Energy
Personalizing Solar Power
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Technology
GoogleGoogle Chrome OS Will Live For The Web
()Google is preparing to strip down the computer-user experience to a single application: the Web browser. The company says it's just recognizing the reality that most people use their computers to connect to the Web, and that's about it.
Space
Camera That Saved Hubble Now On Display()
November 18, 2009 Two instruments from the Hubble Space Telescope, including the camera that corrected an early flaw in the telescope, are now on exhibit at the Smithsonian. The camera, about the size of a baby grand piano, is responsible for some of Hubble's most astounding photos.
AP News Wire: US News
California Requires TVs To Be More Energy Efficient()
November 18, 2009 Power-hungry TVs will be banned from store shelves in California after state regulators adopted a first-in-the nation mandate to lower electricity demand. On a unanimous vote, the California Energy Commission on Wednesday required all new televisions up to 58 inches to be more energy efficient beginning in 2011.
The Two-Way
NSA Helping Microsoft With Windows 7 Security()
November 17, 2009 The National Security Agency has been working with Microsoft Corp. to help improve security measures for its new Windows 7 operating system, a senior NSA official said on Tuesday.
Business
Top Executives Launch Electric Car Coalition()
November 16, 2009 A group of executives from more than a dozen auto, transportation and energy companies launched a new coalition Monday to urge the federal government to make a major investment in electric transportation. Their goal is to bring 100 million electric cars to the road by 2030.
All Tech Considered
Can IPhone App Interpret A Baby's Cry?()
November 16, 2009 A new iPhone application, called Cry Translator, claims that it can help parents interpret the many subtleties in their babies' cries — from hungry to tired to needs a diaper change. Melissa Block puts the app to the test with the help of All Things Considered producer — and new mom — Melissa Gray.
Asia
Obama Pushes China To Stop Censoring Internet()
November 16, 2009 The president uses a town hall-style meeting with university students in Shanghai to focus on human rights, one of the trickiest issues separating China's communist government and the United States. Later, President Obama met with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing.
