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AWS Cloud Hosts Massive Human Genetics Catalogue
AWS gives researchers instant access to the complete 200TB database from the 1000 Genomes Project
Conservatives Fail To Control The Carbs
The failure to introduce carbon accounting is one more broken environmental promise by the Conservative government, says Peter Judge
DECC Hopes To Slash Cost Of CRC Carbon Tax By 60 Percent
Will the Department of Energy's proposal, to save each participant £6000 per year, be enough to save the tax?
Oxford Uni Opens Cyber Security Centre
Several Oxford departments will collaborate on anticipating and mitigating cyber-attacks on individuals, organisations and governments
Apple Reacts To New iPad Battery Charge Claims
Apple vice president Michael Tchao has claimed that battery charge issues in the new iPad are a feature of iOS
Google Boasts Of ‘Real World’ PUE Data Centre Rating
Google has boasted of lowering its PUE rating for its data centres, making them even more energy efficient
Amazon Queries Facebook And Apple’s Solar Plans
Solar power takes too much space, says Amazon's James Hamilton
Hugh Herr: The Man Who Thinks Tech Can End Disability
Technology can wipe out disability, says MIT professor and amputee and climber Hugh Herr
Budget 2012: Goodbye To the CRC Green Tax?
George Osborne may be right to call the CRC cumbersome, but he needs to create something to take its place, says Peter Judge
Orange To Launch 4G Networks Across EU By 2015
Orange makes commitment to roll out 4G, NFC and reduce carbon emissions to the EU in Brussels
Bloom Energy Eyes Up Data Centre Niche For Fuel Cells
Fuel cell maker Bloom Energy is turning its attention to the data centre sector to help tackle emission reduction issues
Russia To Spike Plan To Recycle Satellite For Antarctic Broadband Access
The mis-aligned Russian Express AM4 satellite could provide fast access for Antarctic scientists if Polar Broadband can convince the Russians
Huawei Announces ‘Beyond LTE’ 30Gbps Tech
Beyond LTE will be up to 20 times faster than current 4G technology
Foxconn Criticisms Still Hold – Despite The Lies
Apple critic Mike Daisey made things up, but iPad manufacturer Foxconn still has a case to answer, says Peter Judge
Free Apps Drain Smartphone Batteries
Ads in free apps can eat up to 75 percent of battery power
Google Data Centre Cooled By Bathtub Water
At its Georgia data centre Google is using recycled water from toilets and bathtubs to cut down on cooling costs
Memset Improves VM Energy Efficiency ‘Faster Than Moore’s Law’
UK cloud provider more than doubles energy efficiency in two years
Laser Unprinter Vaporises Toner From Printed Pages
In an novel way to reuse paper, engineers have developed a process to remove toner from a printed page
IBM Issues Birmingham With Smarter Cities Grant
IBM has named 33 cities around the world that will receive its Smarter Cities Challenge grants in 2012
Data Centres Hit Capacity Crunch, But Efficiency Is Ignored
Despite a lack of capacity and power, data centre owners are ignoring efficiency measures, says a survey
UK Smart Meter Adoption Expected To Grow 15 Times By 2015
UK and Germany currently lagging behind in European smart meter penetration according to IMS Research for Sentec
Computer Aid Ships 200,000th PC To Developing World
Charity shifts focus from recycling to empowerment through third world projects
ARM Launches ‘Most Energy-Efficient’ Microprocessor Design
British chnip maker ARM says it has the most efficient 32-bit chip ever
Personal Cloud to Replace PCs By 2014
Research suggests that post-PC era will arrive earlier than thought
Green Grid Updates Cooling Maps With New ASHRAE Classes
The Green Grid has updated its free data centre cooling maps to allow managers to take advantage of free air-cooling
Duqu Trojan Found To Include Mystery Programming Language
Kaspersky researchers ask programming community for help decipher the code
IBM’s Holey Optochip Achieves One Terabit Per Second
Prototype optical chip transfers 1Tbps, and the secret's in the holes, says IBM
CeBIT 2012: Iceotope Claims Huge Data Centre Savings With Liquid Cooling
Using liquid instead of air can cut cooling by 97 percent, Iceotope believes
Liquid Cooling – It All Comes Flooding Back
A couple of years back, we heard that servers would be going to liquid cooling,. The idea seems to be resurfacing, says Peter Judge