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<title><![CDATA['Colbert Report,' 'Daily Show' return to Hulu]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Some of the most popular shows from MTV and Comedy Central are returning to Hulu. Viacom and Hulu have come to an agreement that will enable Hulu's ad supported service to stream clips and full-length episodes of &quot;The Daily Show with Jon Stewart&quot; and &quot;The Colbert Report.&quot; The shows will be made available today, the companies said.Viacom will make available to Hulu Plus subscribers a selection of current programs, like &quot;Jersey Shore,&quot; &quot;Tosh.0,&quot; &quot;Teen Mom 2,&quot; &quot;Manswers,&quot; &quot;Let's Stay Together,&quot; and &quot;Hot in Cleveland&quot; 21 days after they air. Viacom content availability on Hulu Plus will vary on a show-by-show basis.Additionally, TV shows from Comedy Central, MTV, BET, VH1, Spike TV, and TV Land will be made available to Hulu Plus subscribers, Hulu said in a statement announcing the deal. The agreement also gives Hulu Plus subscribers access to programs in Viacom's archives, including &quot;The Chappelle Show,&quot; &quot;Reno 911&quot;, Beavis &amp; Butthead,&quot; and &quot;Real World.&quot;Viacom's shows return to Hulu nearly a year after being pulled from the video service. When the pull-out occurred, last March, Viacom executives indicated that Hulu wasn't generating enough revenue but also didn't rule out a return. The news comes at a time when Hulu is dogged by reports that the service's owners: Disney, NBC Universal, and News Corp. can't agree on what direction to take the company. ABC and News Corp. have considered pulling some of their content from Hulu's free service, according to a recent report in The Wall Street Journal.Some at Hulu's parent companies believe that by making TV shows available on Hulu, they are drawing viewers away from TV broadcasts of the shows--a much more lucrative revenue stream than that provided by Web advertising, the Journal reported.         Greg Sandoval     Full Profile E-mail Greg Sandoval   E-mail Greg Sandoval If you have a question or comment for Greg Sandoval, 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       Greg Sandoval covers media and digital entertainment for CNET News. He is a former reporter for The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times.  <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CES: Hands-on with the Vizio VIA Tablet]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 08:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rixbralia</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<title><![CDATA[Sudan under anti-war satellite surveillance]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rixbralia</dc:creator>
<category>Politics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Actor George Clooney, who is a spokesman for the Satellite Sentinel Project, on a recent trip to the volatile southern region of Sudan.(Credit:Tim Freccia/Enough Project)The Satellite Sentinel Project, launched today, will be monitoring Sudan from above and sharing information with the world in near real-time in an effort to deter violence.The oil-rich southern region of Sudan is poised to hold a referendum on January 9 that could decide whether Sudan remains one country, or becomes politically divided into north and south entities. Many expect that there will be violence leading up to the vote, as well as after it, and that the Sudan could once again descend into chaos as it did during its 20-year war in which an estimated 2 million people were killed as of 2005.The Satellite Sentinel Project aims to deter that violence--or at the very least act as a recorder of war crimes should they occur--by pointing cameras aboard commercial satellites at the region starting today. Through satellite imagery analysis and crowd-sourced mapping, which can be viewed via programs using Google Maps and Google Earth, the eyes of anyone with an Internet connection will be able to watch what is happening in the border region of northern and southern Sudan in the coming weeks.The project is being conducted through a partnership with the Operational Satellite Applications Program (Unosat) from the the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (Unitar), Harvard University's Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Google, Internet software company Trellon, and the Enough Project anti-genocide organization.It's being funded by the aptly named Not On Our Watch, a humanitarian advocacy organization whose founding members include actors George Clooney, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, and Brad Pitt' film producer Jerry Weintraub' and human rights lawyer and former State Department aide David Pressman.Clooney and John Prendergast, a journalist, human rights activist and Enough Project co-founder, have been acting as spokesmen for the Satellite Sentinel Project. Through interviews with national publications, opens letters to newspapers, and press statements, the two launched a media campaign today to draw attention to the satellite mission.&quot;Previously, when mass atrocities occurred in Darfur, the Government of Sudan denied its involvement. Since photographers could not get access, it took years to amass evidence of genocide. But now we can witness in near real-time and put all parties on notice that if they commit war crimes, we will all be watching, and pressuring policymakers to take action,&quot; Clooney and Prendergast said in a joint statement today.