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  • Commodore 64 to make a comeback?

    It's designed to take up far less room, and use far less energy, than any other desktop computer," Commodore USA said. The vintage Commodore 64 personal computer is getting a makeover, with a new design and some of the latest computing technologies…
    19 March 2010
    Tags: Usa • Steve • Panel • International • Games • Discussion

  • Microsoft Windows architect says ditch the kernel

    The key may not be in throwing more energy into refining techniques such as parallel programming, but rather rethinking the basic abstractions that make up the operating systems model.Today's computers don't get enough performance out of their…
    19 March 2010
    Tags: Techniques • Programming • Dave • Cpus • Cpu • Architect

  • Green wireless dev kit helps cut power use

    Startup introduces developer's kit for building systems to help reduce energy consumption in buildings Startup People Power this week is introducing a wireless application development platform that is centered on home deployments and the green…
    16 March 2010
    Tags: Kit • Energy • Embedded • Consumption • Buildings • Agency

  • HP, IBM and Dell launch servers with Intel Xeon 5600 chips

    Users will be able to throw more workloads to maintain higher server utilisation rates.That should help consolidate servers, especially in data centres, where virtualisation drives high server utilisation rates, McCarron said.The reduction of…
    16 March 2010
    Tags: Virtual Machines • Utilisation • Rates • Power Consumption • Data Centres • Blade

  • Open sourcing data centre design

    It will publish real-world data about the cost of implementing projects, such as a fresh-air cooling system, so that customers have "more transparency" when making decisions.Manos is helping to assemble a team of advisers, mostly from the end-user…
    08 March 2010
    Tags: Questions • Pool • Innovation • Engineering • Data Center • Cooling

  • Ex-Novell CTO becomes W3C chief

    With a membership of more than 350 organisations, a big part of what it does revolves around getting parties of different, even competing, interests to agree on things.Something I intend to put a lot of energy into is having an extremely open and…
    08 March 2010
    Tags: Role • Officer • Novell • Consortium • Chief Executive

Latest Features

  • Five doomsday scenarios for IT apocalypse

    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is still hammering out security guidelines for the diverse systems used by power plants, and no public utilities are reluctant to invest in costly retrofits until their solution gets Uncle Sam's stamp of…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Wall Street • Stopped • Scenarios • Scenario • Rogue • Disaster Recovery

  • Low power Ethernet boosts green networks

    IEEE 802.3az, or the Energy-Efficient Ethernet (EEE) standard, will implement low-power idle (LPI) modes for the full range of Ethernet BASE-T transceivers (100Mb, 1GbE and 10GbE) and the backplane physical layer standards (1GbE, 4-lane 1GbE and…
    04 March 2010
    Tags: Transmission • Savings • Metrics • Mechanisms • Idle • Efficiency

  • Former top US officials fend off simulated hacking attack

    Imagine a scenario in which a downloadable application turns smartphones into network-clogging bots, causing mobile-phone networks to fail, and eventually spreads to the wired Internet.Then imagine, as White House officials debated how to handle…
    17 February 2010
    Tags: Wired • War • Officials • Mobile Phones • Infected • Act

  • Flash storage fixes data centre bottlenecks, for a price

    It's a world of difference in the level of performance.Such performance benefits can outweigh the cost differential in certain instances, particularly once you factor in savings from energy costs (SSDs use less energy than hard disks).
    15 February 2010
    Tags: Tier • Struggling • Storing • Hard Drives • Data Center • Accessed

  • Wikileaks project to make Iceland free information host

    Wikileaks has worked with parliamentarians, lawyers and other organisations to develop a draft law that will be presented to Iceland's parliament, the Althingi.If the law is passed, then data centres powered by Iceland's renewable energy…
    12 February 2010
    Tags: Regulations • Press • Laws • Draft • Country • Countries

  • Inside HP's first wind-powered data centre

    It is HP's most energy efficient data centre that it has built, said Maurice Julian, UK facilities project director. The north-east of England is a chilly, forbidding place but HP is tapping into the elements by installing what it claims is the…
    10 February 2010
    Tags: North • Installing • Facility • Facilities • Data Centres • Air

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How-Tos

  • How to buy a new PC: Choosing the right one

    This limits their usefulness in tasks that demand lots of processing power, but it makes for quiet, energy efficient operation. The combination of energy efficient components, quiet operation, and small size makes compact PCs ideal for people…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Tackle • Quadcore • Playback • Inexpensive • Compact • Categories

  • Five reasons to embrace Intel Xeon 5600 processors

    Now, clock speed is more or less maxed out, and processor evolution is based on developing CPU's that are more energy efficient, and cram more cores into a single processor.Upgrading server hardware to adopt the latest processors can be an…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Xeon • Optimised • Heat • Evolution • Energy • Array

  • How to get an Apple iPad for work

    A lot of bits have given their life in the last few weeks so that writers can fill your computer screen with lots of words about the iPad's role in IT.The iPad will either grind your network to a halt, kill productivity, and drive us all to live…
    19 February 2010
    Tags: Presentations • Mac Os • Keynote • Iphones • Ignore • Assuming

