Storage Is the Key to Solar's Future

Rick Laezman

• Green Building

In the drama of renewable energy, no power source has performed better in recent years than solar. Despite improvements in efficiency and lower costs, the future of solar power is still uncertain, and as one researcher suggests, its growth could be its own worst enemy.
Shayle Kann is a senior vice president for GTM Research. In a paper published in November, he identifies the challenges ahead for solar power.

Under the Sea: Microsoft testing underwater data centers

Microsoft wants to help cloud computing centers and server rooms reach their customers more efficiently -- even if that means building out data centers under several hundred feet of water.

Making A Service Worker: A Case Study

There’s no shortage of boosterism or excitement about the fledgling service worker API, now shipping in some popular browsers. There are cookbooks and blog posts, code snippets and tools. But I find that when I want to learn a new web concept thoroughly, rolling up my proverbial sleeves, diving in and building something from scratch is often ideal.

The bumps and bruises, gotchas and bugs I ran into this time have benefits: Now I understand service workers a lot better, and with any luck I can help you avoid some of the headaches I encountered when working with the new API.

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First winners of UK Games Fund revealed

The first group of winners for the UK Games Fund have been announced, with a total of 24 development studios across the country getting a cash injection in their businesses.

By: Matt Kamen,

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GE to Phase Out CFLs in Light of New Energy Star Specs

Timothy Johnson

• Lighting

Today, GE posted a satirical break-up letter addressed to the compact fluorescent lamp (CFL). The company is moving the focus of its consumer lighting business to the light-emitting diode (LED) lamp. It has already ceased manufacturing of some CFL models, and it plans to cancel the manufacture of all CFLs by the end of 2016.

US must make 'additional effort' on Safe Harbor, EU Commissioner says

The European Commission has outlined the areas in which it wants further concessions from the U.S. before a new Safe Harbor agreement on trans-Atlantic data transfers can be reached.

"We are close, but an additional effort is needed," European Commissioner for Justice Vĕra Jourová said Monday evening. There is still a need for binding commitments from the U.S. government, with additional safeguards on access to Europeans' data by U.S. public authorities and independent oversight in the area of national security, she said.

The original Safe Harbor agreement, under which businesses transferred the personal information of European Union citizens to the U.S. for storage and processing, was invalidated by the Court of Justice of the EU last year.

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