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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Amazon's tablet to launch in August]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ It appears Amazon will have its much-anticipatedtablet on the market to challenge Apple before the end of the year.Taiwan-based component makers say the online retailer will launch a tablet PC as early as August, with global sales for 2011 pegged at 4 million units, according to a report from tech site DigiTimes. With monthly orders expected to hit 700,000 to 800,000 units a month, the tablet's launch is timed to take advantage of the pre-Thanksgiving shopping rush, DigiTimes' sources pointed out.Taiwan-based Quanta Computer has reportedly already received orders from Amazon to build the retail giant's first tablet PC. The new tablet will apparently use E Ink's Fringe Field Switching LCD technology, suggesting it will be a color LCD touch panel (a departure from the black-and-white E-ink Kindles we've seen to date).&quot;Sources said that Amazon has been under pressure to release a tablet to compete with theiPad since Kindle sales haven't done well outside of North America and Europe. A new tablet would also tap into Amazon's recently opened AppStore and its new Amazon Cloud Drive.When asked last month by Consumer Reports about the possibility of Amazon selling its own tablet, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos cagely replied, &quot;stay tuned.&quot; Bezos also said during the interview that if Amazon were to do a tablet, it wouldn't replace the Kindle but be sold alongside it.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Chrome 14 to address security concerns]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>anwestleye</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[A new version of Google's JavaScript rendering engine and security fixes land in Google Chrome 14.0.794.0 dev today, available for download for Windows, Mac, Linux. The latest rough version of the browser improves secure HTTP support in several ways, updates the V8 JavaScript engine to version 3.4.3.0, and tightens security when installing Web apps from the Chrome Web Store.A new infobar warns users when Chrome blocks a script from running.(Credit:Google)The security changes are small but nevertheless could have a positive effect on your browser's security. Chrome 14 dev supports DNSSEC authentication for HTTPS, which strengthens the secure Web protocol, and Chrome 14 dev for Macs fixes invalid server certificate errors that were being generated for some secure sites that had untrusted roots certificate authorities. The Chrome Web Store now prompts with a native confirmation dialog box when installing a Web app, which streamlines how the Web store appears to integrate with your computer. SSL v3 server connectivity issues have been fixed, which will prevent some connections from being lost.Google is taking HTTPS issues quite seriously and has taken steps to address mixed secure site scripting conditions in Chrome 14 dev. Just after announcing that Gmail will always load in HTTPS, the company has ensured that mixed secure site scripting conditions are blocked by default in Chrome 14 dev. The first is a command line flag that actually landed in Chrome 13 dev called --no-running-insecure-content for advanced users who want to help clean up sites with mixed secure scripts. Another flag is available that will block the display of insecure content, --no-displaying-insecure-content, but Google stated in the above-linked blog post that it will not block displaying insecure content by default since it's not as dangerous a use-case.And in a hat-tip to the users and site administrators who may not have the resources to address the issue immediately, Google has included an inverse flag: --allow-running-insecure-content.Also, Linux users get a makeshift multiple profile support button for creating different browsing profiles from within the browser.There are some known bugs with Chrome 14 dev, including nonfunctioning keyboard volume controls within the browser and a browser crash related to reloading a site via HTTP Post, which most often appears as the confirmation page following a form submission from an online transaction.Along with bumping Chrome dev to version 14, Google has moved its beta channel to Chrome 13. Chrome 13 beta (download for Windows | Mac | Linux) makes two notable changes to the browser. The first is the addition of pre-rendering technology that will make some Google search results appear &quot;almost instantly,&quot; according to Google's Chrome blog. Since pre-rendering is a Web standard, it's not limited to Google and can be used by other Web developers. The second is a fix for a bug that's been annoying Chrome users since 2008: the lack of a print preview. Still no word on default support for RSS feeds, which requires users to install an add-on before it will work in Chrome.The release notes for Chrome 14 dev are available here. Google's official notes on Chrome 13 beta can be read here.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Five tips from a budding green-tech cluster]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 07:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>anwestleye</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=five-tips-from-a-budding-green-tech-cluster</guid>
<description><![CDATA[WALTHAM, Mass.--Most of the action in consumer Internet technology is firmly rooted in Silicon Valley. But when it comes to green technologies, it's much more dispersed, with pockets of activity in different regions.Massachusetts is one area that has run with clean-energy technologies with some success. A number of companies from the state received grants from the Department of Energy's ARPA-E agency to pursue promising research, including 1366 Technologies, Sun Catalytix, FloDesign Wind Turbines, and Agrivida. Battery maker A123 Systems and efficiency company EnerNoc are among the few energy start-ups of the past decade to become public companies. Research company Clean Edge ranked Massachusetts third behind California and Oregon in its clean-energy leadership index, which measured policies, technology, and financing.So what does it take to create an active cluster of clean-energy outfits Business association the Mass Technology Leadership Council last month organized a panel to discuss how entrepreneurs can navigate their small companies and move their business