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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Eco-friendly Samsung Restore coming to Virgin Mobile]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Yara</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=eco-friendly-samsung-restore-coming-to-virgin-mobile</guid>
<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Samsung)With Earth Day just around the corner, Sprint and Samsung are teaming up to offer the eco-friendly Samsung Restore on Virgin Mobile USA, a Sprint-owned prepaid brand. The Restore first made its debut on Sprint last June.The messaging phone features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 2-megapixel camera and camcorder, Bluetooth, e-mail and texting support, Google Maps, and Virgin Navigator. It's 4.6 inches tall by 2.1 inches wide by 0.6 inch deep and it weighs 3.7 ounces. The Restore has a 2.4-inch QVGA screen with support for 262,000 colors. As for its Earth-friendliness, the Restore is 83 percent recyclable and its packaging is composed of 100 percent recycled plastic. Virgin Mobile's parent, Sprint, claims that the Restore's packaging uses nearly half the plastic of the standard Virgin Mobile plastic sheath.The Samsung Restore will be available beginning April 18 for $79.99, without a contract.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mozy launches iPhone app]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=mozy-launches-iphone-app</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Yara</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=mozy-launches-iphone-app</guid>
<description><![CDATA[iPhone owners who store files online through Mozy can now access those files remotely courtesy of the company's newiPhone app.(Credit:Lance Whitney/CNET)Released last week for the iPhone,iPad, andiPod Touch, the mobile version of Mozy allows users of the service to retrieve and view their online files directly on their mobile devices. Before you can use Mozy on the iPhone, you need to set up a Mozy account and then install the client software on your computer from where you back up your files. Once that's done, you can access any of those files on your mobile device. Opening the app shows you the names of any computers you've backed up. You tap on a computer to view your files. Mozy mimics the folder structure of your hard drive, which means you have to drill down folder by folder until you locate the file you want. I found that process to be clumsy and would have preferred an option to see all of my backed-up files in one screen or at least get a tree view where I could more quickly navigate to specific files. There's also an option to search for a file by name, but you can only search specific folders rather than your entire backup set, another aspect I found limiting. Once you do get to the files you need, Mozy offers a variety of options. You can view or play different types of files. I tried opening Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, photos, and certain types of videos (QuickTime) and music (MP3 and iTunes m4a files), and they all came up nicely. By default, the photos show up in a slightly lower resolution format, but Mozy gives you an option to download a high-resolution version. The app also supports both portrait and landscape mode for easier viewing of certain files. You can e-mail documents, photos, and other files and even post a photo directly to Facebook. To provide an extra layer of security, Mozy also lets you set up a pass code to open the app. Overall, Mozy for the iPhone is a good start. I'd like to see it offer a better way to access and search for files, but otherwise it's a handy tool. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tablets at Mobile World Congress 2011]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=tablets-at-mobile-world-congress-2011</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Yara</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=tablets-at-mobile-world-congress-2011</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The T-Mobile G-Slate is the U.S. version of the LG Optimus Pad.(Credit:Bonnie Cha/CNET)It's not just handsets and smartphones at this year's Mobile World Congress'tablets made their way to Barcelona, Spain, as well, despite some people's opinion that tablets aren't really mobile. As an echo toCES this year, Mobile World Congress proved once again that 2011 is the year of the tablet, with the introduction of at least five new models, and the promise of more to come. The LG Optimus Pad(Credit:LG)LG Optimus Pad/T-Mobile G-SlateLG showed up in Barcelona with the LG Optimus Pad, which will be branded in the U.S. as the T-Mobile G-Slate. We already saw a glimpse of it at CES, but this is the first time we got to play around with it.  