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Climategate University Broke Information Rules
The climate research unit, whose hacked emails sparked a row, broke the law according to the Information Commissioner
Toxic Tech Group Slams Avatar 3D TV Upgrades
The film's environmental message has been undercut by a push to purchase 3D technology and consign old TVs to the waste stream
OLPC Sends Refurbished Laptops To Haiti
One Laptop Per Child, the organisation behind the $100 laptop, is calling for previous customers to donate old machines to aid efforts
New Data Centre To Help With Future Ecosystem
TelecityGroup has built a new data centre in Paris that will help scientists establish which plant and trees will be best suited to the region's climate ... in 50 years time
Facebook Planning Green Data Centre
Popular social networking site Facebook announces plans to build an environmentally-friendly data centre – its first – in Oregon
on365 Issues CRC Advice Amid Awareness Concerns
A data centre specialist has warned that many organisations are still unaware of the pending legislation over their energy usage
Businesses Increasingly Go Green To Cut Costs
Companies are increasingly pushing the green agenda despite the economic downturn, providing it can demonstrate a positive return
$100 Laptop Project Recruiting Haiti Volunteers
The earthquake-hit country is just one of the destinations where the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organisation wants to send interns and volunteers
Nexsan Upgrades Energy-Efficient Dedupe Storage System
Nexsan has upgraded its file storage system designed for data protection and disaster recovery applications that need high-performance deduplication
Refurbished Phones Used To Aid Haiti
ReCellular, a mobile phone recycler and refurbisher, is asking consumers to send the company their old phones as an additional way to aid survivors of the earthquake in Haiti
Analysts Predict Environment, Cloud, Will Guide 2010 IT Decisions
Gartner offers IT organisations predictions for 2010 and beyond, suggesting they take advantage of coming changes, rather than be hurt by them
Haiti Gets 1,000 Solar Mobile Phones
Solar-powered phones could keep aid workers and survivors in touch, despite the lack of basic infrastructure
OLPC To Send Rugged Laptops To Haiti
The low-cost laptop specialist OLPC has become the latest tech company to pledge help after the earthquake in Haiti
Greening The Data Centre – What You Need To Know
From HVAC to rack density to hot/cool aisles, eWEEK looks at the computing models and energy-saving practices to focus on for the biggest rewards
Wyse Launches New Mobile Thin Client
Wyse has unveiled a new mobile thin client, powered by Intel's Atom processor, aimed at mobile staff looking to utilise virtualisation and cloud computing
IBM Chief Executive Lays Out Smart System Vision
In a recent speech in London, IBM chairman, president and CEO Sam Palmisano laid out IBM's vision of the next decade as the decade of the smarter system
IBM Says Green Spending Lets Companies Save Long Term
IBM figures that for every dollar saved in energy drawn from the wall, a company saves £4 to £6 in operational costs as a result.
Google’s Bid To Resell Power Is Primarily Capitalistic
Google Energy has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the right to buy and resell electricity to consumers as it seeks to keep its data centres fed with power
Alcatel Lucent Vows To Boost Network Efficiency 1000-Fold
The Green Touch consortium, led by Alcatel Lucent's Bell Labs, promises it can cut the energy used by the world's data networks by a factor of 1000
Green IT Investments Return Despite Uncertain Recovery
In its quarterly look at green IT, Forrester found that as the global recession begins to ebb, businesses are starting to ramp up investments in green IT
US Provides £30m Of Green Data Centre Grants
HP, IBM and Yahoo were among the recipients of grants from the US Department of Energy for projects aimed at making data centres more energy efficient
Greenpeace Tracks Down E-Waste Trail
Greenpeace says that IT vendors must do more to make tech products more sustainable and less toxic
MOD Deploys Green Driving Tech
Driver monitoring system and in-vehicle coaching should mean safer and greener driving, says the Ministry of Defence
IBM Makes 2010 Smart City Predictions
IBM offers a series of five predictions about how cities will grow smarter and what technologies will aid in that transformation over the next five years
Kingston Adds Liquid Cooling To DRAMs
Liquid cooling, used to make servers greener, will be offered to hobbyists for faster plug-in DRAMs by Kingston
Researchers Look To Body Heat As Power Source
Researchers have developed a device that “harvests” the waste heat from human bodies and converts it into usable power for wearable sensors
Latest OLPC Design Resembles Potential Mac Tablet
The tablet follow-up to the $100 laptop appears to follow a similar design to that mooted for Apple's rumoured touch-screen device
UN Secures IT’s Role In Limited Copenhagen Agreements
Even getting IT on the agenda at the UN talks was a "painful challenge" according to insiders
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 Luddites