Regulation

US Congress Passes E-Waste Bill in Nod to Earth Day

Lawmakers have paid tribute to Earth Day with legislation providing grant funds for practical solutions to reduce the growing mounds…

16 years ago

Green IT Must Look Beyond Cost Cutting

Businesses are pushing ahead with efficiency projects, but they must not forget  Green IT jobs like carbon management, before regulations…

16 years ago

Talking Sense On Broadband Britain

Finally, a Universal Service Obligation for broadband. It's less than we want, but we should make sure it is not…

16 years ago

Fast, Wi-Fi Based Bluetooth 3.0 Arrives On Schedule

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has finally adopted 3.0, a much zippier version of the wireless data transfer solution.

16 years ago

Efficiency, Not Cost Or Carbon, Will Drive Green Storage

Green storage options are growing, but mainly for efficiency reasons, according to a report.

16 years ago

Leftover Digital TV Cash Will Pay for Broadband Britain

But will 2Mbps be fast enough, and will the BBC's Digital Switchover money cover it?

16 years ago

VMWare Keeps Head Above Water For Now

An increasingly tight market means the virtualisation software leader expects sales to be flat or even to drop in the…

16 years ago

Budget Fails To Live Up To IT Expectations

But broadband, green tech and IT-based public sector economies get a look-in.

16 years ago

The Green Side Of Business Process Management

BPM isn't just management consultants tweaking your organisation. It can lead to cost savings and sustainability

16 years ago

Wireless Networks Cut Carbon (And Costs)

Cheaper wireless networks, with wired-like performance, can reduce your carbon footprint  - and pay for themselves

16 years ago

Government Looks to Cut IT Spending by £3.2bn

Improved benchmarking, better information management, and tackling risky IT projects key to cutting costs

16 years ago

Struggling Yahoo To Cut 5 Percent Of Staff

Microsoft and Yahoo have been in discussions over a possible partnership in display and search advertising.

16 years ago

Online Retailers Offered Carbon Offset Service

Ready-made application launched amid concerns about the future of carbon offsetting

16 years ago

Recession Fuels UK ID Theft Fears

Consumer fears over personal identity theft are rising because of the recession, a survey has found

16 years ago

Hitachi Steps Up Green IT Efforts

Hitachi chief executive Takashi Kawamura said the vendor will focus on “green mobility,” smart grids and the global expansion of…

16 years ago

Apple Least Bad PC Maker In Customer Service Poll

Forrester reports Apple rated highest on customer surveys ranking the usefulness, usability and enjoyableness of their interactions with PC makers

16 years ago

Unisys Beefs Up Server Virtualisation

Unisys is ramping up the virtualisation capabilities of its enterprise x86 servers by upgrading to Intel's Nehalem EP processors and…

16 years ago

Obama Apppoints US’s First Ever CTO

First U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra faces a daunting challenge in coordinating and reforming the US federal government's technology systems.

16 years ago

Oracle To Pay £5bn For Sun Microsystems

The terms of the deal represent significantly more money than the £4.5 billion cash offer that IBM reported had put…

16 years ago

Darling Warned IT Budget Cuts Could Cost Billions

Groups have called for budget support to UK digital media companies - while government IT pros fear losing their budgets

16 years ago

Phorm Controversy Rains On Brown’s Digital Britain Parade

The UK government launched a campaign to use new technology to help beat the recession - amid a legal dispute…

16 years ago

Lenovo Launches Hardware Password Manager

Lenovo is encouraging the end of passwords taped to PCs, with its Hardware Password Manager, a server solution that enables…

16 years ago

Gartner: 2009 A Gap Year For Green IT

The analyst claims that spending on sustainable tech projects in some countries could be on hold for the rest of…

16 years ago

Ebay Releases Details Of Skype IPO

An IPO is planned for the first half of 2010, although eBay says the specific timing of the IPO will…

16 years ago

IBM, Red Hat and others Join EC Microsoft Case

A group of tech companies has joined the likes of Google, Opera and Mozzilla in the latest EC case against…

16 years ago

Criminal Gangs Step Up Database Attacks

Employing sophisticated tools such as memory-scraping malware and unique packet sniffers, organised crime led a record assault on databases in…

16 years ago

Google Loses Brilliant To Climate Change Fund

Google "Chief Philanthropic Evangelist" Larry Brilliant is leaving to become president of the climate change fund which produced films such…

16 years ago

RSA Conference Offers Help To Jobless

In a nod to the economic climate, the conference offered laid-off security pros scholarships to attend the event in 2009,…

16 years ago

Research: Most “Green IT” Not Green Enough

Only around 16 percent of supposedly green IT products are actually sustainable, according to a new report

16 years ago

EC To Sue UK For Inaction Over Phorm

The UK Government failed to respond to privacy issues raised by BT's secret trials of the Phorm behavioural ad targetting…

16 years ago