The display has a 1,280x768-pixel WXGA resolution in wide screen, and a 1GHz dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor is found inside. You also get 1080p HD video decoding, and HDMI support will let you share your 3D video with TVs. Unlike the Optimus 3D, though, you do need glasses to watch 3D video on the tablet.  And as part of the Optimus Pad announcement, LG has a established a partnership with YouTube, which will let Optimus Pad owners quickly upload 3D videos for sharing.Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1Not to be outdone, Samsung also announced a larger version of its Galaxy Tab, dubbed the Galaxy Tab 10.1. It now has a 10.1-inch WXGA display, and it runs the latest Android 3.0 Honeycomb operating system. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1(Credit:Bonnie Cha/CNET)It, too, will be powered by a dual-core processor (Nvidia's Tegra 2 chipset, naturally), and a few of its features include 1080p HD video recording, an 8-megapixel camera on the back, and a 2-megapixel camera on the front. It'll have both Wi-Fi and HSPA+ support.HTC FlyerYou knew HTC had to get on the tablet bandwagon sooner or later, and it did so in Barcelona with the HTC Flyer. It's supposedly based on Android 2.4, and features a 7-inch super LCD touch screen, with specs that include 1GB RAM, 32GB ROM, 5-megapixel camera on the back, 1.3-megapixel camera on the front, HSPA+ support, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi. It also encourages pen-based use with built-in sync with apps like Evernote so that you can use it to take notes, draw pictures, and more.HTC Flyer(Credit:HTC)ViewPad 4While its 4-inch size makes it less of a tablet and more of a really big smartphone, ViewSonic also introduced the ViewPad 4, the 4.1-inch cousin to the ViewPad 7 and the ViewPad 10. It'll have a Qualcomm 1GHz processor, a 5-megapixel camera, and a VGA front-facing camera, 2GB ROM, 512MB RAM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, and a Mini-HDMI output. RIM plans two more PlayBooksWhile RIM didn't show off any new PlayBooks, it did at least announce that it plans to have an LTE and HSPA+ version of its tablet later this year. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[RockMelt browser is social, but not obnoxiously so]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=rockmelt-browser-is-social-but-not-obnoxiously-so</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 08:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Yara</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=rockmelt-browser-is-social-but-not-obnoxiously-so</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Is it worth switching to a new browser Marc Andreessen never had to force users to ask that question when he built Mosaic in 1993. For most early adopters, it was their first browser. But now he's backing the development of another browser, RockMelt. This browser is not perfect, but it does show that there's room yet in the market. If Facebook built a browser, it would probably look a lot like this.  This has been tried before. The other social Web browser, Flock, integrates Facebook features. Also, like Flock (at least the new 3.0 version), RockMelt is built from Chromium, the same Google-developed open toolkit underneath the Chrome browser. RockMelt is solid effort and is worth trying. Here are some reasons you will probably like it' and, to be fair, some things that may turn you off:RockMelt is called the &amp;34'Facebook browser&amp;34' for a good reason. It gives you two dashboard wings: the left-hand wing shows you which Facebook friends are online' the right lets you drill into your social services, RSS feeds, and plug-ins. (Credit:Screenshot by Rafe Needleman/CNET)RockMelt browser integrates social features, gracefully (images) Why you'll like itIt's a real social browserRockMelt shows which of your friends are online on Facebook, right in your browser. If you want to share something from the Web, you'll know who's going to see it right away. It makes sharing links and pages more engaging than using Twitter or even Facebook's site. (Downside: you can't scroll the left-hand &quot;Facebar,&quot; which is sorted alphabetically, so unless you filter your friends by your RockMelt favorites, you'll always see your &quot;A&quot; friends on your list but you may never see your &quot;Zs.