&quot;We want to cast a spotlight - literally - on the hot spots along the border to record any actions that might escalate the chances of conflict. We hope that if many eyes are on the potential spoilers, we can all help detect, deter and interdict actions that could lead to a return to deadly violence. At the very least, if war crimes do occur, we'll have plenty of evidence of the actions of the perpetrators to share with the International Criminal Court and the UN Security Council,&quot; Clooney and Prendergast said in their statement.Commercial satellites have been tapped to collect visual data of the region and have the ability to capture incidents like village burnings or razings, large movements of people, and bombings. Each organization involved has a specific role in how that data is used in the coming months, according to the Satellite Sentinel Project.A team of Unosat employees expert in satellite analysis will examine the images from offices in Geneva, Switzerland, in conjunction with Google and Trellon employees, according to Unitar.&quot;This unique monitoring and alert system is based on commercial and publicly available satellite imagery and has the potential to contribute to the prevention of a possible war in Sudan. In case conflict ignites, the humanitarian consequences can be monitored from space, a service that Unosat has been providing to the international community since 2003,&quot; Unitar said in a statement.Google and Trellon have collaborated on analysis and Internet tools to make the collected satellite information also available to the public. Meanwhile, workers from the Enough Project and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative will contribute field reports from the ground in the Sudan.&quot;Google technology is increasingly being used by individuals and organizations to support disaster response and humanitarian causes. The Satellite Sentinel Project is an important undertaking and we're proud that Google Map Maker, a tool that enables users to contribute and edit map data for over 190 countries and regions around the world, is being used as its mapping platform,&quot; a Google representative said today in an e-mail to CNET.Not On Our Watch, for its part, has provided enough funding to run the program for at least six months and is acting as a media conduit to shed light on the issue and encourage political action to deter the violence.In addition to the images and mapping, the Satellite Sentinel also has a blog about the situation in the Sudan and is posting the field reports from workers in organizations like the Enough Project.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GM working on battery switch for U.K. Volt]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 08:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Rixbralia</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The 2012 Vauxhall Ampera will get a switch that lets drivers decide when to drive in EV-only mode and when to drive in extended-range mode.(Credit:Vauxhall)The first 40 miles you drive in a fully charged 2011 Chevrolet Volt uses energy stored in the 16kWh battery to propel the vehicle, with the 1.4-liter gas engine kicking in only when the battery is drained and needs to be recharged. But GM engineers are working on a switch for the British version of the Volt, the Vauxhall Ampera slated for 2012, that will let U.K. drivers decide when to drive in electric-only mode and when to use the gas engine, according to an article in TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk.The tweak is designed to suit the driving needs of British customers, who may want to travel on highways in extended-range mode and save the 40 or so miles of electric range for in-city driving, which may or may not come at the beginning of their commute. The move would be similar to the EV mode button that existed on early Japanese and European Toyota Prius models, but was absent in the U.S.That EV switch won't be an option for U.S. customers when the Volt goes on sale next year, but it could make it onto future versions of the plug-in. It took a few years, but Toyota finally introduced the EV mode button on several U.S. model hybrid vehicles, including the Prius.(Source: TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk)<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TechShop gets $1.7M to expand workshops for inventors]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[TechShop, a chain of membership-based workshops offering tools and equipment, has raised $1.7 million of an expected $4 million in equity, according to a filing with the SEC.Based in Menlo Park, Calif., the company offers tools like 3D printers, laser cutters and woodworking tools to individual members for about $100 per month. TechShop currently has locations in Menlo Park and Raleigh, North Carolina, but the chain plans to expand to two dozen cities in the next two years, Bloomberg reports. Last December, TechShop announced plans to open a San Francisco workshop in a former San Francisco Chronicle building near 5th and Howard Streets.Founded in 2006, the company expects to make $1.1 million in revenue this year.Previous Story: Smule pursues its dream of beautiful iPad music with Magic FiddlePrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Companies: