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A ray of sunshine on new solar-powered computer

You might have read Arun's recent report about Lenovo's new low-powered PC, the ThinkCentre A61e. At a mere 45 watts of power consumption, it is also 25 percent smaller than the earlier ThinkCentre models. For those environmentally conscious folks out there who would like to go...

Tags: IBM ThinkCentre, Panel, Battery, Computer, Solar-PowerPC II, Engineering, Desktops, Hardware, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2007-09-16

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Photos: More solar power bang for the buck

Concentrating solar power, the technique of focusing light onto solar cells, is being pursued by several companies to make solar power more cost-effective.

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, photograph, solar energy, cell, technique

Image galleries 2007-08-02

Why you should never say never

Here's an ad from Apple slamming the Pentium II for being slower than the PowerPC. Ooooh, what a difference a couple of years make. by John Sheesley

Tags: Intel Pentium II, Intel Pentium, IBM PowerPC, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Sheesley

Blog posts 2008-07-14

Photos: Solar Decathlon heats up in D.C.

Competition to build best solar house, is a showcase for cutting-edge solar-energy technology and creative design. by CNET News.com

Tags: news, solar energy, green, TechRepublic Inc., Photograph, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2007-10-15

Solar Monitor Gadget (gadget)

Solar Monitor Gadget is a gadget that will provide on your desktop the Solar Monitor Feed the Sun can effect Communications, AirFlight, and the Power Grid. N.A.S.A., monitors the Solar output through XRay, UV, and other wave lenghs of the ekectro-magnetic spectum this is a tool not just another pretty...

Tags: Monitor, Gadget, Solar Monitor Gadget, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2007-12-13

Photos: Solar power for the masses of gadgets

Want "greener" gadgets? Try a solar charger. A growing number or products are using solar power to charge up phones, BlackBerrys, and other devices. by CNET News.com

Tags: news, solar energy, green, TechRepublic Inc., Photograph, Gadget, Telecom & Utilities, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-01-10

Solar System 3D Screensaver (exe)

Have you ever dreamed of getting a chance to see the rings of Saturn and the Asteroid Belt? Solar System 3D Screensaver is an outstanding 3D model of the solar system. Every planet is there along with its satellites and even a small info graph with basic facts. All the...

Tags: Solar System, Playrix Entertainment, Solar System 3D Screensaver

Software downloads 2008-09-16

3D Solar System Screensaver (exe)

Solar System is a fully 3D environment screensaver, which serves both the screensaver and an educational astronomy program. This screensaver views all planets of our solar system on your desktop. You can set different cameras to view whole solar system. Included is also an informative mode, which makes you able...

Tags: 3D, Screensaver, Solar System

Software downloads 2005-08-02

Solar Eclipse Calculator (widget)

Solar Eclipse Calculator computes the local circumstances for any solar eclipses from 1970 to 2039. Links to intercative Google Maps and Google Earth kmz files are also provided. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Google Inc., Eclipse, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2007-07-23

Solar System 3D Simulator (exe)

Solar System 3D Simulator is a software application that generates a realistic solar system model and planets in 3 Dimension on the PC using advanced physics formulas. It can display the planets and their orbits, the sun and the moon. The nine planets including planet earth and their detailed physical...

Tags: 3D, Planet, Orbit, Solar System 3D Simulator, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2006-01-03

Nanosolar ships cost efficient solar panels

Nanosolar, a solar energy firm, promises cheaper-than-coal electricity with its first commercial-grade solar electric panels. An excerpt from New York Times: "Nanosolar's founder and chief executive, Martin Roscheisen, claims to be the first solar panel manufacturer to be able to profitably sell solar panels for less...

Tags: Panel, Nanosolar, Telecom & Utilities, Manufacturing, Arun Radhakrishnan

Blog posts 2007-12-22

computer chip and solar PV

It seems there is a strong tie between solar photo voltaic cells and computer chips. The silicon for the fastest chips make the most efficient cells. Is Intel working with solar cell makers to improve the efficiency of cells and use the waste chips

Tags: silicon material, jstackeaa@..., chip, cell, e-mail, hardware, computer, computer chip, photovoltaics

Discussion threads 2006-10-17

Solar 'concentrators' focus on efficiency

These solar start-ups use different techniques to capture the power of the sun.

Tags: technique

Image galleries 2006-05-05

Solar 'concentrators' focus on efficiency

solar Tech improvements?hmm, I wonder how long it will be before they decide to orbit a soletta. A solar mirror designed to increase the intensity of sunlight, which can be used to focus sunlight onto these, depending on the size of the soletta, increasing the input of solar energy to...

Tags: Network technology, mirror, solar energy

Discussion threads 2006-05-05

3D Space Screensaver (exe)

This screensaver shows you the Solar system. Using this program you will be moving yourself between the planets of Solar system watching the wonderful views of the planets. Soft music and your traveling in 3D Solar system will perfectly influence on your emotional mood.

Tags: 3D, Planet, Screensaver

Software downloads 2006-02-16

Xbox 360 demos running on Macs

Steve Jobs happy with IBM CPUsInteresting comment at the end of this article about Steve jobs beng happy with th PowerPC chips. Now they're moving to Intel.Price versus performanceI don't think Apple's decision was around performance. The PowerPC chips generally outpeform Pentiums especially in graphics processing. But the gap has...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, chip, IBM PowerPC, Intel Pentium, jusdownunder, Microsoft Xbox, programming, Xbox 360

Discussion threads 2005-06-26

Images: Harnessing solar via an old technology

Infinia believes a 19-century design will prove to be the future of the solar-electric industry.

Tags: industry, Infinia

Image galleries 2006-10-25

Photos: A day at the solar boat races

Boats powered by solar energy are faced with a 136 mile course and the dreaded "Hell of the North."

Tags: boat, photograph, solar energy

Image galleries 2006-06-30

Photos: World's largest solar power plant

In the fields outside a small Bavarian town, the solar panels add up to a whole lot of megawatts.

Tags: photograph, solar energy, whole lot

Image galleries 2006-09-05

Photos: The solar house that Mike built

Self-sustaining New Jersey home uses solar power during the summer and stores up hydrogen for a rainy day.

Tags: hydrogen, New Jersey, photograph, solar energy

Image galleries 2007-01-20