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Startups

Spanish Style Solar Panels Show Elegance & Efficiency

June 22, 2009

SRS Energy just began manufacturing solar panels in the shape of Tuscan terracotta roofing tiles as you can see in the above picture.  Uni-Solar produces the amorphous silicon cells which are incredibly durable within a wide range of temperatures.  They even link seamlessly with tiles produced by US Tile.
These babies unfortunately will only generate a [...]

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Is The New Dell Phone A Palm?

June 11, 2009

It’s been a while since we have heard anything from Dell about their supposed entrance into the smartphone market. This past March, Michael Dell said “It is true that we are exploring smaller-screen devices. We don’t have any announcements to share today, but stay tuned as when we have new news we will share that [...]

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Tesla Troubles Continue: Eberhard Sues Musk

June 11, 2009

The seemingly endless drama surrounding Tesla Motors ccontinues today with some fresh breaking news.  Co-founder, Martin Eberhard, who was kicked out of the company back in November 2007, by now CEO Elon Musk, is sueing Musk and Tesla Motors for slander, libel, and breach of contract.
Tesla spokesperson. Rachel Konrad had the following to say “This [...]

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Green Gadgets: Buy 5, Go 90% Off The Grid

June 10, 2009

Now I’m not saying that as time goes on, these kind of home-based energy systems won’t get much more efficient and cheaper, but for now, this really isn’t that bad.
EarthTronics is launching a new rooftop wind turbine that’ll be sold in ACE Hardware beginning this fall sometime.
The 2 kW turbine, produced by Honeywell, will cost [...]

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WWDC Predicted To Dissapoint: Losing Steam To Palm Pre Launch

June 4, 2009

Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster (Apple analyst) fears the World Wide Developers Conference that Apple (AAPL) is hosting next week in San Francisco could be a “slight disappointment” to investors (Fortune). In a note to clients issued early Thursday, Munster writes that he hasn’t lost faith in Apple’s long-term plan to drive iPhone sales by adding [...]

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