&quot;)Yet the social aspect is not overwhelmingRockMelt puts your friends in a narrow bar on the left, and status badges for sites (Facebook and Twitter, plus RSS feeds and plug-ins) in a skinny bar along the right. On wide-screen and large monitors, these dashboards are at once informative and unobtrusive. The design works. Flock's social sidebar has the cool feature of pulling status updates from all your social networks into one stream, but it's more in your face than RockMelt's.Sharing is fun and easy. So is updatingThere's a &quot;share&quot; button near the URL entry field. You can share pages to Facebook or Twitter easily and intuitively. The same button lets you send links as private messages directly to specific Facebook users (but not as direct messages to Twitter friends.)If this were a Facebook browser, by the way, it'd probably say &quot;Like&quot; instead on the Share button. Look for that change when Facebook buys out this company.You can also send out Facebook and Twitter status updates without sharing anything. It's equally easy and fast, although the status update button is in a different part of the browser frame.It has a really slick search functionRockMelt breaks with Chrome's single URL and search box concept and gives you an old-fashioned search field alongside, just like ye oldeFirefox. When you search in the RockMelt field, you get a drop-down window with results that pre-cache into the background. As you cursor down the list, the page behind the window updates fast. Power browsers will appreciate a tiny but wonderful &quot;add as tab&quot; button in each result in the search window that opens a result in a new tab without changing your focus to it. Got a lot of results you want to visit later Click, click, click. They're loaded into tabs that you can get to at your leisure. You can still search in the URL field, as with Chrome, but RockMelt's search is better.It's fast like ChromeAlthough it appears to be a bit of a process hog, RockMelt is fast. There's no speed penalty for the social features.It does RSS better than any other browserIf you're on a site with an RSS feed, a little icon lights up to let you know it. It's a snap to subscribe to the feed and add a site icon into your right-hand sidebar. RSS results display in a scrolling window, with previews. The RSS preview window doesn't have the same functionality as the search results window, however.The beta has a great invitation system During the beta period, when you go to the RockMelt site, you're asked to sign in with Facebook. If you request an invitation, your Facebook friends who are on RockMelt will see that you're awaiting access when they open up their browser. Any one of them can then hook you up. As a pal on Twitter said, &quot;It makes the inviter and invitee feel special.&quot; Still feels like a beta RockMelt is still beta and it feels like it. Things you might want to think about before you dive in include the security and privacy issues of hitching a Facebook app so tightly to your browsing history. Also, RockMelt is not based on the most recent or safest build of Chromium.It also looks like some of RockMelt's cloud-based services are overwhelmed at the moment. My social sidebars wouldn't load into RockMelt on a Windows machine after a restart of the browser, and the invitation system wouldn't find all my friends when I wanted it to.And while Chrome plug-ins will load into RockMelt, I found some that didn't display their content correctly. RockMelt also needs a few more networking services layered into it (like LinkedIn, perhaps, or Gmail). But Facebook and Twitter are good starting points. I don't know if I'll still be using RockMelt next week, but assuming the bugs get squashed in the product and that the company can reassure users about privacy, I can't see strong reasons to avoid this browser. It's fast, it's got a really great search feature, and while it is a social browser, it's subtle about it. It's well worth taking for a spin. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Does Kinect hate your small apartment]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 07:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Yara</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=does-kinect-hate-your-small-apartment</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Kinect might force those with small living rooms to make adjustments.(Credit:Russ Frushtick)In many ways, Microsoft's Kinect for theXbox 360 is an innovative concept: ditch the controller and let your body interact directly. Sounds great on paper, but the Kinect is a bit more greedy with its space requirements than either theNintendo Wii orPlayStation Move, and that could hurt folks with small apartments. Folks like me. I've had a rough experience with the Kinect in New York City, mainly because my living room has only about 6 feet between my 32-inch TV and the edge of my sofa. The Kinect requires a good 6 to 10 feet of space between the user and it, according to documentation in the games we received. That's a huge amount of room in most urban apartments, especially as that space also needs to be open and unobstructed. The Kinect's setup process suggests you move furniture if necessary, a task that's impossible for me, and an unkind expectation for most people. My living room is the controller (and it's tiny) I was able to get my sensor to recognize me and record my movements, but at the