environment

News about environment

Article | 19/04/2012 Panasonic team to lug solar-charged batteries up Mt. Fuji, live-stream eclipse
Panasonic will broadcast live a solar eclipse next month over Japan from the top of Mount Fuji, using batteries that are charged at the base using sol...
Article | 18/04/2012 Japan picks eight tsunami-battered regions for smart city projects
The Japanese government will provide assistance to eight cities that were heavily damaged in last year's earthquake and tsunami to rebuild using "smar...
Article | 16/04/2012 Apple and Chinese environmental group to audit factory for pollution concerns
Apple and a Chinese environmental group for the first time plan to jointly audit one of the company's supplier factories in China, in what could lead ...
Article | 13/04/2012 Opinion: Microsoft, instead of turning the lights off on XP, make it open source
To state the obvious,, Microsoft is hugely important economically and culturally, and as Peter Parker (AKA Spiderman) was told by his grandfather: "Wi...
Article | 30/03/2012 Foxconn's overtime reduction will not affect product prices, analysts say
Low labor costs and a growing reliance on automation will ensure Apple supplier Foxconn's newly announced efforts to reduce overtime for its employees...

Tutorials about environment

Article | 20/10/2009 Save printer ink by choosing an ink-saving font
I've written before about ways you can save money on pricey printer consumables.

Features about environment

Article | 17/04/2009 If Spam Equals Tons of CO2 What's the Carbon Footprint of Cyber Porn?
A McAfee study estimates 62 trillion spam e-mails equal 33 billion kilowatt hours of electricity or about as much carbon as 3.1 million cars consuming...
Article | 23/01/2009 Consumer gear goes green
Timing is good for consumer electronics vendors that are interested in selling green technology.
Article | 16/09/2008 20 amazing, amusing and alarming IT facts
A new report warns that the cost from lost productivity at work related to the new NFL season could add up to US$10.5 billion. And there we were, thin...
Article | 10/09/2008 Tech's looming battle against rising energy costs
IT has gotten a bad rap when it comes to energy consumption. Walk into any datacenter, and you can almost feel the carbon emissions leaking into the a...

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