WASHINGTON–The last time tax incentives for renewable-energy projects dried up in the 1980s, energy investor Nancy Floyd got out of the wind business–something she fears other entrepreneurs may do without quick changes to U.S. policy.

Some of that capital will go outside the U.S. Because of policies, the first three U.S.-based solar companies to go public [...]

HTC Touch Dual
While you’re out buying goods for your Memorial Day barbecue, why not swing by Best Buy and pick up a HTC Touch Dual? Yes, the Touch Dual will be available in stores and online starting this weekend for a nice chunk of change–$549 to be exact. First announced at CTIA 2008, the Touch [...]

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The skivvies, developed by textile specialists at Japan Women’s University in Tokyo, are meant to absorb moisture, kill bacteria, and generally be comfortable in situations where there are no laundry facilities and you really can’t be as freshly dressed as you’d like.
Koichi Wakata looks comfortable enough to me.

According to Reuters, the clothing [...]

The Senate’s longest-serving member, Stevens became an Internet celebrity a couple of summers ago after an audio of his “The Internet is a series of tubes” speech to the Senate Commerce Committee wended its way round the Web.

"You see, there are these tubes out there…"

You can look this one up on the “tubes.”

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That case has been settled (though ConnectU has contested it), and the Winklevosses–a pair of six-foot, five-inch identical twins with a penchant for wearing matching outfits–are in pursuit of something else. They’re on the U.S. Olympic rowing team in Beijing, participating in the men’s pair event (referred to in shorthand as M2-). That means they’re [...]

• CNET’s Nicole Lee got a peek at the Peek, and then looked the other way.

• Stop saving your pennies, gamers. Word’s finally out that Microsoft’s
Xbox 360 will dip below $200.
• The world gets ready for Spore–and so does the iPhone.
• Dell made a decision: Asus’ Eee PC shouldn’t [...]

I was able to get through using proxies. Anyone else, or is this just me? Blogspot had reemerged two weeks ago after years being blocked almost continuously.
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From my connection in Beijing, Blogspot has again gone offline. The transmission stops on a Chinese ISP server.
Blogspot inaccessible at 1:30 a.m. on April 14, 2008. (My IP [...]

Personal value precludes network value: Paradoxically, to make a strong social site, you’ve got to start by making a good personal site. If the features you offer don’t serve a solo user, it’s unlikely your users will stick around long enough to become social. Examples: YouTube and Flickr both work as utility sites for individuals, [...]

What’s nice is that Swurl will retroactively seek out all your old posts and filter them in. Each post is set up by your day of activity, so if you didn’t add anything to any of these services there simply won’t be a post. You can also view your entire stream of activity in a [...]

Revamped AppleTV that’s App Store compatible – Give the AppleTV a
Wii Remote-like controller and it’s ready to bring Super MonkeyBall to the world.
Let’s ignore the fact that Apple’s sold more iPhones and iPods touch (”iPod touches” just sounds wrong) than Apple TVs so Super Monkey Ball already reaches a wider audience. And let’s also ignore [...]