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Linux Mint 13 ramps up for KDE release

...a choice of the Mate 1.2 or Cinnamon 1.4 desktop environments. Mate is the continuation of the Gnome 2 project and is stable... Read more

25 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Report: Apple agrees to environment audit at China plant

...a jointly monitored audit with the China-based Institute of Public and Environment Affairs to look into the pollution controls implemented by one of its... Read more

16 April, 2012 by Kevin Kwang

British e-waste still being dumped in Africa

...who are involved and a lot of passing the buck," EIA global environment campaign leader Fin Walravens told ZDNet UK. The company that co-ordinates... Read more

17 May, 2011 by Tom Espiner

EU ministers set revamped WEEE targets

...at the same time reducing red tape for business. – Defra The EU Environment Council's proposed revision to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE... Read more

16 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

FCO taps Huddle for secure cloud collaboration

...for use with 'restricted' content on FCO Services's Government Secure Application Environment (GSAE). GSAE has been developed to support cloud-based working by government... Read more

22 July, 2011 by Mark Say

IBM promises virtual machines in minutes

The company has updated its cloud management tools with beta software designed to deploy virtual machines in seconds, a feature its says will free businesses from forward planning Read more

2 March, 2011 by Lucy Sherriff

Manchester wins bid to lead smart cities project

...in testing new internet-based services and applications, aimed at improving the environment and quality of life. The Smart Innovation and People project (Smart-IP... Read more

17 December, 2010 by Kable
Space station marks 10 years in service

Space station marks 10 years in service

...decontamination equipment in the Zvezda service module. Early evaluation of the internal environment during the first years on board the ISS from air, water and... Read more

1 November, 2010 by James Martin

Carbon scheme closes amid datacentre cost concerns

...participants have registered for the Carbon Reduction Commitment scheme, according to the Environment Agency, and registration has now closed. The scheme uses the threat of... Read more

1 October, 2010 by Jack Clark

EU legislators to look into chemical ban

...ban that major IT companies have been pushing for. The parliament's Environment Committee made the recommendation in a proposed revision to the Restriction of... Read more

4 June, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

UK carbon measuring centre opens in London

The UK Centre for Carbon Measurement, based at the National Physical Laboratory, will measure carbon emissions and promote green technologies Read more

27 March, 2012 by Charlie Osborne

UK researchers develop 'un-printing' laser tech

The technique, which strips ink from paper so it can be re-used, could be an environmental boon as it would reduce the need for paper recycling, the University of Cambridge researchers say Read more

15 March, 2012 by David Meyer

LG toys with eco-friendly magnesium in phones

The manufacturer has said it will replace conventional magnesium in its phones with a new alloy called eco-magnesium Read more

7 December, 2010 by Damian Koh

Facebook hits back at Greenpeace criticism

The social network company is under fire from Greenpeace over its planned giant datacentre in Oregon, but Facebook says its efficiency will be industry-leading Read more

6 September, 2010 by Martin LaMonica
Inside Capgemini's free-cooled datacentre

Inside Capgemini's free-cooled datacentre

ZDNet UK has toured Merlin, Capgemini's sustainable, modular, energy-efficient 10,000-square-foot datacentre that has plans to be scaled up to three times that capacity Read more

20 August, 2010 by Jack Clark

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

3 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

4 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

5 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

7 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

8 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

8 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

9 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

11 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

12 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

13 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

14 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

15 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

16 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

16 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

17 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

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

21 hours ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
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...

23 hours ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
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...

1 day 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...

1 day 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?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry