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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 08:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Game on: Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play (photos)]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=game-on-sony-ericssons-xperia-play-photos</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 08:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fredericko</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[It's game time. At Mobile World Congress, CNET got a thumbs-and-eyeballs-on look at the much-anticipated Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, the official name of the long-rumored &quot;PlayStation phone.&quot; Unlike the unsettling Frankenstein-esque nightmare of a Super Bowl ad, the Xperia Play's Android 2.3 Gingerbread-plus-PlayStation duo is much cooler in the non-mutilated flesh. See for yourself in our gallery.Hands on with Sony Ericsson Xperia Play (photos) <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Al Jazeera calls for bloggers to spread Egypt news]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=al-jazeera-calls-for-bloggers-to-spread-egypt-news</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fredericko</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Al Jazeera)With its own news outlet cut off in Egypt, Al Jazeera is urging the country's citizens to use blogs, social media, eyewitness accounts, and videos to tell the world what's going as the protests against President Hosni Mubarak continue, according to the Associated Press.Yesterday, the Arab news network's Cairo office was closed down and its broadcast signal cut off to some parts of the Middle East following complaints by Egyptian authorities that Al Jazeera's 24-hour coverage of the uprising was slanted toward the protesters and as such could incite more unrest.Along with the office's closure, six of its journalists were briefly taken into custody before being released today, however, their camera equipment has been seized by the Egyptian military, according to Al Jazeera. The journalists are part of Al Jazeera's English-language channel, a sister operation to its core Arabic service.On Sunday, Al Jazeera expressed &quot;utter disappointment&quot; of the blockage of its broadcast signal and said today following the arrests of its journalists that &quot;if anything, our resolve to get the story has increased.&quot; So far, Al Jazeera said it has been able to maintain coverage of the situation in Egypt with fixed-position cameras and news reports by phone, said the AP report.Al Jazeera has been one of many news networks and outlets trying to provide live video coverage of the wave of protests against the Egyptian government. But that effort and the efforts of citizens trying to spread the word through social media have been stymied by the government's shutdown of the Internet and other critical lines of communication.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Abound Solar nails DOE loan for thin-film factory]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=abound-solar-nails-doe-loan-for-thin-film-factory</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fredericko</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=abound-solar-nails-doe-loan-for-thin-film-factory</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Abound Solar has secured $510 million to ramp up production of its thin-film solar panels and compete in the cut-throat pricing of the global solar photovoltaics industry.Energy Secretary Steven Chu is scheduled to host a conference call today with Abound Solar CEO Tom Tiller to announce that the Fort Collins, Colo.-based company has finalized a $400 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy. It also raised $110 million in equity from existing private investors, one of the requirements for getting the loan.Abound Solar&amp;39's thin-film solar cells are coated onto two layers of glass.(Credit:Abound Solar)With the money, Abound Solar can boost production to 200 megawatts a year by 2012 at its existing facility in Longmont, Colo., which started making solar modules with cadmium-telluride cells in September. It also intends to open a second facility in Indiana that will eventually have the capacity to manufacture at a rate of 640 megawatts per year, according to Russ Kanjorski, vice president of marketing for Abound Solar.It's the second loan guarantee given out to a solar photovoltaics company from the Department of Energy's loan guarantee program, which has dispensed over 30 loan guarantees to energy and auto companies to finance large-scale energy related investments, such as manufacturing or renewable energy projects. Abound Solar, which was founded in 2007, makes solar modules for the large-scale commercial and utility solar installations. Its automated manufacturing technology, which came out of Colorado State University, is similar to how dual-pane windows are made, explained Kanjorski.A robot sends a glass plate into a deposition chamber where two cadmium compounds are turned into a gas and then deposited as solid layers onto the glass. A second piece of glass is fit onto the first and the edges are sealed with rubber and silicone. No frames are used. With its first factory, the company expects to produce panels at under one dollar per watt, Kanjorski said. That's more expensive than industry-leader First Solar, which also makes cadmium-telluride solar cells, but less expensive than the typical rate for polycrystalline silicon manufacturers. GE is also readying entry into the market with its own cadmium-telluride cells.With improvements in cell efficiency and greater scale, the company expects it can get prices below where they are now. The process is quicker than other thin-film companies and has a relatively low cost of capital to operate, Kanjorski said.Abound Solar has partnerships with systems integrators, which are now testing its panels for utility and commercial projects, mainly in Europe, he added.Without the DOE loan guarantee, Abound Solar would not be able to commercialize its technology, Kanjorski said. &quot;It has been very vigorous over the past two years. The amount of due diligence to make sure the technology worked was quite high,&quot; he said.The other DOE loan guarantee provided to a solar photovoltaic manufacturer went to Solyndra, which built a factory in California, its second, to make solar modules built by layering thin-film solar cells over glass tubes. Solyndra says there is demand for its solar collectors, but it faces tough pricing competition and was forced to shut down its first plant this fall.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Treemetrics 3D scanning helps loggers make more money cutting fewer trees]]></title>
