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May 30, 2011
These days, it seems there's a new incubator for just about every pair of 19-year-olds working on a mobile-payment startup. Long ago, before Y Combinator and 500 ...
April 8, 2011
On Thursday, Apr. 7, Facebook shared the nitty-gritty details about the energy efficiency of its server and data center designs in its new Oregon-based facility. This ...
February 14, 2011
Home energy management is still an early-adopter trend for most normal consumers, but as mobile operators and device makers get more involved in selling network access...
January 25, 2011
Whichever way you slice it, I am not much of a fan of Microsoft (MSFT) products. Sure, I like the Microsoft Office for Mac, but beyond that, I don't think any ...
December 7, 2010
Tech jobs are coming back after hitting bottom early this year, according to economy tracker Moody's Analytics (MCO). The U.S. economy has added 47,000 technology jobs...
August 23, 2010
Qualcomm (QCOM), the mobile-phone chipmaker, and AT&T (T), the largest U.S. phone company, are angling for a piece of the emerging market for wireless devices used in ...
June 9, 2010
An expected 30 million Americans will join Medicaid and private insurance plans as a result of health-care reform signed into law by President Obama on Mar. 23. When ...
April 18, 2010
Eventually 80% to 90% of lighting will convert to light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, says Warner Philips, co-founder of LED startup Lemnis Lighting and great-grandson of ...
February 24, 2010
Two years ago, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) embarked on an ambitious overhaul of its storied research labs, responsible for some of the most momentous computing innovation of...
January 28, 2010
One of Energy Secretary Steven Chu's top, if often overlooked, priorities has been to try to keep the U.S. from falling behind in the race to train the next generation...
December 30, 2009
By Mark Chediak (Bloomberg) Consumer backlash and cost concerns may cause delays in the nationwide rollout of "smart" utility meters at the center of the Obama...
December 24, 2009
The last decade has been a tumultuous one for green transportation in the U.S. Take the on-again, off-again electric vehicle market. We entered the 2000s with rules in...
December 7, 2009
The latest federal cancer numbers, released on Dec. 7, show a modest but steady decline in the U.S. over six years for both deaths from the disease and new diagnoses. ...
November 30, 2009
By Lucas Mearian A Harvard Medical School study that looked at some of the nation's "most wired" hospital facilities found that computerization of those facilities ...
November 16, 2009
In his various roles as a computer programmer, an emergency-medicine physician, and the director of Microsoft (MSFT) Medical Media Lab, Michael Gillam stays well ahead...
November 15, 2009
China's Suntech Power Holdings (STP) is no newcomer to the U.S. Last May, President Barack Obama toured the U.S.'s largest solar panel installation at Nellis Air Force...
October 29, 2009
Envia Systems, a battery materials startup based in Hayward, Calif., has just entered an elite group: the 1% of applicants awarded a first-round grant under the Energy...
October 27, 2009
Think back to the age of telecom before the breakup of AT&T, before the Internet, before Facebook or Twitter. That's about how antiquated America's system for ...
October 15, 2009
Green building geeks now have a more powerful tool for developing next-gen building designs with minimal environmental impact. Software engineers at the Energy Dept.'s...
October 2, 2009
Under federal law, drug companies cannot market their products "off label," for the treatment of conditions that have not been approved by the U.S. Food & Drug ...
October 1, 2009
By Sharon Gaudin Framingham - In 30 or 40 years, we'll have microscopic machines traveling through our bodies, repairing damaged cells and organs, effectively wiping ...
September 22, 2009
By Justin Moresco With so much activity in Washington, D.C., these days—from funding opportunities to policies like cap and trade—that could affect ...
September 18, 2009
Cholesterol-lowering drugs have been the most successful medicines in history. Last year, they racked up $33 billion in sales around the world. Just one drug, Pfizer's...
September 15, 2009
So you bought An Inconvenient Truth on DVD. You drive a Prius. You offset your carbon footprint by seeding rainforests in the tropics. You even very seriously ...
September 15, 2009
Shai Agassi and his Better Place startup may have a long way to go before realizing their vision of a future where electric vehicles are in vogue. But they came a step...
