Intel solar spinoff SpectraWatt has put its plans to build a factory in Hillsboro, Ore., on hold after being unable to get enough financing, The Oregonian reported this week. CEO Andrew Wilson told the newspaper that SpectraWatt is searching for an existing building that it could retrofit for less, ...

According to Auctionbytes : "Etsy is replacing its existing search technology with Solr, an open-source search system used by sites like Netflix and Zappos. Etsy said the new technology would provide it with the foundation to scale in terms of speed and functionality and is the first in what it expe...

Thanks to sponsorship from OpenBand (see Boris' post on some of the other work we've done with OpenBand over the years), I will be heading off to Minneapolis during the second weekend in May (May 8-11) for what promises to be an intense, interesting, productive weekend. Robert Douglass has been hard...