CMOS will benefit from “tri-gate” technology that will increase processing speed and circuitry density while drawing less electrical power, Garner said. Also on the horizon are new “3-5″ materials that use gallium, indium, and arsenide to speed electron flow.

The wireless technology loses less energy than current inductive transmission techniques over longer distances, but it [...]

Adobe Kuler with Flickr image
Although I’ve yet to find a personal use for it, I’ve always been intrigued by Adobe’s Kuler technology. Most of the implementations we’ve seen so far, which includes the Web site and integration into Adobe Illustrator, have targeted at generating shareable color palettes from individual user-specified colors or from palette-color drawings. [...]

Earlier this month, the company announced plans to expand the number of devices that would be able to access Microsoft corporate e-mail–a move that appeared to be aimed squarely at rival smartphone maker Research In Motion. And on Sunday, the JQuery project said that Nokia is adopting the JQuery JavaScript library as part of its [...]

In the process, Yahoo founder and CEO Jerry Yang stepped down after enduring the brunt of shareholder anger and has since resumed his role as chief Yahoo. Sue Decker, who was Yahoo’s president during the tumultuous year, lost out her bid to become the next CEO when Yahoo’s board named former Autodesk chief Carol Bartz [...]

Cc:Betty, launching at this week’s Demo 09, is a clever online assistant that tracks e-mail conversations.
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Screenshot by Rafe Needleman/CNET Networks)
(Credit:
Screenshot by Rafe Needleman/CNET Networks)

Unlike the mail client add-ons (in particular, Xobni), Cc:Betty works with any e-mail system. Also unlike Xobni, it’s useful to everyone in a conversation, not just those who have [...]

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[via Lifehacker]
While not nearly as cool as the Muxtape playlist viewer we wrote about a few months back, if you’re looking to add a little extra eye candy to your bookmarks folder, it’s worth checking out an extension called Bookmarks Preview. When installed, it adds two new views to your bookmarks folder that let you [...]

Sure, plenty of old-time journalists go on tantrums about citizen journalism (”How dare they?! This is a profession!! You have to study at the Columbia School of Journalism first!”). On the contrary, I think it’s forward-thinking. What Gizmodo did was gave their readers a stake in the news; they became participants, not just followers.
Of course, [...]

CleanFuel USA is pitching propane as a desirable alternative fuel for school buses and other fleet vehicles.

Propane is made during the production of natural gas and as a byproduct of gasoline refining from crude oil. It won’t displace gasoline in a large way anytime soon–there are only about 200,000 propane-powered vehicles in the U.S. right [...]

Here’s a sampling of
green-tech news with quick commentary:
Industry Executive: Solar is the bright spot in this bad economy – Renewable Energy WorldVideo: echoing my article this morning, solar industry executives parse the credit crunch’s impact on the solar business.
A greener grid: Will energy be the next big thing for Google? – Los Angeles TimesNo one [...]