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Solar panels are the next granite countertops: an amenity for new homes that's becoming a standard option for buyers in U.S. markets.
Business Week
Cree TW LED bulb: California demands maximum light quality, Cree delivers for less than $20 (Sep 10)
Cree's LED bulb has been out for six months now and it's already a huge hit.
ExtremeTech
Intel on Wednesday ended weeks of speculation by launching "Bay Trail," the next-generation Atom Z3000 chip that pushes tablets towards PC-esque levels of performance.
PC World
The new slimmer PS Vita has a new screen. It's LCD, instead of the OLED screen found in the current model. Sony's Andrew House explained why.
Kotaku
Apple's shares fell by over five per cent yesterday, immediately after the Tuesday launch of the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C.
IT Pro Portal
Following Apple's announcement of the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C on Tuesday, all eyes are on the company's biggest rival, Samsung. It didn't take long for the Apple competitor to release a bit of news.
Mashable
Qualcomm made a splash last week when it unveiled the Toq smartwatch, which charges without being plugged in. That same technology will soon be used on bigger, faster gadgets: race cars.
Bloomberg
New York Times
LG Electronics has officially cut the price on its 55-inch curved-screen FullHD OLED TV to US$9,999 in the U.S. and has dropped the price on its current 55-inch Ultra High-Definition LED LCD TV by another US$500, to US$4,499.
Twice
While Apple CEO Tim Cook is far likelier to use the event to showcase new iterations of the iPhone, the Apple TV rumors began running rampant when evidence of multiple shipments labeled "Set Top Boxes" were tracked from one of the company's Chinese suppliers in August.
Variety
Sony has just announced PlayStation Vita TV, a 6 x 10 cm console and set-top box that connects to a TV.
The Verge
Fraunhofer COMEDD has improved its roll-to-roll research line, which consists of a vacuum system for the evaporation of organic materials.
Printed Electronics World
Displays with Organic Light Emitting Diodes, OLEDs, are the most interesting and promising new display technology in over a decade-possibly ever.
Gizmodo
The first factor is that the body of LED light is very small and compacted. The LED has been products by small and fine chips which have been encapsulated in transparent epoxy so it is very small and lightweight. In that kind of situation, the production and application of the LED light products such as LED high bay lights can help people save a lot of material and space.
SBWire
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) headquarters, a leased facility in Washington, D.C., has been outfitted with energy-saving CR Series LED Troffers by Cree.
Daily Finance
China's industrial production rose by more than expected in August, the latest sign that the world's second-largest economy may be on the mend.
BBC News
China's government will continue to support its solar sector, upping its domestic capacity target in order to boost local demand and reduce its dependence on foreign markets. But Zhun Ma, Lux Research analyst and the report's lead author, said the government's plan to install 35 GW of new solar capacity by 2015 is the upper limit rather than a fixed target.
Alternative Energy Stock
Makers of alternative energy cars are revving up their China efforts. Global brands such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz are targeting electrics, while a newer name, Tesla--is also jockeying for position.
CCTV.com
Apple's innovation problem is real. And it's unlikely to silence the critics if it simply unveils multi-colored iPhones on Tuesday.
CNNMoney
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