distance I had set it up I had to practically stand against the edge of my sofa. If I moved a foot closer, the Kinect would ask me to back up again, which amounted to a narrow landing strip of room to play in. And with at least 5 feet of space between myself and the Kinect needed to be maintained at all times, any freedom of mobility while playing was killed. What started as a promise of controller-free comfort slowly turned into a sensation of restraint. By comparison, Nintendo's Wii Sports Resort allows me to move anywhere, since its movement-sensing doesn't involve the IR component. I can stand up close or off to the far side of my TV, or even play sitting down. In the case of the Kinect, my background lighting also became a factor. The Kinect's wide-angle view covers an entire half of my living room' it's inevitable that the sensor would encounter a light in the background. Any seated people behind me, such as my wife reading a book on the sofa, also risk being recognized by the Kinect camera and ruining my game. Bright daylight also posed a problem' in midafternoon, my southern-exposure apartment floods with light that blinds can do little to remedy. The Kinect was noticeably worse under these conditions. Why I have to play alone Multiplayer games, based on our first round of launch games, are played side by side...provided you have the space for that, too. Games like Kinect Adventures delineate two play zones: &quot;Good&quot; and &quot;Best.&quot; Two-player games are possible only in &quot;Best,&quot; a strip of playing-space a good 2 feet behind &quot;Good.&quot; My living room's front-of-sofa zone is &quot;Good&quot; only. I could only get to &quot;Best&quot; by standing on my sofa. Some titles, such as Joy Ride, allow multiplayer at closer ranges, but it's a hit-and-miss affair. Even worse, the Kinect's fine-tune settings involved focusing on a face icon on an included card that I needed to press up against my far wall. Clearly, I don't have enough space. I'm not the only one. We asked other people about space limitations with the Kinect, and found city commiseration. MTV's Russ Frushtick said, &quot;Ideally, you need 8 square feet of wide-open space. I don't think anyone in New York has that. I basically had to make a makeshift shelf behind my TV, since it wouldn't rest on top of my TV, which is sloped. With that, I just barely had enough space.&quot; My fellow CNET gamer Dan Ackerman had the same problems in his living room, except he balanced his Kinect on the back of a Halo: Reach Collector's Edition case: &quot;I had about 6 feet from the front lip of the couch to the camera. This allowed for the 'good' but not the 'better' play space for most games, although I had to lean backward over the couch to even get that to register. I'm sure the space requirements seem less onerous in areas better suited for spacious suburban living rooms--Redmond, perhaps.&quot; Small TVs not invited Since 6 feet is the bare minimum of space needed between a player and the Kinect, there's also some subtle discrimination against small TVs. According to CNET's TV buyer's guide, 6 feet of distance equates to a 42-inch screen. Seated a foot back on a sofa, that screen size should even be larger. That's a judgment made in terms of ideal home theater immersion' you could play games on a smaller screen from that distance, but it'll be a challenge on your eyes. My 32-inch HDTV was hard to make out even at 6 feet away' I'm normally sitting closer when I play games. I'm sure most owners of small TVs naturally set up their living spaces more tightly as well, adding even more potential problems to Kinect setup. Another consideration for people with kids: as CNET's David Katzmeier pointed out, the Kinect assumes you're playing in a living room, or some other spacious family entertainment zone. What if the Xbox 360 is in a kid's bedroom While a Wii or a PlayStation Move could make do with smaller spaces (the Move's minimum recommended range, 3 feet, is half the distance), the Kinect would be rendered useless. More than half the world's population already lives in cities. If these people have apartments my size or smaller, they'll all have problems. The Kinect could be the game industry's first space-discriminating peripheral. Kinect, I want to use you' you're just making it awfully hard for me. Read CNET's review of the Kinect, and read our hands-on opinion of the six launch games. