Environment
Going green with an onion powered iPod and a paper iPhone dock?
By: Davey Winder
Just how green can you be with your iPod in one hand and your iPhone in the other? Can onions and paper help you improve your place in the environmentally friendly tech stakes?
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By: Davey Winder
Just how green can you be with your iPod in one hand and your iPhone in the other? Can onions and paper help you improve your place in the environmentally friendly tech stakes?
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Recession proof your enterprise with Linux-based virtualisation
By: David M Williams
Businesses everywhere are looking to cut costs in the grip of reduced consumer spending, decreased advertising and a general slowdown of trade. Linux can aid you in cutting your infrastructure costs - no matter your platform of choice.
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By: David M Williams
Businesses everywhere are looking to cut costs in the grip of reduced consumer spending, decreased advertising and a general slowdown of trade. Linux can aid you in cutting your infrastructure costs - no matter your platform of choice.
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ASUS brings Bamboo casings to life in notebook
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Previewed a while ago at trade shows, the largely (but not entirely) bamboo clad Asus notebook doesn’t come cheap, but shows off your environmental cred and ability to afford it. As a Core 2 Duo notebook, it’s no mere netbook, and is guaranteed to get attention.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Previewed a while ago at trade shows, the largely (but not entirely) bamboo clad Asus notebook doesn’t come cheap, but shows off your environmental cred and ability to afford it. As a Core 2 Duo notebook, it’s no mere netbook, and is guaranteed to get attention.
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How green is my vendor? Capgemini's Green IT Report 2008
By: Tony Austin
The Green IT Report 2008, just published by Capgemini, examines the IT industry’s green credentials and an assessment of how industry leaders are dealing with environmental responsibility, sustainability and corporate social responsibility, also looking at what both IT vendors and users should do to implement a successful green IT strategy.
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By: Tony Austin
The Green IT Report 2008, just published by Capgemini, examines the IT industry’s green credentials and an assessment of how industry leaders are dealing with environmental responsibility, sustainability and corporate social responsibility, also looking at what both IT vendors and users should do to implement a successful green IT strategy.
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Change the world with Google's Project 10^100
By: Stephen Withers
Got an idea that might make a big difference to a lot of people if only you could find the funding to start putting it into action? One of Google's tenth birthday projects has $US10 million to spend on five such ideas.
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By: Stephen Withers
Got an idea that might make a big difference to a lot of people if only you could find the funding to start putting it into action? One of Google's tenth birthday projects has $US10 million to spend on five such ideas.
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How much would you pay to sit on a PlayStation 2?
By: Davey Winder
In what it claims as a world first, a UK company has announced a chair made from 100 percent recycled plastic from a single source. Oh yes, that source happens to be the Sony PlayStation 2 games console...
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By: Davey Winder
In what it claims as a world first, a UK company has announced a chair made from 100 percent recycled plastic from a single source. Oh yes, that source happens to be the Sony PlayStation 2 games console...
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Biofuel green credentials: DEBUNKED!
By: Davey Winder
A new report from the UK Renewable Fuels Agency admits that only 19 percent of biofuels meet environmental standards...
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By: Davey Winder
A new report from the UK Renewable Fuels Agency admits that only 19 percent of biofuels meet environmental standards...
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IBM invests $360 million in cloud computing
By: Davey Winder
Last week iTWire reported how HP, Intel and Yahoo! are joining forces to spearhead a global and open source test bed for the advancement of cloud computing. Now IBM has thrown a few hundred million into the technology as well...
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By: Davey Winder
Last week iTWire reported how HP, Intel and Yahoo! are joining forces to spearhead a global and open source test bed for the advancement of cloud computing. Now IBM has thrown a few hundred million into the technology as well...
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Recycling? Wassat? Say numpty UK mobile phone users
By: Davey Winder
Only one in ten mobile phone users in the UK recycle their old handsets, and nearly a fifth are unaware it is even possible, according to the results of research published today by Nokia. That, unfortunately, is the good news!
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By: Davey Winder
Only one in ten mobile phone users in the UK recycle their old handsets, and nearly a fifth are unaware it is even possible, according to the results of research published today by Nokia. That, unfortunately, is the good news!
