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Thin (3.6 cm), smaller and more consistent with the other computers and technology company, and that goes from white polycarbonate to aluminum. In terms of specifications, the base processor is a Core 2 Duo 2.44 GHz with an option to 2.66, the base RAM is 2 GB but we put option up to 8 GB, although the best comes from the hand of Graphics: Nvidia 320M, which although only 256MB, MacBook Pro equals the smallest of all.

Although perhaps the most interesting development (apart from design) is less than it has inside but outside as it is connected: the Mac mini becomes the first Mac with HDMI port. I think Apple is clear where you want to see the new little guy, right? In the lounge. The other port is usually Ethernet card, 4 USB, 1 FireWire 800, a mini Display Port, and the novelty SD card slot. Read more… »

The Associated Press reported that the many technology companies are shifting to “cleantech”-based products—technology that utilizes alternative energy, more efficient power distribution, and new ways to store electricity, all with minimal impact to the environment—in what they see as the next big thing in the US economy.

As for now, large investments are being placed, such as the $150-billion pledge by the Obama administration over the next decade for energy technology, which they say could create 5 million new jobs.

Startup companies are also taking the opportunity to provide cleaner energy to consumers and industries. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based GreatPoint Energy has developed a technique of turning coal into natural gas in a cheap and efficient way than traditional methods. They plan on building a power plant in Houston beginning next year, which would cost $800 million and create thousands of jobs in the process.

Meanwhile, A123 Systems of Watertown, Massachusetts, which produces lithium-ion batteries for electric cars, had one of the most profitable public stock offerings this year amounting to $437.5 million. This is despite the fact that the company has yet to make a profit.

Despite all the positive outlook about the cleantech industry, how it will be able to save the receding American economy has yet to be seen.

One of the largest technology companies in the world is hit hard by the economic crisis and is forced to let go of a couple of thousand of its employees and reorganize the whole company. Sun Microsystems, the company behind many software products such as MySQL, Open Storage and Open Office, as well as many other networking hardware and software products, announced today that they will be restructuring the company to save them $700-$800 million a year.

“Today, we have taken decisive actions to align Sun’s business with global economic realities and accelerate our delivery of key open source platform innovations – from MySQLTM to Sun’s latest Open Storage offerings,” said Jonathan Schwartz, CEO, Sun Microsystems. Read more… »