items tagged with Environment
How much would you pay to sit on a PlayStation 2?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Sustainability
Category: Green IT
2008-09-02 14:36:06
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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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Sustainability
Category: Green IT
2008-09-02 14:36:06
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!
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Sustainability
Category: Alternative energies
2008-08-14 05:52:33
A new report from the UK Renewable Fuels Agency admits that only 19 percent of biofuels meet environmental standards...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Sustainability
Category: Alternative energies
2008-08-14 05:52:33
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
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2008-08-03 09:38:41
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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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2008-08-03 09:38:41
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
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Mobiles
2008-07-08 16:56:54
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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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Mobiles
2008-07-08 16:56:54
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
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2008-07-02 08:19:48
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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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2008-07-02 08:19:48
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?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-26 09:14:48
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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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-26 09:14:48
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
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-06-23 18:12:45
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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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-06-23 18:12:45
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
Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: PC\'s
2008-06-20 02:32:22
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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Written By: Mike Bantick
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: PC\'s
2008-06-20 02:32:22
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?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2008-06-13 16:22:41
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2008-06-13 16:22:41
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
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-06-07 21:31:39
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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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-06-07 21:31:39
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
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-06-06 02:28:10
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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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-06-06 02:28:10
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2008-05-21 13:46:27
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2008-05-21 13:46:27
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
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2008-05-08 08:14:47
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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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2008-05-08 08:14:47
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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Where’s my electric Bambino, dude?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-27 22:59:28
The Fiat 500, said to be ‘car of the year’ in the UK, is as cute as a button – just like it was back in 1957, when it first appeared. But where’s the electric version that would make this car glide, instead of sputter?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-27 22:59:28
The Fiat 500, said to be ‘car of the year’ in the UK, is as cute as a button – just like it was back in 1957, when it first appeared. But where’s the electric version that would make this car glide, instead of sputter?
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Tree-planting Ecocho search engine dumped by Google
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-24 00:06:02
The eco-friendly Ecocho website, promising to plant trees in return for users searching through the Ecocho search front-end, has had to stop using Google as the search results provider due to a violation of Google’s AdSense policies. Instead, Ecocho has been forced to use the far less popular Yahoo search technology, vastly diminishing its potential popularity.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-24 00:06:02
The eco-friendly Ecocho website, promising to plant trees in return for users searching through the Ecocho search front-end, has had to stop using Google as the search results provider due to a violation of Google’s AdSense policies. Instead, Ecocho has been forced to use the far less popular Yahoo search technology, vastly diminishing its potential popularity.
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Smallest Dell PC yet goes eco-friendly with bamboo
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-23 20:46:50
Dell’s eponymous CEO, Michael Dell, has unveiled his smallest, ‘never before seen’ eco-PC – which comes with a curvy bamboo casing. Is it a Mac Mini competitor, a way to jump on the green bandwagon or the start of a whole new successful line of environmentally friendly PCs?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-23 20:46:50
Dell’s eponymous CEO, Michael Dell, has unveiled his smallest, ‘never before seen’ eco-PC – which comes with a curvy bamboo casing. Is it a Mac Mini competitor, a way to jump on the green bandwagon or the start of a whole new successful line of environmentally friendly PCs?
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Fuji Xerox celebrates 30 years, goes greener and updates logo
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-22 01:51:44
Last week, Fuji Xerox celebrated the 30th year of the laser printer with several new models, including colour lasers, LED and Phaser ‘solid ink’ printers. Although there are some consumer models, most are aimed at business and enterprise, with new ‘green’ models aimed at separating Fuji Xerox from the rest of the printing pack.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-22 01:51:44
Last week, Fuji Xerox celebrated the 30th year of the laser printer with several new models, including colour lasers, LED and Phaser ‘solid ink’ printers. Although there are some consumer models, most are aimed at business and enterprise, with new ‘green’ models aimed at separating Fuji Xerox from the rest of the printing pack.
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Don’t recycle your CDMA mobile at a Telstra store!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-21 03:18:19
Telstra is asking CDMA customers to hand in their old CDMA phones at Telstra shops and dealers around Australia so they can be recycled for valuable materials, rather than end up in landfill as an inconvenient pollutant. But why recycle them at a Telstra store – when your local school – and the environment – needs them more?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-21 03:18:19
Telstra is asking CDMA customers to hand in their old CDMA phones at Telstra shops and dealers around Australia so they can be recycled for valuable materials, rather than end up in landfill as an inconvenient pollutant. But why recycle them at a Telstra store – when your local school – and the environment – needs them more?
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Plant trees as you search the net
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-04-16 03:26:32
What is claimed to be the world's first 'green' search engine that offsets carbon emissions with no cost to the user has launched in Australia and 14 countries around the world.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-04-16 03:26:32
What is claimed to be the world's first 'green' search engine that offsets carbon emissions with no cost to the user has launched in Australia and 14 countries around the world.
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Earth’s only lungless frog caught between rock and hard place
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-04-07 13:58:43
A little flat-headed frog from Borneo, thought to be extinct, has been re-discovered. And, the most interesting thing about the frog is that it is an amphibian but does not have lungs for breathing, but instead breathes through its skin.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-04-07 13:58:43
A little flat-headed frog from Borneo, thought to be extinct, has been re-discovered. And, the most interesting thing about the frog is that it is an amphibian but does not have lungs for breathing, but instead breathes through its skin.
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