Bloomberg, San Francisco Chronicle, TechShop          Companies: Bloomberg, San Francisco Chronicle, TechShopVentureBeat 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[Ambiq Micro Closes $2.4 Million Seed Round For Efficient&nbsp'Micro-controllers]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ DFJ Mercury led a seed investment round of $2.4 million in Ambiq Micro, the companies announced today. Ambiq has designed and manufactures durable, highly efficient micro-controllers that can be used in everything from smoke and temperature sensors in smart buildings, to smart credit cards and smart phones.The company was founded at the University of Michigan by Dennis Sylvester and David Blaauw, professors of electrical engineering and computer science at the Universitya4a4s College of Engineering, and Scott Hanson, a post-doctoral Fellow at the College of Engineering who is the companya4a4s chief executive. Ambiq Micro practically swept the university business plan competition circuit in the 2009-2010 academic school year. It won a $250,000 prize on July 1, 2010 from Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and Cisco as part of a co-sponsored Global Business Plan Competition for university and business school students. Before that, Ambiq won the Pryor-Hale Award for Best Business as part of the Institutea4a4s Michigan Business Challenge in February 2009 and several others. Ambiq Micro also attained a small (but undisclosed amount) of pre-seed financing from the University of Michigan&amp;'s Frankel Commercialization Fund, the first student-led pre-seed investment fund in the United States.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nvidia expects strong sales of its mobile chips heading into the holiday season]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Nvidia, a producer of video cards and graphic processing units (GPUs), expects its graphics processor sales to remain strong throughout the holiday shopping season as it expands further into the mobile market, according to its quarterly earnings report released today.The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company produces the Nvidia Tegra a4&quot; a system on a chip much like Apple&amp;'s A4 processor in its iPhone and iPod Touch devices a4&quot; for use in mobile devices like phones. The Tegra is a combination of Nvidia&amp;'s graphics processing technology and other ARM-based chips. It&amp;'s competing for marketshare in a somewhat crowded space, as Advanced Micro Devices and Intel also produce low-power system-on-a-chip products for use in mobile devices.The Tegra will be included in a number of smartphones run on Google&amp;'s Android operating system, according to a report by Reuters. That should give Nvidia a nice boost to its primary market, which is mainly video processors for gamers. Nvidia recently announced a new lineup of video processors, the GTX 580 GPU, that once again broke the record for the fastest graphics processor.Its most recent quarterly performance wasn&amp;'t quite as stellar as its outlook. Nvidia reported a 21 percent drop in profit, from $108 million in the third quarter a year ago to $85 million in the third quarter this year. Nvidia&amp;'s revenue also fell 6.5 percent to $844 million in the third quarter this year, down from $903 in the same quarter a year earlier. Nvidia said it expects 3 to 5 percent growth in revenue for the upcoming quarter.That&amp;'s likely a result of the recent slowing growth in chip sales. Chip sales grew 26.2 percent in September compared to the same month a year earlier but wereonly up 2.9 percent from the month before. Chip sales are usually an indicator of demand for the devices they power, such as computers, phones and other mobile devices. The chip sales likely indicate weakening demand for gadgets and computers heading into the holiday shopping season a4&quot; which makes Nvidia&amp;'s outlook all the more surprising.Its earnings reports today were in line with the expectations of a number of Wall Street analysts, so there wasn&amp;'t much of a downside for investors. They were instead satisfied with the upbeat outlook from the GPU manufacturer. Shares of Nvidia were up 4.5 percent to $13.18 in extended trading today.Next Story: SunPower beats 3Q earnings expectations, rides global solar wave Previous Story: Twitter&amp;'s union with Apple&amp;'s Ping turns all of us into mindless iTunes adsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: GPU, Nvidia GTX 580, Nvidia Tegra, system-on-a-chip, TegraCompanies: Amd, Intel, Nvidia          Tags: GPU, Nvidia GTX 580, Nvidia Tegra, system-on-a-chip, TegraCompanies: Amd, Intel, NvidiaVentureBeat 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[8 trends to watch after cleantech&'s blockbuster $243 billion year]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Global investment in clean energy topped $243 billion last year, surging 30 percent from $186.5 billion in 2009, according to a report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.The latest numbers show cleantech is still growing and attracting money, fueled in large part by government investment and favorable policies, such as Germanya4a4s solar subsidies. Venture capital flowing into the sector also had a record $7.8 billion year, according to the Cleantech Group. But the last half of 2010 saw two consecutive quarters of decline in venture dollars invested, showing