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Cox Enterprises buys ad network builder Adify for $300M

Cox Enterprises buys ad network builder Adify for $300M

April 29, 2008 3:28 AM Anthony Ha

updated after reaching CEO Russ Fradin and Cox Chief Financial Officer John Dyer

Adify, whose software helps companies build their own advertising networks, has been acquired by media company Cox Enterprises for $300 million, according to various sources.

We’ve since …

Sunrgi claims bargain-basement power prices from new solar concentrator design

Sunrgi claims bargain-basement power prices from new solar concentrator design

April 29, 2008 3:04 AM Chris Morrison

When looking at next-generation renewable technologies, you’ll hear a lot of claims about how cheaply they can create electricity. Usually the figures hover around 10 cents per kilowatt-hour, which is about low enough to compete with the mix of coal, …

TechnoSpin raises $8M for small wind turbines

TechnoSpin raises $8M for small wind turbines

April 29, 2008 1:42 AM Chris Morrison

TechnoSpin, a New York-based company creating small wind turbine designs for both consumer and commercial use, has raised $8 million in its first venture funding.

While the company is gearing up to make a turbine for sale mainly in remote …

First Reserve buys Gamesa Solar for $408M, creates $940M renewable energy fund

First Reserve buys Gamesa Solar for $408M, creates $940M renewable energy fund

April 29, 2008 1:23 AM Chris Morrison

First Reserve Corp. is a private equity fund based in the United States. The firm has acquired Gamesa Solar, a division of a larger Spanish company, for about $408 million.

Along with the acquisition, First Reserve has also announced a …

Dean's post on buying Grand Theft Auto IV at midnight

Dean's post on buying Grand Theft Auto IV at midnight

April 29, 2008 1:11 AM Dean Takahashi

I made a trip to the local Game Crazy store at midnight to pick up a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV for $60. There were 39 people in line, including a few under-age kids who got stopped at the …

Super-efficient lighting technologies provide energy saving ideas, outdoors and in

Super-efficient lighting technologies provide energy saving ideas, outdoors and in

April 29, 2008 12:01 AM Thomas Slater

In Australia, the husband and wife team behind Lumiflux has found a way to make a 50 year old technology seem new and, well, shiny. Electroluminescence, or EL, has been the technology behind your digital watch night-light and a series …

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