One hot topic right now is the future of the solar market, which is considered over-saturated. One writer, citing a conversation with a venture capitalist, calls this the “ sunset of solar venture capital .” Noting analysts’ bearishness on solar going into 2011, the Motley Fool’s Travis Hoium bets on First Solar , but says Trina Solar and Yingli Solar also have a shot at making inroads into the residential and commercial market where SunPower reigns supreme. Jigar Shah at Cleantech Blog picks at Fool’s metric of cost per watt, saying widening efficiency gaps have rendered those numbers moot. “ In any case, solar is coming down in cost and the race is fun to watch .” U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced yesterday that two million smart grid meters have been installed in the country as a result of funding from the Recovery Act
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On the GreenBeat: Solar forecast sours, 2 million smart meters installed nationwide
Outside Apple’s media event in San Francisco (Source: CrunchGear) Apple today is holding its traditional fall media event where it is expected to introduce several new and updated products and services, with iPods, iTunes, and Apple TV…
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Coverage of Apple’s 2010 Fall Media Event
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Section: Computers , Mobile Computers It looks like the Samsung Galaxy Tab has been caught on video. The latest is coming out of China and offers an ever-so-brief 28 second look at the yet to be released Android tablet.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab Android tablet makes another video appearance
Section: Gadgets / Other , ebooks The Micro Cruz Reader and Micro Cruz Tablet from Velocity have come available for pre-order. As of now the devices are available on the Velocity website as well as with Borders . The Micro Cruz Reader is priced at $199.99 and expected to ship September 30th and the Micro Cruz Tablet is priced at $299.99 and showing a shipping date of October 15th.
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Move over iPad, here’s the touch-controlled tablet Mac from Axon Logic . A 1.6GHz 10-inch two-pound slice of special slate for Mac users, though it would be more accurate to describe this as a ‘Hackintosh’. See, what Axon Logic have done is release the new tablet PC complete with a hidden EFI partition — which as Mac hackintosh heads know is a secret sauce they need for a relatively simple OS X install. Or any other Darwin-based OS. According to Axon Logic: Besides using only quality components, they are specifically chosen to be compatible with Darwin. That gives you the freedom to run, in addition to Windows and Linux, any* Darwin OS
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Introducing the touch-controlled Mac OS X tablet…
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Here’s the latest action: HP applies for “Palmpad” trademark — Another major sign that Hewlett-Packard will pursue a tablet computing strategy dropped today, with the company filing to trademark the word “Palmpad.” Crunchgear has more . Texas Instruments sees profits soar — The major chip vendor has seen a dramatic incline in sales and profits during the second quarter of 2010, a 42 percent increase compared to Q2 of last year. Second quarter income amounted to $769 million, or 62 cents per share . Bad mobile romance — Wired magazine takes an in-depth look at the relationship between AT&T and Apple and how it has led to network disasters and million of unhappy customers.
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Roundup: HP applies for “Palmpad” trademark, British Airways debus mobile boarding passes, and more
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Section: Gadgets / Other , ebooks It seems as if Sony will have their Reader available on an international basis later in the year. According to some details posted over on the Sony Insider blog; “Sony is preparing to make its Reader digital book available in several new markets.
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This clip shows us doctors at a hospital run by Kobe University actually using an iPad as a display during a surgery. In the video you can see a medic zooming in and out of images shown on the iPad’s screen during the procedure, though the iPad is shrouded in plastic, the commentary is all in Japanese — though the doctor says it was a useful thing during the procedure. Via: CrunchGear
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Here’s the latest action: Google launches its own trading floor — It looks like the search engine has launched a trading floor to keep track of its $26.5 billion in cash and short-term investments, according to BusinessWeek . The move seems to be motivated by the companies desire for higher returns on its money. Facebook offers Android SDK — Today, the social network released a beta version of its software developer kit for Android , in the wake of news that more people are using Android now that the iPhone OS.
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Roundup: AdMob is finally Google’s, Facebook releases Android SDK, and more
Could AT&T’s exclusive hold on the iPhone be on the rocks? ?Just yesterday we were talking about a five year exclusivity deal.
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Rumor: Verizon making ads for iPhone HD – goodbye AT&T exclusivity?