Electronic waste is a problem that is not going to go away, but will the latest moves in IT actually make it worse, asks Peter Judge
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eWEEK Readers Dump Killer e-Waste
Many readers knowingly send old tech to the developing world. Next: tell us your office IT woes
EU To Act On Carbon Credit Fraud And Theft
The Climate Change Committee will block the holes that let thieves take £5 billion from the carbon exchange
Cloud Jobs And Profits Could Shower The UK – Report
But Germany, France and Italy will do better out of the cloud, according to EMC Consulting's report
Nine-Cell Battery Laptops Offer All-Day Computing
All-day batteries have been claimed for over a year but new 30-hour laptops are truly fulfilling this dream
Daxten Cuts Energy Costs With Curtains
Cages and curtains cut cooling costs in the data centre, says Daxten
ASHRAE Says Data Centres Can Get Hotter
Cooling experts ASHRAE's new set of guidelines will turn the heat up in data centres
Containers Could Simplify Data Centre Cooling
Data centre cooling can look complex, but the message on saving energy comes down to a simple one, says Peter Judge
Google Launches New Zealand Earthquake Website
Google has created a website to help people locate survivors of the Christchurch earthquake
Space Shuttle Discovery Set For Final Mission
The space shuttle Discovery is prepared to set off for the International Space Station this week
Obama Talks Jobs After Wining And Dining IT Leaders
President Obama pushed for job creation and eduction after a dinner date with IT industry leaders
Government Urged To Drive Green Economy
Microsoft and BT join other business leaders to drive the government's green growth strategy
Data Centre World Conference & EXPO
This year Data Centre World, the UK’s largest and fastest growing exhibition and conference for data centre managers, professionals, distributors and channel partners will deliver more than ever before with more sessions, more theatres ...
Intel Previews Forthcoming ‘Poulson’ Itanium Chip
Intel's 'Poulson' chip will have greater performance, efficiency and reliability than the current Itanium 9300
SSD Data Purging Presents Security Difficulties
Californian researchers have found that fully erasing SSDs is more difficult than previously thought
Social Media Access May Cause Governance Problems
Gartner claims half of all companies, fearing prosecution, may attempt to block social networking site access
Newcastle Data Centre Gets Green Light
A second 'state-of-the-art' green data centre has been given planning approval at the Cobalt Campus in Newcastle
eWEEK Readers Not All That Sure About Tablets
You spread your favours widely, but your favourite tablet is... a laptop. Next: where does your WEEE go?
Low Voltage Flash Memory Will Boost SSD Uptake
Researchers claim to have developed flash memory for gadgets that use low power or have no batteries at all
Fujitsu Data Centre Gets Uptime Gold Certification
A North London Fujitsu data centre gets the first gold tier 3 badge in Europe from the Uptime Institute
Why We Are Pissed Off With WEEE
The only way to reduce the tonnes of electronic waste we all produce is to re-use and repair equipment, says Peter Judge
Amazon Buys Tesco’s Dublin Shed For Cloud Services
Amazon has bought a new building for another Dublin-based facility in response to its growing cloud services
Ingres VectorWise Database ‘Smashes’ Benchmark
A forthcoming version of Ingres' VectorWise analytic database has broken a benchmark record by a big margin
Lessons Learnt As IBM’s Watson Wins At Jeopardy
The gameshow-playing supercomputer Watson trounced humans as it romped all over the Jeopardy board
Virtualisation Is Real Security Focus At RSA Conference
For Trend Micro, Symantec and Hewlett-Packard, virtualisation is a focal point at the RSA Conference
Scottish Council Uses Free-Air Cooling For ‘Listed’ Data Centre
A Scottish local authority is cutting servers and saving energy at a data centre in a listed building
HP Services Offers Data Centre Construction Option
HP can extended its data centre design and planning expertise, to include the actual construction of the facility
Freescale:One-chip Base Stations Are The Future
Single chip base stations will rebalance the network towards simple systems, says Lisa Su of Freescale
Dell Builds New Opterons Into PowerEdge C6145
Dell has used AMD's new Opteron chips in the 96-core PowerEdge C6145 server
World’s Data Storage Capacity Reaches 295 Exabytes
A study has found that the world has access to enough data-storage capacity to hold 295 exabytes of information