Innovation

Microsoft Invests $700m In Massive Iowa Data Centre

A massive cloud computing facility under construction in West Des Moines, Iowa, has been revealed to be part of Microsoft's…

11 years ago

Fight Green Fatigue With Numbers

Cutting your energy use can give diminishing returns. The answer is to get actual numbers, says Peter Judge

11 years ago

Smart Meters: The Game Is On

The smart meter roll-out is coming, but the government needs to avoid the mistakes of BDUK, warns Mike Halley from…

11 years ago

BT Aims To Boost Customers’ CO2 Savings With Net Good

BT expands the concept of the carbon footprint

11 years ago

AMD’s ‘Seattle’ ARM Server Chips Set To Ship Next Year

AMD hopes its ARM based server chips can steal some market from Intel

11 years ago

Nvidia Brings CUDA Capability To ARM Processors

With ARM servers on the horizon, Nvidia tweaks its GPU compute model

11 years ago

Intel Claims Supercomputing Lead With New Xeon Phis

In the next version, Knights Landing, Xeon Phi gets its own CPU

11 years ago

China’s Tianhe-2 Takes Top500 Supercomputing Crown

Superfast machine uses 48,000 Intel coprocessors, but is a Chinese design, says Top500 editor

11 years ago

Facebook To Use Chilly Arctic Air For New Data Centre

Facebook has opened its first data centre outside the United States with a green facility in Sweden

11 years ago

Vodafone’s Shorts And Sleeping Bags Could Charge Festival Phones

Is that Power in your Pocket or are you just pleased to see me?

11 years ago

How PRISM Undermines Google’s Green Cloud Message

Google says we can save energy by using its servers instead of our own. After PRISM, Peter Judge wants to…

11 years ago

Colt Cuts Data Centre Energy By A Fifth, Says You Can Too

Simple airflow management and chiller upgrades can slash your energy needs

11 years ago

Get Online @ Home And Microsoft Offer PCs From £24

People receiving government benefits can now get a home computer with a year’s worth of broadband for £60

11 years ago

Microsoft Boasts Of (Tiny) Energy Saving With IE Browser

Use Internet Explorer (IE) browser instead of Chrome or Firefox, says Microsoft - and save about 1 Watt

11 years ago

Cisco Releases Green Switch And Looks To Midmarket

Cisco looks to the midmarket as it releases a new green switch and cloud network management dashboard

11 years ago

Cisco Buys JouleX For Data Centre Power Control

JouleX's energy management software shows how power-hungry your data centre kit is

11 years ago

Cisco Poised For ‘Internet of Things’ Says John Chambers

The boss of Cisco has highlighted the importance of the channel for trends like the 'Internet of Things' and SDN

11 years ago

Not All Robots Are Killers: Some Save Energy!

The UN could ban killer robots. And Peter Judge doesn't want any entered in our office gadget competition.

11 years ago

Google Awards £500,000 To Four UK Charities

Google's Global Impact Challenge helps fight rhino poachers and teach kids code

11 years ago

Intel Haswell Chip Promises 2-In-1 Devices, Better Battery Life

Intel's Haswell arrives along with a new spec for 4th generation ultrabooks and 2-in-1 devices

11 years ago

ARM Takes Aim At Mid-Range Devices With Three New Chips

British chip designer is launching three new designs, as it gets busy at Computex

11 years ago

Scientists Use Nvidia GPU-Powered Supercomputer In HIV Breakthrough

Researchers used a Cray supercomputer powered by Nvidia GPUs to help determine the structure of the HIV protein shell

11 years ago

Apple Recruits Former US Environmental Head Lisa Jackson

Former head of the US EPA is entrusted with task of improving Apple's environmental practices

11 years ago

Pure Storage Launches New Generation Of ‘Affordable’ All-Flash Arrays

Pure offers superfast enterprise storage without asking for an arm and a leg

11 years ago

Sony Xperia SP To Ship Without Charger On O2

Sony becomes third manufacturer to sign up for O2 green initiative

11 years ago

Does Green Fatigue Spell The End Of Green IT?

Data centre owners might be fed up with Green IT, but Peter Judge says they are still getting more efficient…

11 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Wearable Technology

Technology you can wear? Try our quiz for size!

11 years ago

BT Lights Up World’s First 800Gbps Fibre Super-Channel

BT proves its existing fibres are future proof, with an 800Gbps link from Ipswich to London

11 years ago

Are Networks Burning Energy – Or Saving It?

Some say networks dominate IT energy, while others have different ideas, says Peter Judge

11 years ago