Archive for April 2010

Green Energy First to Go?

Apr 30th, 2010 | By Rebecca | Category: Blog

Green investors who went in for Jimmy Carter-era tax incentives got burned in 1985, when the credits disappeared, taking renewable energy research projects with them.
Funny how people forget the day before yesterday but remember not to trust US clean energy opportunities. A Deutsche Bank study last fall found North America to be a relatively risky [...]



Steve Jobs Kills Flash? Can He Do That? (Guess So)

Apr 29th, 2010 | By Rebecca | Category: Blog

Apple’s CEO published a long (and probably compelling) letter today explaining why the iPhone and iPad don’t and apparently won’t deal with Flash, the Adobe format often used for Web video, animations and interactive games and graphics.
The decision demonstrates Apple’s power to change the nature of the Internet — and kill a format, though it’s [...]