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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple shares slip on word of Jobs' leave]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mary-Cherry8</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Apple shares slide on news of Steve Jobs&amp;39' medical leave of absence.(Credit:Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET)Apple's shares are trading lower this morning as investors start to come to grips with the news of Steve Jobs taking his second medical leave of absence in two years.An hour and a half into morning activity on the Nasdaq exchange, Apple shares were down approximately $13 to just over $335 per share, representing a nearly 4 percent slide.Apple released word of Jobs' medical leave early yesterday on the federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr., meaning that the stock market was closed. That extra day to process the news likely softened the reaction on Wall Street over worries about how Apple will fare in the day-to-day absence of its CEO, a pancreatic cancer survivor.The reaction also may be tempered by expectation of more favorable news later today when Apple is scheduled to announce its fiscal first-quarter earnings, which includes the holiday sales period. Financial analysts are expecting a strong showing, with average forecast for revenue coming in at $24.38 billion and earnings per share at $5.38.Apple gave no date for Jobs' return, but said that Jobs would continue to have a say in strategic decisions. In his absence, day-to-day operations will be handled by Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook, who also filled in during Jobs' 2009 medical leave. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CES: Wireless goes big]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 08:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mary-Cherry8</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Secretive X-37B space plane ends 7-month orbit]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 08:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mary-Cherry8</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Air Force personnel in &amp;34'self-contained atmospheric protective ensemble suits&amp;34' perform initial post-orbit checks on the X-37B space plane early today on a runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base.(Credit:U.S. Air Force photo)The X-37B, an unmanned U.S. Air Force space plane whose mystery mission set off a round of speculation over the spring and summer, returned to Earth early this morning after its maiden flight lasted 220 days in orbit.The space plane landed at 1:16 a.m. PT today at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, officially making it the U.S.'s first unmanned vehicle to return from space and land on its own, according to Boeing, which designed the craft. Launched in April from Cape Canaveral by an Atlas 5 rocket, the X-37B was designed to stay in orbit for a maximum of 270 days, or about nine months.&quot;We are very pleased that the program completed all the on-orbit objectives for the first mission,&quot; Lt. Col. Troy Giese, the X-37B program manager from the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, said in a statement today. Also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle 1, the X-37B is comparable to--but much smaller than--NASA's space shuttles, which have served for three decades as the pre-eminent reusable spacecraft able to return to Earth from orbit. With the shuttles due to go into retirement early next year, the goal behind the X-37B is to demonstrate the feasibility of unmanned and reusable space vehicles for use in future missions.The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on the runway, at an unspecified earlier date.(Credit:Boeing)More specifically, the Air Force's stated purpose for this first flight was to see how the craft's guidance, navigation, and other unmanned systems would handle the orbit and landing. But a statement from the Air Force in April at the time of the launch date hinted at other uses.&quot;If these technologies on the vehicle prove to be as good as we estimate, it will make our access to space more responsive, perhaps cheaper, and push us in the vector toward being able to react to warfighter needs more quickly,&quot; Gary Payton, the Air Force deputy undersecretary for space programs, said in a statement at that time.The Air Force has kept mum about any potential military uses of the X-37B, along with whatever might have been in the space plane's payload bay during the test flight. Some experts and analysts believe the craft is designed to help push the development of combat and weapons systems, while others say it could serve as an unmanned orbital spy platform.A second vehicle, dubbed the Orbital Test Vehicle 2, is being readied for launch in the spring.&quot;This marks a new era in space exploration, and we look forward to the launch of the second vehicle in 2011,&quot; Paul Rusnock, Boeing's vice president of experimental systems and program director for the X-37B, said in a statement today. &quot;By combining the best of aircraft and spacecraft into an affordable, responsive unmanned vehicle, Boeing has delivered an unprecedented capability to the RCO [the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office].&quot;Weighing 11,000 pounds, measuring 29 feet long, and sporting a wingspan of less than 15 feet, the X-37B resembles a smaller version of the space shuttle. That's more than just a coincidence since the craft was originally a NASA project before the Air Force took it over.The extreme history of X-Planes (photos) <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[State regulators approve Cape Wind power contract]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mary-Cherry8</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts utility regulators today approved the initial power purchase agreement for Cape Wind, bringing the controversial offshore wind farm product closer to construction. The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities approved a 15-year power purchase agreement between Cape Wind and utility National Grid to buy half of the electricity produced at the proposed farm in the Nantucket Sound off the coast of Cape Cod.The rates at which National Grid agreed to purchase power from Cape Wind are above market rates. But the Department of Public Utilities concluded that Cape Wind is in the public interest