Solyndra, a California-based solar start up, says it’s figured out a way to make solar panels cheaper to install and better at producing energy—rolling them up. The company’s solar panels are comprised of rows of cylindrical solar cells deposited on glass tubes, a new type of shape that purportedly lets them absorb more light during the day. The shape also offers less wind resistance than conventional flat panels, making them cheaper and easier to mount on roofs

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Cylinder Solar Panels Generate More Energy For Less Cost [Solar]

Seattle has has a heck of a tech scene , but isn’t so big that the community breaks down into cliques and haters as Silicon Valley often does in the boom times. Maybe that’s why I spend so much time up here

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Seattle’s Top Entrepreneurs Band Together To Invest In Local Startups

Filed under: Cellphones , Handhelds RIM’s a little late to the touchscreen party, but comes bearing goodies. The BlackBerry Storm is a beast of a phone in more ways than one.

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BlackBerry Storm 9500 hands-on

Filed under: Cellphones , Handhelds A storm’s arrival typically isn’t something to celebrate, but we’re going to make a notable exception here seeing how the BlackBerry Storm is less of a destructive weather pattern and more of an incredibly hot smartphone — arguably RIM’s hottest to date. Fit to its business-savvy roots, the long-rumored handset comes equipped with the most comprehensive global roaming capabilities of virtually any wireless device you’ll find anywhere, featuring EV-DO Rev.

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BlackBerry Storm bows, comes next month to Verizon and Vodafone

Aidan Malley / AppleInsider : BlackBerry Storm debuts with app store, Mac suite on the way   —  Research in Motion has launched its very first touchscreen smartphone — and promises to shadow Apple’s iTunes App Store while also providing an official utility to sync its phones with Macs.  —  Also known as the 9500 …

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BlackBerry Storm debuts with app store, Mac suite on the way (Aidan Malley/AppleInsider)

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch : Jimmy Wales: The New Wikia Search API “Is Like Facebook Apps For Search Results.”   —  Jimmy Wales is opening up the Wikia Search engine to anyone who wants their own data or application to show up in results.  Called Wikia Intelligent Search Extensions (WISE), it lets developers create search results based on certain keywords or rules.

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Jimmy Wales: The New Wikia Search API "Is Like Facebook Apps For Search Results." (Erick Schonfeld/TechCrunch)

This Halloween, instead of candy, why not hand out a couple of these cute zombie plushies?

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Zombie Doll Will Eat Your Stuffed Animals’ Braaaaaains [Braaaaains]

Filed under: Desktops Oh sure, Stealth could’ve just phoned up NextComputing or ACME in order to acquire a beastly (albeit portable) LCD-infused desktop, but seriously, where’s the joviality in that?

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CinematographHD case mod conceals monster video editing rig

At long last, Verizon and Vodafone have officially acknowledged that they plan to offer the Storm in the coming weeks. Prepped to fit the needs of the enterprise user who may be tempted to sway from RIM, this much-coveted handset is the first touchscreen BlackBerry. With the 480×360 screen, 3.2 mp autofocus camera, Bluetooth 2.0, “ClickThrough” user selection for a button-like touch screen, 3.5mm headset jack, EVDO Rev

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Verizon and Vodafone (Update: and Telus!) finally speak up about the Storm

Today, I decided to buy a new laptop since my previous two $2000 HP laptops keep dying on me constantly. I did get a Dell Inspiron 1525 for about $600 at my local BestBuy.  It turns out the laptop gives you bang for your dollar

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Windows Vista Tips – How to Recover to an Earlier Point in Time!