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Universities minister touts UK tech investment credentials

Techworld author — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:00:00 GMT

Intel yesterday announced the launch of a new research institute to promote sustainable connected cities, in collaboration with Imperial College London and University College London. The institute will become part of the newly formed Intel Labs Europe UK R&D network, which currently consists of nine research and development centres around the country.

Intel turns London into testbed for smart technologies

Sophie Curtis — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:40:00 GMT

Intel has announced the launch of a collaborative research institute to promote sustainable connected cities, in collaboration with Imperial College London and University College London.

Greenpeace infiltrates Apple's Cupertino campus protesting coal use

Karen Haslam — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:25:00 GMT

Greenpeace infiltrated Apple’s Cupertino campus this week, projecting messages from Twitter and Facebook users who are dismayed at Apple’s use of coal at the data centre that powers its cloud services.

Greenpeace infiltrates Apple's Cupertino campus protesting coal use

Karen Haslam — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:25:00 GMT

Floating robot sensors track water flow and environmental concerns

Kerry Davis — Thu, 10 May 2012 10:37:00 GMT

Researchers and graduate students who have spent years and millions of dollars developing intelligent water sensors released them into the Sacramento River yesterday, about 80 miles east of San Francisco.

Floating robot sensors track water flow and environmental concerns

Kerry Davis — Thu, 10 May 2012 10:37:00 GMT

Microsoft makes ambitious carbon neutral pledge

Mike Simons — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:13:00 GMT

Microsoft has made an ambitious pledge to be carbon neutral from July 1, the start of its 2012 financial year.

How to use FTP with an iPad

noreply@idg.co.uk (Christopher Breen) — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:05:00 GMT

Reader Gregg Andrews has an iOS device here and files there and wonders how to bring the two together. He writes:

IT can lower your carbon-footprint

Sheila Lam — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:20:00 GMT

Traditional IT roles focus on enabling business and enhancing efficiency. But at UK-based real estate consulting and management firm Knight Frank, IT project management skills into achieving the business's strategic goal - a low-carbon emission operation.

IT can lower your carbon-footprint

noreply@idg.co.uk (Sheila Lam) — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:20:00 GMT

Greenpeace asks Amazon and Microsoft: 'How clean is your cloud?'

noreply@idg.co.uk (Brandon Butler) — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:36:00 GMT

Activists at Greenpeace intensified their environmental criticism of Amazon and Microsoft today by posting signage near the Seattle offices of both companies questioning the cleanliness of the companies' clouds.

Solar-charged Panasonic batteries to power eclipse live-stream from Mt Fuji

noreply@idg.co.uk (Jay Alabaster) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:15:00 GMT

Panasonic will broadcast live a solar eclipse over Japan from the top of Mount Fuji next month, using batteries that are charged at the base using solar power and then carried up to the peak.

Verdiem system saves Staffordshire University £27,000 in power costs

Antony Savvas — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:13:00 GMT

Staffordshire University has cut its power costs by deploying a PC power management system across its campus.

Verdiem system saves Staffordshire University £27,000 in power costs

noreply@idg.co.uk (Antony Savvas) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:13:00 GMT

Staffordshire University has cut its power costs by deploying a PC power management system across its campus.

Apple contests Greenpeace's coal-fired data centre claims

noreply@idg.co.uk (Jeremy Kirk) — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:35:00 GMT

Apple is one of several companies given poor marks in a new Greenpeace report released on Tuesday called "How Clean Is Your Cloud," which analysed electricity consumption by data centres.

United Nations report promotes green broadband benefits

noreply@idg.co.uk (Derek du Preez) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:43:00 GMT

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), an agency of the United Nations, has propelled broadband to the front of the world’s green agenda by insisting that it is key to fulfilling carbon reduction commitments.

AOL drops 10,000 under-worked servers and saves £3 million

noreply@idg.co.uk (James Niccolai) — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:33:00 GMT

AOL decommissioned almost 10,000 servers and saved itself $5 million (£3 million) along the way to winning a contest that highlights the cost of running inefficient or under-utilised IT equipment.

UN and 18 African countries agree to reduce electronic waste in the region

noreply@idg.co.uk (Michael Malakata) — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:47:00 GMT

Eighteen African countries and the UN have agreed on plans to reduce electronic waste, following reports of the rising tide of electronics-related waste in the region.

Gamification driving corporate sustainability initiatives

noreply@idg.co.uk (Sophie Curtis) — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:00:00 GMT

Gamification could be the key to driving sustainability strategies within organisations, by encouraging employees to engage in social competition with each other, rather than seeing corporate environmental initiatives as a chore.

Microsoft to measure carbon impact through cloud monitoring

noreply@idg.co.uk (Anh Nguyen) — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:13:00 GMT

Microsoft is hoping to gain more insight into its carbon footprint by rolling out a cloud-based monitoring and analytics system from CarbonSystems across its offices around the world.

Microsoft to measure carbon impact through cloud monitoring

noreply@idg.co.uk (Anh Nguyen) — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:13:00 GMT

Microsoft is hoping to gain more insight into its carbon footprint by rolling out a cloud-based monitoring and analytics system from CarbonSystems across its offices around the world.

British hosting company claims to have beaten Moore's Law

noreply@idg.co.uk (Sophie Curtis) — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 06:00:00 GMT

British hosting company Memset has proved it is possible to reduce power consumption faster than Moore’s Law.

Cambridge researchers invent printer ink vaporiser

noreply@idg.co.uk (Sophie Curtis) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:17:00 GMT

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a method for removing ink from scrap paper by “unprinting” it, using lasers.

Why green IT is a turnoff - Efficient IT is the future

Sponsored by Intel — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:09:00 GMT

Tough economic times seem to have quelled the worst excesses of IT vendor Greenwash, where every new product and upgrade was claimed to be saving the planet, much to most IT professionals’ relief.

Why green IT is a turnoff - Efficient IT is the future

noreply@idg.co.uk (Sponsored by Intel) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:09:00 GMT

Tough economic times seem to have quelled the worst excesses of IT vendor Greenwash, where every new product and upgrade was claimed to be saving the planet, much to most IT professionals’ relief.