NPR Topics: Technology

New Solar Cell Easy As Pizza To Make
Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:16:00 -0400
The iJET is a new type of solar cell that's cheap and easy to make, requiring not much more than a pizza oven, some nail polish remover, and a common inkjet printer. Australian scientist Nicole Kuepper describes her invention.
SpaceX Celebrates First Successful Rocket Launch
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:53:00 -0400
SpaceX's flagship Falcon1 rocket has successfully launched from an island in the central Pacific, becoming the first privately-developed rocket to orbit the planet. NASA has already contracted SpaceX to begin private space flight missions to the International Space Station beginning in 2010.
Northeast States Trade Carbon Emission Credits
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:46:00 -0400
A consortium of Northeast states has completed the first cap-and-trade greenhouse gas auction in the U.S. Under cap-and-trade, limits are set on emissions. Companies that do not use up their quota of emissions are able to sell their excess emission capacity to other companies.

L.A. Times - Technology News

EBay to cut 10% of workforce, buy 3 firms for $1.3 billion; shares slide
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
The online auction firm plans to lay off about 1,000 full-time employees and as many as 600 temporary workers as it purchases Web credit company Bill Me Later and two Danish classifieds sites. Online retailer EBay Inc., which is trying to reverse years of slowing growth in its auction business amid rising competition and a spreading financial crisis, said Monday that it would cut 10% of its global workforce even as it spends $1.3 billion to buy three Web businesses.
Publisher of Orange County Register may have violated loan terms
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Freedom Communications Inc., owner of the Orange County Register, said that it might be in violation of loan agreements and that it was in discussions with its lenders.
Financial literacy for kids
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700
Adults make plenty of mistakes with their money. Themint.org wants to keep teenagers from doing the same.

 

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