Innovation

EU Lowers Targets For New E-Waste Rules

The EU Council has lowered e-waste targets from the 85 percent proposed by the European Parliament

14 years ago

‘Super-Efficient’ Server Chips Imminent From Calxeda

Calxeda will soon begin sampling quad-core ARM-based system-on-chip processors for super-efficient servers

14 years ago

Nanotube Batteries Could Power Mobiles For Months

Researchers in the US are working on mobile phone batteries that could run for weeks, or even months

14 years ago

Fluid Dynamics Helps Cool Data Centres

Data centres get a tool which models air flow, to help eliminate hot spots and cut wasted energy

14 years ago

London App Targets Grime Ahead of Olympics

Boris Johnson backs Lewisham's ‘Love Clean London’ tool for graffiti reports by iPhone and Android

14 years ago

IBM Funds Glasgow Smarter City Initiative

Big Blue will work with organisations in Glasgow to help find better ways to live, work and play

14 years ago

Data Centre Models In Ferment

The Green Grid's Maturity Model could be a useful tool, but let's give it time to mature, says Peter Judge

14 years ago

Dell, Rackspace & Opscode Demo Bare Metal Magic

The companies provisioned an OpenStack compute cloud from bare metal hardware in one hour

14 years ago

Nimbula Director Cloud OS Prepares For Launch

Nimbula’s forthcoming cloud OS, Nimbula Director, will become generally available within a month

14 years ago

Central Government Trials Energy Visualisation

Intergence and GEO are teaming up to provide the Foreign Office with a new energy monitoring solution

14 years ago

Engineers: Smart Meters Must Be Part Of Wider Plan

Smart meters will not provide the changes needed unless they are part of a smart grid, warns the IET

14 years ago

Companies Embark On Cloud Hiring Spree

The demand for cloud skills has risen sharply in recent months, even as the rest of the economy languishes

14 years ago

New Touch Screen Technology Uses Sound Navigation

A Cambridge start-up has developed an acoustic technology that could make smartphones smarter

14 years ago

Radio Tags Keep Data Centre Bills Down

Despite all the wires in a data centre, environmental monitoring tags use wireless links to phone home

14 years ago

McAfee Expands Cloud Data Centre To London

Intel acquisition does not slow regional email, web and security services expansion

14 years ago

Women’s Day Spotlights Gaps in IT

International day of celebration reveals gaps in technology access, employment and opportunity

14 years ago

SMBs Backing Up To Cloud, Finds Forrester

New survey results find midmarket companies are increasingly turning to cloud data back-up

14 years ago

IBM Touts Middleware Dominance

New benchmark results and advertising push aims to put distance between rival Oracle and its WebSphere suite

14 years ago

IT Failure And Power Challenge UK Business Continuity

ICM statistics reveal UK businesses are highly sensitive to IT failures as UK power grid reliability worsens

14 years ago

New Standard Could Keep Old PCs Out Of Landfill

The PAS 141 specification, coming from BSI, turns WEEE waste into re-usable kit

14 years ago

Cloud Computing Remains A Hazy Concept In Europe

Fears about personal data privacy and security are delaying the adoption of cloud computing in Europe, says Wayne Rash

14 years ago

BT Demands Carbon Commitment From All Suppliers

BT has introduced a Climate Change procurement standard to ensure all its suppliers reduce their carbon emissions

14 years ago

UK Team Proves Smartphone ‘Death Grip’ Is Real

Bristol University researchers have proven the iPhone's antenna problem affect most mobile phones

14 years ago

Micro-Modular Data Centres Roll Into Britain

Fully-enclosed racks could roll in to take the place of data centres, says Elliptical Modular Systems

14 years ago

New Green Grid Guide Extends To Servers And Storage

In its Data Centre Maturity Model, the Green Grid adds servers and storage to its power and cooling concerns

14 years ago

Could VDI Short Circuit The IT Upgrade Cycle?

Electronic waste is a problem that is not going to go away, but will the latest moves in IT actually…

14 years ago

eWEEK Readers Dump Killer e-Waste

Many readers knowingly send old tech to the developing world. Next: tell us your office IT woes

14 years ago

EU To Act On Carbon Credit Fraud And Theft

The Climate Change Committee will block the holes that let thieves take £5 billion from the carbon exchange

14 years ago

Cloud Jobs And Profits Could Shower The UK – Report

But Germany, France and Italy will do better out of the cloud, according to EMC Consulting's report

14 years ago

Nine-Cell Battery Laptops Offer All-Day Computing

All-day batteries have been claimed for over a year but new 30-hour laptops are truly fulfilling this dream

14 years ago