Finally. I say it's about damn time we fit our hamsters with little jackets that harness all the energy they're wasting when running incessantly in their little wheels. Also, we're harnessing the power of the wheel too, right? To harness hamster power, the scientists sewed electricity-generating thr...

Energy Secretary Steven Chu has made it clear from Day 1 that he intends to get long-delayed loans out the door ASAP. Now he has knocked out one of the obstacles he saw creating drag for the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing incentive program: a set of hard deadlines. Chu wanted to do away w...

Filed under: Forecasts, Good news, Rants and raves, Apple Inc (AAPL), Cisco Systems (CSCO), General Electric (GE), Stocks to Buy, Intuitive Surgical Inc (ISRG), Recession, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) If there is anything that makes me think we could be close to a market bottom, it is all the peo...

Here’s another solution for helter-skelter cables:  the Signum cable organizer from Ikea.  The idea is to “trunk” your cables — you screw the organizer to the bottom of your work area, throw a power strip in, and plug in the cables, then wrap the excess on the rack, letting...

“Feel the power! You see the energy” Great news for Justin Gaston — 20 year old underwear model and manfriend to 16 year old Miley Cyrus … all of his pandering to the Cyrus family has finally paid off — homeboy scored his FIRST magazine cover! Tho, this mag, Electric Yo...

Putting idle servers to sleep when they're not in use is part of University of Michigan researchers' plan to save up to 75 percent of the energy that power-hungry computer data centers consume. Data centers, central to the nation's cyberinfrastructure, house computing, networking and storage equipme...

This past weekend we went to Cuernavaca to visit some friends and to spend a little time as a family. A New Testament, and the Teachings of Buddha We stayed in a hotel this trip.  Take a look at what I found in the drawer!  Now you can take your pick between Jesus and Buddha (apparently Bu...

A wise man once said “It’s not just about seeing Star Wars two weeks before everyone else. You’ve gotta plow through crap like Marie Antoinette and Catwoman as well.� I have the fortune of being able to see all of the films that I want, and find out that they are only worth one viewing (or l...

The Opel Ampera had its coming out party a wee bit early for the Geneva Motor Show. Don't fret, our European breathren, your emo-ecomobile is here and we've got all the photos, and details below. ......

Not that Jimmy Fallon won’t do well in the 12:37 time slot; he will probably do quite well for a while, as everyone is anxious for something new at that time. No, the beginning of the end is simply the start of a change in the viewing habits of the NBC core audience. (How many people that comprise...