ideas forward. Every entrepreneur said there were real economic and technical challenges, but they offered some ideas on overcoming them. Latch onto a clusterMarcie Black worked on the technology behind the start-up she co-founded, Bandgap Engineering, while working at Los Alamos National Laboratories in New Mexico. But she didn't find the support she needed to move the idea forward. So she moved to New England to be closer to an innovation cluster where she felt there were better opportunities. The company, which has a technology to improve the efficiency of silicon solar cells, raised money from venture firms based in Boston and Silicon Valley as well as Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo.Having a pool of talent to hire from, of course, can help quite a bit, which is where the area universities can help. Also, a number of Massachusetts-area companies are working in energy efficiency, where a workforce skilled in IT can play a big role. Nexamp, which installs solar power systems and provides energy efficiency services to corporations, is spinning off a separate efficiency company because it has a different business model than the solar part of its business, said Nexamp CEO Stuart Patterson. An efficiency company that relies a lot on software can be more akin to a typical software business in that there is less money needed to build and sell a product, compared to solar or energy storage, for example. Get money where you canRaising money for early-stagegreen-tech companies over the past few years from venture capitalists has been challenging, the panelists said. Part of it is better understanding among investors of how much capital energy-related products require to bring a product to market--far more than Internet companies and more similar to biotech. Another issue is that the venture capital industry overall has changed, as angel investors do bigger deals and some general tech venture funds are losing enthusiasm for the clean-tech category.That means fledgling green-tech companies need to find different sources, including family foundations, large corporations, and government agencies, which can provide capital and a potential channel to market. Generally, the panel viewed East Coast venture capitalists as more conservative and risk-averse compared to their West Coast counterparts.Related links&amp;149' Green-tech companies look overseas for foothold&amp;149' For VCs in green tech, it's time for Plan B&amp;149' Boston's wind site to test giant turbine blades&quot;Clean tech has only been a venture capital industry for a handful of years, and many (venture capital) firms have not had an exit yet so they're still trying to figure out the business model. So you think about keeping long-term relationships,&quot; said Peter Rothstein, the president of the New England Clean Energy Council.Martin Flusberg from Powerhouse Dynamics, which makes a home energy monitor, has raised $2.5 million mostly from his network of angel investors. But, he said, it's difficult being in &quot;perpetual fundraising mode&quot; because it diverts his attention from other tasks, such as product and business development.Be flexibleEnergy is an area of the economy that has been dominated by incumbent suppliers and has historically not attracted start-ups and entrepreneurs. That's changed now, but it's still tough introducing new products through old, established energy providers, be they oil and gas companies or utilities. Utilities, the panelists said, are very conservative, and most are notoriously slow to try new technologies. Even if a new company has been vetted as a utility partner, some utilities will have a request for proposals once a year or even every two or three years, said Patterson. &quot;That means just to become a candidate you have to wait two years, which is sort of crazy,&quot; he said. Flusberg at Powerhouse Dynamics decided to set up a network of retailers rather than try to sell products through utilities. Photos: Green tech grows in Boston  More fundamentally, introducing products into relatively new categories means companies have a hard time simply because it hasn't been done before. SustainX, which was spun out of Dartmouth College, is building grid storage systems that use tanks of compressed air to store energy. But the company is still working out what the business model will be, said CEO Tom Zarrella. &quot;I'm finding I have to build the benchmarks...to establish a sales benchmark to talk to customers,&quot; said Zarrella said. &quot;I have to educate potential customers on this industry.&quot;Focus on early customers or distribution partnersMore and more it seems, green-tech start-ups are getting investments from large corporations, such as General Electric or the venture arms of oil and gas companies. In addition to bringing money, these &quot;strategic partners&quot; can direct start-ups on how to develop a product or end up being a customer. Bandgap Engineering is now seeking a partner willing to try out its technology and bring it to market since building a new solar production line itself is out of the question. Pepperdash Technology, which is doing control system software to improve efficiency in buildings, said it has a handful of customers who are helping the company refine its product. &quot;Once you can demo the technology, then you get paying customers of prototypes, and then you can have a conversation from there,&quot; said Howard Nunes, the president and CEO of PepperDash.Make friends in governmentPanelists complained that U.S. policy is inconsistent and selling to utilities is very difficult because there are different regulations in every state. But government agencies, either state or federal, can play a big role in energy-related start-ups, either as a customer or by providing grants or loans. Nexamp, for example, is catering to military agencies which have to reduce energy consumption 15 percent by 2013. But entrepreneurs need to be aware that there are strings attached to government grants and the primary focus of many government policies is employment. &quot;[With] government grants, all they care about is job creation, but in the venture world it's whether the business model works and whether there is a return of five [times the initial investment],&quot; said Nexamp's Patterson. &quot;It's almost a handicap if you create too many jobs.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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