Photo: Flickr , CC Follow in Tesla’s Footsteps Henrik Fisker, the CEO of Fisker Automotive, the makers of the Karma plug-in hybrid , recently spoke with the press and gave an update on where the company is headed. The biggest news concerns the launch (finally) of the Karma, which should take place in March of 2011, and a possible initial public offering (IPO) some time after that…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Missed out on the limited run of Windows 7 Family Packs back in July of last year ? You aren’t alone. In fact, it sold out in record time, and now that you’ve bitten the bullet and ponied up for a trio of retail copies, the folks in Redmond are having a laugh at your impatience. As a way to celebrate the nearing of the one year Windows 7 anniversary , Microsoft is now re-offering the Win7 Family Pack on its online store. As a refresher, $149.99 allows for Windows 7 Home Premium to be installed on up to three PCs, but Microsoft warns that the offer stands only while supplies last. Oh, and if you live outside of America? Look for your opportunity to arise on October 22nd. Update : Amazon has it for just $140 . Thanks, Stephen! Microsoft brings Windows 7 Family Pack back: $150 covers three PCs originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Missed out on the limited run of Windows 7 Family Packs back in July of last year ? You aren’t alone. In fact, it sold out in record time, and now that you’ve bitten the bullet and ponied up for a trio of retail copies, the folks in Redmond are having a laugh at your impatience. As a way to celebrate the nearing of the one year Windows 7 anniversary , Microsoft is now re-offering the Win7 Family Pack on its online store. As a refresher, $149.99 allows for Windows 7 Home Premium to be installed on up to three PCs, but Microsoft warns that the offer stands only while supplies last. Oh, and if you live outside of America? Look for your opportunity to arise on October 22nd. Update : Amazon has it for just $140 . Thanks, Stephen! Microsoft brings Windows 7 Family Pack back: $150 covers three PCs originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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We have also noted before that independent and specialty bookstores are a labour of love, a dying breed, a money pit, a host of clichés, under pressure from big box retailers, Amazon and now the e-reader. Yet we have also noted how important the small independent retailer is to a viable main street and a walkable community. I can’t p… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …It may sound fairly bland on paper, but the potential implications here are notable. Tony Bates, who was seen as a major player within Cisco reporting directly to CEO John Chambers, has just left to take over the CEO role at Skype . Cisco’s own blog affirmed that Bates was leaving “to pursue another opportunity,” and The New York Times has it that Joshua Silverman is stepping aside to make room for Mr. Bates. He’ll arrive just in time to make a serious push for an IPO, grab more profit from its blossoming user base (which largely doesn’t pay anything to make Skype-to-Skype calls) and possibly “make a deeper push into carrier and enterprise markets,” as GigaOM puts it. Frankly, we’d be interested in seeing if any leftover synergies (yeah, we said it) could lead to a Skype-enabled Flip Video camcorder. Bates would obviously have great contacts with Cisco in order to make it happen, and honestly, it’d be a win-win for both parties. Crazier things have happened, right? Continue reading Skype lands Cisco’s Tony Bates as new CEO Skype lands Cisco’s Tony Bates as new CEO originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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It may sound fairly bland on paper, but the potential implications here are notable. Tony Bates, who was seen as a major player within Cisco reporting directly to CEO John Chambers, has just left to take over the CEO role at Skype . Cisco’s own blog affirmed that Bates was leaving “to pursue another opportunity,” and The New York Times has it that Joshua Silverman is stepping aside to make room for Mr. Bates. He’ll arrive just in time to make a serious push for an IPO, grab more profit from its blossoming user base (which largely doesn’t pay anything to make Skype-to-Skype calls) and possibly “make a deeper push into carrier and enterprise markets,” as GigaOM puts it. Frankly, we’d be interested in seeing if any leftover synergies (yeah, we said it) could lead to a Skype-enabled Flip Video camcorder. Bates would obviously have great contacts with Cisco in order to make it happen, and honestly, it’d be a win-win for both parties. Crazier things have happened, right? Continue reading Skype lands Cisco’s Tony Bates as new CEO Skype lands Cisco’s Tony Bates as new CEO originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Photo: Flickr , CC Find Out if Range Would be a Problem for You The biggest concern that most people have about electric cars – apart maybe from their cost – is range; “will this car drive far enough between charges to meet my needs?”. This is less of a problem for plug-in hybrids like the Chevy Volt , but there are benefits to going 100% electric and not having to lug around a gasoline engine. So how does th… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Verizon gets official with Wireless Fivespot mobile hotspot, touts awful global roaming plans
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Really, Verizon ? Play up the global roaming features of your new-but-not-unexpected Wireless Fivespot , only to strangle it with GlobalAccess plans that top out with 200MB of international data? Thanks, but no thanks. For those still interested in the new WWAN modem for domestic use ( psst… the MiFi 2200 is a better deal ), this ZTE-built device is the first in VZW’s stable to offer global data access. That’s due to having both a SIM card slot (for GSM roaming) and a CDMA radio inside, and as with the aforesaid MiFi, it’ll handle up to five simultaneous WiFi connections. The unit itself will run $99.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and a two-year agreement, and Verizon’s providing both postpaid and prepaid domestic data plan options: $39.99 per month gets you 250MB with a $0.10 overage, while $59.99 nets you 5GB and a $0.05/MB overage (the prepaid details reside after the break). Where it really gets ludicrous is GlobalAccess — customers traveling abroad have the choice of two plans, a $129.99/month option with 5GB in the US / Canada and 100MB elsewhere, or a $219.99/month alternative that simply adds an extra 100MB on the international end. That’s $90 for an extra 100MB. We’ll spare you the chore of stressing over all of this and point you to Xcom Global — trust us, if you’re touching down in a foreign land for over an hour, you’ll need close to 100MB just to digest the inbox explosion from being in the air 14 hours. Continue reading Verizon gets official with Wireless Fivespot mobile hotspot, touts awful global roaming plans Verizon gets official with Wireless Fivespot mobile hotspot, touts awful global roaming plans originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Since comprehensive clean energy & climate legislation failed in Congress, a renewable energy standard is still glaringly absent, and the EPA’s role in regulating greenhouse gases in the future is still up in the air, our options for stimulating growth in the clean energy sector are few and far between. All we have, in fact, are a few tax breaks to encourage investment in clean energy — and the GOP is currently battling to take those away. In Obama’s Weekly Address , he comes to the defense of th… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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