There’s been a run on adult diapers as the equity analyst crowd gets ready for what may be the most anticipated solar IPO in recent memory. GT Solar, a New Hampshire-based manufacturer of production equipment for wafer and panel makers (they’re a manufacturer’s manufacturer), is set to debut on the NASDAQ sometime this week, more [...]
Back in 1997, BigFix started marketing a tool that helped users diagnose problems with their PC. Later, the company sold essentially the same piece of software to help desks to analyze trends in customer complaints. After that, BigFix sold it as a tool to let large corporate customers download patches.
And now, the company’s products are [...]
Several companies–Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Sony, 3Com, OQO, Samsung–have tried to market simplified Internet computers as alternatives to PCs.
And to date, most of them have failed miserably. The public has just not bought into the vision.
CherryPal, the brainchild of longtime software exec Max Seybold, hopes to break the pattern, although it won’t be easy. The company [...]
Planktos. No, it’s not where Aquaman was born. Planktos Science is a San Francisco-based company that wants to capture and sequester carbon dioxide in the ocean with iron filings and plankton. An earlier incarnation of the company was dissolved after disagreements among the management team. It also failed to gather funds.
Russ George, however, is [...]
Buildings are the George Harrison of green tech. Usually, it’s the first two guys–solar and biofuels–that come to mind when the green tech gets debated. Buildings are typically in the “oh yeah, that too” category.
But entrepreneurs and VCs are gravitating toward the topic and for good reason. Buildings account for nearly half of greenhouse gas [...]
You’ve seen pre-paid cell phones. Now get ready for pre-paid power bills.
A few utilities in the U.S. are looking at implementing pre-paid, or pay-as-you-go, power bills, according to Adrian Tuck, CEO of Tendril, a start-up specializing in household energy management. The concept is simple. You pay money to the utility at the beginning of the [...]
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Buildings are the George Harrison of green tech. Usually, it's the first two guys--solar and biofuels--that come to mind when the green tech gets debated. ...
Tesla Motors chairman Elon Musk is serious about getting beyond sports cars. At a press conference with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tesla co-founder and chairman Elon ...
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