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Green tech expert clarifies data center heat discussion

Just wanted to pop in a quick update/observation from a reader regarding my "Some like it hot" post the other day. He wanted to clarify my reference to the Arrhenius equation, which I used after the Sun exec I interviewed for the story used it to illustrate what we were...

Tags: Data Center, Green Technology, Degree, Green Tech Expert, Arrhenius, Data Centers, Storage, Semiconductors, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-01-08

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One more voice AGAINST geo-engineering to combat global warming

Fuller, you are spamming ZDNet.Every day your alarmist short blurbs, without any intelligent analysis, becomes boring.Have you ever considered taking a real job?Oh, btw, what happened to your standard 'disclaimer'? Wrong on that also?And what is it, global warming or climate change? You keep on flip flopping.Seriously, get an honorable...

Tags: geo-engineering, global warming, everyday live, green technology, too-often

Discussion threads 2009-08-09

News to know: AOL; Microsoft; Apple; SAP; Google

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Time Warner preps for AOL spin-off; Google's 5% stake worth $283 million Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft: European...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, America Online Inc., SAP AG, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Palm Pre, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-07-28

News to know: Apple, iPhone 3GS; Google Voice; Blu-ray; Bartz

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason Hiner: Apple thumbs nose at Palm, reports 1 million iPhone 3G S units sold in 3 days CNBC:...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Information Technology, Voice, Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Blu-ray, Carrier Strength, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-23

News to know: Neeris, Sun-IBM, Storm 2, Sprint ad

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dancho Danchev: Conficker worm's copycat Neeris spreading over IM Sam Diaz: Report: Sun and IBM clashed over executive...

Tags: Apple Xserve, Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Information Technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sprint Communications, IBM Corp., 3G, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Strategy, Open Source, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-08

ZDNet's Tax Refund Special for Tax Year 2008

It's the economy, stupid...but that doesn't mean you can't live a little when Uncle Sam hands you your own money once you've filed your taxes this year. The average tax refund in 2008 was $2,429, according to the IRS. We here at ZDNet...

Tags: Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-11

News to know: Palm Pre, Windows 7, CES

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Matthew Miller: Welcome Palm Web OS, now what happens with Palm OS 5 applications? Sam Diaz: Palm's Pre and OS: Home-run announcements at CES Matthew Miller:...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Palm Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Windows, Phishing, Operating Systems, Web Site Development, Software, Security, Spam And Phishing, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-09

Forced to think about a career change? Here are some greentech job links

One of the best Christmas gifts that my husband and I could have received came in the form of news last night from one of his childhood friends that she's going to be starting a new job after the New Year. She has been out of work for several months...

Tags: Job, Compensation, Clean Technology, Professional Development, Benefits, Recruitment & Selection, Career, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-12-24

Xerox's simple list of green-tech tips: Focused on my favorite vice, paper

You may have read a little bit yesterday about a new service from Xerox, one centered on its new Sustainability Calculator. Well, I resisted the urge to link to those items because I actually spent some time this morning with Patricia Calkins, Xerox vice president of Environment, Health and Safety,...

Tags: Sustainability, Xerox Corp., Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-03-26

News to know: Adobe launches AIR 1.0; Private IE 8 beta; Apple IIc; Jeremy Allison

Notable headlines: Adobe to launch AIR 1.0 Techmeme. Putting terabytes of memory into servers, the cheap way Mary Jo Foley: Private IE 8 beta 1 test build coming soon Richard Stiennon: Pakistan removed...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Jeremy Allison, Apple Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Beta, Internet, Wireless LANs, E-mail Providers, Open Source, Wireless, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-25

Porn companies challenged by Internet sites

Porn companies challenged by Internet sitesAh, a victim of it's own successin both the freedom in expansion and the push in improved/used technologies, the question is how hard to come down on the users and providers without losing mainstream interest and support, especially in a world of growing amateur and...

Tags: adult film industry, Internet, Internet-site, Porn company

Discussion threads 2008-01-13

Building from the ground up? These books on constructing green homes are for you

Two dear friends just moved down to Florida, much to the chagrin of my husband, who has been a Jersey boy all his life. For now, they're in a condo, but eventually they plan to build. So this blog's for them. There are two different builders out...

Tags: Green Technology, Site, Florida, Home, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-01-05

Eight reasons SaaS will surge in 2008

The coming year is going to be a pivotal one for anyone involved in software-as-a-service. For everyone else, it's going to be the year when SaaS becomes impossible to ignore. Here's why. It's all about services. I'll start my list by repeating the prediction I made at...

Tags: Web, Software-as-a-service, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-01-02

Bragging rights: Chicago emerges as green data center powerhouse

From a tech industry standpoint, one big side effect of the software as a service SaaS movement will be the build-out of massive data centers capable of scaling to handle ever-growing user traffic. That doesn’t sound so green now, does it? No wonder Google refuses to reveal...

Tags: Data Center, Chicago, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2007-12-15

News to know: PDF attacks; Amazon; Green Grid; NetSuite

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Attack of the PDFs. Zero-day flaw in Macrovision DRM app under attack. Robin Harris: Google's 650,000-core warehouse-size computer. Images: Tracking California's wildfires right. Qualcomm shuts headquarters amid Calif. fires. Heather Clancy: Green Grid tech...

Tags: Facebook, Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Adobe PDF, Start-up, NetSuite Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Qualcomm Inc., Microsoft Corp., Grid, Verizon Wireless, Blu-ray, Department Of Energy, Attack, Smart Phones, Data Centers, Entrepreneurship, Cellular Phones, Security, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management

Blog posts 2007-10-24

News to know: Office Live Workspace; Leopard; Web 2.0 Summit; Digital media ethics

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Get a sneak peek of Microsoft's Office Live Workspace service. Gallery right. Ryan Stewart: Silverlight as the driver for Microsoft's services. Ryan Naraine: Memory randomization ALSR coming to Mac OS X Leopard. Dan Farber @ Web...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Digital Media, Microsoft Office Live, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., Ethics, Business Ethics, Web 2.0, Microsoft Office, Leadership, Management, Internet, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-10-18

Tech support service seeks to green-optimize your PC

How can you run your PC in the most green-efficient way possible? Tech support company iYogi (based in Gurgaon, India, with offices in New York) this week is introducing a service called Green PC that optimizes the energy usage of desktops and notebooks. ...

Tags: PC, Service, iYogi, Once-You-Own, Desktops, Hardware, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2007-10-17

AMD details roadmap beyond Barcelona

AMD details roadmap beyond BarcelonaI don't know if that will be enoughAMD will have to come up with something truly phenominal to take back their market share. Part of the problem is that Intel hasn't been tripping up like they were in the past when AMD got ahead in...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., HyperTransport, AMD IS

Discussion threads 2007-07-26

OSI to defend open source definition aggressively

OSI to defend open source definition aggressivelyProps, DanaI don't read Tiemann's piece as "ripping you a new one" at all. Seems to me he's giving you credit for pointing out a problem. Put another way, you're the messenger.On the other hand, "aggressive defense" with no teeth is very...

Tags: Centric CRM, open source, OSI, Dana

Discussion threads 2007-06-21

News to know: New Blackberry patent; AMD hypocrisy; 8-core Mac Pro; Nokia N95

Notable headlines: Russell Shaw: Major new Blackberry patent.Jason OGrady: Apple release octo-core Mac Pro. Photos: 8-core Mac Pro left. George Ou: Apple bursts out. Apple flunks green tech test.Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft cranks up its Open XML standardization campaign. Vista branding is confusing, but is it criminal? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes on...

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Blog posts 2007-04-05