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Prince Charles runs Aston Martin on wine and cheese
By: Davey Winder
The 2008 Annual Review of household expenses for the heir to the British throne, shows that Prince Charles has converted one car to run on wine and cheese while several others run on used cooking oil. All of which has helped reduce the Prince's carbon footprint by 18 percent while maintaining his reputation for eccentricity...
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By: Davey Winder
The 2008 Annual Review of household expenses for the heir to the British throne, shows that Prince Charles has converted one car to run on wine and cheese while several others run on used cooking oil. All of which has helped reduce the Prince's carbon footprint by 18 percent while maintaining his reputation for eccentricity...
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ABC NewsRadio axes StarStuff program – why?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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1 Billion PCs but 180 million will be dumped this year
By: Davey Winder
New Gartner report says that the number of installed PCs globally has gone past the 1 billion units figure, and is heading for 2 billion by 2014. Worryingly though, 180 million PCs will be replaced this year, 35 million in landfill with no thought for the environmental impact.
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By: Davey Winder
New Gartner report says that the number of installed PCs globally has gone past the 1 billion units figure, and is heading for 2 billion by 2014. Worryingly though, 180 million PCs will be replaced this year, 35 million in landfill with no thought for the environmental impact.
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Computers Off Australia campaign poised to shutdown
By: Mike Bantick
Remember Earth Hour? Back in March this year when we switched off all our lights and electrical equipment at home, except the fridge, oh and the Plasma TV because the football was on. Well a new campaign to return some power to the grid is ready to launch. Computers Off Australia wants us to lift our fingers a little at home time.
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By: Mike Bantick
Remember Earth Hour? Back in March this year when we switched off all our lights and electrical equipment at home, except the fridge, oh and the Plasma TV because the football was on. Well a new campaign to return some power to the grid is ready to launch. Computers Off Australia wants us to lift our fingers a little at home time.
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JOCI grades United States on ocean policy—where’s the dunce cap?
By: William Atkins
The Joint Ocean Commission Initiative (JOCI) grades the states and the U.S. government on their 2007 ocean-policy performance. State and regional governments made the grade, but the federal government needs summer school for a lot of additional tutoring.
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By: William Atkins
The Joint Ocean Commission Initiative (JOCI) grades the states and the U.S. government on their 2007 ocean-policy performance. State and regional governments made the grade, but the federal government needs summer school for a lot of additional tutoring.
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Intel tries to reconcile global warming and Moore's Law
By: Stan Beer
Driving a V8 gas guzzler in these days of skyrocketing fuel prices and fossil fuel induced climate change is no longer considered cool. So why should it be cool to own a supercharged power hungry desktop or laptop computer? Is Moore's Law dead? Not according to Intel.
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By: Stan Beer
Driving a V8 gas guzzler in these days of skyrocketing fuel prices and fossil fuel induced climate change is no longer considered cool. So why should it be cool to own a supercharged power hungry desktop or laptop computer? Is Moore's Law dead? Not according to Intel.
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Australia's "ungreen" government cans solar panel rebates
By: Stan Beer
In what must surely be the most bone-headed decision in the history of the green energy movement, the Rudd Labor Government has decided to squash the nascent local solar panel industry. The same government that paid lip service to environmental concerns by signing the Kyoto Protocol has decided to make installation of home solar panels a class issue.
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By: Stan Beer
In what must surely be the most bone-headed decision in the history of the green energy movement, the Rudd Labor Government has decided to squash the nascent local solar panel industry. The same government that paid lip service to environmental concerns by signing the Kyoto Protocol has decided to make installation of home solar panels a class issue.
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NASA links human activity with climate change
By: William Atkins
On May 14, 2008, NASA announced that a Goddard Institute for Space Science study conducted by a team of international researchers concluded climate change caused primarily by human activities has impacted many of the natural systems on Earth.
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By: William Atkins
On May 14, 2008, NASA announced that a Goddard Institute for Space Science study conducted by a team of international researchers concluded climate change caused primarily by human activities has impacted many of the natural systems on Earth.
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National Geographic rates “green” countries
By: William Atkins
The National Geographic Society conducted its "Greendex" survey to find out how environmentally friendly countries are across Earth. Sorry, U.S.—you flunked! Go stand in a corner of the world!
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By: William Atkins
The National Geographic Society conducted its "Greendex" survey to find out how environmentally friendly countries are across Earth. Sorry, U.S.—you flunked! Go stand in a corner of the world!
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