and the prices are acceptable in light of the benefits. It projected that consumer electricity bills will go up between 1.3 percent and 1.7 percent, and bills for commercial and industrial customers will go up between 1.7 percent and 2.2 percent.A simulation from Cape Wind on how the 130 wind turbines will look from the closest point onshore. The state has mandated that utilities generate a certain percentage of its electricity from renewable energy sources. There are other, less expensive renewable energy sources, but they face permitting hurdles in the short term, making it clear that offshore wind is need to meet that mandate, regulators said in the 374-page decision (click for PDF). Cape Wind has been under development for 10 years and has met all federal reviews.In addition to helping meet the state renewable energy mandate, Cape Wind will have a downward effect on wholesale electricity prices because Cape Wind will bid into daily energy markets at no or low fuel costs. The wind farm, which will be between 5.6 and 13.8 miles offshore from Cape Cod and the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, will also moderate peak load on the grid.&quot;This is the moment for the state and the region to begin to capture the potential of offshore wind by approving the long-term contract that will help the country's largest proposed offshore wind facility become a reality,&quot; according to the regulators' order.The decision, which was expected to be favorable, positions Cape Wind to seek out financing to start building the project, said Cape Wind representative Mark Rodgers. Project developers hope to begin construction next year and begin operating within a year or two. Opponents of the project, meanwhile, are expected to appeal the decision to the state supreme court. &quot;It is obvious that the DPU [Department of Public Utilities] made this decision based on politics rather than facts,&quot; said Audra Parker, CEO of the opposition group Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound.With 130 turbines, Cape Wind is projected to have a capacity of 468 megawatts, and National Grid agreed to a power purchase agreement of $187 per megawatt-hour for 15 years with a planned 3.5 percent yearly rate increase. The utility commission said that rate is &quot;expensive in light of today's energy prices. It may also be expensive in light of forecasted energy prices--although less so than its critics suggest.&quot;The Department of Public Utilities denied National Grid's request for a second power purchase agreement to acquire the second half of Cape Wind's total output, which National Grid could have assigned to another party. Regulators said that power purchase agreements for the remainder of Cape Wind's output need to be approved separately. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Incubator for socially focused ideas - Springwise]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mary-Cherry8</dc:creator>
<category>Education</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Just as it takes a community to raise a child, so too it takes a community of peers and advisors to launch a new business idea. That''s roughly the thinking behind Bloblive, which we covered last year, and it''s also at the heart of UK-based Bethnal Green Ventures, a new school for people who want to use the web and mobile tools to create social change.Starting next month, Bethnal Green Ventures Nightschool aims to help further early-stage, socially oriented web projects by bringing them together with all the people, advice and support they need to launch and grow. The 10-week program will meet every Monday evening in London to help social projects answer the question, a4AWhat do I do next a4 Answers might include coding the product or service being built, for example, or focusing on the project''s own future sustainability' either way, the goal is to help projects reach the next phase in their development.The application deadline for participation in Bethnal Green Ventures Nightschool was Sept. 1. In early 2011, meanwhile, Bethnal Green will also launch a Ventures program, through which three carefully selected teams will get a small stipend, a work space and community support for three months to help build, test and launch their startups. At a time when incubators are growing in number, according to BusinessWeek, this will be one to watch.Website: www.bethnalgreenventures.comContact: anna@sicamp.org<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nvidia CEO: Oh, the places those magical Android tablets will go]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mary-Cherry8</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Graphics chip maker Nvidia&amp;'s CEO Jen-Hsun Huang thinks Google&amp;'s Android team is pretty much the best thing since sliced bread.Huang praised Google for its work on the Android mobile operating system on Nvidia&amp;'s earnings conference call yesterday and said Nvidia has very high expectations for the next generation of Android tablets.Nvidia, which traditionally caters to gamers and designers with its beefy video cards, said stated in its quarterly earnings report yesterday that it plans tojam its Tegra graphics processing unit (GPU) into as many mobile devices as possible, specifically smartphones and other mobile devices running Android.&amp;''Although theya4a4re a little bit behind, the work that Google and Andy Rubina4a4s team is doing at Google is just really amazing,&amp;'' Huang said on Nvidia&amp;'s earnings conference call. &amp;''I think (the next generation of Android tablets is) going to really, really surprise people and delight consumers everywhere.&amp;''Apple has taken over the tablet personal computer market with its 9.7-inch tablet computer, the iPad. The iPhone and iPad manufacturer currently has a 95 percent market share stranglehold on the tablet space. Meanwhile, Google&amp;'s Android operating system only accounts for about 2 percent of all tablets sold.Pretty much everyone else is now working on a tablet. Research in Motion is making a 7-inchtablet powered by the BlackBerry 6 operating system a4&quot; and it&amp;'s undercutting the iPad with pricing below $500. Samsung&amp;'s 7-inch Galaxy Tab tablet, which runs on Android, is priced at an unfortunate $600 a4&quot; $30 more than Apple&amp;'s cheapest 3G-enabled iPad. Hewlett-Packard is also working on an 8.9-inch tablet packing Windows 7.It wasn&amp;'t all smiles and compliments from Huang. He said Google and tablet manufacturers weren&amp;'t picking up their game to compete with the iPad. He said that the current generation of tablets was well behind the iPad and that competitors had been slow to realize the potential of tablet computers in the face of the iPad&amp;'s success. &amp;''You cana4a4t just put an operating system on a tablet and hope that . . . youa4a4re going to compete against the iPad,&amp;'' he said.But the wait would be well worth it, he said.