Innovation

BA Flight Attendants Get iPads

BA is to test a scheme for using the iPad 2 to improve in-flight customer service

13 years ago

Atos Healthcare Accuses Online Critics Of Libel

The company responsible for doling out government incapacity benefit is waging war against its online critics

13 years ago

Security Most Pressing Issue For Readers

Security concerns you more than broadband coverage and patents. Next up: Did you take work on holiday?

13 years ago

Engineers Harvest Waste LCD Light To Charge Phones

Engineers in California have developed a method for converting wasted display light back to electricity

13 years ago

Government Silently Springs Green Economy Plans

An impressive blueprint for a green economy has sneaked out, but without overt political backing will anyone take note, asks…

13 years ago

Utilities Brace For Smart Grid Data ‘Tsunami’

Power companies need to look at more powerful data analytics tools to avoid drowning in smart meter data

13 years ago

Most Firms Comply With Carbon Reporting Deadline

More than 90 percent of firms have met the first reporting deadline for the Carbon Reduction Commitment

13 years ago

Cisco Pulls Out Of Home Energy Management

Cisco has become the latest high-tech vendor to withdraw from the energy management sector

13 years ago

NATS System Failure Delays London Flights

Air traffic control staff at London airports forced to input flight plans manually following system breakdown

13 years ago

Xerox Releases Greener Multifunction Printers

Xerox has released the 5300 Series multifunction printers that promise reduced power consumption

13 years ago

Axe The NHS Patient Care Scheme, MPs Demand

Abandon the National Programme for IT healthcare system, says a PAC report which casts blame on CSC and BT

13 years ago

What Cuts Power Use: Recession Or Efficiency?

The recession may be cutting our emissions. It's better if we can apply efficiencies while still growing, says Peter Judge

13 years ago

Project Aims To Use Renewable Energy For DC PODs

AMD and HP are joining a New York agency and university to investigate wind and solar power for data centres

13 years ago

Recession Saps Data Centre Power Growth

Data centre power usage has expanded significantly less than expected - due to the economic crisis

13 years ago

Scavenging Free Green Power From Radio Waves

Radio wave propagation may be a form of pollution but it could be a source of free, ubiquitous energy

13 years ago

Dell Builds Microsoft’s Efficient ‘Microsite’ Data Centre

Dell's 'microsite' housing Microsoft's Bing Maps uses evaporative cooling and fresh-air for greater efficiency

13 years ago

Dell Ups Server Temperature Limit In Cooling Push

Dell is making it easier for its servers to utilise fresh air cooling after setting new temperature limits

13 years ago

Could Servers Replace Household Boilers?

The Data Furnace is a tiny data centre that could heat your house. Peter Judge is not immediately convinced

13 years ago

Microsoft Proposes Servers As ‘Data Furnace’ Heaters

Small micro-data centres could help to heat homes and run cloud services, says Microsoft

13 years ago

Large Silver Lining For Corporate Cloud Strategies

A Verdantix report claims cloud computing can massively reduce carbon emissions but security is a worry

13 years ago

Tilera Chips Beat Intel And AMD Claims Facebook

Facebook engineers say Tilera’s multi-core processors are more efficient than low-power Intel and AMD chips

13 years ago

Hemel Hempstead Gets Low-Power Data Centre

Gyron has begun work on a massive data centre that will aim to use all-renewable energy sources

13 years ago

Scientists Probe Electronic Properties Of Graphene

Manchester scientists have revealed new properties of graphene, which is tipped for new electronic devices

13 years ago

Mac Laptop Batteries Could Run Malware

A security researcher is to demonstrate hacking Mac laptop chips, causing them to run malicious code or overheat

13 years ago

Sustainability Has Become A Corporate Financial Issue

Gartner predicts the position of sustainability will rapidly move up the company priority list by 2015

13 years ago

Users Take the Lead On Power Management

Users want to save power by turning their PCs off - it's their companies that are holding them back, says…

13 years ago

Lego Comes In All Colours But PCs Need To Be Green

Building a computer case from Lego is a sustainable concept but the rest of the computer has to measure up

13 years ago

Why E-Invoicing Fits The Bill

Companies should stop clinging onto paper-based processes and switch over to e-invoicing to save time and money, says Ricoh's Martin…

13 years ago

Data Centre Managers Warned On Cooling Regulations

Around 2,500 UK cooling companies are trading illegally, as fluorinated gases contribute to the greenhouse effect

13 years ago

Spiceworks Plans Cloud Social App To Buy Ink

Social network for IT pros now lets members issue RFQs and buy ink cartridges online

13 years ago