With a 2020 target set for smart meter roll out to UK households and businesses, organisations including the Energy Saving Trust are pushing for minimum standards for the devices
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IT Industry Will Contribute 5.8m Jobs To Help Recovery
A Microsoft sponsored study says that the IT giant and the companies in its "ecosystem" will generate $535bn (£334bn) in revenues this year
Carbon Rules Will Create “Energy Tsars” Says Analyst
The UK government's CRC carbon trading regulations will create new power-brokers - executives whose job is to co-ordinate corporate energy use
HD Video Conferencing Services Launched
As Cisco looks to extend the reach of its high-definition video conferencing capabilities by buying Tandberg, rival LifeSize Communications is unveiling Passport, a device designed to bring HD video conferencing to small and midsize businesses, teleworkers and mobile employees
Apple Snow Leopard Gains While Windows Declines
Microsoft's share of the operating system market fell by 0.31 percent in September, according to new data released by statistics firm Net Applications
Green Grid Offers Free Cooling Tools
New free online tools and maps designed for use by data centre and facilities managers in Japan and 33 European countries make it easy to calculate how much free cooling, is available for individual data centres, says The Green Grid
“Minority Reports” Of Apple Tablet Persist
Latest reports say device has more in common with the gee-whiz touch-screens used by Tom Cruise in the 2002 film "Minority Report," and less with the iPhone
UK Scientists Use Nasa Data To Investigate Global Warming
Working with millions of NASA satellite measurements, researchers from the British Antarctic Survey and the University of Bristol find dynamic ice thinning occurring in all latitudes in Greenland and intensifying on key Antarctic coastlines
Compliance May Hinder Cloud Early Adopters, Warns Provider
Users may have to choose which apps to put in the cloud, and some should wait till their industry accepts it, warns cloud provider Savvis
Savvis Says Spirit Will Convince Cloud Skeptics
With the Spirit cloud infrastructure project on the launchpad, Savvis' CTO Bryan Doerr has plenty to say when we ask him whether users are ready to trust the cloud
802.11n Fast Wi-Fi Keeps Compatibility Promise
After years of work, the fast Wi-Fi standard is ratified. What impresses Andrew Garcia is the way the industry has met its promises of compatibility
EC Wants e-Commerce To Flow Like “Oil In Broadband...
Digital services must be Europe-wide says commissioner Vivian Reding
MEP Continues To Support Intel Amid EC Anti-Trust Case
European legal committee member Brian Crowley has publicly supported an Irish investment by Intel - which was recently fined €1 million for market abuse
ICANN Community Awaits New gTLD Rules
People wanting to start their own "dot-anything" domain, will have to wait for ICANN to rule on potential trademark conflicts
BlackBerrys Pay Back Costs Many Times Over
Using BlackBerry devices with RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server can offer benefits from improved productivity to better regulatory compliance
Microsoft Launches Online Health Data Tools
The My Health Info beta service offers tools and widgets with which to organise and monitor health information stored in personal Microsoft HealthVault accounts
Google Beefs Up Search In Response To Bing
Google boosts its Search Options to let users search results by past hour, specific date range, more shopping sites, fewer shopping sites, visited pages, not yet visited, books, blogs and news
Romanian Phishers Extradited To US
Two men authorities tied to a phishing scheme pleaded not guilty to charges of identity theft and bank fraud after being extradited to the United States
Lenovo Launches Lost And Found Laptop Service
With its new Lost & Found service, Lenovo is making it easier for anyone who finds a lost laptop to return it to its owner
British Broadband Needs To Address Quality
Broadband Britain may have concentrated too hard on coverage, while quality will have more impact on society, according to a study
Gartner: Cloud Computing Will Replace IT Departments
But internal tech staff will be kept busy on the roll-out of internal IT private cloud technology for the near future
Firms At Risk From Excel-Based Carbon Management
Simple spreadsheets will not meet the carbon accounting requirements of the UK's CRC regulations, warns analyst firm Verdantix
Cisco To Acquire Video Conference Specialist Tandberg
The networking giant has made an offer of $3bn (£1.9bn) for its Norwegian rival in the market for video calls
Google Wave Store Could Host SAP, Salesforce Apps
Salesforce.com, SAP and several other companies have lined up to show off applications they created using the APIs from the open-source Google Wave platform.
US Loosens Hold On ICANN
A new permanent agreement between the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration declares ICANN is independent and not controlled by any one entity.
BlackBerry App Released For Mac
Research In Motion will shortly release a version of BlackBerry Desktop Manager that allows sync between BlackBerry devices and Apple computers.
Oracle Fined for Ad Claims
Database giant Oracle is fined $10,000 and directed to take corrective action after running an ad in The Wall Street Journal and The Economist
Banking Trojan Exposed By Researchers
Security researchers at Finjan track a cyber-gang that pilfered German bank accounts in summer 2009.
Cloud Scare: Bank Closes “Innocent” Gmail User Down
A US bank has had a Gmail user's account closed down, simply because the bank accidentally sent private data to it. Cloud services expose us to the consequences of others' stupidity, says Jim Rapoza
MOD Rolls Out Smart Meters Despite Security Concerns
Defence sites across the UK will be fitted with energy efficiency monitoring technology despite security concerns raised by experts about the technology