Technology Review Feed - Business Top Stories http://www.technologyreview.com/business/ Technology Review exists to promote the understanding of emerging technologies and their impact. en-us 07/04/2009 00:00:00 MIT TECH REVIEW, INC. jason.pontin@TechnologyReview.com Webmaster@TechnologyReview.com Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:36:03 GMT http://www.technologyreview.com/corp/rss.aspx Biotech/Business/Computing/Energy/Nanotech/Security/Software/Telecom/Internet/Transportation/MIT 1440 FutureGen Rises from the Dead http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=8c988ba6af22c884eab2da0d63a000b4 http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22920/ The DOE's backing revives a pioneering clean-coal project.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=8c988ba6af22c884eab2da0d63a000b4&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=8c988ba6af22c884eab2da0d63a000b4&p=1"/></a> Business Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22920/ http://www.technologyreview.com/files/30893/geo_storage_x116.jpg $100 Laptop Becomes a $5 PC http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=f79d9e46042a46da037cff07f9a05872 http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22919/ Putting OLPC's software on a USB drive gives old PCs a new lease on life.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=f79d9e46042a46da037cff07f9a05872&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=f79d9e46042a46da037cff07f9a05872&p=1"/></a> Computing Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22919/ http://www.technologyreview.com/files/30911/sugar_x116_2.jpg Computer Clusters That Heat Houses http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=35f61ce5bb87d3a3004d054211dd5b9c http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22917/ A novel water-cooling system makes it more efficient for computers to heat buildings.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=35f61ce5bb87d3a3004d054211dd5b9c&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=35f61ce5bb87d3a3004d054211dd5b9c&p=1"/></a> Computing Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22917/ http://www.technologyreview.com/files/30866/cooling_x116.jpg A Hard Sell http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=b883892ee245115159c866cd629555c4 http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22853/ The Great Depression occasioned a battle over federal funding of science.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=b883892ee245115159c866cd629555c4&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=b883892ee245115159c866cd629555c4&p=1"/></a> Business Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22853/ http://www.technologyreview.com/files/28658/0709Years_x116.jpg Carbon Trading on the Cheap http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=35c6efc46ba09f616ba9846b5597987f http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/22851/ If the United States wants to build a market-based approach to reducing carbon dioxide emissions, it should learn from Europe's failures.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=35c6efc46ba09f616ba9846b5597987f&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=35c6efc46ba09f616ba9846b5597987f&p=1"/></a> Energy Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/22851/ http://www.technologyreview.com/files/28645/0709-carbon_x116.jpg Life after Yucca Mountain http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=cca72c6981a2875d281b38f78acb6e38 http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/22850/ Geologist Allison MacFarlane on the future of nuclear waste--and what it means for nuclear power.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=cca72c6981a2875d281b38f78acb6e38&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=cca72c6981a2875d281b38f78acb6e38&p=1"/></a> Energy Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/22850/ http://www.technologyreview.com/files/28580/0709-q_a_x116.jpg Chasing the Sun http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=591470a301bc754813ce273a702e6da7 http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22833/ The federal government is about to spend billions of dollars on renewable energy. In Part II of our series on the federal stimulus bill, we look at the impact the spending will have on the future of solar power.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=591470a301bc754813ce273a702e6da7&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=591470a301bc754813ce273a702e6da7&p=1"/></a> Business Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22833/ http://www.technologyreview.com/files/28521/0709-solar-a_x116.jpg Privacy Requires Security, Not Abstinence http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=1deecdc20afdba40a8f13a60300fa52e http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22831/ Protecting an inalienable right in the age of Facebook.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=1deecdc20afdba40a8f13a60300fa52e&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=1deecdc20afdba40a8f13a60300fa52e&p=1"/></a> Computing Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22831/ http://www.technologyreview.com/files/28535/0709-essay_x116.jpg A Startup's Electric Sedan May Be First on the Road http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=822f5e1c5a06fa890d587d25e034f28a http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22898/ A Chinese-built electric sedan could be the first on sale in the United States, but it will quickly face competition.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=822f5e1c5a06fa890d587d25e034f28a&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=822f5e1c5a06fa890d587d25e034f28a&p=1"/></a> Business Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22898/ http://www.technologyreview.com/files/28724/car_x116.jpg <![CDATA[Advertisement:]]> http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=822f5e1c5a06fa890d587d25e034f28a&p=4 822f5e1c5a06fa890d587d25e034f28a ]]> Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT What Is the Future of Humans in Space? http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=95120d86295ca21cc88a438321a80f95 http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22869/ Independent review of human-spaceflight plans gets under way today.