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<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 07:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Philips Lighting CEO: LED prices to drop in half]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 07:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>zujexota</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The cost of efficient yet pricey LED light bulbs could fall by 50 percent in the next five years, according to the top Philips Lighting executive in the U.S.Because of the efficiency and other features LED lighting offers, Philips Lighting is rapidly pushing into LEDs for both commercial and residential lighting, Zia Eftekhar, the CEO of Philips Lighting North America, said today in an interview from the LightFair industry conference in Philadelphia. The company projects that by 2015, 50 percent of its sales will be from LED lighting. It projects that figure would grow to 75 percent by 2020, a rate that's higher than the rest of the lighting industry, he said.Philips EnduraLED A21(Credit:Philips Lighting)To bulk up its competence in LED lighting, Philips has acquired a few companies, including Color Kinetics and Lumileds. Yesterday, Philips Lighting said that its EnduraLED A21 bulb, designed to replace a 75-watt incandescent bulb, will be available in the fourth quarter this year for a price between $40 and $45.The EnduraLED A21, which consumes 17 watts, offers energy savings and is projected to last 25,000 hours, or 25 times longer than an incandescent bulb. Over the life of the bulb, those savings make LEDs a better deal financially than incandescent lights, said Eftekhar. Because residential LED bulbs are still relatively new, the price will fall as manufacturing volumes ramp up and the technology improves, he said. &quot;Take a look at what happened in commercial areas where the prices for outdoor LED lighting fell by 50 percent. If you asked me would those types of savings be a reasonable projection for (all LED lighting) over the next five years, my answer would immediately be 'Yes,'&quot; Eftekhar said.LED adoption will happen quicker in businesses because they typically spend more money on lighting and are more willing than consumers to consider the total cost of ownership, he said. Utility and municipal incentives for energy efficiency help lower the purchase price, too, he added. &quot;Clearly as we move forward, the cost will move downward. It comes from the quantity and the manufacturing experience and the technology breakthroughs that come with it,&quot; he said.LED light quality as rated by the color rendering index, which is generally better in commercial situations such as retail, is projected to improve as well over time, he added. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ultrathin ThinkPad squeezes in Sandy Bridge chip]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 08:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>zujexota</dc:creator>
<category>Business &amp; Finance</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Presaging laptops to come from Apple and Dell, Lenovo announced an ultrathin ThinkPad today that houses Intel's newest Sandy Bridge chip. The 14-inch Lenovo ThinkPad T420s is only 0.83 inches thick but integrates an optical drive and packs a Sandy Bridge processor. It is also offered with an option for Nvidia graphics. (Credit:Lenovo)The 14-inch Lenovo T420s is svelte for a 14-inch business laptop at 0.83-inches thick--reminiscent of the ultrathin X300 and X301. It weighs in at 3.94 pounds with a six-cell battery. Battery life can be extended up to 10 hours by adding an additional battery that goes into the optical drive bay, Ross Compton, a market manager at Lenovo's ThinkPad laptop group, told CNET today. &quot;We're getting 30 percent better battery life when users are watching video, listening to music, and browsing the Web,&quot; Compton said. &quot;So, for instance when somebody's watching a movie. We've come up with technology to reduce the power draw on the e-SATA port or SD (Secure Digital) card, or different places on the system board [where power isn't needed].&quot; Lenovo has also out-turboed Intel's standard Turbo Boost 2.0 technology, which throttles the processor speed up and down, according to performance and power savings needs, respectively. &quot;With Lenovo's Turbo Boost+ we enable our system to boost longer, allowing [users] to be more productive,&quot; Compton said, adding that Lenovo has integrated dual exhaust pipes and dual vents on opposing corners of the notebook to reduce heat. The T420s starts at $1,329 and is expected to ship at the end of March, Compton said. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MSN ad music cited for similarities to pop song]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>zujexota</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[While the very public spat between Microsoft and Google over the way Bing creates its search index continues, questions about Microsoft's originality have cropped up in another place--its advertising. Music blog Stereogum picked up on a YouTube clip of an MSN.com advertisement that had been posted in late January, and noted that it the background music had been &quot;ripped off&quot; from the popular rock group Arcade Fire. Below is the MSN ad in question, as well as an embed of Arcade Fire's song &quot;Wake Up.&quot;Arcade Fire's &quot;Wake Up&quot; has appeared in a number of places since its 2005 introduction, including the trailer for the film &quot;Where the Wild Things Are,&quot; as well as commercials for last year's Super Bowl, where the band famously licensed the song to provide proceeds to Haiti earthquake relief efforts. A Microsoft representative told CNET that &quot;the music featured in the MSN ad was a commissioned original piece.&quot;Microsoft is, of course, no stranger to licensing music for its commercials. The company is rumored to have paid several million for the rights to The Rolling Stones' 1981 single &quot;Start Me Up&quot; as part of its Windows 95 campaign. More recently the company has used bands like N.E.R.D. as part of its Zune campaign, as well as pieces like Grieg's &quot;Peer Gynt Suite&quot; conducted by Leonard Bernstein as part of its &quot;Really&quot; campaign forWindows Phone 7. Related: Microsoft's new Windows 7 ad: A copy of a copyUpdate at 4:24 p.m. PT with comment from Microsoft.        Josh Lowensohn     Full Profile E-mail Josh Lowensohn   E-mail Josh Lowensohn If you have a question or comment for Josh Lowensohn, you can submit it here. However, because our editors and writers receive hundreds of requests, we cannot tell you when you may receive a response.   Submit your question or comment here: 0 of 1500 characters       Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Microsoft. Before that, Josh wrote about everything from new Web start-ups, to remote-controlled robots that watch your house.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google readies Groupon competitor]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>zujexota</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
