Though it pulled the plug on PowerMeter, Google’s still bullish on green technology. Today, two must-read links offer a glimpse into the company’s interest in cleantech, notably its market potential. But it will be all for naught if the public remain disinterested in the climate sciences. Luckily, Google’s tackling that, too. Google: Delaying Clean Energy […]
Archives for June 2011
E-waste bills hit Capitol Hill
Earlier today, I featured this story at CIO.com in the Top 10 about the Responsible Electronic Recycling Act, which places explicit restrictions on e-waste, closing loopholes that allows recyclers to pick off the choice parts from discarded electronics and ship off the rest. The hope is to stop the deplorable environmental and health conditions at […]
In case of emergency, EDV-01 is green containerized living
Shipping containers are revolutionizing data center construction. They have even sparked a neat, inexpensive, and often awe-inspiring, sustainable housing niche. Now one one firm is taking the container concept down a different path, one that’s in keeping with the “Future City” theme of the upcoming Little Tokyo Design Week in Los Angeles. Daiwa House Group […]
Today’s 10 – Facebook gives new meaning to cold aisles
Today: Facebook discovers that its servers can take the heat resulting in cold aisles that are anything but. Also, Feds grab Instapaper’s server; startups take aim at cloud-unfriendly relational databases; and SolidFire plans SSD arrays that it says will (paradoxically) lead to lower data storage costs. Intriguing! All that, plus IBM’s HUGE energy savings in […]
Harry Potter coming to e-readers
Big e-book news today, though a little too late for the many, many trees that were claimed by J.K. Rowling’s best-selling series (450 million copies!). Harry Potter’s coming to an e-reader near you. And in a move that’s sure spark breathless analysis of the book publishing industry, Rowling is publishing the e-books herself. The buzz […]
Nuclear Japan: The data center industry’s energy wake up call?
I’ve resisted linking the terrible earthquake in Japan to the topics of clean energy and green IT mainly because of the scope of the disaster and the terrible suffering it wrought. That, and the country’s ongoing nuclear energy hardships speak for themselves. But now, as Japanese businesses work to return to normalcy, some interesting after […]
Term of the Day: Conservation Photography
Maybe it’s because I’m still reeling from yesterday’s mind-blowing announcement from Lytro (light-field tech for the masses, please don’t be vaporware), but I’ve got photography on my mind. So much so that I dusted off my DSLR yesterday, brushed up on some basics and made tentative plans to soak up some of this summer’s sights […]
Today’s 10 – ARM and AMD have tongues wagging
Today, some rumblings indicate that notebook manufacturers may be falling out of love with Intel and into ARM’s, well, arms! SemiAccurate has an interesting analysis that points to some potentially interesting tech coming from ARM and AMD. Also, cloud security and disaster recovery are attracting talent and attention; Microsoft’s looking beyond single-server virtualization; and Google […]
Green gadget alert: Samsung’s solar netbook arrives in July
News that Russia was getting Samsung’s NC215S — a 10.1-inch netbook with a built-in solar panel — in August was great and a little disappointing at the same time. Don’t eco-conscious netbook users stateside deserve some love? It turns out Samsung plans to release the NC215S in the U.S. in a few short weeks, July […]
DoD’s strategy for a greener military
It takes a lot of fuel to keep the U.S. military going, a fact that’s not lost on the Department of Defense (DoD). So the agency has crafted a plan called the “Operational Energy Strategy” that aims to dramatically improve efficiency and produce it own sources of energy — which includes renewables — both at […]
