Traditionally LEDs were viewed as an excellent lighting alternative offering significant energy savings, albeit with inferior visual performance compared to some lighting options.



Over the past few years, the energy savings LEDs provide have continued to grow at an impressive pace. In fact today´s LEDs are more than twice as efficient as LEDs from just five years ago, offering 25-30% energy savings compared to CCFLs and up to 80% savings compared to…

PORTSMOUTH — A Rockingham Superior Court judge issued an emergency order Tuesday that requires the owners of a downtown apartment building to "immediately" fix a host of code violations, or find temporary housing for the tenants.

The order by Judge Kenneth McHugh pertains to a building at 78 Bridge St. that city officials say is "unsafe," "hazardous" and rife with gas, electrical, plumbing, health and safety violations. City officials also…

Let's stipulate for the record that Congress has every right to ask questions of private industry as it works on the nation's behalf. I remember reading something to that effect when I was studying social studies once upon a time.

Then you have this: A public letter sent to Google CEO Larry Page by eight members of Congress inquiring "whether this new technology could infringe on the privacy of the average American."

News flash: Congress has discovered the 21st century.

It's not…