Inhabitat’s Week in Green: TORQ Roadster, quantum-dot solar cells and an invisibility cloak

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. This week, Team Inhabitat traveled to Mountain View, Calif., to get a look at the 100 percent sun-powered Solar Impulse airplane before it embarks on its first flight across the United States. Inhabitat editors also braved the crowds at the 2013 New York International Auto Show...

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Apple Takes Laptop Magazine’s Top Rating

For the fourth year in a row Apple takes top prize in our Best & Worst Brands. Why? Apple placed first in five of eight categories, including reviews, design, keyboards and touchpads, display and audio, and software. Apple also grabbed second place in our tech support category. The only area where Apple falls flat is value because the brand doesn’t play in the low-cost laptop space. Overall, though, Apple continues to epitomize...

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BlackBerry stems bleeding, but sells 1 million Z10s

The Computerworld story, “BlackBerry stems bleeding, but sells 1 million Z10s,” posted to the newswire Thursday with an incorrect byline. The correct byline is Matt Hamblen. The story has been corrected on the wire to reflect that Visit link: BlackBerry stems bleeding, but sells 1 million Z10shttp://www.genf20.com

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It’s World Backup Day: no time like the present to protect the past

There are two kinds of computer owners: those that backup their data, and those who will backup after they lose something irreplaceable. It’s that last group for whom World Backup Day exists, and the special occasion has returned for a third year to make sure we all wind up in that first, very responsible camp. Thankfully, it’s easier than ever to have at least some kind of safety net. Along with ridiculously high-capacity...

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HortonWorks: The Hadoop company everyone wants to be best friends with now

The story, “HortonWorks: The Hadoop company everyone wants to be best friends with now,” posted to the wire on Thursday, incorrectly characterized Cloudera. Read more: HortonWorks: The Hadoop company everyone wants to be best friends with nowpureleveragereviews.com

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