Exxon Announces New Kind Of Battery Technology

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Nov 282007
 

It was announced today by the energy company giant Exxon mobile that they have developed a new kind of battery technology for cars in cooperation with a Japanese company known as Tonen Chemicals. The battery’s are a lithium ion battery similar to the ones that are in your ipod, laptop, or cell phone except these lithium ion battery’s would be strong enough to propel a car. There are several companies that are using battery technology in there cars right now but they are not the lithium ion type so they have some major disadvantages. The new battery technology should be pretty cool and will be interesting to see where it goes, it is set to debut at an electric car show in California in the first week of December.

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Google Go Green

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Nov 282007
 

Google.com is one of the most visited websites on the planet. Today they decided to make changes to how they run business, so that they can become carbon neutral by the end of the current year. Therefore, helping the planet they are most visited on…

They have announced a plan to develop sources of renewable energy that will be cheaper than coal, solar panels will be developed and will run their California headquarters and energy efficient computers are in development.

This is great news. We are constantly being told that the planet cannot take anymore of our C02 emitting selves, so a big global company taking action can only be a good thing. However, I wonder if we will ever get anything like this from them?

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Dixons selling wooden TVs

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Nov 202007
 

How interesting:

Watching the television might not be the most environmentally-friendly activity but Dixons is aiming to make it greener with its new range of wooden TVs.

The Tree-V range of televisions, made by Swedish manufacturer Swedx, are built with natural ash, sapele or beech wood from sustainable forest sources.

They cost £350 including VAT and will be in Currys stores before Christmas and you can reserve them online now on the Dixons site.

“We’re delighted to be the exclusive stockist of the Tree-Vs from Swedx. They are high specification televisions, with the added advantage of being constructed within frames from all-natural, renewable, sustainable, recyclable resources,” said DeVere Forster of Dixons.co.uk.

The LCD screen of the TV is 19in and they’re High Definition ready. They also have built in Freeview tuners so are ready for the digital switchover and HDMI, Component, SCART, PC and AV inputs.

“Owning a Tree-V is a great way of making a small contribution to planet Earth while watching it on the telly at the same time,” Forster said.

PC World, which is part of the Dixons Stores Group, is aiming to have carbon neutral PCs in stock before Christmas. The PCs feature wooden monitors, keyboards and mice, with the central unit made from recyclable materials as far as possible.

…….lol.


Don’t they look stylish…

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Having problems with Gmail?

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Nov 182007
 

I came on the internet a few days ago to my favorite email client – Gmail, only to see that it was subtly different. I couldn’t put my finger on what exactly had changed, apart from a few minor font differences.
Since I first logged on to my changed Gmail account I have noticed some problems with it. It is MUCH slower than the previous version (on my system anyway), so much so that sometimes it just refuses to load my mail.

Of course Gmail has entered into the web 2.0 realm, but in my opinion it was always pretty web 2.0 anyway. The changes that they have put in place rely heavily on the users browser and system specification (as web 2.0 does of course), however it would have been nice to have had the option to switch to the previous version from the control panel.

Having said that you can go to (at least for the moment) to https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1 to go back to the old version, however you will have to go to that URL every time you want to use the old version of Gmail.

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