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23 June 2007

My Dots for Friday, June 22, 2007

Quoted: Midsommar firas traditionellt med att man reser en så kallad midsommarstång, en lövad och blomprydd stång eller påle med en kransförsedd tvärslå. Man bildar ringar ...

[tags: traditions, sweden]

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22 June 2007

My Dots for Thursday, June 21, 2007

It's unusual, but confirmation of the availability of Windows Vista's first service pack came yesterday not from Microsoft Corp., but from the U.S. Department of Justice.

Quoted: Under deal struck with regulators, Microsoft must release beta by end of year.

[tags: vista, service pack]

Quoted: This is not the same old pipe dream. The economics -- and the technology -- of turning light into electricity have changed. Business 2.0 has the inside look at the industrial-strength power plants coming soon to a grid near you.

[tags: technology, utilities, SolarEnergy]

Quoted: LISBON, Jun 20 (IPS) - For decades, Portugal basically ignored the infinite possibilities proffered by its geographical conditions for producing clean energy. But that is ...

[tags: SolarEnergy]

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21 June 2007

20 June 2007

My Dots for Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Quoted: Humorous anecdotes of users creatively misusing computers.

[tags: computer, stories, tech support]

Brightcove lets you realize the potential of online video with the most comprehensive Internet TV service available today.

Quoted: Search, click and watch. Music videos, news, travel, recipes, adventure. Thousands of channels, including the best in online video, are now playing on Brightcove.

[tags: internet, tv]

Quoted: Behind the scenes with the coffee table that will change the world.

[tags: microsoft, surface computing]

Quoted: Encouragé par le succès qu'elle connaît en 250 cm3, Piaggio propose désormais une version 125 de la plus sportive des Vespa. À la pointe de ...

[tags: vespa, automotive]

Quoted: Renewable Energy International, Inc. (REI), a leading integrator of renewable energy technologies, announced today that it will design and install a groundbreaking renewable solar-hydrogen fuel cell energy system in a residential environment in the Cayman Islands – only the second such system in North America. The U.S. based company holds the distinction of developing the first prototype solar-hydrogen system near Princeton, New Jersey, USA, which was dedicated in October 2006 before international press coverage. This second installation in the Caymans will demonstrate the system's significant cost and environmental benefits in an island environment.

[tags: environment, SolarEnergy, hydrogen]

Solar energy is emerging as an investment opportunity, with technology improving and costs predicted to drop.

[tags: SolarEnergy, investing]

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19 June 2007

My Dots for Monday, June 18, 2007

Quoted: Organize your desk, unclutter your office, even stream video wirelessly! New technologies promise the moon, but when will they deliver?

[tags: home, wireless, streaming]

Quoted: Microsoft Corp. unveiled on Sunday a new brand name for its Internet-based television platform, a service deployed by 10 companies including AT&T Inc.

[tags: microsoft, tv, video]

Amory Lovins, Chief Scientist at Rocky Mountain Institute, gives a five part lecture series titled "Advanced Energy Efficiency: Concepts ... all » and Practice" at Stanford University in March 2007. Lecture topics include: Buildings, Industry, Transportation, Implementation, and Implications.

Part 5

[tags: video, environment, EnergyTechnologies]

Amory Lovins, Chief Scientist at Rocky Mountain Institute, gives a five part lecture series titled "Advanced Energy Efficiency: Concepts ... all » and Practice" at Stanford University in March 2007. Lecture topics include: Buildings, Industry, Transportation, Implementation, and Implications.

Part 3

[tags: video, environment, EnergyTechnologies]

Amory Lovins, Chief Scientist at Rocky Mountain Institute, gives a five part lecture series titled "Advanced Energy Efficiency: Concepts ... all » and Practice" at Stanford University in March 2007. Lecture topics include: Buildings, Industry, Transportation, Implementation, and Implications.

Part 2

[tags: video, environment, EnergyTechnologies]

Amory Lovins, Chief Scientist at Rocky Mountain Institute, gives a five part lecture series titled "Advanced Energy Efficiency: Concepts ... all » and Practice" at Stanford University in March 2007. Lecture topics include: Buildings, Industry, Transportation, Implementation, and Implications.

[tags: video, environment, EnergyTechnologies]

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18 June 2007

My Dots for Sunday, June 17, 2007

More than 800 participants from 42 countries are participating in the 17th annual World Economic Forum on Africa. Under the theme "Raising the Bar", the three-day meeting is focusing on building capacity for the continent’s success. Agriculture is a particular priority.

[tags: Africa, Kofi Annan]

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17 June 2007

My Dots for Saturday, June 16, 2007

Quoted: Reports that Joost is now talking to hardware vendors about embedding Joost into set-top boxes and televisions will change the market as we ...

[tags: tv, video, voip, joost]

Quoted: Refurber is a new social and reference website for the Do-It-Yourself crowd from Perth, Western Australia based Vibe Capital, makers of parenting site Minti.

[tags: home, community]

Quoted: Chimetv.com aims to take the all the best videos on the web and put them in a prettier setting and a central location, with convenient ...

[tags: video, tv, organization]

Quoted: Called the Digg for women, Sk*rt is a site for women to share their favorite web content with other women. It has categorized and indexed ...

[tags: women, digg]

They say that everyone has a secret desire to write the greate American novel. If true, Blurb can help make it happen. Blurb offers free software to create, publish, and ultimately market bookstore-quality books.

[tags: publishing]

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