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Cabinet Office Announces Funding For “Social Incubators”
Minister for Civil Society Nick Hurd gives money to socially positive start-up incubators
Online Aerial Map Shows Heat Loss From Homes And Offices
If you show on this map, lag your loft
Rackspace Profits Despite Hosting Slowdown Fears
Rackspace has posted impressive growth figures but that doesn't impress investors
Air Traffic Control Systems Could Ditch Radar And Release 5G Spectrum
TV signals could be used to locate aircraft as 5G plans take shape
VascoDe: Twitter And Facebook On A Phone With No Data
Israeli start-up gives feature phone owners in developing markets access to Wikipedia, Gmail, Skype
Seagate’s EVault Returns WIth Free 100GB Cloud Storage Offer
EVault offered a similar cloud backup deal in December, the success of which spurred the current offer
EU Rural Broadband Funding Cut To Zero
Cameron's budget cuts hit European broadband plans, as digital funds dive from €9.2 billion to €1 billion
LeWeb London To Bring Together “Digital Hippies”
The summer event will explore transparency, authenticity, and could even involve meditation rooms
Facebook Fatigue Hits Significant Number Of Users
Two-thirds of users have taken a break from using Facebook at one time or another, according to new research
Even Cheaper Raspberry Pi Launched
The tiny Linux board has lost the Ethernet, USB, and $10 off its price tag
IT Vendors Face Mandatory Carbon Accounting Rules
IT vendors will have to report their carbon footprint or may lose prestigious contracts
Italy’s Nvidia-Based Eurora Supercomputer Sets Green Record
Italian super-green speed demon hits 3MFLops per Watt of power
Graphene Flagged As EU Research Priority
The European Commission has chosen graphene as a research priority and pledged a £864m research grant
Microsoft To Expand Green Data Centre In Virginia
Microsoft is planning a significant data centre expansion using the latest green tech and modular approaches
WWF Wildlife Mobile Network Targets Ethical Consumers
Ten percent of voice, text and data revenues go straight to the WWF
Apple Discovers Underage Employee ‘Conspiracy’ In Its Supply Chain
Chinese recruitment company helped forge documents for 74 child workers
Cambridge Graphene Research Centre To Open Doors In 2013
The £25 million project could bring the wonderful material to the mass market
Can Facebook’s Open Compute Explode The Server Market?
Facebook's Open Compute could make traditional servers obsolete, says Peter Judge
Rackspace Plans New UK Data Centre And Adopts Open Compute
New Rackspace site to get no-frills servers, it seems
IT Life: Going Nuts For The Network
Real cloud data centres need agile, flexible and fast networks, says David Barker of 4D Data Centres
VIA Sells Android PC In Book-Shaped Cardboard Case
Android based Rock board in Paper housing. Will Via run with Scissors?
O2 On Track To Sell Phones Without Chargers By 2015
Operator O2 wants industry to sell phones without chargers as standard following successful HTC test
EMC And ARM Dive Into Facebook’s Open Compute Club
EMC joins despite earlier saying Open Compute-defined systems are not ready for critical data centres
Open Compute: Facebook And Co Shake Up Data Centre Industry
Open Compute's latest initiatives might just re-define how the data centre industry works
AMD Open 3.0 Board Targets Energy-Hungry Data Centres
AMD has unveiled a new server motherboard, Open 3.0, designed for energy-efficient data centres
Google Invests For Smarter Energy Use
Google has invested £1.65m to help find ways to better improve energy usage and conservation
UK Falling Behind In Graphene Patent Race
While British researchers first identified graphene, its exploitation is shifting to the US and Asia, according to new patent figures
Green Grid Advocates Using Eco-Mode For Data Centre UPS
Power supplies are good enough to alter your UPS settings
Raspberry Pi Sells One Million Units – Maybe
500,000 sales from one of the distributors allow for optimistic estimates