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Facebook Data Centre Strategist Logging Out
Jonathan Heiliger, instigator of Facebook's green data centre initiative, is leaving at the end of summer
How Green Are The Grassroots?
If organisations want to meet carbon targets they will have to get their staff involved. Peter Judge asks if a desktop widget is the way to do it.
SAP Makes €170m Sustainability Savings
SAP has proved that investment in low-carbon technologies can pay off, with savings of €170m since 2008
Dirty Data Centre Will Poison Apple Greenpeace Warns
Apple is set to produce some of the dirtiest data in the world in North Carolina, according to Greenpeace
Infosec: Missing Laptops Lose Over A Billion Euros
A European survey on the economic costs of almost 73,000 lost or stolen laptops puts the bill into billions
Green IT Gets Real As The Hype Disperses
Mindless publicity distorted the Green IT message, says Andrew Donoghue. Now it's time to get real, and use green tools to measure the cloud
Google Ploughs £70m Into World’s Largest Wind Farm
Google has followed its solar investments with funding for a giant wind farm
Greenpeace Praises Facebook’s Solar Effort
Facebook gets a cheer for using a bit of solar energy, but Greenpace isn't satisfied yet
Cisco Opens Green Data Centre In Texas
Cisco's new data centre will be a showcase for technologies to reduce power and cooling costs
Report: Apple Poaches Microsoft Cloud Executive
Apple has poached a Microsoft cloud computing and green data centre executive, say reports
Turnkey Ubuntu-Based Linux for Amazon Cloud: Review
The Turnkey Linux service runs on Amazon Web Services and is good for test driving cloud apps
Future Business Apps Could Use Kinect UI
Natural user interfaces derived from Kinect will boost productivity, says Microsoft Research
Each PC Holds £432 Of Unused Software
The UK could save £1.7 billion a year by reclaiming unused software licences, says 1E
Google Invests £100m In Mojave Desert Solar Tower
Google's largest investment in clean energy is £103 million in a desert solar energy plant
Fourteen Face Court For Flouting WEEE Rules
Fourteen defendants will face court accused of breaking WEEE rules over the export of electrical waste
EvoSwitch Unveils Adiabatic Data Hall
EvoSwitch's Amsterdam data centre has a new modular, carbon neutral data hall
Facebook’s Open Compute Gets Discussion Going
When Facebook opened up its green data centre ideas, it also opened up a big discussion which could provide more benefits, says Peter Judge
Intel’s Oak Trail Processor Wrestles ARM In Tablets
Intel's Atom Z670 processors are thin and efficient, but most importantly they can run Windows on tablets
European RFID Guide Sets NFC Privacy Guidelines
The PIA Framework is a guide to how privacy concerns should be accounted for in NFC implementations
Facebook Open Sources Green Data Centre Hardware
Facebook shared specs for its custom built low-energy servers, but Greenpeace is not impressed
Google Invests In German Solar Power Plant
Google is investing millions in a solar plant in Germany that will provide power to 5,000 homes
Self-Cooling Graphene Could Mean Greener Devices
Graphene is turning out to be a superpowered material that could produce smaller, more efficient devices
Packing Case Converts Into An Asus Desktop
Asus goes greener by thinking inside the box and ships its motherboards in ready-made computer cases
Data Centres: What’s In A Green Label?
Energy efficient data centres are complex. But the information about them needs to be as simple to read as food labels, says Peter Judge
How To Use The Green Grid Maturity Model
eWEEK wasn't sure how useful the Green Grid Maturity Model was. The Grid's Harkeeret Singh talked us through it
Nearly Half UK Firms Want CRC Scheme Scrapped
UK businesses are calling for the government to scrap the its controversial carbon tax scheme
Quantum Tunnelling Touchscreens Touted For Tablets
Yorkshire-based Peratech can now make tablet-sized touchscreens like a quantum jam sandwich
IEEE Lays Foundation For Cloud Computing Future
Two draft IEEE standards could help engineers minimise fragmentation and unleash the power of the cloud
IBM Offers ‘Five Golden’ Rules For Green IT
Companies are missing a trick by not realising how much energy is being used by dormant office equipment, says IBM's Richard Lanyon-Hogg