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Deep Diver James Cameron Talked Ocean Geekery Way Back at D8

Kara Swisher in News on March 26 at 10:43 am PT

His love of the sea goes on (and deep this time).

Insight Leads $165 Million Round in Cloud-Based Energy Database Company Drilling Info

Arik Hesseldahl in News on March 5 at 6:05 am PT

As the U.S. gets closer to energy independence, the investment around oil and gas exploration and the technology that helps get it done, are, well, gushing.

Nokia's Stephen Elop Didn't Start the Fire–But His "Burning Platform" Certainly Lights One

Kara Swisher in News on February 9, 2011 at 6:15 am PT

Memo to tech CEOs everywhere: Now that’s how to write an internal memo. That would be the 1,300-word one that Nokia CEO Stephen Elop apparently penned for employees at the Finnish telecom giant, which inevitably leaked to the media. In it, he uses the harsh but cogent metaphor of a burning oil platform to take a bracing opening shot at turning around Nokia.

Full D8 Video: Hollywood Director James Cameron

Kara Swisher in D8 on June 14, 2010 at 6:00 am PT

As promised, All Things Digital is posting the full videos from our eighth D: All Things Digital conference, held earlier this month. Today, it’s showtime for famed Hollywood director James Cameron. He has made the two top-grossing movies of all time, which you might have heard of: “Titanic” and “Avatar.”

Exclusive: Kakai, Stealthy No More–It's a Kindle for Students and Much More

Kara Swisher in News on April 22, 2010 at 4:00 am PT

Founded last May, Kakai is one of the start-ups in Silicon Valley in the deepest of stealth modes, despite a panoply of high-profile players involved. But while reports have been sketchy, BoomTown has found out exactly what Kakai is up to. In simplest terms, it’s essentially a Kindle for students.

Google: Beyond Thunderdome

John Paczkowski in News on October 3, 2008 at 12:00 am PT

You can make money without doing evil. You can also make it without using so much fossil fuel. That’s the word from Google, which today unveiled a $4.4 trillion plan it says will reduce the nation’s dependence on coal and oil. Google’s “Clean Energy 2030” plan proposes to wean the U.S. off of coal and oil for electricity generation by 2030 by relying on power from wind, nuclear and geothermal sources instead.