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Sunday, 28 April 2013

Solar Panels Now Make More Electricity Than They Use

Solar panels make energy, but they take energy to make, too. And, until about 2010 or so, the solar panel industry used more electricity than it produced, according to a new analysis. Now, the industry is set to "pay back" the energy it used by 2020.The study looked at what went into building and installing solar panels all over the world, including everything from home...

Chrome and Android’s Excellent Collision Course

  Andy Rubin left Android, and Chrome and Apps boss Sundar Pichai is taking over. Desktop melts into mobile. It's a familiar dance, following iOS and OS X and the whole Windows 8 philosophy down the same convergence rabbit hole. But this one is a little different.It's clear by now that the merging of desktop and mobile is the endgame for tech's major players. Apple...