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Week in review: On Microsoft's mind

May 12, 2008 10:51 AM PDT

Tech world waits for word on Yahoo, while Microsoft grapples with software challenges. Also: Net music on the court docket, and how green is our Valley?

Week in review: A week for Web 2.0, a day for Earth

May 21, 2008 11:01 AM PDT

San Francisco hosts a Web app frenzy, and Earth Day provides the perfect opportunity to look at the very latest in green tech.
(By CNET News.com's Leslie Katz)

Earth Day 2008: Your green resource

April 23, 2008 10:08 AM PDT

Whether you're a hard-nosed B school grad or an eco-minded consumer, keeping track of what's what in green tech can be a daunting task. We're here to help.
(By CNET News.com's Green Tech writers)

At MTI Micro, pushing fuel cells for portables

April 7, 2008 12:01 PM PDT

MTI Micro's goal is to displace lithium ion batteries in portable gadgets. The first fuel cells, it says, are due in 2009.
(Posted in Green Tech by Hanna Sistek)
Photos: Fuel cells for cameras

How PARC sees printers boosting clean tech

April 2, 2008 4:00 AM PDT

Researchers at PARC, famed for its computing innovations, say printers and copiers have a lot to offer on the eco-tech front.
Photos: PARC prints green tech

How green could make Europe a tech power

March 24, 2008 11:18 AM PDT

The region has diesel expertise, a green populace, and interested governments. Could Europe be a big player in green tech?

Harnessing the power of wind and waves

March 24, 2008 9:43 AM PDT

Ireland is in the right place to generate electricity, and a lot of it, out of oceanic surges, but it won't be easy sailing.
Video: Ocean-based renewable energy

Greening of CeBit fails to revive shrinking IT fair

March 6, 2008 9:37 AM PST

Scaled-down tech show shifts focus to business and technologies that will drive the trend toward environmental awareness.

Ballmer: Microsoft is thinking green

March 5, 2008 9:00 AM PST

At the CeBit technology show in Hannover, the chief executive says the software giant is focusing on lowering energy consumption.

Meet the king of coal

February 25, 2008 10:00 AM PST

You may not love coal, but you use a lot of it. Peabody Energy's Greg Boyce says the company will even participate in cleaning the stuff up.

Kurzweil: 'Exponential' change ahead for games, people

February 22, 2008 11:00 AM PST

Renowned inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil explains how tech will give people superhuman abilities and near immortality.

Elon Musk on rockets, sports cars, and solar power

February 15, 2008 4:00 AM PST

Yes, the entrepreneur and technologist admits, he does have a lot of balls in the air--and rockets too.

The fatal flaw for green-tech companies

February 5, 2008 9:31 AM PST

There's a chance green products will save the world, so why are they so boring compared to a cell phone with a built-in TV?

Red light for green-tech start-ups?

January 29, 2008 4:00 AM PST

A funding gap, made worse by a softening economy, could create a wall for clean-tech start-ups despite a favorable long-term environment.

CIGS cell makers battle it out for efficiency crown

January 27, 2008 9:00 PM PST

Global Solar says it's number one in solar cells made from copper indium gallium selenide, but so does Nanosolar.

Algae: Another way to grow edible oils

January 25, 2008 6:00 AM PST

Solazyme already converts algae into transportation fuel. Coming up next: Food oils that are healthier than canola oil.

The house that social networking built

March 13, 2008 10:51 AM PDT

The Open Architecture Network's Cameron Sinclair talks about harnessing next-generation Web technologies to proliferate affordable housing around the globe.
Open-source housing for needy

Can this CEO paint GM green?

January 15, 2008 8:10 AM PST

His company still is identified as the home of big, gas guzzlers, but CEO Rick Wagoner is pushing technology alternatives to fossil-fuels.

Inside the green designer home

January 14, 2008 4:25 AM PST

Living Homes has built an affordable, architectural marvel. But is it ready for two kids and a golden retriever named Brandy?
Photos: Home, green home

Eco-Patent Commons shares earth-friendly tech

January 13, 2008 9:05 PM PST

Launch of Eco-Patents Commons puts environmental sustainability patents from IBM, Sony, Nokia, and Pitney Bowes into the public domain.