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MPs: Smart-meter scheme could cost consumers dear

...devices, while the government-co-ordinated drive aims to see a connected grid of 53 million smart meters replace traditional meters by 2019, at a... Read more

17 January, 2012 by David Meyer
Fusion Garage <endeca_term>Grid</endeca_term> 10 tablet in pictures

Fusion Garage Grid 10 tablet in pictures

...Fusion Garage unveiled its 10-inch Grid 10 tablet on Monday, presenting an alternative to Apple's and Google... Read more

21 August, 2011 by Donald Bell

Smart grids raise risk of cyberattack, says US expert

...Smart electricity grids present information security problems for critical national infrastructures, especially for the US... Read more

29 October, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Welsh HPC grid project signs £15m deal with Fujitsu

...to provide IT hardware, software and consultancy for a Welsh distributed supercomputing grid. HPC Wales has signed a £15m IT deal with Fujitsu to support... Read more

22 March, 2011 by Jack Clark

Virgin to help link London schools in citywide grid

Virgin Media Business has signed a framework contract with the London Grid for Learning for a network service to schools and possibly other public... Read more

28 January, 2011 by Kable

Report: Smart grids lack security features

...Smart-grid systems are being deployed without built-in security features, a new report... Read more

20 January, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Europe launches 200,000 computer research grid

...computing network of 200,000 desktop computers. The Commission launched the European Grid Infrastructure (EGI) project on Tuesday. The EGI, which has been ramping up... Read more

14 September, 2010 by Jack Clark

Cisco, Itron collaborate on IP-based smart grids

...meter maker Itron to advance Internet Protocol-based communications for the power grid. The two companies will create a reference design for using the IPv6... Read more

2 September, 2010 by Martin LaMonica

Siemens buys eMeter for smart-grid software

...on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Siemens buys eMeter's smart grid 'big data' software on CNET News. Get the latest technology news and... Read more

6 December, 2011 by Martin LaMonica

Electrode material holds promise of 30-year batteries

...given details of a new electrode material they claim holds promise for grid storage batteries that can work for 30 years without a dramatic decline... Read more

24 November, 2011 by Martin LaMonica

Chilean power plant to get giant battery

...Systems announced on Monday that it will supply a 20MW battery for grid storage in northern Chile. AES Gener, a division of US-based power... Read more

8 February, 2011 by Martin LaMonica
Ocean power innovations make a splash

Ocean power innovations make a splash

...first version of the Oyster, which is now generating electricity to the grid off the coast of Scotland. When moved by the waves, the machine... Read more

9 November, 2010 by Martin LaMonica

IEEE kick-starts energy storage push

...Electronics Engineers announced on Monday the creation of a standards efforts for grid storage and another for measuring greenhouse gas reductions from renewable energy and... Read more

26 October, 2010 by Martin LaMonica
Gearing up the UK for the smart <endeca_term>grid</endeca_term>

Gearing up the UK for the smart grid

...that has to be physically read on-premises.The UK's smart grid is looking to solve high-level insecurity, but also privacy and personal... Read more

5 October, 2010 by David Meyer

Cisco buys sensor maker Arch Rock

...sensor maker Arch Rock, a move that beefs up Cisco's smart-grid and data centre businesses. San Francisco-based Arch Rock makes a system... Read more

3 September, 2010 by Martin LaMonica

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apexwm

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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...

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Jack Schofield

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

4 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...

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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...

8 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

9 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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