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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...
Article | 29/03/2012 AOL unplugs 10,000 servers, saves $5 million
AOL decommissioned almost 10,000 servers and saved itself US$5 million along the way to winning a contest that highlights the cost of running ineffici...
Article | 23/03/2012 Japanese university to battle eel fraud with cheap, rapid DNA testing
A science institute in central Japan says it has devised a system to stop eel fraud using cheap DNA testing, as the summer surge in the foodstuff's po...
Article | 23/02/2012 Microsoft is building a new datacenter in Dublin
Microsoft is spending about US$130 million to build a new datacenter in Dublin, as it needs more room to run cloud services there, the company said on...
Article | 22/02/2012 Apple promises environmental impact inspections in supply chain - report
Two activist groups have claimed that Apple has promised to open up at least two Chinese plants to environmental inspectors.
Article | 20/02/2012 Foxconn to increase workers' wages in China
Apple supplier Foxconn Technology said on Saturday it had raised wages for its assembly line workers in China by 16 to 25 percent, as the company face...
Article | 14/02/2012 Sony shows power outlets that can control electricity by user, device, or source
Sony is developing electric wall sockets and plugs that can control power consumption by appliance, user or original power source.
Article | 9/02/2012 Foxconn said to have been hacked by group critical of working conditions
Hackers claimed to have stolen internal data from Apple supplier Foxconn, and leaked the information online, in response to media reports of poor work...
Article | 8/02/2012 Greenpeace scorecard documents greener enterprise offerings
Technology companies are not just making their products less carbon-intensive; they are also increasingly designing products to improve energy efficie...
Article | 12/01/2012 Microsoft investigates worker protest at Foxconn factory in China
Microsoft investigated a workers protest at its contract manufacturer Foxconn Technology Group, and found that the dispute in Wuhan, China had nothing...
Article | 11/01/2012 Foxconn workers stage protest in Chinese city
Workers at a Foxconn Technology Group campus in China staged a protest last week, threatening to jump off a building if the company did not meet their...