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<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 07:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Google may reveal mobile-payment plans Thursday]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 07:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK--Google is hosting a press event here Thursday where it's expected to take the wraps off plans to turn smartphones into mobile wallets.The new mobile payment system will work on selectAndroid-based phones sold on Sprint Nextel's network, according to a Bloomberg report that cited unidentified sources. Google reportedly plans to introduce the service initially in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. The service is supposed to use near-field communications (NFC), very short-range wireless communications technology that allows users to pay for things in retail locations by holding a device equipped with a special chip close to a specialized reader at a retail check out.Google isn't commenting on the rumor of the NFC announcement, nor has the company explained what it will be announcing at Thursday's press conference. The event is scheduled to be held at Google's New York offices. And it will kick off at 12 p.m. ET. CNET will live-blog the news using the Cover It Live tool. So come back about 20 minutes before the press conference starts to get in on the pre-event chatter and follow the news here as it happens.Google New York event<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Start-up GridGlo taps smart-meter data deluge]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 07:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>overscribbling</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Using data from meters and demographic sources, GridGlo can create an energy efficiency profile of consumers and regions. Here, green indicates relatively high energy efficiency.(Credit:GridGlo)With millions of smart meters being installed, utilities find themselves atop a mountain of information but with a dearth tools to make sense of it all. GridGlo is ready to dig into all that data. The start-up today announced that it received $1.2 million to build its business of providing applications and data collected from smart meters and other sources to utilities and software developers. Nonprofit research center CUBRC provided the funding and will create the algorithms for analyzing meter data. GridGlo now has trial programs with six utilities in the U.S. with its services, which are built by combining meter data and publicly available demographic data, financial records, and satellite imagery. The information can be used to forecast power demand more accurately or to get a better picture on how much energy customers consume, said CEO Isaias Sudit. Today, utilities rely on weather information to forecast power demand for the following day.The data could also used to measure the effectiveness of demand-response programs in which utilities offer a financial incentive for customers to reduce energy use during peak times. GridGlo's plan is to sell applications to utilities or access to its data. Over time, it expects to make that data available to third-party companies to create custom applications. For example, a developer could write an application that links credit card reward programs to a utility energy-saving program, he said.The system is designed with a privacy module so that aggregated data does not reveal personal information. Some applications will require opt-in approvals, Sudit said. GridGlo was formed about a year and a half ago to take advantage of the amount of data now available from meters, which can report power consumption figures in hourly or fifteen-minute intervals.&quot;If all the data from meters in the next two or three years becomes available, we are talking about five to six billion data points every hour just on the energy side. Imagine adding 1,300 attributes to that and 140,000 [utility] subscribers,&quot; Sudit said. &quot;We are talking about massive amounts of data. Nobody knows how to understand it and monetize it.&quot;The company hopes to have its software and data in use at utilities in about a year, he said. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sprint again delays BlackBerry tablet]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 07:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>overscribbling</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Potential BlackBerry PlayBook customers apparently will have to wait a while longer before they can buy thetablet through Sprint.RIM PlayBook(Credit:RIM)In a document addressed to dealers and revealed this week by mobile-device blog BriefMobile, Sprint broke the news of another delay in offering Research In Motion's new tablet. This latest delay follows initially promised launch dates of April 19 and May 8, according to BriefMobile.Announcing the delay, the document promises that a new launch date will be communicated as soon as it's available. It also advises dealers who've bought PlayBook display pedestals to hang onto them and to also keep the tablet's fact tags, which are used to describe a product.But there seems to be some confusion over exactly which PlayBook model that Sprint is delaying.The BriefMobile post mentions a CDMA version. However, in an e-mail to CNET, a Sprint representative said the company has not said it would offer a 3G CDMA version of the PlayBook and has instead been eyeing the Wi-Fi edition.&quot;It was recently announced that Sprint will be a retail channel for the Wi-Fi-based PlayBook, but an availability date was not announced by Sprint or RIM,&quot; the Sprint rep said in the e-mail. &quot;Sprint and RIM did jointly announce atCES 2011 that a BlackBerry 4G PlayBook for the Sprint 4G network will be available this summer.&quot;The Wi-Fi model has been available through retail outlets since its launch last month but not through the major carriers. Regardless of the model, Sprint's delay is a setback for the PlayBook.Verizon Wireless, which had initially appeared interested in carrying the tablet, at least according to RIM, recently revealed a certain lack of enthusiasm. In late April, a Verizon rep said simply that &quot;we are still evaluating the Blackberry Playbook and have not made a determination as to whether or not we're going to distribute it.&quot;Currently available only with Wi-Fi, a PlayBook 4G edition is supposed to jump onto Sprint's WiMax network this summer. RIM has also been planning 4G versions for Verizon Wireless's LTE network and the HSPA+ networks from AT&amp;T and T-Mobile.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GE invests in storage unit innovation]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>overscribbling</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ge-invests-in-storage-unit-innovation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Basic overview of how the SustainX system uses hydraulics to create, store, and release compressed air for making electricity.(Credit:SustainX)SustainX announced today it's received $14.4 million in funding from GE subsidiary GE Energy Financial Services, Cadent Energy Partners, Polaris Ventures, and Rockport Capital.The New Hampshire-based company is a start-up that grew out of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College in 2007, and has been developing a compressed-air energy storage unit intended for integration with smart grids. Simply put, its innovative storage unit uses compressed air to store, then generate electricity. But unlike other compressed-air storage units, which use a compressor to store air underground, SustainX stores the air in a standard tank located above ground and uses a hydraulic piston system and hydraulic motor.Electricity initially runs the hydraulic piston system to create and store high-pressure air in the tanks. Then, when electricity is needed, that high-pressure air is channeled to drive a hydraulic motor that powers an electric generator. The system uses isothermal compression and expansion to keep the air at a consistent temperature to maximize efficiency.&quot;SustainX technology keeps air at a nearly constant temperature during compression and expansion' this significantly improves efficiency and reduces the cost of compressed-air energy storage below that of other above-ground energy storage options,&quot; the company said in a statement.GE wind turbines at an offshore wind farm.(Credit:GE)The grid storage unit is intended for use in place of today's current &quot;peaker plants,&quot; or auxiliary go-to plants for when electric grids reach peak demand and need an extra source of electricity to draw from.The investment is part of GE's Ecomagination program in which the company said it plans to invest $10 billion in green-focused research and development between 2010 and 2015. SustainX's compressed-air grid storage system falls under the Ecomagination &quot;Powering the Grid&quot; program.SustainX had previously been developing the tech with about $5.4 million it had garnered from a combination of public grants from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy, as well as previous private funding from Cadent Energy Partners, Polaris Ventures, and Rockport Capital. With the new round of funding available, the company says it will soon be showcasing a more scalable prototype that it's developing with AES Energy Storage. That prototype will be capable of storing and dispensing enough energy to power the equivalent of 1,000 U.S. homes.GE's interest in a system like the one SustainX is attempting to develop makes sense given GE's huge wind turbine manufacturing business expanding in Europe and winning over wind farms in the U.S. Because of their intermittent nature, wind and solar are less reliable than other energy sources. Energy storage units, like the one being developed by SustainX, would change that because they would allow wind and solar energy excesses to be easily and cheaply stored and retrieved as needed, making their variable natures less problematic.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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