Green-IT

Byte Night Sleep Out Fears Recession Pressure

The recession could increase poverty in the UK - it also means the IT industry's charity sleep-out, Byte Night, will…

14 years ago

Asus Bamboo-zles IT Users With Green Notebook

Asus plans to cut down on plastic, using versatile bamboo in its latest laptop range

14 years ago

EC Announces €6.4 billion Tech Stimulus Plan

The EC investment plan includes €1.2 billion for IT, and cash for “carbon-free” systems

14 years ago

Recovery For VC Tech Funding

The amount of venture capatialist funding into the technology sector is starting to return to pre-recession levels

14 years ago

Government Scraps IT Recycling ‘Quango’

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Advisory Body (WAB) is set to go the same way as Becta, after the…

14 years ago

BT Backs Radio-Based UK Smart Meter Strategy

The telecoms giant and its partners believe radio rather than mobile is the best way to deploy smart meters to…

14 years ago

Dell Supplies Servers For NASA Climate Research

NASA is spending £3.25 million ($5 mn) with Dell, to revamp its climate simulation research project using PowerEdge servers

14 years ago

Time To Kill Off ‘Green IT’?

Sustainable products shouldn't be in a ghetto. Green should be an integral attribute of every piece of hardware or service…

14 years ago

Would You Buy A Data Centre Delivered By Truck?

Modular data centres can be delivered quickly by road just like container DCs says Akber Jaffer. But unlike their temporary…

14 years ago

Intel Supercomputer Tracking BP Oil Spill

An Intel supercomputer, “Encanto,” is helping researchers track the direction of the oil from the massive BP spill

14 years ago

Co-Op Gets Dividends From Virtual Desktops

The Co-Op is extending its virtual desktops, saving millions on software licensing costs, and cutting carbon output

14 years ago

Recession: Bad For Jobs, Good For The Planet?

Despite the government’s grand visions, green tech will be deployed tactically not strategically, as the recovery kicks in, says Andrew…

14 years ago

Climategate Inquiry Clears Scientists Of Dishonesty

The scientists behind the Climategate controversy have been cleared by another inquiry, but criticised for not being sufficently open

14 years ago

Power Management Firm Tackles Virtual Server Sprawl

Virtual machines aren't free - and 1E says it has the power to bring them under control

14 years ago

Firms Face Fines For Ignoring Carbon Rules

Halfway through the registration period only one tenth of the country's big energy users have registered for carbon permits.

14 years ago

Colt Launches Pre-Fabricated Data Centres

Order a new modular data centre, and Colt says it will ship it to you - in sections - within…

14 years ago

Bluetooth SIG Adopts Low Energy Version 4.0

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has now formally adopted the low energy version 4.0 of the Bluetooth Core Specification

14 years ago

IBM Uses Hot Water To Cool Zurich Supercomputer

An IBM water-cooled supercomputer at a Swiss University is heating nearby buildings with its waste heat

14 years ago

HP Donates Battery Recycling Patent To Eco Scheme

Battery recycling and reducing gold in chips are among the technollogies HP has given to a shared patent scheme

14 years ago

Accelerators Boost Supercomputer Energy Efficiency

Systems that use accelerators are three times more efficient than those supercomputers that don't use accelerators

14 years ago

Recession Spurs UK Carbon Reduction

Carbon reduction progress is too slow, according to the second annual Parliamentary report, but the recession has given it a…

15 years ago

Data Centre Launches ‘Eco-friendly’ Facility

The opening of a new hosted services facility in Bedfordshire pushes green IT boundaries, according to provider Blue Chip

15 years ago

Green Tech Waits On The Government

Britain's Energy Secretary can talk green, says Peter Judge, but will he deliver on actual measures to promote green technology?

15 years ago

Kingston Proposes SSD Kicker For Old PCs

With 90 million PCs reaching the end of their life, Kingston's Darwin Chen says solid state storage could keep them…

15 years ago

BREEAM Data Centre Scheme Goes Live

A scheme which rates buildings' footprint has been applied to data centres - but will it cut energy use?

15 years ago

Server Huggers Block The Path To Virtualisation

The benefits of virtualisation are well known. What is holding organisations back is a range of human and organisational issues

15 years ago

Energy Secretary Huhne Promises ‘New Economy’

The UK government's budget and green measures will get us through a new industrial revolution, says energy secretary Chris Huhne

15 years ago

A Bitter Budget For Green IT

This week's budget didn't support a transition to a low-carbon economy, says Peter Judge. But it could cut emissions by…

15 years ago

Study Dismisses Phone Mast Cancer Scare

A new study has found no cancer risk for children born near mobile phone masts, but many are still concerned…

15 years ago

The Information Flood That Is Drowning BP

BP is not doing very well at managing the oil spill. Tony Kontzer says It's also doing a poor job…

15 years ago