  • How to manage remote workers

    Knowing their purpose not only enhances team identity, but also creates energy and a sense of urgency even when virtual team members are acting individually to carry out tasks and assignments.To achieve these potential benefits, however, leaders…
    19 January 2010
    Tags: Differences • Reality • Achieve • Leverage • Skills • Priority

  • How to solve the data challenge, with environmental efficiency

    Tasks such as these are mammoth and if data is not organised appropriately, it can soon become mission impossible.As if this was not difficult enough, there is a rapidly increasing obligation under the Carbon Reduction Commitment to drive down…
    15 June 2009
    Tags: Amounts • Demands • Analytics • Carbon • Consumption • Realtime

  • Testing Wi-Fi's Power Save Mode

    Moreover, in most cases, throughput was adversely affected and, where it was not, no real benefit was noted.And the reason for this is the relatively large amount of power consumed in modern notebooks in comparison with the energy used by today's…
    13 May 2008
    Tags: Adapter • Adapters • Elements • Notebooks • Ap • Network World

Reviews

  • Databases for social networks

    All of the energy put into adding speed to these tools will benefit anyone who wants to save query time by denormalising the data before storing. Everyone loves social networks these days. Homeland security wants to track which terrorists know…
    18 February 2010
    Tags: Table • Questions • Queries • Nodes • Movie • Friends

  • Intel Core i5-540M review

    The processor will also dial down performance and power consumption when it isn't required, which will be crucial for media-hungry consumers looking for a portable, energy efficient machine.Energy efficiency and portability are important, but…
    12 January 2010
    Tags: Streaming • Asus • Notebook • Geforce • Boost • Gaming

  • iGo Green

    The £85 iGo Green uses only the precise amount of energy your laptop requires, and can automatically shut off if need be when not in use. The advantage to iGo's Green Technology, as it calls its secret sauce, is that the iGo Green automatically…
    08 January 2010
    Tags: Cable • Energy • Charging • Air • Aims • Charger

  • Dell Precision M6500

    Because of the large amount of data needed in the field by workstation users in the geological and energy industries, the 1TB of HDD will surely be a welcome feature. The Dell Precision M6500 offers a powerful machine, as long as your wallet can…
    06 January 2010
    Tags: Adapter • Clock • Weight • Guidelines • Jack • Workstations

  • Apple Mac Mini 2009

    Billed as the world's most energy efficient desktop computer, the Apple Mac mini (Late 2009) has been gently revised with faster processors and more memory and storage Apple's entry level Mac was in the doldrums for almost two years.and now sees…
    06 November 2009
    Tags: Compact • Mac Os • Ram • Games • Spec • Lab

  • Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 review

    Small business owners will want to pay particular attention to this exciting, versatile, energy efficient, and feature rich storage device.Check out more of our top reviews Iomega Thursday launched its latest network-attached storage unit, the…
    09 October 2009
    Tags: Small Business • Replication • Sharing • Schedule • Spin • Iomega

White Papers

  • Strategies to improve IT Efficiency: Using predictive analysis to do more with less

    Capacity management should no longer be considered as a way to optimise hardware resources, but as a way to improve IT efficiency: maintaining the level of service while optimising the costs in administration, energy, and problem resolution.
    18 March 2010
    Tags: Paper • Forrester Research • Efficiency • Benefits • Analysis

  • Business service efficiency: The key to green IT and profitability

    Data centres consume more energy than any other environment in most companies. Learn how to use what you have already without buy new hardware to realise greater improvement in service and a greater reduction in operations costs and capital expenses.
    17 February 2010
    Tags: Energy • Efficiency • Centers • Capital • Broader • Addresses

  • Data centre workhorses

    New 11th-generation Dell PowerEdge rack and blade servers are designed from the ground up for high performance, energy efficiency, and simplified management—offering a host of advantages in enterprise IT environments to help optimise resources and…
    07 January 2010
    Tags: Environments • Efficiency • Blade Servers • Ground • Dell

  • Why power schemes are not enough

    Windows built-in power management is probably insufficient for most enterprises that are serious about reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emmissions. This paper analyses the effectiveness and capability of Windows built-in power…
    17 December 2009
    Tags: Energy • Affects • Functionality • Consumption • Power Management • Builtin

  • Making the business case for data centre consolidation

    A combination of compute density, the need for improved management efficiencies, energy conservation and information quality has driven the issue of data centre consolidation to the top of every CIOs agenda.
    03 December 2009
    Tags: Consolidation • Cios • Availability • Data Centre • Argue • Benefits

  • Security, performance, and energy efficiency converge

    Security, performance, and energy efficiency converge Intel Why modern data centres thrive on scalable performance and energy efficiency whitepaper Success requires high-quality server hardware and well-tuned enterprise applications that meet or…
    26 November 2009
    Tags: Robust • Efficiency • Optimised • Data Centres • Highquality

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