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Health Department Lost Hundreds Of Laptops
More than 250 laptops have gone missing from the DoH over the last 10 years - many of them unencrypted
Smart Meter Penetration Set To Rise, Berg Finds
Rising energy costs and national rollouts are driving the uptake of smart meters into homes and businesses
NASA Plants Sustainability Base On Planet Earth
NASA's new office in San Jose is said to be the US government's most sustainable building
Green Consortium Wins ‘Open Platform’ Funding
A consortium that includes IBM and academics is developing a platform to exchange climate change data
University Building Human Brain Model
The university of Manchester is working on a model of the human brain based on one million ARM processors
The Fight For Server Efficiency Is Not In The Cloud
Campaigns against energy waste in the data centres may not be looking deeply enough, or in the right place, says Peter Judge
Forrester: The Cloud Is Inherently Green
The cloud is inherently green, but cloud service providers need to broaden the scope of their green credentials
Government Keeps Simpler Green CRC Tax
The CRC green tax remains, but adjustments have been made, and there is still room for consultation
Gartner: Tsunami Failed To Dampen IT Sales
Despite the Japanese disasters, Gartner estimates global IT spending will jump to $3.7 trillion this year
ICO Warns NHS Over Ongoing Data Breaches
The ICO has censured five NHS organisations for data breaches and said it must do more to protect data
Microsoft’s Hohm Green-IT Initiative Withers
Microsoft is closing its Hohm energy-consumption initiative in May and Google is retiring PowerMeter
Proton Urges Data Centres To Consider Fuel Cells
Carbon-conscious data centre managers should examine hydrogen fuel cells as an alternative to diesel backup, says Thomas Melczer
IBM Blue Gene Supercomputer Grabs Green Title
IBM’s Blue Gene/Q has topped the Green500 list as the most energy-efficient supercomputer
IBM Scientists Claim Phase-Change Memory Breakthrough
IBM boffins have developed a new memory technology said to be cheaper and faster than Flash
Greenpeace Makes Peace With Data Centres
Data centre operators should be more open about their energy use, according to Greenpeace
British Server Cabinet Maker Kell Joins APC
A British provider of innovative soundproof server cabinets for offices has become part of APC
AMD Chips To Offer Power-Capping Technology
Opteron chips with the "Bulldozer" core will allow power reduction without impacting performance
UK Smart Grid Security ‘Too Fragmented’: Study
A new study has urged the government to take a more joined-up approach to security smart grids
Russians Play Farmville For Real
Russia's i-Ogorod service will let users remotely grow real flowers and vegetables
Porous Aluminium Could Boost Battery Life
Aluminium Celmet, developed in Japan, could make rechargeable batteries last three times longer
Data Centres – Watch Japan’s Energy Crisis
Japan's energy crisis is bringing about changes to data centres. The same thing will have to happen here, says Peter Judge
White Space Radio Trial Checks Nuts And Bolts
The Cambridge test is not designed to convince Ofcom, but to check the practicality of white space radio, says Glenn Collinson
BT, BBC and Microsoft In Cambridge White Space Trial
Cambridge will test whether "white space" radio systems can communicate and solve Britain's broadband crisis
Industry Suffers As Apple Grabs Polymer Batteries
Greedy Apple has charged out to buy up lithium-ion polymer batteries, leaving its rivals hungry for power
Researchers Propose Energy Generation From Typing
Typing on the keyboard of a laptop or smartphone could power it, boffins have said
Unix Servers Growing As Mainstay Of Data Centres
Unix systems continue to be a cornerstone in enterprise data centres, despite soaring sales of x86 servers
Google Throws Extra £64m Into Wind Energy Project
Google's renewable energy commitment continues after it added more money for a wind project
Wimbledon: Cool Servers Score With Tennis Viewers
This year, Wimbledon goes 3D and IBM's liquid-cooled systems serve deeper analysis to the audience
AWS Virtual Machines Deployed With Security Holes
Researchers found security holes in VMs created on Amazon Web Services but Amazon is not at fault