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Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it’s the Week in Green.

It’s been an epic week for green building and clean-tech, as the 2011 Solar Decathlon showcased 19 of the world’s most stunning sun-powered prefab homes in Washington DC — and Inhabitat brought you up-to-the-minute coverage on winning home designs. Several of the houses feature remarkably unconventional designs — see Sci-Arc and Caltech’s puffy inside-out prefab and Team Canada’s teepee-inspired TRTL home — while others like Purdue’s INHome relied upon tried-and-true building typologies upgraded with state-of-the art solar systems. Ultimately the University of Maryland’s innovative WaterShed House won first place in the competition with their greenery infused, water-focused, living home. Purdue University’s more traditional INHome took second place, and Team New Zealand (Victoria University of Wellington) placed third with their beautiful wooden First Light home.

Speaking of major feats of renewable energy, this week Iceland announced plans to construct the first zero-carbon data center and Germany opened the world’s largest solar park on top of an abandoned open-pit mine. We also took a look at the innovative new SeaTwirl turbine, which could be the most cost-effective wind energy generator to date, and we watched Pavegen reveal plans to power a shopping center with tiles that harvest energy from pedestrian footsteps. Google also made a major investment to bring solar power systems to 3,000 homes, MIT developed a working “artificial leaf” that generates hydrogen fuel from water and sunlight, and Axeon unveiled a new battery that could extend electric car range by 35 percent.

In other green transportation news, sun-powered vehicles soared towards the stars this week as NASA announced plans to launch the largest solar sail spacecraft ever created, and Japan’s TOTO unveiled a crazy talking poop-powered motorcycle topped with a toilet. We also took a spin in the world’s strongest electric train (which has over 10,000 horsepower), and we launched a competition to win a one year Zipcar membership. We also spotted a milk truck mobile breastfeeding unit, while scientists discovered a passive virus that can destroy breast cancer cells. Finally, from the realm of high-tech textiles we shared a student’s plan to turn textile factory effluent into clean water, we showcased Janet Echelman’s massive jellyfish-shaped string sculptures, and we dialed up an online tool capable of measuring your wardrobe’s environmental impact.

Inhabitat’s Week In Green: eco abodes, world’s largest solar park and Axeon’s new EV battery originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 02 Oct 2011 20:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HTC is already looking into the issue, stating, “HTC takes our customers’ security very seriously, and we are working to investigate this claim as quickly as possible. We will provide an update as soon as we’re able to determine the accuracy of the claim and what steps, if any, need to be taken.” If you’re too antsy to wait for HTC’s update, head on over to the source link below — Eckheart says the issue can be resolved by removing HTCloggers from a rooted device.

HTC security vulnerability said to leak phone numbers, GPS data, and more, HTC responds (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on May 23, 2006 by CyberNet.

Finally! Vista users get video card support from ATI and nVidia. The only downside is that not every video card is supported but this is a good step.

It is very important that video card manufacturers release these drivers before the beta testing is opened to the public. If people have troubles installing Vista and getting their video cards to work then they will be more likely to give up on testing it. Let’s hope we see this trend continue!

Download nVidia Vista x86 Beta 2 Forceware Driver
Download ATI Catalyst Driver for Vista Beta 2
nVidia Driver Release Notes
News Source: JCXP.net

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If you were to take your computer to a repair shop and they ended up losing it, what would you say is fair compensation? I’d say at least the amount it cost to purchase the laptop in the first place, and then maybe a little extra to cover the hassle and time it took to get it replaced would be fair. One woman, Raelyn Campbell has a completely different idea of what fair compensation should be – $54 million.

Campbell purchased a laptop from Best Buy and bought the extended warranty. A year later, the power button broke off and so she took advantage of the extended warranty and brought the computer in for repairs.  She was told it would be ready in two to six weeks but six weeks came and it wasn’t done yet.  To make a long story short, Best Buy lost the computer and offered her a $900 gift card to compensate even though the computer cost $1100.  Campbell thought about her personal data on the machine and said that the info stored on the computer could lead to an identify theft issue.  Not only that, she said she lost thousands of dollars worth of music and thousands of photos that can’t be replaced.

While Best Buy should have offered her more than $900 given that the computer cost $1100, it seems ridiculous that Campbell is taking Best Buy to court and suing them for $54 million. Her biggest issue was regarding the personal data on the machine and the threat of identify theft. As a consumer, it was her responsibility to make sure she had taken sensitive information off of the computer before sending it in. And when she says she lost thousands of dollars worth of music and photos, it’s hard to feel bad when it was again, her responsibility as a consumer to make sure she had back-ups of those files. She could have easily lost those photos and the music if her hard drive failed.

Of course, this is all just my opinion. So what do you think? Is she right for suing Best Buy? If so, is she right to sue them for $54 million or is that dollar amount a little exaggerated? It wouldn’t be surprising in the least if she got before a judge and he just laughed at her, especially knowing Best Buy is offering her over $4,000 to settle out of court.

Source: MSNBC

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Opera has made available a new release of their popular browser for the Windows Mobile platform. Opera 8.6 gives users a wonderful tabbed browsing experience and the ability to use a horizontal viewing mode. The mobile edition is not free unlike the desktop version of Opera. It is available for $24 but a 30-day trial is available to ensure that the browser is right for you.

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News Source: BetaNews

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