SunPower to acquire SunRay for $277 million
U.S. maker of high-efficiency solar panels to inherit over 1,200 megawatts of projects in Europe and Israel.
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Google boots music blogs for copyright fouls
Six music blogs hosted by Google's blogging services were banned for copyright violations but Google has little choice but to follow DMCA rules.
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Microsoft plans antipiracy update for Windows 7
An optional update closes more than 70 "activation hacks" used to thwart the product's software protection mechanisms.
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Porsche revs up 911 hybrid
After the official debut of the 911 GT3 R at the Geneva auto show, Porsche plans to race the car to learn, not win, at 24 Hours of Nurburgring in May.
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IBM boosts solar cell made of abundant materials
Researchers achieve efficiency gains with cell that uses "earth-abundant" materials. Cheaper thin-film cells rely on comparatively rare or costly metals.
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A look at the new Mac Office (images)
Microsoft has released the first screenshots of Office for Mac 2011, due out later this year.
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New Office for Mac still coming this year
Microsoft says Office for Mac 2011 will include a ribbon user interface as well as support for the browser-based Office Web Apps. Also, Outlook returns to the Mac.
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Tweet your way out of jury duty
Google may soon be your ISP, Opera seems to be sneaking past Apple into the iTunes store, and how to get out of jury duty using Twitter.
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Is Apple the new Microsoft?
Apple's closed-ecosystem strategy is increasingly reminiscent of Microsoft's desktop strategy, and offers a stark contrast to Google's.
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Silicon Valley faces rough road to recovery
Recession and foreign competition have walloped Silicon Valley, with recovery uncertain at this point, according to a key annual report.
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Cutting-edge crooks keen on the cloud
Cloud computing has been enthusiastically taken up by criminals for a variety of activities, a security expert says. What better endorsement for the cloud could there be?
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Feds push for tracking cell phones
Justice Department is expected to tell federal appeals court, in first case of its kind, that no warrant is required to obtain previous location data.
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Peering beyond the meter in the smart grid
Consulting company is showing a miniature version of Boulder's SmartGridCity program, offering a peek into how consumers can manage their home energy.
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IBM to support iPhone, Macs with new software
IBM is making moves to support iPhones and Mac OS. Has the world gone topsy-turvy, or is this the consumerization of IT in action?
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One Block Off the Grid: Bulk solar, tell your friends
One Block Off the Grid, which uses bulk purchasing and social media to ramp up solar installations, lands $5 million from New Enterprise Associates to expand.
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Pixar exec to join Twitter as CFO
No, they didn't hire a Googler this time: Ali Rowghani, who has been at Pixar for a decade, will be joining Twitter next month as chief financial officer.
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Yet again, NBC's Olympics strategy is a Web loser
Despite enhanced Silverlight technology for its Web site, NBC is preventing almost all Winter Olympics sports from being shown live online, largely to hinder piracy.
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Google Buzz: Privacy nightmare
It makes Facebook-like mistakes right away, opting me in to in-box clutter, publicly revealing my personal contact list, and even appearing to grab photos off my Android phone.
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MySpace CEO is out after less than a year
Owen Van Natta and MySpace agree to part ways after he spends just 10 months as the company's CEO.
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The technology and platforms of Tiny Speck's Glitch
The game was designed so that any of the development team could push changes live almost immediately. It is Web-based but could soon have smartphone elements.
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