<link>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=treemetrics-3d-scanning-helps-loggers-make-more-money-cutting-fewer-trees</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fredericko</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Treemetrics is taking forestryhigh-tech with its 3D laser scanning system to accurately measure theheight, straightness, taper and volume of the trees in a section of forest. Currently measurement is done manually by aforester walking the ground and using calipers to measure the radius of a sample of trees. Better measurement means that fewer trees can be cut  whilemaximizingvalue. Treemetrics claims that its system can also  reduce measurement costs by 75 percent.Treemetricsjust received an innovation award from the Irish Society of Foresters hot on the heels of a special mention from the judges in IBM&amp;'s smartcamp global finals.TreeMetric&amp;'s CEO Enda Keane told me that ifthere is one thing that foresters hate doing, it&amp;'s cutting trees. He should know, having worked as a forester himself for 10 years. According to Keane, 20 percent of the value of forests worldwide (or approximately 10 billion Euros) is lost annually due to inaccurate knowledge of the quantity or quality of the timber available before trees are harvested.Keane first encountered 3D graphics via satellite images, which foresters use to get different views of the forest. Having started the company in 2005 withGarret Mullooly, he collaborated with research teams at several European universities with expertise on image processing, forest recovery andoptimizationto develop the software for the Treemetrics scanner.A 3D laser scanner works by emitting laser pulses that bounce back from objects in the area, allowing their shape to be measured. The 3D laser scanning machine gathers millions of data points over a 30 meter radius of forest, which is used to construct a 3D model of the trees in that area. Virtual sawmill software can then be used to calculate an optimal logging schedule.Treemetrics&amp;' system is now used in forests in Ireland,Norway, Australia, the United Kingdomand the US. Keane says the company has no direct competitors. Currently aerial photography is the main technology used in forest management in addition to manual measurement. Treemetrics&amp;' business model is software as a service, where users are charged30 EUR cents per cubic meter for measurements alone and 40 cents to use forest managementoptimizationsoftware.The next feature Treemetrics expects to add tothe software is the ability to connect forests directly to sawmills. This would allow a lean supply chain model to be applied to forestry. Forests would be logged for optimal yield while sawmills would get the right logs in a &amp;''just-in-time&amp;'' manner.Treemetrics is based in Cork, Ireland, has 7 employees and has received1.4 million EUR ($1.87 million) in private and government funding.Next Story: Google launches ebook store with world&amp;'s largest library of titles Previous Story: Taulia raises $3.2M to let companies get an early bird discount with suppliersPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: 3D, forestry, laser scanning, treesCompanies: IBM, treemetrics          Tags: 3D, forestry, laser scanning, treesCompanies: IBM, treemetricsCiara Byrne is a full time techie and part-time writer. She has worked as a software developer, team lead, engineering manager and mobile standards expert. Ciara is based in Amsterdam and her interests include creative companies, useful technology, torture by piano and cycling in high heels. Follow her on Twitter at @deciara. 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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<title><![CDATA[Missed out on Crunchies tickets Here&'s your second chance]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fredericko</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[We&amp;'re releasing the second wave of tickets right now for the fourth annual Crunchies, the startup awards co-hosted by TechCrunch, GigaOm, and VentureBeat.The first set of tickets sold out in 90 minutes, so if you want one, you should move fast. Again, the ceremony will be held on the evening of January 21 at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater in San Francisco. Tickets cost $75 and include both the ceremony (which is always packed with big names from the tech world) and the afterparty at the Exploratorium next door.Buy your tickets here.If you&amp;'re too slow today, there will be two more chances to buy tickets in January. (That&amp;'s what I said last time, but today&amp;'s release is apparently a last-minute decision in response to all the ticket requests).Meanwhile, you really, truly, are running out of time to nominate your favorite startups and entrepreneurs for the Crunchies. You can nominate once per category per day, but the nominations close at 11:59pm Pacific time on December 24. Submit your nominations here.Next Story: Sony launches its music-streaming service Previous Story: TV app Tunerfish checks in to AndroidPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: crunchies, Crunchies 2010          Tags: crunchies, Crunchies 2010Anthony is a senior editor at VentureBeat, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining the site in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter.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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