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eBay’s Data Centre Innovation Won’t Stop With Fuel Cells
Fuel cells and recovered energy are nothing. eBay's Dean Nelson has more ideas up his sleeve
Green500 Supercomputer List Reveals Intel, Nvidia Surprise
Intel CPUs and Nvidia GPUs are used in the world's top 10 most energy-efficient supercomputers
Apple’s Futuristic Cupertino HQ Receives City Approval
Apple can finally start building its 'spaceship' headquarters after Cupertino council gives approval
Green Grid Takes Data Centre Efficiency Fight To Government
Governments need to handle data centres with care, The Green Grid and techUK argue
Google Offers More Control With Glass Development Kit
Google Glass developers will get more control of their designs with the new Glass Development Kit (GDK)
Google And Facebook: Green Goals Clash With Libertarian Leanings
The Internet giants may be cleaning up their energy act, but Peter Judge asks how deep is their care for the planet
Raspberry Pi Sales Hit Two Million
Raspberry Pi Foundation says popularity of the device comes as “a bit of a shock”
Canadian Scientists Claim A Major Breakthrough In Quantum Computing
A team of researchers has managed to keep quantum memory ‘coherent’ for 39 minutes at room temperature
Google And Friends Invest £250 Million In Solar Projects
Finance firm KKR and Google buy six solar plants of Sharp's Recurrent division
Quiz Of The Week: Renewable Energy
Solar, wind and hydro-electric are just some of the ways to power data centres and phones
Google Offers Online Help For Philippines Typhoon Victims
Google launches online services and tools to help victims of the devastating Typhoon Yolanda
Microsoft Proposes Fuel Cells Inside Data Centre Racks
Making racks that power themselves could cut data centre energy needs, says Microsoft
Green Taxes Need To Catch Up With Data Centres
Governents want to use green taxes to regulate emissions - but Peter Judge thinks they don't understand the special role of data centres
AMD Bets On APU Servers, Rolls Out The Developer Tools
"If you build it, they will come," goes the thinking at AMD
Open Compute Project Tests Three Open Switch Designs
In just six months, Broadcom, Intel and Mellanox have all submitted independent open switch proposals
Vodafone Foundation Deploys Pop-Up Networks In The Philippines
Two mobile networks in the Palo region help victims of Typhoon Haiyan
Survey: Public Sceptical Of Wearable Tech
In a Harris survey, Americans were split on whether wearable technology could be stylish, and showed little interest in head-mounted devices such as smart spectacles
Intel Wants A Leadership Role In The Internet Of Things
Chip manufacturer will provide end-to-end services for IoT including security and analytics
Intel Creates New Internet Of Things Business Unit
Intel is creating a new business unit specifically aimed at Internet of Things and reporting directly to CEO Brian Krzanich
TechWeek Research: Security On A Budget
Readers haven't got the money to close every security gap - but prioritisation is keeping most of the bad guys out, our research reveals
Does HPC Need A Different Shade Of Green?
Is high-performance computing (HPC) a special case, or does it have the same efficiency needs as the rest of IT, asks Peter Judge
Research Suggests A Conspiracy Of Miners Could Destroy Bitcoin
A team from the Cornell University proposes changes to the Bitcoin protocol to make it safer
Liquid Cooling Cuts Costs, Heats The Building At Innovation Centre
Iceotope has prepared the facility for the "worst winter in decades"
Microsoft Previews Offline Data Transfer For Windows Azure
Following on the heels of Google and Amazon, Microsoft will let users ship hard disks directly for import of large amounts of data into Azure
Rackspace Soups Up Servers And Cuts Prices
Rackspace goes on the offensive with super-powered servers with a load of flash to boot
Microsoft Backs Texas Wind Power Project
The software maker has signed a 20-year renewable energy purchasing agreement with a new Texas wind farm - which it is also backing financially
Western Digital Inflates 3.5in HDD Storage To 6TB Using Helium
Helium cuts turbulence, boosts drive capacity to 6TB, and opens the way to liquid cooling
Oracle, Google, Red Hat Engineers Help Fix Crashing Obamacare Site
Government and private sector personnel have been called in to help fix Healthcare.gov, the crash-prone web portal created under the US' affordable heath-care act
Does The Data Show We Need Green Data Centres?
An efficient data centre is better than an inefficient one, regardless of how you interpret the latest climate data, says Peter Judge