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energy, cleantech, ethanol

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Coskata Refutes Energy Analyst’s Critique, Says It’s On Track to Make Ethanol for Under $1 Per Gallon

Wade Roush 8/21/08

The idea that a strain of bacteria discovered at the bottom of a lagoon on the campus of Oklahoma State University could hold an answer to U.S. dependence on foreign oil sounds improbable to many. It certainly does to Robert Rapier. The chemical engineer at Arnhem, Netherlands-based Accsys Technologies published a blog post last weekend arguing that Coskata—the Warrenville, IL, startup that hopes to turn the bacteria into the engines... Read more »

Biotech, Life Sciences, Government

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Q&A With Massachusetts’ Billion-Dollar Woman: Susan Windham-Bannister. Part 1.

Luke Timmerman 8/21/08

Susan Windham-Bannister is pretty long as names go, so the staff simply calls her Dr. Sue. The moniker is short but her task is big. She’s the newly-hired president and CEO of the Massachusetts Life Sciences... Read more »

Transportation, Aviation, startups

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Terrafugia On Track for First Flight This Year

Wade Roush 8/21/08

The idea of a drivable vehicle that also flies has a firm grip on the public imagination. Woburn, MA-based Terrafugia, the subject of two highly popular Xconomy stories back in May (here and here... Read more »

people, Frank Moss, Rescues

Truck barreling down

Media Lab Director to My Rescue…Twice!

Robert Buderi 8/20/08

I might just have figured out the worst corner in Kendall Square and the best company to have there…It’s a beautiful day here, so I was taking a leisurely after-lunch stroll when I spotted MIT Media... Read more »

Software, open source, deals

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Microsoft, Novell Continue Unlikely Windows-Linux Partnership

Wade Roush 8/20/08

In November 2006, Redmond, WA-based Microsoft and Waltham, MA-based Novell surprised the software world by announcing that Microsoft would market Novell’s version of the Linux operating system to its own customers, and that the two companies... Read more »

Software, startups, software as a service

With uTest, U Find Software Bugs, U Save

Wade Roush 8/20/08

Roundup, Life Sciences, FDA

Dyax and Vertex Drugs Move Toward Market, Taligen Moves to MA, Covidien Moves Into Venture Territory, & More Life Sciences News

Rebecca Zacks 8/20/08

VC, deals, spark capital

Spark Invests Big in Startup that Helps Airline Passengers Zip Through Security Lines

Robert Buderi 8/20/08
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VC, investing, Entrepreneurship

Three Ways (Times Three) for Entrepreneurs to Blow It

James Geshwiler 8/11/08

Nobody likes to fail. No entrepreneur or venture capitalist thinks a particular venture is going to be the one to fail. As veteran venture capitalist Bob Crowley at the Massachusetts Technology... Read more »

energy, Solar, photovoltaics

The Solar Hype Cycle: Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me

Mark Modzelewski 8/4/08

The other day the Boston Globe had a piece on solar technology coming of age in which Caltech chemistry professor Nathan Lewis stated: “We’re not in a hype cycle…If you go... Read more »

cloud computing, IT, software as a service

Cloud Computing: The Coming IT Cambrian Explosion

Irving Wladawsky-Berger 7/25/08

Cloud computing continues to be a very hot subject. I recently participated in Xconomy’s conference on “The Promise and Reality of Cloud Computing,” and it was clear from the discussion that... Read more »

energy, Legislation, Government

Massachusetts Global Warming Legislation: Economic Drag or Stimulant?

Nick d'Arbeloff 7/21/08

Computing, Social Networking, Lifestyle

When Distraction is Good

Linda Stone 7/14/08
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