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Can anything tame the battery flames?
Insight A short circuit inside a lithium ion battery can lead to what's known in the industry as a "runaway thermal reaction". Michael Kanellos looks at the technology and safety issues.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets
Dell to recall 4 million batteries
News Threat of fire leads the PC maker to call back 4 million batteries made by Sony.
Tags: Components, Notebooks and tablets, SMB
Notebook battery maker gets charged up for cars
News Boston-Power raises US$45 million and hatches plans to make batteries for plug-in hybrids.
Tags: Power supplies, surge suppression
It sure ain't easy, or cheap, to be green
Blogs The TV was running in the background the other night when U.S. actor Ben Affleck appeared on screen, urging viewers to d...
Motion-powered phone charger sashays in
News Start-up M2EPower harvests the energy from human motion in a self-powering device that can give an additional charge to cell phones and other small gadgets.
Tags: Green IT, Battery, Motion, Cell Phone, phone, Boise State University, lithium-ion, hybrid car, blog, handset
Texas Instruments to launch energy-efficient chips
News The chipmaker says the Piccolo line of microcontrollers can reduce power consumption in home appliances, hybrid cars, LED lighting and solar panels.
Tags: Processors, Texas Instruments Inc., Chip, Air Conditioner, solar panel, energy efficiency, LED lighting, hybrid car, pollution, marketing
Why it's been a harsh summer
Blogs Sorry about the hiatus. I was away, on a vacation. It's been a crazy summer, back here in India. In Delhi, for insta...
Green is in for wireless companies
News Wireless operators and handset makers are all going green, but Sprint Nextel and Samsung say they want to lead pack with the new Reclaim handset.
Tags: Green IT, Sprint Communications, Device, Manufacturing, Cell Phone, Wireless, Environment, phone, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., customer service
Andy Grove urges Intel to build car batteries
News Former Intel CEO--now a plug-in vehicle advocate--says the chip giant should make electric car batteries to diversify and jump-start the alternative-energy field.
Tags: Green IT, Battery, Intel Corp., Conference, Plug-in, Manufacturing, Chip, car battery, electric car, U.S. company
Scientists use virus to help build battery
News Researchers have used a genetically-modified virus to assemble materials for an energy-efficient battery, which they say could be used in hybrid cars.
Tags: Components, Battery, Carbon Nanotube, Nanotube, carbon nanotube network, biology, Power supplies, surge suppression, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, virus, scientist
Google crashes the smart-grid party
News Company introduces PowerMeter software for tracking home energy use, part of smart-grid plan to make energy data available on the Web in real time in standard formats.
Tags: Green IT, Web sites, Google Inc., Utility, General Electric Co., Renewable Energy, Hardware, software, energy efficiency, industry
Yahoo launches customizable ad tool
News SmartAds system lets marketers offer ads that are tailored to the Web surfer's age, gender, location and online activities.
Tags: Instant messaging, Internet advertising
Will anyone pay for the 'smart' power grid?
News Electric grids will have to undergo expensive changes to meet rising demand and address environmental concerns. Just don't tell that to utilities or regulators.
Tags: grid computing
Microsoft vs. Google: Who's greener?
News The two Internet companies work to reduce energy use and promote sustainability as product battle heats up.
Tags: Corporate responsibility, Web sites, Microsoft Windows, Regulations, Corporate communications, Business ethics, Mission and vision statements
Google, GE team up on clean energy
News Giants in their respective fields, the two companies plan to lobby for government energy policies to modernize the electrical grid and promote renewable energies.
Tags: Green IT, Google Inc., General Electric Co., Geothermal Energy, Renewable Energy, Grid, software, Eric Schmidt, revenue, U.S.
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