Renewable Energy | Source Image : gstatic.com Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable (naturally replenished). In 2008, about 19% of global final energy consumption came from renewables, with 13% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.2% from hydroelectricity. New renewables (small hydro, modern biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, and biofuels) accounted for another 2.7% and are growing very rapidly.  The share of renewables in electricity generation is around 18%, with 15% of global electricity coming from hydroelectricity and 3% from new renewables.

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Renewable Energy Technology Really Available to Homeowners

Driverless Vans | Image Source : gas2.org Driverless cars seem to be all the rage these days. In July, a pair of bright orange fans embarked upon an 8,000 mile journey from Italy to China, with the caveat that these two vans would drive themselves.

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Driverless Vans Complete Their 8000 Mile Journey from Italy to China

SIM-card Manufacturer Gemalto | Image Source : Gemalto.com According to GigaOM, Apple is working with SIM-card manufacturer Gemalto on a SIM card that would allow consumers to buy a phone online or at the Apple Store — with all activation via Apple’s App Store — bypassing carriers entirely. The catch? This is happening in Europe, where consumers already traditionally have chosen their phone first — then chosen the network it runs on second

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Apple Wants To Revolutionize Phone Sales The Way Google Didn’t

Internet TV | Image Source : smartcode.com The television is about to become the latest medium to get a major makeover at the hands of the Internet (Internet). Already more than half of Americans are watching TV and surfing the web simultaneously. But another trend — giving connectivity to the device itself — is going to fundamentally change the business models around television and the way we consume and interact with content

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The Business Behind the Internet TV Revolution

Social media websites are the perfect places for marketing teams to spot potential customers The world wide web breaks physical boundaries. Even small firms no longer run in remote territories

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How Social Media Marketing Enhances Ecommerce Income And Brand Recognition

Google Instant | Image Source : Techmagnews.com Google Instant is a new search enhancement that shows results as you type. We are pushing the limits of our technology and infrastructure to help you get better search results, faster. Our key technical insight was that people type slowly, but read quickly, typically taking 300 milliseconds between keystrokes, but only 30 milliseconds (a tenth of the time!) to glance at another part of the page.

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Google Instant : Search, Now Faster Than The Speed of Type

Foursquare | Image Source : Socialmediaexaminer.com Smart businesses are taking Foursquare’s geo-location game to the bank.

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Foursquare : Geo-Location Game for Cashing in on Checking in

Nokia and BlackBerry-maker RIM continued to lead the smartphone market in the second quarter, but it was Android-running phones from HTC, Samsung and others that aggressively drove up sales figures, IDC reports. IDC has seconded recent second-quarter smartphone sales estimates that device shipment numbers have been soaring upward, with particular momentum coming from handsets running Google’s Android mobile operating system. The overall smartphone market grew 50 percent year over year, IDC reported Aug

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Image Source : Kodukup.com The Kodu Kup is a KODU GAME LAB game design competition for students aged 9 – 14 in participating schools across Australia, Malaysia and Singapore Key Dates : July 19th 2010 – Competition Opens August 20th 2010 – Competition Closes August 27th 2010 – Winners Notified Entry to the Kodu Kup 2010 is by invitation to participating schools in Australia, Malaysia and Singapore by Microsoft. Participating schools are those that have participated in teacher training for Kodu, provided by ideaslab (in a formal training class or using web-based training materials) or Science Centre Singapore, and subsequently invited to participate in the Competition. There are two competitions within the Kodu Kup 2010, a student competition and a teacher competition

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Kodu Kup – KODU GAME LAB Game Design Competition for Students

Image Source : Siliconindia.com Bangalore: Neel Joshi, 13 and his brother Deep, 11, class eight and class six students of Thakur Vidya Mandir School at Kandivali East in Mumbai are on their way to become India’s youngest MBA graduates as they have finished their first semester MBA with distinction from an institute affiliated to a U.S. varsity. The teen prodigies are pursuing their MBA from the Indian Management School and Research centre (IMSR) affiliated to the University of Northeast Virginia, reports Bangalore Mirror

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11 and 13 year old brothers to become India’s youngest MBAs

Image Source : 88db.com As a software engineer, this question comes up fairly often “Should you specialize in a technology”. Right now the question is there because the large number of Java developers are wondering whether they should learn Ruby or Groovy. For those asking the Ruby or Groovy question, yes learn one of them

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Should You Specialize in a Technology

Image Source : studenthacks.org Companies are doing a poor job of using social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, to engage their customers and employees.

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Businesses Failing at Social Networking