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Gadget Makers, Embrace the Teardown This content requires a paid GigaOM Pro subscription

If you build it, they will come (to take it apart).

Websites like iFixit are meant to provide a guide for out-of-warranty repairs, take stock of components and satisfy some geeky curiosity — consumer watchdogs, they are not. Yet DIY sites and the people that run them are also exposing, in the most literal sense, how electronics makers are fashioning their wares and if they live up to their claims, eco and otherwise. Scrutiny aside, online DIY resources are also a treasure trove of insight into the levels of user serviceability that green gadget buyers can expect out of their electronics. […]

Question of the Week

Does a good teardown or a warm reception from the DIY set improve your feelings toward a gadget?

Green IT Links for this Week

  1. SAP Sees Green in Software for Carbon Compliance

    Carbon accounting and compliance software startups will start to feel the squeeze when giants like SAP start muscling into their turf.

    Submitted by Pedro Hernandez

  2. Ford Aims to Connect Its Plug-In Cars with Smart Meters by 2015

    It may miss the boat in the first round of plug-ins from the Blue Oval, but the company plans to inject wireless car-to-smart meter connectivity into its fleet by 2015.

    Submitted by Pedro Hernandez

  3. California’s Push for Electric Cars May Raise Costs for Power

    Utilities including Southern California Edison, PG&E and Sempra Energy are telegraphing their upgrade woes as Californian drivers prepare to plug their cars into the grid.

    Submitted by Pedro Hernandez

  4. Frugality Rules among Cleantech Open Finalists

    Companies Alphabet Energy and  EcoFactor that help homeowners and businesses squeeze every last watt out of their power systems are given the nod.

    Submitted by Pedro Hernandez

  5. Where Broadband Stimulus Meets Green Technology

    Poplar Bluff Internet, an ISP in Missouri, wants to apply $1.5 million in broadband stimulus funds for a "200 Percent Green" project that combines an expansive rural wireless broadband network with wind power.

    Submitted by Pedro Hernandez

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