&amp;''I think that the extra time that was necessary to build these devices, and build the operating system and all the applications and the system software necessary to do it a4&quot; and obviously, wea4a4re not going to talk about what they are right now, but theya4a4re going to be absolutely magical,&amp;'' Huang said.Next Story: Gmail creator Paul Buchheit leaves Facebook for Y Combinator Previous Story: On the GreenBeat: GE to buy 25,000 electric cars, Ascent Solar raises $20M in public offeringPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Android, Apple iPad, Galaxy Tab, Google Android, iPad, PlayBook, Samsung Galaxy Tab, tabletsCompanies: Apple, Google, Hewlett Packard, Nvidia, Research In Motion, SamsungPeople: Jen Hsun Huang          Tags: Android, Apple iPad, Galaxy Tab, Google Android, iPad, PlayBook, Samsung Galaxy Tab, tabletsCompanies: Apple, Google, Hewlett Packard, Nvidia, Research In Motion, SamsungPeople: Jen Hsun HuangVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Motorola Buys Connected Home And Energy Management Software Developer&nbsp'4Home]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Motorola has just purchased 4Home, the developer of home monitoring, control, and energy management software. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. 4Home&amp;'s software platform essentially adds a technology layer to any consumer&amp;'s home. Services include energy management, home security and monitoring, media management and home health. The software allows consumers to control web-based content on their TVs, appliances in the Kitchen, home devices and digital media in one unified user-interface, and track their home energy usage down to the device level. The technology also has mobile functionality as well. 4Home will be part of Motorola Mobility, which is comprised of Motorolaa4a4s Mobile Devices and Home businesses. Motorola Mobility will soon split into a separate entity in early January. The startup has raised over $9 million in venture funding from Pond Ventures, Parker Price Venture Capital and Verizon Investments. And apparently 4Home is growing. A recent VentureBeat article cited that 4Home grew revenue by 300 percent in 2009 and doubled its workforce.Motorola also recently acquired location based mobile software startup Aloqa and reportedly bought 280 North in August.CrunchBase Information4HomeInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WikiLeaks roundup: Military bans thumb drives and hacker warfare continues]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The WikiLeaks news juggernaut continued to spread today. And the  impact on the world of technology looks like it&amp;'s going to be deep.The fallout from whistle-blower site&amp;'s release of secret government documents hit the removable media industry today. The military has decided to ban the use of  DVDs, CDs, thumb drives and other removable media that can transfer  data from a computer to a portable device. Anyone who violates the order  faces court martial.That&amp;'s because U.S. Army private Bradley  Manning is suspected of downloading hundreds of thousands of files from  the Defense Department and giving the files to WikiLeaks. The Pentagon  wants to disable removable media on all computers with classified data.  Can major corporations, who also value their secrecy, be far behind In all likelihood, the crackdown won&amp;'t last. But you can bet there are plenty of people who are thinking about designing computer systems where it&amp;'s impossible to steal data and get away with it.Hackers  continued to come to the defense of WikiLeaks. Headed by a group called  Anonymous, the hackers are attacking the sites of companies that have  cut ties to WikiLeaks, bringing down sites belong to Visa, MasterCard,  PayPal Amazon, and others.While WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is in jail in England, awaiting extradition to Sweden on sex charges, WikiLeaks continues to operate. WikiLeaks itself has been under attack as well. But the  organization distanced itself from the cyber attackers.In a  Tweet, Wikileaks spokeswoman Kristinn Hrafnsson said: a4AWe neither condemn  nor applaud these attacks. We believe they are a reflection of public  opinion on the actions of the targets.a4Marcia Hoffman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation said in an interview with NPR that it&amp;'s sad that attackers are defending the free speech rights of WikiLeaks by trying to silence the speech of anti-WikiLeaks corporations.Meanwhile, Ars Technica reported that Dutch police have arrested a 16-year-old teen associated with the revenge attacks on the companies. The unnamed teen&amp;'s computers were seized after it was found that some of the attacks originated in the Netherlands.It&amp;'s hard to say where this is all going. The Google Trends chart shows there is enormous interest in the subject of WikiLeaks at the moment.WikiLeaks will  likely find it harder to operate in the future, and the U.S. government  will likely find it impossible to crush WikiLeaks and maintain its  ideals of freedom. For now, both the Obama administration and the  hackers themselves would do well to heed the voice of the Economist,  which has weighed in with this advice about whether it makes sense to crack down extremely hard on WikiLeaks.&amp;''The best lessons to bear  in mind are those learned in such costly fashion during the past decade  of the &amp;8216'war on terror&amp;'. Deal with the source of the problem, not just  its symptoms. Keep the moral high ground. And pick fights you can win.&amp;''[top photo: techchee]Previous Story: Best Buy offering free iPhone 3GS with contract todayPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: cyber attack, military, thumb drivesCompanies: Anonymous, WikiLeaksPeople: Bradley Manning, Julian Assange          Tags: cyber attack, military, thumb drivesCompanies: Anonymous, WikiLeaksPeople: Bradley Manning, Julian AssangeDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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