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Is VoIP burning up your wiring closet?: That's a converged networks wiring closet, from enterprise networks solutions provider Foundry Networks. According to an article in Network World, the temperatures in wiring closets typically used for IP phone AP power supplies can be so high as to be risky.The problem is that in the typical wiring closet, you've...; Tags: BTU; Blog posts 2006-04-13
Hybrid-car tinkerers scoff at no-plug-in rule: Hybrid-car tinkerers scoff at no-plug-in ruleMaybe it's not a good idea to......reprint the cover story of the NY times technology section. Don't get me wrong; I'm all for disseminating information, but usually when articles are reprinted, it's not the verbatim copy of a main article of another publication.AlternativesIt's...; Tags: Engineering, Electric-car, Oil Prices, battery, BTU, gasoline, Toyota Motor Corp.; Discussion threads 2005-04-05
Sun to revamp blade servers in 2006: Sun to revamp blade servers in 2006Blades = red herringDoes anyone actually use blades? Having a single rack with HUNDREDS of cable connections and THOUSANDS of BTUs of heat has kept us from doing this.Huh?A lot of larger companies do use them. I know that the IBM blades have very...; Tags: Blade servers, Utility computing, Servers, Network technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., server, blade, BTU, blade server; Discussion threads 2005-02-03

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Discover this: "Discover" and its own carbon footprint: "Discover" Magazine profiled their own publication's carbon footprint. Here's the whole article, a brave move not likely to be popular among mag publishers. Here's some of what they found: "Two and one-tenth pounds of carbon dioxide. That is our best estimate of what is emitted...; Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Ton, DISCOVER, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-30
The Ultimate Unit Converter (exe): The Ultimate Unit Converter helps you to convert lbs to kg, celcius to farenheit, deg to rad, mb to gb, kilometers to miles,gallons to litres,watts to btu, days to months, barrels to bushels, mole to kilomole, metric conversion, imperial conversion, and plus much more. This unit conversion makes it easy...; Tags: Conversion, File Splitter, Engineering, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software; Software downloads 2008-04-30

