BOSTON–Bob Metcalfe thinks we’ll solve global warming if we take our cue from the Internet. Metcalfe, best known as a co-inventor of the Ethernet and now a venture capitalist at Polaris Venture Partners, on Wednesday laid out his vision of the “EnerNet,” the concept of applying the lessons of building the Internet to the energy [...]

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A handful of smart grid start-ups have announced expansion funding, a sign that utilities are starting to see the technology as a way to meet burgeoning electricity demand. Broadband over power line (BPL) company Ambient has signed a $10.7 million contract with Duke Energy, according to VentureWire. It raised $2.5 million in January of this [...]

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Which parts of the United States emit the most global-warming gases? The best view until now came via satellites, which could capture only snapshots at about the state level. Total carbon emissions were known, but their distribution remained a mystery. That changed on Monday with the release of the most detailed map to date of [...]

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By Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk, News.com Posted on ZDNet News: Apr 09, 2008 8:16:07 AM IT innovation will be a key factor in helping the US to get out of recession, said a Gartner analyst on Monday. Speaking at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo for spring 2008, vice president of research and senior fellow Ken McGee outlined an [...]

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People with new babies love to play with their babies. People with nice cars love to drive them. People with servers love to watch their servers’ logs, which tell the story second-by-second of all the cool things that are happening. LogAnalysis.org is the site for us. Its Library contains tons of information about logging, log [...]

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