The e-reader market is heating up but there are also signs that the industry is trying hard to pin down what’s next. What’s next is color, social networking and for some, video and interactivity. FoxIt, a maker of wonderfully bloat-free PDF software, is ditching its e-reader efforts and retiring the eSlick. Sure, it’s a sign […]
Eaton buys Wright Line
Eaton, an industrial power distribution and control firm, acquired Worcester, Mass.-based Wright Line, a maker of energy efficient server racks, enclosures and hot/cold aisle containment systems. The two companies are a perfect match, according to Jerry R. Whitaker, Eaton’s president for its Electrical Americas division. “Combining Wright Line’s strong enclosure and air management portfolio along […]
Silver Linings eyes data center container biz
Companies like IBM, HP and Sun (now Oracle) have been promoting data center containers — modular and quickly-deployable server, storage and networking infrastructure in shipping containers — as companies rush to build up their IT arsenals to conquer the cloud. Now, it looks like some startups are getting into the game. A company called Silver […]
GE scoops up ECS in smart grid buy
GE snapped up SNC-Lavalin‘s Energy Controls Systems (ECS) division this week in a bid to shore up its smart grid portfolio. Based in Montreal Canada, the company supplies networked energy monitoring and management control software for electrical utilities. In a company statement, GE Energy Services’ vice president of GE Energy Services Digital Energy, Bob Gilligan […]
U.S. Law Tackles Conflict Minerals
Tucked into the financial reform legislation that President Obama signed into law were rules that require companies to disclose whether their products are manufactured from “conflict minerals” — essentially metals and materials that come from the war-torn Congo. Conflict minerals…
An Interwebs Oil Spill
What if BP’s oil spill sullied the pipes of the Intertubes? It could could look something like this. A Cleaner Future’s Instant Oil Spill allows visitors to BP-ify their favorite sites. As you can see in the screenshot above,…
Joos has the goods
I’ll admit, I was skeptical, but it looks like Solar Components’ Joos Orange is indeed the solar gadget charger that geeks on the go have been waiting for. Gizmodo’s Brian Lam put the device through its paces and described…
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