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Microsoft refocuses Hohm energy-efficiency web app

...Disappointed with the uptake of its Hohm web application for home energy efficiency, Microsoft is shifting the product focus to emphasise electric-vehicle charging, according... Read more

6 April, 2011 by Martin LaMonica

IBM unveils 'smart building' software

...Intelligent Building Management software, which collects and analyses information to improve energy efficiency and maintenance in buildings. The software, unveiled at an event in New... Read more

9 June, 2011 by Martin LaMonica

Europe looks to smart meters to hit energy target

...electronics to help get Europe back on course to meet its energy-efficiency target. The European Commission has formulated a plan to introduce smart meters... Read more

10 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

IBM strikes deal with Cabinet Office on service costs

...become the latest supplier to sign a 'memorandum of understanding' about providing efficiencies in its business with central government. The firm's announcement of its... Read more

24 November, 2010 by Kable

People Power checks energy with embedded chip

...Energy Services Platform, to monitor and control plugged-in devices for better efficiency. People Power is targeting manufacturers with its networking chip which can be... Read more

24 November, 2010 by Martin LaMonica

Companies must back mobility, says analyst

...a different mindset when creating mobile applications, encompassing added focus on data efficiency and security, according to an Ovum analyst. In an interview with ZDNet... Read more

16 November, 2010 by Liau Yun Qing

Facebook hits back at Greenpeace criticism

...countered by saying its newest datacentre will be a model of energy efficiency. On Wednesday, Greenpeace executive director Kumi Naidoo sent a letter sent to... Read more

6 September, 2010 by Martin LaMonica

Greenpeace slams Amazon over green datacentre efforts

...s largest IT companies across four metrics: energy transparency; infrastructure siting; energy efficiency and greenhouse-gas mitigation; and renewables and advocacy. It also provided a... Read more

18 April, 2012 by Jack Clark

Nvidia boss: Power limits shape supercomputing

...the SC11 conference on supercomputing in Seattle, Huang said that increasing energy efficiency of high-end computers is needed to continue pushing the limits of... Read more

16 November, 2011 by Martin LaMonica

Government body can intervene in failing projects

...unrealistic delivery timetables." Maude said the MPA, which is part of the Efficiency and Reform Group, will look at projects such as the Rural Payments... Read more

4 April, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Singapore links with HP on datacentre benchmarks

...guide the development of standards, policies and programmes to improve datacentre energy efficiency, the company said. For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see... Read more

11 March, 2011 by Vivian Yeo

IT bosses: foreign workers are good for UK tech

...separate address, Ian Watmore, the chief operating officer of the government's Efficiency and Reform Group (ERG), told the conference why it would be a... Read more

4 February, 2011 by Nick Heath

Cabinet Office appoints interim digital services boss

...will remain in the role while structural plans are developed for the Efficiency and Reform Group (ERG), under whose umbrella the government's IT strategy... Read more

10 January, 2011 by Kable

CES: Green Plug chip aims for efficient digital power

...Electronics Show, which the company hopes will digitise power supplies and increase efficiency Read more

6 January, 2011 by Martin LaMonica

Intel to start making 22nm chips for others

...strengths and lead in process technology offers leadership cost, performance and power-efficiency benefits, giving Intel and our manufacturing customers such as Achronix an opportunity... Read more

2 November, 2010 by David Meyer

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

8 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

15 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

16 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

17 hours ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

20 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

21 hours ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

21 hours ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

24 hours ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

1 day ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

1 day ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

1 day ago by NarayanaIyyappan on IPv6 security: Plan now and quiz vendors
DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

1 day ago by DarkDown on Stallman: Free software battling for hearts and minds
Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

2 days ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

2 days ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

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Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

3 days ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

3 days ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

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