Ethernet Power Study of Cisco and Competitive Products: Every Ethernet switch requires electricity to function. Efficiency is the measure of power relative to amount of work performed. When products use more power to perform the same amount of work, they are by definition less efficient. Low efficiency creates increased costs for a customer. Other factors that should be...; Tags: Power Consumption, Cisco Systems Inc., Dissipation, Ethernet, Networking; White papers 2008-04-01
Nanotechnology-based clean hydrogen for cars: Nanotechnology-based clean hydrogen for carsI don't get it[i]The most interesting part of the story is that the existing gas stations would not need to be modified to distribute hydrogen.[/i]I thought H2 is in gas form at normal temperature and pressure.How can they use an existing fuel pump to pump H2...; Tags: Liquid Nitrogen, hydrogen tank, nanotechnology, Combustion, hydrogen, O2 Plc.; Discussion threads 2008-02-27
Heat in a cold climate: If you want to build a better home heating system, it would make sense to look to folks who've dealt with real winters. Global warming does NOT promise to do away entirely with sub-freezing temperatures on this planet. So a company in a cold climate is...; Tags: Cold Calling, Sales Tools, Strategy, Sales, Management, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-11-25
Thank you, taxpayer, for building my new nuc: Thank you, taxpayer, for building my new nucEvery man, woman, child for himselfThe nuclear renaissance reminds me of the Titanic; all the media was saying how unsinkable the ship was, then it sank!So far I've read the argument by both sides of the issue: safety , terrorist threats, nuclear proliferation,...; Tags: Government, Taxes, Free trade, Games, renaissance, reactor, new nuc, nuc, taxpayer, nuclear energy, uranium; Discussion threads 2007-10-08
Application virtualization and green computing: As mentioned in my post titled, Virtualization and Green Computing, green computing the industry catch phrase for finding ways to make the most efficient use of computing resources. In this post, I'd like to look at application virtualization and the role it plays in green computing.Application virtualization, by the...; Tags: application virtualization, Green Computing, virtualization; Blog posts 2007-05-23
Processing virtualization and green computing: As mentioned in my post titled, Virtualization and Green Computing, green computing the industry catch phrase for finding ways to make the most efficient use of computing resources. In this post, I'd like to look at processing virtualization and the role it plays in green computing. Processing virtualization, by the...; Tags: virtualization, virtual processing software, Green Computing; Blog posts 2007-05-20
Storage virtualization and green computing: As mentioned in my post titled, Virtualization and Green Computing, green computing the industry catch phrase for finding ways to make the most efficient use of computing resources. In this post, I'd like to look at storage virtualization and the role it plays in green computing.Storage virtualization, by the way,...; Tags: Green Computing, virtual storage software, virtualization; Blog posts 2007-05-17
Silicon Valley gone dark - day two: I certainly hope your weekend was better than mine. The weather here in Silicon Valley is at peak levels over 100 degrees and the power in our neighborhood along with tens of thousands of others went out. Last I heard, there were about 60,000 customers affected though some...; Tags: Lowes; Blog posts 2006-07-24
Ford unveils hybrid research SUV: Ford unveils hybrid research SUVBeing from the Midwest...I see Ethanol at stations, but generally in the 10% blend. EF85 would be a better mix. This would be especially good for all the farmers that are getting paid not to produce corn. The most sickening part of this...; Tags: Food & Beverage, SUV, Hybrid-car, Ford Motor Co., Firestone; Discussion threads 2006-01-26
ArchiTech (EXE): Use this powerful but easy to use program to do an accurate energy audit of your home or business. It pinpoints many effective ways to reduce your utility bills. There are sample projects and a free 100 page book BTU Bill's Guide to Energy Conservation to help you get the...; Tags: Program, Construction, Healthcare, Financial Accounting, Finance; Software downloads 2005-12-02
Intel changes the clock: Intel changes the clockOh no!"Get ready for a huge advertising campaign where Intel plays up the energy savings and extra battery life"No, please! Not more stupid "blue guys" commercials! Maybe if they made them at least a little different for once, it wouldn't be so painful. Maybe...; Tags: Processors, 64-bit, Network technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., CPU; Discussion threads 2005-08-26
AMD power usage trumps Intel -- but does anyone care?: AMD power usage trumps Intel -- but does anyone care?I care, and the Pentium M is Intel's secret weaponJoel,Nice work and thanks for that link which measures CPU power consumption. I'll have to see if they include Pentium M numbers.I do have a comment. You're absolutely right that...; Tags: Processors, Servers, Pentium M architecture, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Pentium M, Intel Pentium, processor; Discussion threads 2005-08-03
Making big iron from lots of little iron: Making big iron from lots of little ironMaking big iron from lots of little ironCorrect me if I'm wrong here, but doesn't the 16 processor server perform better than the 8 dual processor servers clusted because of the I/O in the hardware?Don't get me wrong, saving 1/3rd is quite a...; Tags: Blade servers, Utility computing, Servers, Palms, blade, Xserver G5, rack, hardware, power connection; Discussion threads 2004-12-16
RIAA embarks on new round of piracy suits: RIAA embarks on new round of piracy suitsNote to selfQuit loaning out your PCs to all those young attractive college students that install KaZaa .ahh yes..."The RIAA declined to comment on the studies, saying that different groups used different methodologies, and that it was impossible to compare them accurately. Its...; Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Network technology, RIAA, music; Discussion threads 2004-01-21
New blood joins supercomputer ranking: New blood joins supercomputer rankingGreat news for Apple and the Mac!For years one of the major complaints against the Mac has been price. Now you can create a super computer cluster using Mac's and actually save money over other options! So it follows that G5 Mac's will be...; Tags: Performance management, Processors, Apple Inc., performance, supercomputer, Intel Corp.; Discussion threads 2003-11-17

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BTU International Inc.: BTU International is a supplier of thermal processing equipment to the electronics manufacturing and energy generation markets. Co. manufactures reflow furnaces for printed circuit board...; BTU International Inc. company page on BNET »