that venture capitalists are starting to pull back and look for more capital-efficient investments.Big drivers for global activity in 2010 were China, which has put significant resources into renewables, offshore wind and European rooftop solar, which jumped 91 percent last year to nearly $60 billion, most notably in Germany (but the U.S., Czech Republic and Italy were also big markets). While offshore wind has struggled to get off the ground in the U.S., it had better luck in Europe last year, with a $1.7 million deal inked in Belgium and a $1 billion deal in Germany.So, whata4a4s next Here are the predictions VentureBeat culled from the experts in the past few weeks:A down year by solar standards &amp;8212' Last year marked a blockbuster year for the global solar industry, which grew more than 100 percent to 16.3 gigawatts, according to research company SolarBuzz, which expects 20.4 gigawatts to be installed this year thanks to some cutbacks on favorable solar policies from the strong market of Germany. But BNEF solar analyst Nathaniel Bullard predicts this will be a down year by solar standards a4&quot; meaning 25 percent growth compared to the 40 to 100 percent growth seen in previous years.Smaller financing rounds &amp;8212'  The average global cleantech venture deal in recent quarters is now around $12 million, according to research firm Kachan and Co. According to managing partner Dallas Kachan, cleantech round sizes in the past few quarters have declined to a4Aalmost their lowest level in recorded history. And that&amp;'s good. More cleantech companies are now getting capital than in the days of the large, exclusionary government stimulus grants and loans that skewed investment last year towards larger deals.&amp;''Biofuels shift strategies &amp;8212' The technology works, but biofuels have proven expensive and tough to scale. One big trend is that companies are shifting towards is making biochemicals &amp;8212' which sell at a higher price than fuels &amp;8212' and food additives. Indeed,BNEF reports that biofuels had almost a flat year last year, with overall investment down slightly to $7.9 billion from $8.1 billion in 2009. Biomass and wastea4toa4energy was also flat, at $11.6 billion, compared to $12 billion the previous year.A good year for IPOs, possibly maybe &amp;8212' This is debatable, but at least one VC, Nat Goldhaber of Claremont Creek Ventures, has been banging the drum for IPOs in 2011, listing names like SunRun, Ice Energy, BrightSource Energy and Silver Spring Networks as potentials. Others arena4a4t so sure the market is ready for that yet.Energy efficiency is king &amp;8212' Remember how investors are looking for capital-efficient investments to get more bang for their buck Enter energy efficiency, which typically requires less capital than, say, a giant solar plant in the desert. Venture capitalists and market watchers have been predicting ad nauseam a good year for energy efficiency. Many of the most promising lighting, building controls and energy efficiency software startups have found success pitching to corporations and commercial building owners looking to cut their costs.China dominates &amp;8212' What else is new here With a giant population and booming energy needs, China has put billions into the smart grid and cleantech. Just today news hit that the Chinese government plans to double the countrya4a4s existing wind energy capacity by 2015. As many observers and stakeholders and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu have pointed out, boosting cleantech in the U.S. will take the combined efforts ofbusinesses, governments and environmental interests working together.Building controls and demand response heat up &amp;8212' This is a class getting increasingly crowded, with big names and startups alike wading into the fray. Schneider Electric, Siemens, Johnson Controls, Lockheed Martin, GE and smart grid superstar startup Silver Spring Networks all have plays running in these sectors.Big names and startups alike vie for a slice of electric car charging infrastructure market &amp;8211' As we reported earlier this week, big global companies like ABB and Siemens have partnered with or put millions into electric car charging station startups. Others, like GE and Eaton, are working to develop their own technology.[Image via Flickr/xJasonRogersx]Next Story: a4AFlipboard for sportsa4 startup Hitpost comes to the Web (invites) Previous Story: Verizon iPhone hotspot feature headed to all iPhones soonPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: biofuels, building controls, China, cleantech investing, cleantech IPOs, demand response, energy efficiency, Solar, windCompanies: ABB, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, BrightSource Energy, GE, Ice Energy, Johnson Controls, Lockheed Martin, Schneider Electric, siemens, Silver Spring Networks, SunrunPeople: Dallas Kachan, Nat Goldhaber, Nathaniel Bullard          Tags: biofuels, building controls, China, cleantech investing, cleantech IPOs, demand response, energy efficiency, Solar, windCompanies: ABB, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, BrightSource Energy, GE, Ice Energy, Johnson Controls, Lockheed Martin, Schneider Electric, siemens, Silver Spring Networks, SunrunPeople: Dallas Kachan, Nat Goldhaber, Nathaniel BullardIris 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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