“Under the Threat of Revolt”

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“The choice we must make is as important as it is clear. It is a choice between corporate power and the power of democracy. It is caution versus courage. Calculation versus principle. It is the establishment elites versus the American people.” Edwards has made this a master theme of campaign, identifying his willingness to fight … Read more

Depression Management by Phone

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“The results suggest that enhanced depression care of workers has benefits not only on clinical outcomes but also on workplace outcomes,” the investigators wrote in the Sept. 26 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association. The findings indicate that the added costs to employers of mental health benefits may have an even bigger payoff … Read more

The Solar Decathlon

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The Solar Decathlon is a competition in which 20 teams of college and university students compete to design, build, and operate the most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient solar-powered house. The Solar Decathlon is also an event to which the public is invited to observe the powerful combination of solar energy, energy efficiency, and the best … Read more

Openfaced Silicon Sandwich

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Several years ago, SunPower, a unit of Cypress Semiconductor, (CY) realized the top metal plate was reflecting the sun’s rays, cutting efficiency by reducing the percentage of sunlight converted to electricity. So the company decided to put both plates beneath the silicon. It now has an industry-high efficiency of 22% vs. an average of 16%, … Read more

Self-Serving Service Providers

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All the chatter on the message boards during the outage slowly got around to the subject of switching to Linux; there is no way such a thing could ever happen to Linux users. This is not what Microsoft wants to read, especially on its own forums. The Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) plan became a genuine … Read more