Innovation

eBay Goes Green With Solar Panels For Utah Data Centre

Despite concerns about the suitability of solar panels for data centres, eBay is to harness the power of the sun…

13 years ago

DECC Lays Out ‘Tough Guidelines’ On Smart Meters

DECC's smart meter programme expected to deliver £7.2 billion net benefit over 20 years

13 years ago

Hack Attacks Warning On Medical Implants

Insulin pumps and pacemakers can be turned off by radio control warn researchers

13 years ago

Google’s Augmented Reality Glasses Make Public Appearance

Google co-founder Sergey Brin was spotted in San Francisco wearing Google's prototype augmented reality glasses, part of the Project Glass…

13 years ago

US Scientists Plan On-Demand Robots

A team from MIT wants anyone to be able to go to a shop, get a design and print their…

13 years ago

Green Grid Launches Online Tool To Measure Data Centre Efficiency

Self-assessment tool allows data centres to be measured against the Green Grid's DCMM

13 years ago

O2 Reduces Carbon Emissions In Flexible Working Pilot

Mobile operator reveals the results of its February scheme

13 years ago

Broadband Promises Green Future Says UN Report

Broadband allows for flexible working practices, but it's also a boon for the environment, says a UN report

13 years ago

AWS Cloud Hosts Massive Human Genetics Catalogue

AWS gives researchers instant access to the complete 200TB database from the 1000 Genomes Project

13 years ago

Conservatives Fail To Control The Carbs

The failure to introduce carbon accounting is one more broken environmental promise by the Conservative government, says Peter Judge

13 years ago

DECC Hopes To Slash Cost Of CRC Carbon Tax By 60 Percent

Will the Department of Energy's proposal, to save each participant £6000 per year, be enough to save the tax?

13 years ago

Oxford Uni Opens Cyber Security Centre

Several Oxford departments will collaborate on anticipating and mitigating cyber-attacks on individuals, organisations and governments

13 years ago

Apple Reacts To New iPad Battery Charge Claims

Apple vice president Michael Tchao has claimed that battery charge issues in the new iPad are a feature of iOS

13 years ago

Google Boasts Of ‘Real World’ PUE Data Centre Rating

Google has boasted of lowering its PUE rating for its data centres, making them even more energy efficient

13 years ago

Amazon Queries Facebook And Apple’s Solar Plans

Solar power takes too much space, says Amazon's James Hamilton

13 years ago

Hugh Herr: The Man Who Thinks Tech Can End Disability

Technology can wipe out disability, says MIT professor and amputee and climber Hugh Herr

13 years ago

Budget 2012: Goodbye To the CRC Green Tax?

George Osborne may be right to call the CRC cumbersome, but he needs to create something to take its place,…

13 years ago

Orange To Launch 4G Networks Across EU By 2015

Orange makes commitment to roll out 4G, NFC and reduce carbon emissions to the EU in Brussels

13 years ago

Bloom Energy Eyes Up Data Centre Niche For Fuel Cells

Fuel cell maker Bloom Energy is turning its attention to the data centre sector to help tackle emission reduction issues

13 years ago

Russia To Spike Plan To Recycle Satellite For Antarctic Broadband Access

The mis-aligned Russian Express AM4 satellite could provide fast access for Antarctic scientists if Polar Broadband can convince the Russians

13 years ago

Huawei Announces ‘Beyond LTE’ 30Gbps Tech

Beyond LTE will be up to 20 times faster than current 4G technology

13 years ago

Foxconn Criticisms Still Hold – Despite The Lies

Apple critic Mike Daisey made things up, but iPad manufacturer Foxconn still has a case to answer, says Peter Judge

13 years ago

Free Apps Drain Smartphone Batteries

Ads in free apps can eat up to 75 percent of battery power

13 years ago

Google Data Centre Cooled By Bathtub Water

At its Georgia data centre Google is using recycled water from toilets and bathtubs to cut down on cooling costs

13 years ago

Memset Improves VM Energy Efficiency ‘Faster Than Moore’s Law’

UK cloud provider more than doubles energy efficiency in two years

13 years ago

Laser Unprinter Vaporises Toner From Printed Pages

In an novel way to reuse paper, engineers have developed a process to remove toner from a printed page

13 years ago

IBM Issues Birmingham With Smarter Cities Grant

IBM has named 33 cities around the world that will receive its Smarter Cities Challenge grants in 2012

13 years ago

Data Centres Hit Capacity Crunch, But Efficiency Is Ignored

Despite a lack of capacity and power, data centre owners are ignoring efficiency measures, says a survey

13 years ago

UK Smart Meter Adoption Expected To Grow 15 Times By 2015

UK and Germany currently lagging behind in European smart meter penetration according to IMS Research for Sentec

13 years ago

Computer Aid Ships 200,000th PC To Developing World

Charity shifts focus from recycling to empowerment through third world projects

13 years ago