Innovation

IT Firm Aims To Make Buildings Green

Telent plans to cut costs by making buildings smarter, uniting heating and lighting with IT, and modernising the facilities management…

15 years ago

Companies Warned About Christmas Switch Off

If British businesses were to switch off their electronic equipment in empty offices during the Christmas period, they could save…

15 years ago

IBM And Vodafone Use Mobile Tech To Combat Malaria

IBM and Vodafone are using SMS and web technology to manage the supply of anti-malarial drugs in Tanzania

15 years ago

Wind-Powered Data Centre Launched in Illinois

Other World Computing (OWC) has become the first US data centre operator to run its entire operation using an on-site…

15 years ago

Bluetooth Group Formally Adopts Low Energy Standard

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has quietly issued a new set of standards that will allow low-powered devices, such…

15 years ago

Green Atom PC Launched To Tackle Digital Divide

Cherrypal, a socially conscious, green PC maker, introduces a $99 (£61) netbook with an Intel Atom processor

15 years ago

JISC Issues ‘Top Tips’ For Green IT Department

With tough targets looming over carbon emissions, a list of simple steps has been compiled for IT departments looking to…

15 years ago

IT: Do We Save The World – Or Save Our Jobs?

The IT industry believes that smart technology can reduce CO2 emissions, but Peter Judge wants to know: did they ask…

15 years ago

Microsoft Pushes Green Mapping Amid Copenhagen Talks

Tech giant Microsoft has joined the likes of Cisco and Intel, who are keen to bask in the green glow…

15 years ago

Computer Reuse Standard Could Help Meet WEEE Aims

Computer waste experts are working on a re-use standard that could keep old electronic equipment out of landfill sites and…

15 years ago

Carbon Trading VAT Fraudsters Net €5bn

Carbon credits are on their way in the UK - and if the system is open to fraud, companies are…

15 years ago

Google Demos Tree-Saving Tech At Copenhagen Talks

Google debuts a new technology at the climate change conference in Copenhagen that helps scientists track global deforestation

15 years ago

US Wants To Make It Easier To Develop Green Tech

US commerce secretary Gary Locke tells delegates at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen that nations must stop…

15 years ago

Senate Panel Approves E-Waste Bill

The US senate has given its blessing to legislation that will provide funding for the recycling of old IT equipment

15 years ago

Japan Most Likely To Cut Emissions Using ICT

IDC has revealed which G20 nations have the ability to use Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) to reduce their CO2…

15 years ago

10 Email Security Lessons To Be Learned From Climategate

With climate change critics using hacked emails to discredit scientists ahead of COP15, eWEEK looks at what IT managers and…

15 years ago

Intel Sees Big Hope For ICT’s Carbon Contribution

Only ten percent of computers have their power managed. It's time we did better, Intel's eco-tech manager told us, from…

15 years ago

US Fast-Tracks Green Tech Patents

Under a new pilot program, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office hopes to slice at least a year off the…

15 years ago

HP Targets SMBs With All-in-One PC Launch

HP has launched an environmentally friendly PC with a small physical footprint, for budget-conscious IT managers

15 years ago

Telehouse To Open Green Data Centre In London In 2010

A new green data centre in London's Docklands will provide heat energy to the surrounding housing developments

15 years ago

Smart Meters Allow Companies To Monitor Home-Worker Carbon

A new service could help businesses more easily include remote staff in carbon calculations

15 years ago

Cisco: Smart Grids Can Improve The World

Cisco claims smart grids can help improve the societal and economic problems around the world, but some experts have raised…

15 years ago

Russia Accused Of Climategate Hack

As the climate change summit opens, a UN scientist has accused Russia of releasing the emails which sparked a scientific…

15 years ago

IBM Takes University Data Centre Off The Grid

IBM has taken Syracuse University's data centre off the electric grid, thanks to tri-generation, which burns gas to provide heating,…

15 years ago

Microsoft-Backed Green Search Engine Attacks Google

Ecosia is being endorsed by the WWF and billed as an "eco-friendly" search engine but it is also based on…

15 years ago

Businesses Urged To Power Down At Christmas

Switch off those idle servers. British businesses are being urged to power down their non-essential equipment over the Christmas and…

15 years ago

Green IT and more (Part IV) – Changing Staff Attitudes and Taking Action

The time has come to get your hands dirty (well, green) and take action. This part is packed with ideas…

15 years ago

CIOs Predict US Recruitment Surge in 2010

Increased workloads and expectations for new projects will lead to an increase in IT hiring in 2010, according to a…

15 years ago

IBM Includes Other Vendors’ Kit In Data Centre Containers

IBM follows other vendors into the mobile data centre market - and its shipping containers don't have to hold IBM…

15 years ago

IT Could Help Meet G20 Carbon Targets, Says Analyst

IT could help the world hit targets for cuts in CO2 emissions by 2020, say analysts amid calls for more…

15 years ago