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=95120d86295ca21cc88a438321a80f95&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=95120d86295ca21cc88a438321a80f95&p=1"/></a> Business Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22869/ http://www.technologyreview.com/files/28472/augustine_x116.jpg Volvo Tests Plug-in Hybrids http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=5dd3f421bdcf65fdc62596c93c6758ce http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22866/ The company will bring vehicles to market in 2012.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=5dd3f421bdcf65fdc62596c93c6758ce&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=5dd3f421bdcf65fdc62596c93c6758ce&p=1"/></a> Business Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22866/ http://www.technologyreview.com/files/28411/home_fuel_x116.jpg Reinventing Cellulosic Ethanol Production http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=85606c5d4044151c01fe4b32a17eec3f http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/22774/ An Israeli startup says that it has a cheap process to make biofuels from cellulosic materials.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=85606c5d4044151c01fe4b32a17eec3f&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=85606c5d4044151c01fe4b32a17eec3f&p=1"/></a> Energy Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/22774/ GM Opens a Battery Research Lab for the Volt http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=38f1a08d2434b0ac5ba1f47e694f4a58 http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22772/ The large facility is meant to reflect a change of direction for the bankrupt company.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=38f1a08d2434b0ac5ba1f47e694f4a58&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=38f1a08d2434b0ac5ba1f47e694f4a58&p=1"/></a> Business Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22772/ http://www.technologyreview.com/files/28180/detroit_x116.jpg Off-the-Shelf Genetic Testing On Display http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=10f60ac3ccd6d03212ea444dde387fe4 http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/22765/ The emerging market of direct-to-consumer genetic testing gets down to business.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=10f60ac3ccd6d03212ea444dde387fe4&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=10f60ac3ccd6d03212ea444dde387fe4&p=1"/></a> Biomedicine Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/22765/ http://www.technologyreview.com/files/28142/shop_x116.jpg Pricing Carbon Emissions http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=57f7c9da3ac40533b55d5d9b64ca7776 http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/22755/ A bill before Congress may prove a costly way to reduce greenhouse gases.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=57f7c9da3ac40533b55d5d9b64ca7776&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=57f7c9da3ac40533b55d5d9b64ca7776&p=1"/></a> Energy Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/22755/ http://www.technologyreview.com/files/28078/captrade_x116.jpg Roll-Up Solar Panels http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=a87f2b0025e338f88613c58b4f576e8c http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22745/ A startup is making thin-film solar cells on flexible steel sheets.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=a87f2b0025e338f88613c58b4f576e8c&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=a87f2b0025e338f88613c58b4f576e8c&p=1"/></a> Business Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22745/ http://www.technologyreview.com/files/28053/xunlight_x116.jpg Bringing Ads to the Conversation http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=8c30937603d4c5c1f6fe56b8cb350bbb http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22738/ BuzzLogic hopes that monitoring online discussion will help advertisers target the right customers.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=8c30937603d4c5c1f6fe56b8cb350bbb&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=8c30937603d4c5c1f6fe56b8cb350bbb&p=1"/></a> Business Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22738/ http://www.technologyreview.com/files/28011/buzzlogic_x116.jpg Brewing Spandex http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=a9c46f79c289350757406617c5d27418 http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22732/ A startup uses strains of E. coli bacteria to convert sugar into valuable chemicals for textiles and other products.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=a9c46f79c289350757406617c5d27418&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=a9c46f79c289350757406617c5d27418&p=1"/></a> Business Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22732/ http://www.technologyreview.com/files/27982/genomatica_x116.jpg <![CDATA[Advertisement:]]> http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=a9c46f79c289350757406617c5d27418&p=4 a9c46f79c289350757406617c5d27418 ]]> Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT What VCs Are Investing In http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=7d37921173888cddab2b52a6c359113f http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22697/ Virtualization and data-management companies still show potential.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=7d37921173888cddab2b52a6c359113f&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=7d37921173888cddab2b52a6c359113f&p=1"/></a> Business Tue, 26 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.technologyreview.com/business/22697/ http://www.technologyreview.com/files/27738/summit_x116.jpg Revisiting Lithium-Sulfur Batteries http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=752d22d72700a0715ad529dd4d1fd1af http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/22689/ Advances could at last make the high-energy batteries practical.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=752d22d72700a0715ad529dd4d1fd1af&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=752d22d72700a0715ad529dd4d1fd1af&p=1"/></a> Energy Fri, 22 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/22689/ http://www.technologyreview.com/files/27711/scion_x116.jpg