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Clean-tech investors take cue from biotech
News Venture capitalists continue to stay bullish on green tech but more people in the field say start-ups need to reconsider how best to successfully fund their businesses.
Tags: Green IT, Angel investing, Investments, Clean Technology, Investor, financing, venture capital, Boston, financial, entrepreneur
Nokia takes aim at Apple
News Finnish mobile maker's product launch offensive includes a new netbook, handset and tablet PC that seem squarely aimed at its top rival.
Tags: Cellular phones, Notebooks and tablets, Apple Inc., Smart Phone, Gartner Inc., Sales, Apple iPhone, Netbook, Notebooks and tablets, Cellular phones
Three men indicted in largest US data breach
News Florida man accused of stealing credit card data from TJX is among those named in breach involving Heartland, 7-Eleven, Hannaford Brothers and others.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, PC security, Data security, Fraud, 7-Eleven Inc., Identity Theft, SQL, computer, SQL Injection, debit card
CleanBoard: Recycled drywall from a solar factory
News Can drywall be carbon neutral? Start-up CleanBoard plans to use a solar-powered factory to make wall board from entirely recycled materials.
Tags: Green IT, Plant, Conference, Manufacturing, CleanBoard, Rod MacGregor, Boston, San Francisco, pollution, News.com
Cisco opens pay-as-you-go TelePresence rooms
News The company has opened several videoconferencing rooms for public and business use in cities across the globe.
Tags: Networking technology, VoIP/IP telephony, Video, Suite, Cisco Systems Inc., Video Conferencing, Santa Clara, Boston, London, New York
Have yourself a merry Facebook Christmas?
News The social networking site, which has been experiencing explosive membership growth, sees record traffic on Christmas Eve.
Tags: Web sites, Sales/revenue, Chicago, Boston, Yahoo! Mail, social networking, Facebook, network, Hitwise, blog
Tech innovations for tough times
News Companies like GE are using alternative techniques, such as a method pioneered back in Stalin's Soviet Union called "theory of solving inventor's problems", to make R&D more efficient.
Tags: Innovation, Business development/management, R&D, General Electric Co., Training, Tool, Innovation, Soviet Union, TRIZ, GEN3 Partners
Jobs to skip Macworld keynote as Apple backs out
News CEO Steve Jobs planning to skip his annual January keynote address, and the Mac maker is ending its relationship with IDG's Macworld Expo.
Tags: Digital media, Apple Inc., Event, International Data Group, Framingham, Massachusetts, Boston, San Francisco, job, marketing
Former Intel worker faces more charges in alleged trade secrets theft
News Man faces four new counts of wire fraud for allegedly stealing trade secrets from the chipmaker while working for competitor Advanced Micro Devices.
Tags: Processors, Security, Legal, Lawsuits, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., FBI, Trade Secret, Chip Company, U.S. Department Of Justice
Verizon completes initial 4G wireless test
News Wireless provider has successfully completed the first test of its 4G wireless service in the first two markets: Boston and Seattle.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Next-generation technology/networks, Verizon Communications Inc., Wireless, Service, Cable, Clearwire Corp., Seattle, 3G, 4G
The lowdown on India's Web 2.0 generation
Blogs India's demographics (50 percent of India's population is below the age of 25 years) has been perceived as both a boon a...
Hacker pleads guilty to ID thefts netting millions
News Albert Gonzalez faces 25 years in prison and US$3 million in fines and restitution related to charges in New York and Boston, while a New Jersey case is pending.
Tags: Hacking, Data Management, Fraud, Identity Theft, New York, Miami, debit card, Eastern Europe, Hacker, credit card
Accused mastermind of TJX hack to plead guilty
News Florida man charged earlier this month in separate data breach, agrees to plead guilty to charges of hacking into TJ Maxx and other retailers and stealing data.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Hacking, Spam and phishing, attorney, Identity Theft, computer, Miami, debit card, hacking, agreement
Nokia sues Apple for patent infringement
News World's largest phone maker accuses Apple of violating intellectual property it owns governing handset wireless connectivity.
Tags: Patents, Smart phones, Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., Patent, Phone, Wireless, intellectual property, 3G, Wi-Fi
US Homeland Security continues laptop seizures
News New guidelines are announced to clarify the U.S. border department's practice of seizing laptops and electronic gadgets indefinitely.
Tags: Consumer Technology, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, American Civil Liberties Union, electronic media, phone, agent, Laptop Computer, Homeland Security, Adobe PDF, disk
