1 hour ago by Camille Ricketts

Tesla Motors may have finally picked a site for its new Model S Assembly plant — an announcement that has been awaited with bated breath by California politicians and those in the advanced vehicle industry for months. While the company has yet to confirm the selection, the city of Downey, Calif., li ...

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2 hours ago by Tom Slater

According to a recently released National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study, hybrid-electric vehicles are up to twice as dangerous to pedestrians as traditional cars. The effect is at its worst in the city, when HEVs are almost silent. Near-silent vehicles are harder to detect, hindering a ...

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2 hours ago by David Pierce

TVDeck, a new site that launched its public beta test yesterday, aims to help Internet users find some of the best and most interesting videos among the massive amounts posted on the web. TVDeck does this by aggregating the feeds, in a way somewhat similar to Alltop, of all the best shows online. Th ...

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2 hours ago by Camille Ricketts

At this time last week, we were just about to kick off our inaugural GreenBeat conference focused on the Smart Grid. We’re thrilled to still be receiving valuable feedback and new ideas for the event next year. To provide our readers — including those who couldn’t make it out this time — with a tast ...

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2 hours ago by Matt Marshall

I’m pleased to announce the latest plans by DEMO: First, we’ve identified 7 technology sectors that will serve as the primary themes for product launches at the next DEMO in Palm Springs on March 21-23. Second, we’ve created a brand new DEMO Mentor Program, which will connect 6 winning teams of stud ...

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4 hours ago by Anthony Ha

As The Founder Institute, the entrepreneur training program developed by TheFunded’s Adeo Ressi, expands to cities around the country, it’s gathering some provocative data about how aspiring startup founders stack up in different regions. Specifically, the institute says that in the latest batch of ...

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4 hours ago by Alexa Lee

Here’s some video of Dean Takahashi playing the beta version of Sony’s MAG, which debuts on Jan. 26 on the PlayStation 3 as an online only first-person shooter game where 256 players can join in the same battle. Check out our story on MAG here. [Photo and video by Alexa Lee]

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6 hours ago by Sponsored Post

Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by Vator.tv Vator, a leading platform for innovators and entrepreneurs to broadcast themselves, is holding its inaugural Vator Splash competition to find up-and-coming, early-stage startups to present at the Vator Splash event on February 4, 2010 at the Cafe du ...

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8 hours ago by Dean Takahashi

1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony PlayStation 3. Mature) Naughty Dog/Sony. This game could have been a tired sequel in the tired action adventure category, as with ethical treasure hunter Nathan Drake returning and two women contending to be his main sidekick. But Naughty Dog raised the bar with g ...

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9 hours ago by Chris Drake

(Editor’s note: Chris Drake is CEO and founder of FireHost, Inc., a secure Web hosting company. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.) The holiday season is critical to any customer-focused business – this year, more than ever. For start-ups, it can literally be a matter of life and death. Online ...

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