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<description><![CDATA[A fact sheet details how Google Offers would work.(Credit:Mashable)Just a month after being rebuffed in a buyout offer of Groupon, Google is preparing to launch its own social-buying competitor called Google Offers.The venture &quot;is a new product to help potential customers and clientele find great deals in their area through a daily email,&quot; according to a fact sheet first published by Mashable.A Google spokesperson confirmed that the Internet giant was actively recruiting businesses for a daily-deals offering.&quot;Google is communicating with small businesses to enlist their support and participation in a test of a pre-paid offers/vouchers program,&quot; the company said in a statement. &quot;This initiative is part of an ongoing effort at Google to make new products, such as the recent Offer Ads beta, that connect businesses with customers in new ways. We do not have more details to share at this time, but will keep you posted.&quot;The social-buying model offers a &quot;deal of the day&quot; to users, usually at a significant discount on a sought-after product or service in their city or town. Google is interested because deals are geared around specifically targeted local markets, which is seen as a big source of future Internet advertising growth. Google did not indicate when it expected to launch, but it is playing catch up in the sector after reportedly trying to buy market leader Groupon for as much as $6 billion before being rebuffed last month. Groupon, which is rumored to be doing $2 billion a year in revenue, has since increased its muscle by raising $950 million in financing, giving it a valuation of about $6.4 billion.In addition to Groupon, Google will have to contend with a host of &quot;Groupon clones,&quot; including Amazon.com-backed LivingSocial, which recently made headlines and fans by selling more than a million $20 Amazon gift cards for $10 each. LivingSocial said last month it is &quot;currently booking revenues of more than $1 million a day on average and is projected to book well over $500 million in revenue in 2011.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kindle book lending now available]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>zujexota</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Kindle book lending has the same restricted terms Nookbook lending.(Credit:Screenshot by David Carnoy/CNET)Several weeks ago Amazon said that Kindle book lending would arrive by the &quot;end of the year,&quot; and true to its word, it's now here. The terms are the same as what Barnes &amp; Noble has been offering for a while with its Nook e-readers. On its site Amazon says that, &quot;Eligible Kindle books can be loaned once for a period of 14 days. The borrower does not need to own a Kindle -- Kindle books can also be read using our free Kindle reading applications for PC,Mac,iPad,iPhone, BlackBerry, and Android devices. Not all books are lendable -- it is up to the publisher or rights holder to determine which titles are eligible for lending. The lender will not be able to read the book during the loan period.&quot;It's unclear just how many books are eligible for lending (it's up to the publisher whether to turn the feature on), but Barnes &amp; Noble has said in the past that over half its titles are eligible so we assume a good portion of Amazon's e-book titles will also be eligible.Amazon has detailed instructions for how to lend out your Kindle books, but it seems pretty simple -- you simply go to the &quot;Manage your Kindle&quot; section under &quot;your account&quot; to loan out an eligible title to anyone you want (you just need an email address).  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Facebook raises new funding at $50B valuation (report)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>zujexota</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Facebook is now worth $50 billion, according to a report in The New York Times that says the company has raised $500 million in new funding from Goldman Sachs and Russian firm Digital Sky Technologies.Goldman invested $450 million, while DST (which has already invested about $500 million into Facebook) provided the remaining $50 million. Goldman also plans to create a a4Aspecial purpose vehiclea4 to pool its clients and invest another $1.5 billion in Facebook without triggering the Securities and Exchange Commissiona4a4s 500-shareholder threshold, The Times says. (Companies that break the threshold are required to disclose more information publicly.)When I emailed Facebook for confirmation, a spokesman told me the company has no comment.Facebooka4a4s valuation has been climbing steadily on the secondary markets where shares are sold. (The SEC is now investigating those markets.) Early Facebook investor Accel Partners recently sold off some of its shares at a $34 billion valuation.Facebook is expected to have its initial public offering as soon as 2012, although the company hasn&amp;'t said anything specific on the matter. It reportedly brought in $2 billion in revenue in 2010, and chief Mark Zuckerberg has said that the company is barely profitable, because it&amp;'s not focused on profits yet.Last month, the second-hottest social networking company, Twitter, raised $200 million at a $3.7 billion valuation.Previous Story: Vizio looks beyond cheap TVs, planning Via tablet and phone with AndroidPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Companies: Digital Sky Technologies, Facebook, Goldman SachsPeople: Mark Zuckerberg          Companies: Digital Sky Technologies, Facebook, Goldman SachsPeople: Mark ZuckerbergAnthony 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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