The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said an independent panel of scientists would be appointed to review its work
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APC Launches Virtualisation Energy Cost Calculator
Businesses looking to lower their data centre's power usage can now use a free online tool that will help them calculate the number of physical machines needed for virtualised environments
‘Combination Architecture’ To Produce Greener Power
AEG Power Solutions is touting more efficient power standby systems for data centres, as the world faces increasingly strict carbon emission controls
eBay Bids High For Green Bloom Energy Server
A new fuel cell technology called Bloom Box, used to provide sustainable energy to the mass-market, owes its genesis to a NASA project to sustain life on Mars
BlackBerry Bold-ly Tops Radiation Ranking
Data from the Environmental Working Group places the BlackBerry Bold 9700 as the mobile device with the highest legal levels of cell phone radiation among popular smartphones
Local E-Waste Set To Soar In Developing World
The United Nations Environment Programme fears that an anticipated rise in electronics sales in developing nations will mean exponentially increasing amounts of hazardous e-waste
IBM Hears Convenient Truths From Al Gore
IBM has launched a new phase of its Smarter Planet strategy – a renewed focus on smarter buildings, and former Vice President Al Gore was on hand to help
Cisco Donates Green Tech To Help Emerald Isle
Networking specialist Cisco has pledged to make an Irish innovation competition more sustainable through the use of video-conferencing
Survey Reveals Continuing Office Romance With Paper
There seems to be no sign of the so called 'paperless office', at least not yet, after a new survey revealed that office staff are loath to give up their paper copies
IBM Claims Low-Cost Solar Cell Breakthrough
Technology giant IBM claims it has developed a method of making solar cells that don't rely on expensive semiconductors
DWP Swaps Strike-Hit HP For Strike-Hit Fujitsu
Japanese IT services specialist Fujitsu has been awarded one of the biggest desktop services contracts in the UK to provide energy efficient thin clients
Firms Told To Take Ownership Of Carbon Management
Board-level bosses are being warned that their firms will fail to achieve reductions in CO2 emissions unless they take ownership of carbon management
Climate Email Investigator Resigns After Backing Researchers
One of the investigators looking into claims that climate change scientists covered up flawed data has been forced to resign after publicly backing the researchers
UK Company Brings £63 Smartphone To Developing Countries
A British company has developed a low-cost smartphone, which could bring mobile Internet to emerging economies, ahead of the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona
Space-Based Internet Could Slash Carbon Emissions
Report claims that broadband delivered from space could cut carbon emissions and plug holes in rural Internet provision
Green Data Centres: Energy Efficiency Is No Longer Enough
Companies should stop scrambling for PUE and concentrate on extending the lifespan of their facilities, according to Charles-Antoine Beyney, president of the first "sustainable" data centre in France
IBM Hopes To Trigger UK Nuclear Renaissance
IBM says smart information systems could help improve the image of nuclear energy, but green groups claim such efforts are a dangerous distraction from renewables
IBM Releases Energy Efficient Power7 System
IBM launches a set of Power7 systems that it says deliver up to four times the energy efficiency and twice the performance
Plastic Supercapacitor Points To End Of Batteries
British boffins may have signalled the end of the traditional battery as we know it, after they developed a composite plastic that can store and release electricity
IBM Rolls Out Power 7 Against Sun, HP
IBM has launched four servers using its Power7 processor, designed to take the wind out of the sails of the Intel Tukwila processor and give Oracle/Sun some competition
Companies Not Helping Themselves With Data Centre Efficiency
Green Grid research reports that most companies are not offering incentives to their employees to help increase energy efficiency
Green Grid Offers Data Centre Efficiency Tools
The Green Grid is to introduce two online tools, free of charge, that are designed help data centre managers keep track of power and cooling efficiency
Green IT Is Still On the ‘To Do’ List
Government incentives are needed to get firms to take their environmental impact seriously, according to a survey
Cisco Is Losing Business Through UCS, Says Blade CEO
UCS was supposed to launch Cisco into the server market, but instead it has undermined the company's data centre switch business, claims Vikram Mehta of rival Blade Technologies
Fraudsters Net £2.6m In Carbon Phishing Scam
EU registries have been duped out of more than €3 million (£2.6m), after a phishing scam resulted in hackers stealing an estimated 250,000 carbon permits
Samsung Cuts DRAM Power With 30nm Tech
Samsung says its 30-nanometer-class, 2GB DRAM is greener, but memory only uses a small percentage of the power consumed by a laptop
Morse Identifies Loopholes in CRC Regulations
The government's CRC laws are flawed, as companies can simply offshore their data centres and it doesn't take into account power from renewable sources, warns Morse's Brian Murray
Uptime Institute Plans Green Update
The analysts responsible for a data centre reliability rating scheme are planning to add efficiency to the mix
Carbon Reduction Commitment Is ‘A Tax On The Cloud’
Cap and trade rules will drive companies away from more efficient IT, says Dan Lowe of hosting company UKSolutions
Intel Sees The Light With Solar Power
Intel is continuing to flash its green credentials after announcing plans to install solar panels at eight locations in order to generate about 2.5 megawatts of renewable power