Techworld.com Green IT

Supercomputers can combat climate change, says Al Gore

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:30:00 GMT

Vital to green renewable energy says Nobel prize winner

Supercomputing technology, according to Al Gore, will help the human race reverse climate change, both by aiding the expansion of renewable energy use and by creating models that help people understand the severity of global warming.

Intel refreshes 80 core super chip

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:33:00 GMT

Experimental energy efficient processor nearing completion

Nearly two years after unveiling its experimental 80 core chip, Intel is getting ready to show off its next incarnation of a high-powered, energy efficient many-core research chip.

UK Environment Agency plans green IT programme

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:50:00 GMT

Agency outsources technology operations, sets CO2 targets

The Environment Agency for England and Wales plans to halve the carbon dioxide emissions of its IT operations through a new outsourcing deal.

NASA finds buckets of water after moon bomb

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:31:00 GMT

LCROSS probe discovers 'significant amounts' of the wet stuff

The NASA spacecraft that plowed into the moon last month have discovered what the space agency calls “significant amounts of water” on the lunar surface.

Company claims stone DVDs last 1,000 years

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:40:00 GMT

DiamonDisc boasts absurd lifespan

If you really, really need to make sure those precious photos of yours last virtually forever - or at least longer than the average two- to five-year lifespan of consumer grade DVDs, then startup Cranberry has the answer for you: a DVD that literally lasts a millennium.

Company offers power saving software for green data centres

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:13:00 GMT

Viridity helps cut server energy use

A data centre startup is exiting stealth mode with technology that reduces power and cooling costs by analysing the energy consumption of IT equipment and applications.

Motorola Droid: Four reasons to buy, and one reason to avoid

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:41:00 GMT

No iPhone killer, but Google Android is a solid alternative smartphone

The general consensus on the Motorola Droid is that while it's a very strong device, it still doesn't match the iPhone.

American government offers cash for green car

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:41:00 GMT

US agency to fund X Prize quest for fuel efficiency

The US Department of Energy has announced that it will give $5.5 million (£3.4m) from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support the X Prize Foundation’s competition to build mass production capable cars that can get at least 100 MPG.

Power company pays customers to go green

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:47:00 GMT

Toronto hydro customers get cash to use less energy

Toronto Hydro-Electric System is offering financial incentives to companies that reduce their energy consumption in data centres.

EMC, Intel promote green cloud storage

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:01:00 GMT

Vendors to design power efficient storage systems

EMC is working with Intel on a more energy efficient version of EMC's Atmos cloud storage system that should be available in the second half of next year, the companies said.

Google PowerMeter comes to UK

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:58:00 GMT

Sit in the office, check your home power consumption

British Gas customers can monitor their electricity usage using Google's online PowerMeter service.

Wireless sensors drive green data centres

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:29:00 GMT

Better metrics mean more power efficient servers

Enterprise efforts to consolidate data centres and install virtualisation software are taking a big bite out of the number of power hungry application and storage servers required to support enterprise data. But after taking this critical first step, what else can you do to boost efficiency?

Unused servers squander £15 billion a year

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:23:00 GMT

An estimated 4.75 million servers worldwide lay idle

Millions of servers around the world are doing little more than wasting energy, according to a new study.

Radio waves may be dangerous, says French government

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:30:00 GMT

Better safe than sorry

A French government agency has warned that measures should be taken to reduce everyday exposure to radio signals, even though, it said, there is no definitive proof that such signals have a negative effect on human health.

Intel builds HPC cluster with Atom chips and flash

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:06:00 GMT

Green supercomputing?

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Intel Labs have built an experimental energy-efficient computing cluster that combines flash memory and the sort of processors used in netbooks. Their name for it? Fast Array of Wimpy Nodes (FAWN).

Myspace goes green with flash drives for servers

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:08:00 GMT

New data centre storage uses 99% less power

Social networking site MySpace.com announced today that it has switched from using hard disk drives in its servers to using PCI Express (PCIe) cards loaded with solid state chips as primary storage for their data centre operations.

HP green laptops to cut power usage

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:42:00 GMT

Power Assistant software promises energy savings

Hewlett Packard is bringing new power management features to laptops that can help companies measure and cut energy costs.

LG runs ebook readers on solar power

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:52:00 GMT

Thin and light panel prototype on display

South Korea's LG Display has developed a solar panel for an ebook reader.

Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 review

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:45:00 GMT

Iomega blends ecology and economy

Iomega Thursday launched its latest network-attached storage unit, the StorCenter ix2-200. Small business owners will want to pay particular attention to this exciting, versatile, energy-efficient, and feature-rich storage device.

Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 review

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:45:00 GMT

Iomega blends ecology and economy

NetApp, VMware light up new green data centres

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:57:00 GMT

Lean, virtual data centres reduce carbon and save billions

NetApp and VMware have each built highly efficient new data centres designed to provide millions of dollars of savings on energy costs each year, the vendors announced separately this week.

Green power monitoring software tool to launch

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:57:00 GMT

'Eco-software' to cut energy use, save environment

CA is set to release a suite of "eco-software", aimed at helping organisations measure electricity consumption and other resources, and set up a governance structure to enforce and monitor designated targets.

Chamber of Commerce pens furious response to Apple

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:02:00 GMT

Cupertino is out of the club

Hell hath no fury like a US. Chamber of Commerce spurned. Perhaps that explains the business trade association’s response to Apple’s very public resignation of its membership in the group this week.

Apple quits Chamber of Commerce over greenhouse gas issues

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:33:00 GMT

Apple resigns over climate policy

Apple has resigned its membership in the US Chamber of Commerce citing opposition to the business trade organisation's stance on greenhouse gasses. The trade group has been a very vocal opponent of current legislative efforts to reduce greenhouse gasses

New mobile phone runs on alcohol fuel cell

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:26:00 GMT

KDDI shows off green energy prototype

The latest prototype cell phone based on a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) made its debut at the Ceatec show in Japan.