Audi A3 TDI named Green Car of the Year

By Martin Zimmerman
LOS ANGELES — The 2010 Audi A3 TDI was named Green Car of the Year at the L.A. Auto Show on Thursday, giving the Germans and clean diesel technology back-to-back wins.

Samsung’s Blue Earth solar phone is ultra-green

By Matt Hickey
I have a few friends (who shall remain nameless) who are often unreachable because they don’t charge their phones when they should. These same friends should look into the new Samsung Blue Earth, which is to be unveiled in a couple days at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Power struggle: What role should IT play in reining in energy costs?

By Tam Harbert
Is it time for IT managers to add ‘energy czar’ to their list of job roles? Google, Yahoo and other early adopters explore the options.
February 5, 2009 (Computerworld) IT buys the technology; facilities buys the energy. That’s the way it’s always been in corporate America. But that may be changing.

Former eBay exec tackles perils of e-commerce at Omidyar Network

By Scott Duke Harris, Mercury News
In his time as eBay’s vice president of global trust and safety, Matt Halprin used to hear from plenty of eBay members wondering why he or other company executives had apparently sent them e-mail flagging a problem with their account and asking them to re-register.

What We Expect in 2009 : The Product

So what can consumers expect at CES? Although prices for new products are rarely disclosed, there is a truism in tech: new technology commands a premium. And premiums mean profits. The bottom line: expect CE manufacturers to push high-end technology mainstream as soon as possible, while cutting costs where they can. In each category, [...]

What We Expect in 2009 : Attendance

by Mark Hachman and PCMag.com Staff
In the midst of the sharpest recession in memory, will anyone care about the latest gadgets and gizmos?That depressing question will be hanging over the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this January, as buyers, retailers, enthusiasts, and reporters will gather in Las Vegas to either herald the economy’s [...]

Hey Obama: Reboot the music industry!

By Matt Rosoff
Yesterday, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman wrote a post suggesting that president-elect Obama needs to do more than throw money at ailing industries, but actually needs to “reboot” America by investing in infrastructure and education. In Newsweek, law professor and intellectual property thinker Lawrence Lessig argued for a more narrowly focused [...]