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[T-Mobile copies Apple to get at Apple]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=t-mobile-copies-apple-to-get-at-apple</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 07:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Yara</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=t-mobile-copies-apple-to-get-at-apple</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Oh, look. It's Justin Long in a skirt. And with lipstick.In a strangely aggressive new campaign, one that suggests that the company has the largest 4G network, T-Mobile has decided to wear the clothes of Apple's recently deceased &quot;Get a Mac&quot; campaign in order to kick AT&amp;T (and Apple) in its nether regions.I had always thought of T-Mobile as the brand that represented families in which depressed fathers had trouble controlling their offspring. But here is the company making bold, manly declarations about having a vaster 4G network than anyone else.Reid Walker, T-Mobile's vice president of communications, explained to TechFlash: &quot;If you look at how consumers are viewing 4G, it's all about speed. When they see some of the current claims out there, they believe they're getting the fastest phone on the market, which is not always the case, as you look at some of the competitive analysis in the market.&quot;Apparently, T-Mobile has an HPSA+ network, which is far finer and faster than, say, Sprint's Clearwire WiMax affair. Apparently. But I would defy you to find anyone with a brain and no feet in the swamp of tech who could explain to you what 4G truly represents. Other than some vague notion of speed.Apparently the International Telecommunications Union recently declared that WiMax and LTE aren't really 4G. But who on earth (the real earth) is following this wonderfully arcane debate Isn't everyone too busy checking Facebook on their iPhones So T-Mobile has decided to use the structure of an Apple ad to take a swipe not at Sprint, but at AT&amp;T. And, therefore, implicitly at Apple.We see a girl in a stripey dress trying to be a cross between Justin Long and former T-Mobile spokesperson Catherine Zeta-Jones. She explains something slightly technical about video chat and offers that her myTouch 4G is far better than aniPhone 4 because an iPhone 4 has an old bald AT&amp;T person on its back. This old bald person looks nothing like John Hodgman's alleged Bill Gates. But there will be those who will wonder whether this largely hairless dude bears a strangely irrelevant resemblance to Microsoft's Steve Ballmer.I ask everyone out there, because I find myself wallowing in confusion: will anyone get this Will anyone care Will everyone rush out to hook up with T-Mobile I also ask myself: if you're going to give Apple a hard time, why would you mimic their rather beloved ads Oh, I get it. Because that will be more memorable. Well, perhaps.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are You In A Foodpickle This Thanksgiving  Get Your Cooking Qs Answered In&nbsp'Realtime.]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Yara</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=are-you-in-a-foodpickle-this-thanksgiving--get-your-cooking-qs-answered-innbsprealtime-</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As everyone is getting their turkeys into the oven and putting the finishing touches on Thanksgiving Day meals, a lot of questions come up.  What should the internal temperature of a turkey be to know it is done  How many mashed sweet potatoes would make 3 cups  How do I soften hardened brown sugar  The answers (165 degrees, 3, and microwave it) can be found on Foodpickle, a crowdsourced Q&amp;amp'A section of the foodie site Food52.  You can ask a question on Foodpickle itself, or tweet it to @foodpickle.  Answers are tweeted back at you.  Foodpickle also accepts text messages to 803-380-FOOD (3663). And if you are lucky, your question might even be answered by food writer Amanda Hesser.  Food52 is her site which she is using to crowdsource her next cookbook with Merrill Stubbs. It attracts a very active community of cooks.  Anyone can answer a question on Foodpickle, and the best answers are voted up. If you stil have any last-minute cooking questions this Thanksgiving, give it a try.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Uber Launches Car Service In Paris (For a&nbsp'Day)]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=uber-launches-car-service-in-paris-for-anbspday</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Yara</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=uber-launches-car-service-in-paris-for-anbspday</guid>
