 am

A silly review of a bunch of tech stories from this past week, today featuring intelligent flatware at CES, John McAfee acting even crazier and the programming language of the year’s newest lady friend
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Santa goes green

Posted December 26, 2012 - 9:38 am

Naughty folks now get punished in a more eco-friendly way
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Cold Fusion a year later

Posted October 28, 2012 - 8:47 pm

A year ago Gibbs wrote about a cold fusion power system that could change the world ... but so far, we've seen nothing useful ...
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MIT develops an energy-harvesting chip that you can shake and bake

Posted July 21, 2012 - 7:25 am

Over the years, we've seen researchers develop some rather unorthodox energy harvesting systems, including photovoltaics (solar panels), piezoelectric materials that react to motion, and thermoelectrics that turn heat into electricity.
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Google bests itself on PUE

Posted March 26, 2012 - 4:44 pm

Google data center down – in PUE
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AC vs. DC in a battle for data center efficiency

Posted March 14, 2012 - 10:12 am

Battle of the Currents: AC vs. DC
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Smart grid security inadequate, threats abound

Posted January 4, 2012 - 3:24 pm

Near chaos. That's the current state of security for smart grids, according to Pike Research.
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A rare peek into power grid management with big data visualization, at California ISO

Posted December 1, 2011 - 5:34 pm

Cal-ISO facilitates the management of power lines throughout the state. It’s not the only company to do it, though managers say this facility is the most up-to-date. Its control room likes like something out of a movie, where specific desks are charged with big tasks -- like wholesale brokering of energy into California and management of emergency power line failures.
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Intelligence + energy + monitoring = efficient data centers

Posted November 22, 2011 - 6:12 pm

Now that’s a smart data center.
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The University of Toledo fires up microturbines in the data center

Posted November 16, 2011 - 3:11 pm

Gassing up the power in a data center.
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A green partnership of academia and industry look at data center efficiencies

Posted November 11, 2011 - 6:50 pm

High-tech industry and academia form a green team
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Fujitsu labs show off pad that makes power from body heat, other new tech

Posted October 13, 2011 - 10:14 pm

Fujitsu held an open house at its research labs in Kanagawa, southwest of Tokyo. Researchers demonstrated new technologies, including a small, flexible sheet that uses differences in temperature to generate small electric charges.
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Data center energy consumption will increase. Are you (not) surprised?

Posted September 26, 2011 - 4:39 pm

Data centers and their piggish energy ways.
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Google's mind-boggling use of electricity

Posted September 9, 2011 - 12:04 pm

After years of silence regarding its energy use, the search giant energetically reveals all.
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Apple now rivals Exxon-Mobil as world's most valuable public company

Posted August 10, 2011 - 12:19 pm

Technology companies are becoming more valuable, challenging the energy and banking sectors for overall market value.
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Smart metering in the United States: by the numbers

Posted March 21, 2011 - 8:41 pm

On March 8, IDC Energy Insights launched the Worldwide Quarterly Smart Meter Tracker, a new data product tracking global deployments and shipments of Smart Meters. Unlike FERC and the EIA, which count both retrofitted electromechanical meters and meters with one-way communications, IDC's tracker focuses on truly 'advanced' metering and communications solutions; IDC defines a "smart meter" as a solid-state electric meter with integrated two-way communications.
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Inside a Japanese nuclear power plant [video]

Posted March 21, 2011 - 5:13 pm

In August 2007, IDG News Service was invited to the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power station. This video provides a rare glimpse at the inside of the world's largest nuclear power plant.
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Smart meter cloud announced by IBM and Cable & Wireless

Posted March 21, 2011 - 12:04 pm

IBM and Cable & Wireless are set to collaborate to offer a ‘smart energy cloud’ to support the UK’s new energy meter rollout.
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Government order is big news for clean tech startups

Posted March 18, 2011 - 4:23 pm

When the words "FERC Order" are uttered, most people's eyes either glaze over or worried frowns appear as they wonder if they need to understand the conversation. Let's try to figure out what this order means for the clean tech world in words we can all understand.
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