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The wind industry posted a record year of growth in 2008. But even high growth green-tech companies are being left to twist in the wind by wavering government policies. Reports SustainableBusiness.com: The U.S. wind energy industry shattered all previous records in 2008 by installing 8,358 ...
Ah, the Registry -- home to a million hamsters running on a million wheels, all working to keep Windows running smoothly. Of course, with that many hamsters and that many wheels, problems are bound to crop up. Sometimes a wheel breaks, sometimes a stray fox gobbles up some hamsters. You know. ...
Gas prices might have stabilized for now, but soon they'll skyrocket again, leading to a chaotic world of post-apocalyptic road warriors who fight for every drop of petroleum. To save on gas, they'll also telecommute as much as possible using Twiddla, a free Web-based conferencing program that...
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If you spend more time in cabs, coach seats, and hotels than you do sitting at a desk, you're a road warrior. And what's a warrior without weapons? If you have an iPhone, you're already pretty well equipped, what with Google Maps, Safari, and the like. But if you really want to improve life on th...
I've got million dollar ideas coming out of my ears. Here's one: Bags of fruit you spread on top of your salad, called "fruitons."And now I've got a place for my genius to blossom. Ideablob is a social networking site for entrepreneurs with a monthly $10,000 kickstart grant. The s...
Links, links, links. Half the e-mails in my inbox contain an unwieldy list of links, the fruits of someone's research into some project or other. Sqworl lets you combine a bunch of links into a single link that takes you to a sort of online bookmark, complete with thumbnail previews of all the pag...
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA), the House Minority Whip, spoke with Marc Ambinder about what Republicans really want out of the stimulus package. Seems like a top priority is help for small business owners. Here is an excerpt from the Atlantic: You'd have some meaningful tax relief for small busines...
It's experimental, and not quite perfect yet, but everybody loves it all the same. No, I'm not talking about the Obama Administration. It's offline Gmail, which is now available via Google Gears. Here's the scoop, straight from the Official Gmail Blog: Once you turn on this feature, Gmail uses ...
Ready to take Ubuntu Linux for a test drive? Trust me: You'll love the open-source OS. Just make sure to have a good reference guide at your side to answer the inevitable questions that crop up along the way. Right now, you can download the Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference e-book absolutely free...
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Rick Warren, powerful evangelist, Obama inaugural ceremony prayer-giver and author of the best selling "Purpose Driven Life," is launching "Purpose Driven Connection," a quarterly magazine for the evangelical community, reports the Wall Street Journal. In some respects, the venture represents a ...
If you're one of the few million people trying out Windows 7, you're probably hunting for tips to help you root out its new features and most interesting abilities. After all, snapping windows to the sides of the screen is old hat by now, but did you know WordPad can now natively read both O...
Today is the start of the Chinese New Year. And according to the Chinese zodiac, the stars are aligning favorably for Barack Obama. Reports The Examiner: Obama was born in 1961, a Year of the Ox. Four 12-year cycles later, 2009 is also a Year of the Ox, which means this could be Obama's yea...
You know how some of those little habits â€" like leaving the toothpaste uncapped and drinking milk directly out of the carton â€" annoy your spouse? In much the same way, your resume might be doing things that turn off your prospective boss. Lifehacker has pointed us to Squawkfox, which has catalo...
