Innovation

Colo Carbon Tax Deal Will Cut UK Data Centre Power Bills

A Climate Change Agreement will get UK data centres out of the green taxes, if they jump through the right…

11 years ago

Data Centre Developments Will Focus On The Building

Facebook has got data centres as efficient as it can. Now it's working on the building process, says Peter Judge

11 years ago

One In Four Kids Could Be Runaways: Tech Industry Responds

The annual Byte Night charity event needs you to help support homeless children

11 years ago

Rackspace Reports Strong Quarter On Cloud Demand

The Texas hosting company's shares rose as it benefited from rising demand for cloud services

11 years ago

Bletchley Park Museums Split By ‘Berlin Wall’ As Row Escalates

New fences are another sign of disunity at Bletchley Park, which houses the National Museum of Computing and its collection…

11 years ago

Colt Expands Data Centre Capacity In UK, Germany

Growing business demand for secure colocation options has led to the expansion of two Colt data centres

11 years ago

Why Unix Server Makers Are Still Fighting

Unix may be declining, but HP, IBM and Oracle could keep customers on board a bit longer with more efficient…

11 years ago

AMD Extends ARM Roadmap

AMD has said it sees half of its revenues coming from non-PC markets by the end of next year, thanks…

11 years ago

Let’s Build A Data Centre From Straw!

Dell is making computer packaging out of wheat straw. Peter Judge wants to see the company go further and build…

11 years ago

IBM Launches First OpenPower Servers For Hyperscale, Big Data

IBM creates mega servers with its Power8 processor, but will other OpenPower partners like Google also pick it up ?

11 years ago

HP Moonshot: Micro Servers Versus Virtualisation

Early users of HP's Moonshot microservers buck the virtualisation trend, and early customers are in strange niches, says Peter Judge

11 years ago

German Hoster MyLOC Launches HP Moonshot Service

HP's Moonshot micro servers replaces shelves and shelves of tower servers

11 years ago

Could Scotland Achieve Data Centre Independence?

Customers want local data centres after The Snowden revelations. Peter Judge thinks a new site might be just what Scotland…

11 years ago

Dell Cuts Waste By Packing Laptops In Wheat Straw

Wheat straw packing protects Dell laptops, saves waste and cuts air pollution in China

11 years ago

Apple Offers Free Recycling For All Its Products

Apple outlines environmental vision, promising free recycling for all iPhones, iPads and Macs, with the prospect of a gift card…

11 years ago

Microsoft To Spend $1bn On Iowa Data Centre

Microsoft is reportedly the company behind a massive data centre project in Iowa, joining the company's nearby 'Project Mountain' cloud…

11 years ago

Microsoft Partners University For Data Centre Energy Efficiency

Microsoft teams up with Texan university to explore green ways to meet data centre energy needs

11 years ago

Scotland’s Biggest Data Centre Will Be The UK’s First On Fully Renewable Power

The Queensway plant in Glenrothes hopes to serve government IT using 9MW of biomass-powered electricity

11 years ago

Two-Phase Liquid Cooling Bubbles Up

The boiling coolant in SGI's ICE X supercomputer is a sign to Peter Judge that liquid cooling is still evolving

11 years ago

Samsung Plans Two Tizen Smartphones And Android-Powered Smartwatch

Samsung executive reveals more on Tizen plans and how a twin-operating system strategy will work

11 years ago

Why Did The IBM VP Board HP’s Moonshot?

Susan Blocher was marketing IBM's PureSystems, till she decided to jump to HP's Moonshot programme. What was the attraction?

11 years ago

EE To Take On More Apprentices And Hold ‘Techy Tea Parties’ To Improve Digital Skills

EE releases revised green targets, plans for youth employment and strategies for battling digital exclusion

11 years ago

The UK Is Taking Its Courtrooms Online

Police, legal professionals and defendants will get access to new digital tools and services by 2016

11 years ago

Research Team Uses Water Vapour Planes For Interactive Display Screens

A Bristol University team has produced "touch-enabled" images that float in the air on a cloud of vapour

11 years ago

Google Glass Goes On Sale – For One-Day Only

Members of the public can buy a Google Glass device in a special one-day only sales event

11 years ago

Inventor Of Modern Storage Stuart Parkin Is Awarded The 2014 Millennium Prize

Parkin’s innovation enabled 1000-fold growth in the capacity of hard drives

11 years ago

Greenpeace Sets Its Sights On Amazon Web Services

Environmental pressure group Greenpeace wants to Amazon Web Services to use renewable energy. Peter Judge thinks it has a fight…

11 years ago

Bio-Organic Battery Charges Samsung Galaxy S4 In 26 Seconds

Israeli startup StoreDot says it could create commercial bio-organic batteries within the next three years

11 years ago

HP Launches Faster Test As Moonshot Servers Take Off

HP has some customers for its Moonshot servers, but a new express test of the system could persuade more users…

11 years ago

Samsung Readies ‘Gear Solo’ Standalone Smartwatch – Report

Samsung reportedly develops the Gear Solo smartwatch, which will work independently of a smartphone

11 years ago