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  Windows Phone makes
  the rounds at Mix

  photos By far the most popular device at the show was the one few could get their hands on: the Windows Phone 7 Series prototype.
  • Windows Phone stars at Mix
  • No copy and paste for you
  • Windows Phone 7 vs. Zune HD

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  Pursuing a 'TiVo moment' for thermostats

  Start-up Tendril is designing a home energy system aimed at people who aren't tech-savvy or eager to work hard on energy efficiency.
  • If you modernize the grid, will consumers care?
  • Intel inside the smart grid

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• Report: Google working on Google TV devices

  Google, Intel, and Sony are reportedly working on Internet-connected set-top boxes and TVs that use Intel's Atom chips, Google's Android software, and Sony's hardware.

  (Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

• Expect fireworks Thursday in Viacom vs. Google

  Information is coming in three-year copyright battle that is "potentially embarrassing" to both sides, sources say.

  (Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval)

• Cable sector: Forget the Web, we have VOD

  Industry group is launching a $30 million campaign touting video-on-demand that comes as Internet services make gains with viewers.

  (Posted in Media Maverick by Greg Sandoval)

• AT&T to sell eco-friendly phone charger

  Wireless operator is going green with a new cell phone charger that will save energy.

  (Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)

• Devo on the fate of the world--and Chatroulette

  q&a At SXSWi, two band members tell CNET that Chatroulette is a natural home for Devo and note that the Net is a lot cheaper than TV for promoting a big project.
  • Devo 2.0, the Internet start-up--take it seriously

  (Posted in Geek Gestalt by Daniel Terdiman)

• DOE grants $1 million for ocean energy research

  Lockheed Martin to determine if ocean thermal energy conversion and seawater-based air conditioning is viable for widespread use.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Candace Lombardi)

• Study: Businesses start to embrace Windows 7

  A new study shows that, far more than with Windows Vista, businesses do plan to adopt Windows 7. A decent number plan to start this year.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• Report: Mobile app demand to explode by 2012

  Total value of the worldwide market for apps on the go could grow to $17.5 billion in the next three years, GetJar estimates.

  (Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)

• Bing Maps adds a telescopic lens

  Users of Microsoft's mapping service can now "look up" and see what the stars look like from any vantage point on the globe.
  • Behind Bing's blue links

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• With IE9, Web video issue remains deadlocked

  The preview version of the Microsoft browser shows that lots of new standards will be useful on the Web. But HTML5 video is caught between two formats.
  • Microsoft modernizes Web ambitions with IE9
  • A visual tour of IE9 preview
  • Microsoft: IE9 won't run on XP

  (Posted in Deep Tech by Stephen Shankland)

• TV broadcasters prepare for spectrum battle

  They're not happy with the National Broadband Policy, which asks them to give up 40 percent of their spectrum holdings for wireless broadband.

  (Posted in Signal Strength by Marguerite Reardon)

• Google making it easier to leave Exchange

  Google's bid to get businesses on its cloud computing office productivity software has new weapon: a tool for making the Exchange migration easier.

  (Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

• Teen wins $100,000 Intel science award

  An 18-year-old from Albuquerque gets top prize in Intel's Science Talent Search for designing software to help spacecraft travel through the solar system more easily.

  (Posted in Cutting Edge by Lance Whitney)
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