Don't expect users to act on the increasing greenhouse gas emissions their phones cause, says Peter Judge. It's an industry issue.
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Driverless Cars To Join British Roads Next Year
The AA thinks few motorists will be interested when driverless cars are allowed on public roads from next year
Lenovo Readies Wearable Rival To Google Glass
Lenovo becomes the latest to dip its toe into the wearable computing waters, with a Google Glass rival
Microsoft’s Station Q Tackles Quantum Computing
California lab houses Microsoft's bid to make quantum computers
Subsea Cable Diversion Brings Superfast Broadband To Isles Of Scilly
Isles of Scilly will be able to receive superfast broadband later this year after undersea fibre cable is diverted
Will Microsoft’s Wind Of Change Hit Amazon?
Microsoft's purchase of a wind farm will increase pressure on Amazon to respond to environmentalists, says Peter Judge
Phone Chargers Will Use More Power Than Jamaica In 2019
Charging devices will generate 13 Megatonnes of CO2 equivalent by 2019 - more than double today's figure
VMware Opens Second UK vCloud Data Centre
New capacity in Chessington supports VMware's vCloud Hybrid Services for the UK
Black Hat Cancels Talk About Identifying Tor Users ‘On A Budget’
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have been told to keep quiet
Google Will Hand £3.2 Million To UK Charities
Malaria, homelessness and divorce disputes come under attack from the winners of Google's Impact Challenge awards
Alcatel-Lucent Opens Online Video Lab In Cambridge
The new facility under the Bell Labs banner will look at ways of compressing your funny cat videos
Samsung Plots Home Automation With SmartThings Buy – Report
Samsung to follow Google and Apple into the smart-home market with SmartThings purchase, reports say
Should The UK Climate Change Agreement Favour Colos?
Thanks to a green tax break, co-location providers and cloud services get cheaper electricity than in-house IT, says Peter Judge
Google Partners Novartis For ‘Smart’ Contact Lenses
Google teams up with Swiss drugmaker Novartis to develop smart contact lenses to help diabetics
Microsoft Signs 175MW Wind Power Deal
EDF Buys Illinois wind power plant, thanks to a 20-year contract with Microsoft
Caterham: How Tech Fuelled An F1 Challenge
What IT does an F1 team need to operate both trackside and in the factory and what does the future hold for Caterham F1?
Amazon Hires Google Glass Founder Babak Parviz
Amazon signals its growing hardware intentions by hiring the founder of the Google Glass project
New Cash Funds D-Wave’s Quantum Ambitions
Commercial quantum firm D-Wave gets $30 million more to fund its dreams
Mobile Operators To Improve Coverage In National Parks
Mobile Operators Association and National Parks England agree partnership to help sustain businesses in National Parks
Raspberry Pi Gets More USB Ports With The Release Of Model B+
The new board doubles the number of USBs, adds more GPIO pins and support for external hard drives
Tech4Good Awards Celebrate Digital Inclusion
The eight winners include SpecialEffect, which helps victims of paralysis play video games
Samsung To Investigate Fresh Child Labour Allegations
Samsung blind-sided with child labour allegations at a factory in mainland China belonging to a supplier
IBM Pledges £1.7bn Chip Research Investment
IBM to spend $3bn on computer chip research to reinvigorate its slumping hardware unit
App Intelligence Is Just The Ticket For London Travel
As London buses say 'goodbye' to cash fares, travel and mobile payment apps will become increasingly important, predicts Tom Levey, chief technologist at AppDynamics
Metaswitch Contributes Virtualised Network Code To Open Source
Project Calico offers free, innovative virtual networking model based on IP addresses
Western Digital Launches World’s Highest Capacity 10k Hard Drive
Enterprise-ready Ultrastar C10K1800 can store 1.8TB of data in a 2.5-inch form factor
Printed Labels Could Harvest Radio Power From Phones
Radio power from mobile phones could enable sensors on printed smart labels for Internet of Things applications
Alcatel-Lucent Sends 10Gbps Over Copper Telephone Lines
Prototype XG-FAST technology could be used to vastly improve connection speeds between the street and the premises – no fibre required
European Data Centre Efficiency Standard Raises Concerns
There's a new data centre efficiency measure. Peter Judge does the maths but remains unconvinced
Tech Titans Form Consortium For IoT Connectivity
Dell, Intel, Samsung and others team up to develop the necessary connectivity for the Internet of Things