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- Can coal be clean?
- At the AlwaysOn GoingGreen conference in Sausalito, Calif., Tim Vail of Synthesis Energy says a mix of solutions is needed to solve our energy problems. Erik Straser of Mohr Davidow Ventures adds that although we do have natural resources still available to us, new technologies are needed to extract them...
- Tags: fossil fuel, coal, oil alternatives, green, Going Green, energy, technology, resources
- Videos 2008-09-18
- Going green with DC power
- Going green with DC powerDiscussion on January 10, 2008 "Energy Camp"This very topic is going to be discussed in great detail at a free event in SF called Energy Camp right before MacWorld. For those interested, check out www.openeco.org/energycamp -- Its backed by Sun Microsystems so I'm expecting them to...
- Tags: Energy Camp, Going Green, DC Power
- Discussion threads 2007-12-19
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- American auto industry low on fuel and popular support
- After today's Senate hearings the Detroit Big Three are nowhere nearer getting any federal aid than they were after their last visit. Whatever you may think of the automakers "plan" to change and become viable, there is no plan in the Senate itself that would lead to a bill that...
- Tags: Car, Automobile Company, Detroit, Industry, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- News to know: Adobe; Windows 7; Sun; SOA; Apple
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: A plea to the Windows team: Don't make Windows 7 too Mac-like Microsoft disparages open-source TCO with year-old case study Michael...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Antivirus, Sun Microsystems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Home Entertainment, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Linux, Web Services, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Live Webcast: Energy Efficient Data Centers - Lower Costs, Greener Outcomes
- The centerpiece of the industry's current focus on green IT is the corporate data center, the most visible energy hog in the IT landscape. Many companies are convinced they need to make their data center more efficient, but are unsure of which steps to pursue, and in what sequence. ...
- Tags: Data Center, Webcast, PC Connection Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- Webcasts 2008-12-04
- Car makers could learn from chip industry and unleash a wave of innovation
- The single most important development in the chip industry was not a new technology it was a new business process. In 1987 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company TSMC was formed, it was a chip company with a difference--it would make chips for other chip companies. This was...
- Tags: Innovation, Car, Industry, Chip, Tesla Roadster, Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- White paper: Green IT is not just about power consumption
- Did you know that moving from a three-year PC lifecycle to a four-year one could save about $325 per PC? Or that the number could hit $500 per PC, if you extend that lifespan by just another year? Now, multiple that by 1,000 computers. Or 10,000. That's...
- Tags: Asset, Information Technology, Green IT, Power Consumption, Asset Management, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Save water, save energy, save money, save manpower
- Click to see full image. Remotely directed irrigation controller. Courtesy HydroPoint. Moving water around uses a lot of energy in the United States and many other agricultural nations. A Petaluma, California, firm is selling digital control systems that can save both water and...
- Tags: Courtesy HydroPoint, Weathertrak, Paul Ciandrini, Caindrini, Roi/Tco, Cellular Phones, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Roadmap: Open source to take over mainstream IT
- Open source-based IT jobs will grow and the cloud will be ubiquitous, as long as the community takes certain steps, according to a roadmap from the Open World Forum. Within the next 12 years, 40 percent of IT jobs will be related to open source, and open-source-based cloud computing...
- Tags: Information Technology, Floss, open source, cloud, Floss Roadmap, Open World Forum, predictions, Peter Judge ZDNet.co.uk
- News items 2008-12-03
- Extranet collaboration platforms - coming soon, but many-to-many problem remains
- In our conversations with many information and knowledge management professionals, it's clear that their distributed and multicompany teams need better extranet collaboration tools. And they feel the problem is only getting worse as companies go virtual, global, distributed, outsourced, green, travel-less, and partnered, thus driving the need...
- Tags: Extranet, PBwiki, Thomson Reuters Messaging, Networking, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Ted Schadler
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Should you run your laptop on battery or charger power?
- An interesting article in Slate by Jacob Leibenluft the other day asks a simple question: Do you save more energy keeping your laptop plugged in during use, or should you use your charger only after the battery runs out of juice? It's a complicated...
- Tags: Battery, AC Power, Laptop Computer, Engineering, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- The Green Enterprise: PARC VP: Lowering costs with clean tech
- Scott Elrod, VP of the hardware systems lab at PARC, says that lowering costs is key in clean tech. By looking at their ink jet technology and applying it to solar cells, the company was able to come up with a lower price per watt—making solar an even more cost-effective...
- Tags: Inkjet Printer, VP, Xerox PARC, Clean Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- News to know: Mac malware, Windows 7, Netbooks, Google
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adam O'Donnell: Despite what blogs and Apple say, Macs will eventually have malware Ed Bott: Windows 7 Beta 1 to arrive January 13? Andrew...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Data Center, Microsoft Windows 7, Malware, Data Centers, Storage, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Richard Solo 1200 - Backup Battery with Flashlight
- If you own an Apple iPhone 3G and use it relentlessly throughout the day, you've probably noticed its battery life often does not last as long as you would like. This is acceptable with something like a music player, but for a cell phone, it's a little more important for...
- Tags: Engineering, backup, battery, Apple iPhone, Richard
- Product reviews 2008-12-02
- Doh! HP has some "green" data center news, too
- Sometimes, I SWEAR that companies put out green IT-ish press releases on the same day just to divert attention from their rivals. So, here's the thing, after writing about Dell's latest data center proclamations and new optimization services this morning, I would be remiss not to point to some of...
- Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Google analyst sees falling revenue and board conflict
- Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry predicts Google's revenue will fall in the next two years and the company is about to hit its adolescent stage with board conflicts and layoffs. In a research note, Chowdhry lays out the case. The gist: The economy is putting pressure...
- Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Board, Trip Chowdhry, Contacts, VC, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Dell applies its own data center lessons to new green IT services
- As a business society, we've been pretty much used to thinking of information technology as a disposable asset. Even data centers were built with a 10-year lifespan in mind, which means a lot of the work done and systems deployed around the year 2000 is quickly reaching that maturity point....
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- IT faces 'dire shortage' of core skills, study
- IT faces 'dire shortage' of core skills, studyBSThere is no shortage of core IT skills, there is a shortage of people willing to pay for them.Auditing, project mgt, are overwhelmingly financed, while IT skills, or any operational skill for that matter, are considered to be of little value and...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Workstations, information technology, core skill, dire shortage, IT Skills
- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
- Canon FaxPhone L90
- Canon FaxPhone L90very good product from the canon.Canon L90 fax phone. Fax phone L-90 combines the performance of a laser facsimile and laser printer together for small business or personal on the table. With the latest fax capabilities and 15 pages per minute laser printer. This style of low-profile function...
- Tags: Canon Inc., fax, laser
- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
- Welcome to MegaTom
- Tom Raftery, analyst at Greenmonk and another Irregular pinged me this morning to let me know about a new community: MegaTom. Born out of an idea from Gavin Starks and Simon Wardley, MegaTom seeks to act as the hub around which people can discuss the many green issues facing our...
- Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Tom, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
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