<description><![CDATA[If you&amp;'re an Uber, previously UberCab,  user you&amp;'re used to getting door to door car service simply by ordering it up on your iPhone. But only when you&amp;'re in San Francisco, since the service is only live there for now. I&amp;'m very bullish on the service.If you&amp;'re in Paris like me right now for the Le Web conference you&amp;'re out of luck and have to wait in long taxi lines. BUT, if you&amp;'re in Paris and hanging out with a cofounder of Uber, say Travis Kalanik then things might work out for you.Kalanick, organizing a nice last night in Paris dinner with Tony Conrad for some ten people, worked with a couple of black car drivers to get them up and working on the service. They simply downloaded the driver version of the app to their iPhone. We used our normal Uber app and voil! A car appeared. There was some negotiation and explaining to the driver so that he could navigate the English app, but soon we were on our way and to the restaurant. Kalanick then showed off the app on his phone as he was calling for a pickup at the end of the event.Only one car came to pick us all up though, and half of us were left behind. No second car came, and I ended up waiting a full 35 minutes for a taxi in the near freezing cold. It just made me love Uber a little more, waiting there.This is not an official Paris launch, says Kalanick. But it does show how easily this service could spread, bringing joy to millions of people around the world. They may speak a different language, but I have one thing in common with them &amp;8211' extreme dislike for the entire taxi fake-scarcity scam that all of us must deal with from time to time.CrunchBase InformationUberInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ikea&'s war on Edison&'s light bulb]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ikearsquos-war-on-edisonrsquos-light-bulb</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Yara</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Ikea has declared war on the incandescent light bulb.OK, maybe it&amp;'s not so much a war than a flat-out refusal to engage. At any rate, the mass furniture and household goods retailer &amp;8212' not to mention purveyor of Swedish meatballs &amp;8212' announced today that it will no longer stock or sell traditional light bulbs, a making good on a plan to phase out the bulbs announced last year. Instead, it will offer light bulbs that are more efficient and last longer than the Edison bulb, like compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs' 80 percent more efficient), LED lamps (70 percent more efficient), halogen lamps and even a line of lamps that are solar-powered (pictured).It&amp;'s a sign of good times for the LED and energy-efficient lighting sector, which is poised to boom this year. Lighting has become an increasing focus among cleantech startups, many of which make smart lighting systems (some LED-based, others that make use of networking and sensors) that yield energy savings by automatically dimming and shutting off lights. And Ikea has shown a lot of interest in carrying LED light bulbs, according to sources cited by Greentech Media.But as a trendy European company that sells bookshelves and patterned couch cushions that are a staple of the trendy, young and cash-strapped, it&amp;'s not really a surprise that Ikea is going green. It&amp;'d be a mark of a more fundamental shift if one of the broader-market big box retailers with a huge supply chain like Wal-Mart or Target decided to stop carrying incandescents.An interesting side note, though, in the company&amp;'s release andnoted by CleanTechnica:The company says its move is partly a reaction to the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. The what You don&amp;'t know Well, neither does anyone else.The legislation mandates that light bulbs for general use become 30 percent more efficient by 2012 to 2014, placing a set of standards that some have argued willeffectively ban the incandescent light bulb in favor of CFLs and other energy-efficient lights. A survey Ikea commissioned in December through Harris Interactive found that 61 percent of Americans were not aware of the legislation. The number jumped to 84 percent in the 18 to 24-year-old crowd.Sixty-seven percent of respondents said they cared about energy-saving lights,with more than half &amp;8212' 56 percent &amp;8212' ready to make the switch. Nearly 80 percent said they believed the switch would help them save money (Ikea attributes 25 percent of American households&amp;' electricity bills to lighting costs).Next Story: Forrester: yearly refresh cycle means double tablet sales in 2011 Previous Story: Dell picks up security firm SecureWorks to slow migration to the public cloudPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: CFLs, energy efficient lighting, halogen bulb, halogen lamps, LEDs, lightingCompanies: IKEA, Target, Wal Mart          Tags: CFLs, energy efficient lighting, halogen bulb, halogen lamps, LEDs, lightingCompanies: IKEA, Target, Wal MartIris Kuo is the VentureBeat's lead GreenBeat writer. She has reported for The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Houston Chronicle, the McClatchy Washington Bureau and Dallas public radio. Iris attended the University of Texas at Dallas and lives in Houston. Follow Iris on Twitter @thestatuskuo (and yes, that's how you  pronounce her last name).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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