iControl funded to control home security, energy
Start-up has developed a home-automation system to control security along with thermostats and lighting. Investors see home security as entree to energy management.
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Apple cuts $500M flash memory deal, market stabilizing
Apple said Tuesday that it has made a $500 million prepayment to Toshiba for flash memory chips and indicated the market is stabilizing.
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Texas set to host largest U.S. wind farms
Energy start-up Baryonyx wins bids to lease three tracts of state land for wind-powered data centers.
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Road Trip pic of the day, 7/22: Where is this?
Can you identify the spot in today's Road Trip Picture of the day challenge? If you're the first to do so, you will win a prize.
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LG reports record-high earnings
Boosted by strong sales of cell phones and flat-panel TVs, the electronics maker posts quarterly earnings of $920 million, a gain of 62 percent from a year ago.
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Fuel-cell vehicle research funding to be restored?
Congress ignoring the Department of Energy's request to cut fuel-cell vehicle research, despite formidable technical and infrastructure barriers.
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Open-source allies woo U.S. government
A sprawling list of companies, individuals, schools, and others join in an effort to spur the U.S. government to use more open-source software.
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Yahoo getting close to Xoopit acquisition?
Company is reportedly on its way to acquiring Xoopit, a Firefox extension that lets people share photos, videos, and other media with social networks.
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Red Hat is wrong to insist Microsoft disavow litigation
Red Hat wants Microsoft to disavow use of its patents against open source forever. Nice idea, but wrong-headed policy.
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Book your next event at Swiss military base
The Swiss Army is more than willing to rent out its new state-of-the-art training site for "open air concerts, circus, markets, air shows"--and to "military professionals."
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Chrome security in limelight with Google OS plan
Google's approach to security in its Chrome Web browser will likely serve as a guide for its upcoming Chrome operating system.
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Inside a small wind-turbine beta test
WindTronics is one of many wind companies trying to crack into the clean energy industry. Can it make wind power affordable and revitalize manufacturing at the same time?
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Firefox 3.0.12 patches five critical problems
Mozilla would rather people use Firefox 3.5, but advises those using the browser's earlier incarnation at least to upgrade to 3.0.12 to close several holes.
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Pirate Bay acquisition still on track
Apparently, much was made about legal boilerplate, but Global Gaming is more "certain than ever" that a deal will get done.
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Air Yakiniku brings virtual barbecue to your browser
Air Yakiniku shows you what you could be eating if you were not staring at your computer.
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Facebook Connect goes multilingual
Developers building the universal-login product into their own sites can now choose what language to put it in, according to the Facebook developer blog.
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Easy riding with the robot biker dude
Castrol, a maker of motorbike engine oils, is leaning on a robot rider to test its products' performance. And he's pretty studly.
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Branded social networks offer more than ads
Branded social networks are designed to promote companies, while providing users with a social experience. These social networks from companies do the best job.
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Comcast's consumer usage meter still in the labs
Not ready for prime time, the online bandwidth meter is undergoing further employee trials. The tool that would help customers keep an eye on their usage was expected back in January.
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MySpace Music: It's all about the data
Courtney Holt, president of the News Corp.-owned social site's music division, talked about the bright future for digital music number-crunching at an event on Tuesday.
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