Idealab
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eSolar bets on software to make solar cheaper
Insight newsmaker Bill Gross, the head of start-up incubator Idealab and CEO of eSolar, uses a background in Internet entrepreneurship and software to bring down the cost of utility-scale solar.
Tags: Green IT, Growth strategies and tools, Bill Gross, Renewable Energy, Idealab, CEO, Internet, U.S., California, solar energy
IE shuts some users out of Net bill-paying site
News Microsoft Internet Explorer users could have a hard time paying their bills online for the next several days at PayMyBills.com.
X.com raises $100 million
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eSolar, NRG Energy to build solar power plants
News In the second big solar power plant deal in a month, start-up eSolar signs deal to supply equipment to NRG Energy for up to 500 megawatts' worth of solar power.
Tags: Green IT, Photovoltaics, mW, Bill Gross, Renewable Energy, Southern California Edison, natural gas, Idealab, chief development officer, eSolar
Idealab draws US$1 billion in investments
News Idealab, a widely regarded Internet incubator, said it has raised US$1 billion in new investments.
Idealab aims bill service at consumers, small businesses
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Idealab launches online bill payment service
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Idealab prepping new search engine
News Net entrepreneur Bill Gross' Idealab is quietly taking another crack at creating a Web search engine.
Idealab puts down roots in London
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Idealab debuts music site based on paid listings
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Pets.com to play in public market
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New search site thinks outside the search box
Insight Idealab founder follows success of Overture Services with another search project, called Snap--one that tries to guess what you really want.
Tags: Search
eBay, Wells Fargo team for online payment system
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Hotmail alum hope for Godspeed with new venture
News Hotmail founder Jack Smith and another Hotmail alum are among the players in a new, stealth email infrastructure company called Godspeed Networks, which hopes to launch its product--whatever it may be--by year-end.
Media firms log on to ".tv" domain
News Several media firms are buying new, more descriptive suffixes to tack on to the end of their Web addresses--something other than the generic ".com."
