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06 September 2010
Apple Develops Chip For New Low Power Servers
Apple's internally developed A4 chip could be implemented in new devices such as low power servers, TVs or even communications or entertainment boxes, if the company tries to expand the chip's footprint, analysts said.
Green
03 September 2010
August Sees Record Rise In UK Home Solar Panels Fitted
According to energy regulator Ofgem, a record number of homeowners had solar panels installed in August.
Green
02 September 2010
Network Giants To Work On IP For Energy Grids For Internet
Networking giant Cisco today announced an alliance with Itron, a Liberty Lake, Wash.-based utility metering technology company, to develop secure Internet Protocol (IP) communications technology for so-called smart energy grids that connect wired and wireless networks.
Green
01 September 2010
Emerging Economies To Double Internet Users
The number of people with Internet access in Brazil, Russia, China, India and Indonesia will double by 2015, management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group said in a report released Wednesday.
Green
27 August 2010
Idea To Draw Electricity From Air Feuds Debate
Dr Francesco Galembeck told the American Chemical Society meeting in Boston that the technique exploited a little-known atmospheric effect.
Green
26 August 2010
Execs Prosecuted By California For 2 Million False Recycles
California Attorney General Jerry Brown brought criminal charges against the owner and two managers of a San Jose electronic waste recycling firm, accusing them of submitting $1 million in fraudulent reimbursement claims for more than 2 million pounds of waste they never recycled.
Green
26 August 2010
Report Shows UK Car Pollution Reduces By 6 Per Cent
New figures show that car emissions in the UK has fallen by 5.6 per cent in the past 12 months, signalling a positive boost in the industry's environmental goal for cleaner cars.
Green
25 August 2010
O2 Launches Scheme Charting Carbon Footprint
The mobile giant launches the scheme charting the carbon footprint of phones today (August 25) on its website and in stores.
Green
20 August 2010
Linux Users Face Risk From Kernel Vulnerability
The Linux kernel has potentially been at risk from a flaw that has been present in Linux since 2003, according to a new finding from security researcher Invisible Things Lab.
Green
19 August 2010
Green US Data Centre Expects Huge Growth
A recent report released by EL Insights is projecting the U.S.
Green
19 August 2010
Businesses Get Grants To Boost Green Activity
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are to be given the chance to apply for grants towards greening their businesses, under new measures that have been announced this week.
Green
18 August 2010
Princes Sustainable Network Doubles In Past Year
The number of businesses signed up to the Prince of Wales' Mayday Network has almost doubled over the past year, defying fears that the economic downturn would dilute corporate interest in environmental sustainability.
Green
11 August 2010
Green Data Centers on Pace for Rapid Growth
For those of you who consider the green data center movement a fad, there is a new report out from Pike Research that suggests investment in green facilities will grow rapidly over the next five years.
Green
10 August 2010
Re-use Rather Than Recycling is Greenest IT Strategy
A report released today by Computer Aid International, says that IT managers re-use, rather than recycling unwanted computing equipment.
Green
10 August 2010
Fresh Report Confirms Soaring Clean Tech Investment
Ernst & Young yesterday became the latest consultancy to confirm that venture capital (VC) investment in clean tech companies bounced back towards record levels during the second quarter of the year, reporting that US investment soared 64 per cent year-on-year to $1.5bn (£940m).
Green
05 August 2010
BBC Looking To Implement Power Over Ethernet
The BBC is currently researching ways in which it could implement Power over Ethernet (PoE), which it hopes will reduce energy usage and decrease the use of some office equipment.
Green
02 August 2010
$1million Offered For Oil Cleanup Prize Winner
Entrepreneurs, engineers and scientists worldwide are being offered US$1 million for developing a better way of cleaning up crude oil spills from oceans.
Green
29 July 2010
Cisco,NetApp, VMware Reduce Volume Of Datacentre
Cisco, NetApp and VMware have released what they claim to be the industry's first end-to-end Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) offering for VMware virtual environments.
Green
29 July 2010
Greener Hardware Emitting Less CO2
In a recent study from the Pacific Institute of Climate Solutions says that CO2 emission from data centres has reached 157 million metric tons annually.
Green
23 July 2010
Google Helps Shrink Carbon Footprint
Google Energy to buy 114MW Of Wind Energy for the next 20 years to help shrink carbon footprint.
Green
20 July 2010
BT Root Smart Meters To Deliver Green Benefits
BT is proposing long-range radio as a communications solution to smart metering in the UK.
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