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British Gas To Spend £600m On Smart Meters From Landis+Gyr
"This is the largest deal of its kind worldwide,” says Landis+Gyr CEO
NEC Says Phase-Change Cooling Cuts Bills
NEC is cooling server racks with fluid that changes to a vapour and back
IBM Increases Server Density With NeXtScale System
Big Blue moves closer to hyperscale computing
Photonics: A Quantum Leap For Data Centres
Silicon photonics has enabled a public-access quantum computer, says Peter Judge,. It will also reshape the data centre
Verismic Power Manager Combats PC Insomnia
Power-crazy PCs get told to relax by new software
Microsoft ‘Donates’ Office 365 To Non-Profits
Companies focused on doing good can get a free version of the cloud-based productivity suite
Qualcomm To Power FIA’s Formula E Electric Racing
Qualcomm to advise new electric vehicle motorsport championship on sustainable technology
Intel Shows Optical Terabit Rack Connections
Intel's MXC connectors could cut cable clutter and prompt a big data centre rethink
Apple’s Next iPhone Sparks Fresh Worker Abuse Allegations
Ahead of the launch next week of its new cheap iPhone, Apple faces fresh worker violation claims
Emerson Takes Its DCIM Mobile
Data centre managers can tweak their power management on an iPad
Satellite-Linked Cameras Could Keep Rhinos Safe
Raspberry Pi-controlled cameras in Kenya's wildlife parks could help keep rhino poachers at bay
Let’s Give Some Love To Data Centre Retrofits
Shiny new data centres get the plaudits, but Peter Judge likes retrofits that clean up older sites
Google Android KitKat Branding Irks Environmentalists
Google hooks up with Nestle, seen by many as a corporate bad guy
Neelie Kroes: We Will Not Restrict The Cloud, Nor Kill Roaming Cuts
Neelie Kroes is pushing ahead with roaming cuts - and seems to disagree with the UK government over public cloud
Gartner: Cloud Adoption Remains Limited
Spending on cloud services is growing faster than the overall IT market, but is still a small part of overall IT spending, according to a new study
Joel Monnier: ‘Kalray has decided to reinvent the processor’
Kalray's low-energy mujlticore chips have potential inside and outside the embedded market.
How The Poor Will Feed Facebook
Internet,org wants to get the developing world online. Peter Judge asks if it is all about winn ing new users for Facebook?
Greenpeace: YouTube Removed Our F1 Shell Protest Video
Greenpeace thinks a copyright order wasn't the only reason its video of an anti-Shell protest at the Belgian Grand Prix was taken down
VMworld 2013: Red Hat Shows Future CloudForms Tools
Red Hat's plans for CloudForms, its hybrid cloud management technology, include Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation interoperability and OpenStack integration
VMware: We will virtualise all IT
At VMworld 2013, VMware chief executive Pat Gelsinger laid out his vision for the future of the cloud
Amazon Web Services Hit By Service Interruption
Customers using Amazon Web Services' US-East data centre availability zone experienced service problems for several hours due to a device failure
Google Seeks Testers For Balloon-Based Internet
Google wants you, or more specifically Google's Project Loon wants people who live in California's Central Valley and who would be willing to let Google install some Loon equipment on their property. The search engine giant wants he ...
Is Coal Still King Of Data Centre Power?
Do we need coal ti power the Internet? Peter Judge thinks that is old-fashioned thinking
Robotic Solar Charger Follows The Sun
Solar panel moves automatically to catch more rays
Facebook And Partners Back Internet.org For Global Internet Access
Mark Zuckerberg announces the Internet.org project that aims to bring cheaper internet access to the world's developing countries
IT Consumes Ten Percent Of The World’s Electricity – Report
Data centres and TVs are hungry for power and growth sees no limit
Video: How To Overcome Green Fatigue
Users might be fed up with the Green IT buzzword, but they still need to get more efficient, says Microsoft's Andrew Fryer
Government Selects Favourites For The Smart Meter Roll-Out
Capita, Arqiva, CGI IT, Telefonica and Gemserv are about to board the gravy train
At Least London’s Snooping Bins Save Carbon Emissions
London's recycling bins snoop on Wi-Fi devices. At least they still save on carbon dioxide emissions, says Peter Judge