Hello again! Back after a long weekend spent in the lovely Sunshine State. Today, Western Digital’s $4.3 billion acquisition of Hitachi’s hard drive unit still looms large, with not one, but two links devoted to the deal. Western Digital is feeling the pressure as energy efficient flash memory eats into its consumer hard drive business […]
NJ’s Bell Labs making cell towers a thing of the past
I love stories that spotlight local innovators. You’ve undoubtedly heard about lightRadio by now, those tiny, energy efficient cubes from Alcatel-Lucent (pictured above) that promise to one day replace those roadside eyesores, cell towers. What you probably haven’t heard is how Bell Labs in Murray Hill, NJ brought the concept to life. Sarah Portlock of […]
Today’s 10 – Tuesday, March 1
Though its image has to shake off some coal dust, Facebook’s data center in Prineville Ore. is loaded with energy efficiency features. Also, HP and IBM are advancing powerful, low-power computing in the run-up to exascale computing; tape comes to the rescue after Gmail’s cloud fail; and Honeywell leverages open source for the smart grid […]
Today’s 10 – Friday, Feb. 25
Apologies for the spotty updates. It’s what happens when you run a one-man show and life pries you away from your keyboard. Today’s first link is about Twitter, unsurprising given current events. (Twitter’s also somewhat to blame for the lack of updates here but I’m reluctant to jinx things by discussing it.) Helen Clarkson penned […]
Is data security SSD’s new Achilles’ heel?
Companies are steadily alleviating two of the common pain points related to solid-state drive technology: price and longevity. But another has emerged: data security. One of Today’s 10 links is this InformationWeek article on how traditional methods of wiping data from hard drives aren’t as effective on SSDs. University of California at San Diego researchers […]
Today’s 10 – Tuesday, Feb. 22
After a little President’s Day weekend break (and career rumblings), ecoINSITE’s daily roundup of Green IT links is back. Today: The Smart Grid Interoperability Panel makes headway on communications standards; exploring prepay for electrical service; and a look at Finland’s underground data center complex that doubles as a heat source for the city. Also, a […]
Update: 10,000 Trees is a crowdfunding success
Update: Remember 10,000 Trees? The project that I spotlighted in the Kickstarter post from a couple of weeks ago? I’m glad to report that the campaign was a success, proving that green Kickstarter projects can indeed take off. With several days left on the clock, Sarah Ginsburg and Sarah Berkovich have raised $300 over the […]
Today’s Ten – Wednesday, Feb. 16
Can Intel unseat ARM in the low-power smartphone chip market? Sings point to a rough road ahead. Also, PowerSecure rings up $10 million in smart grid and LED lighting gear orders; an interview with Dean Klein, vice president of memory system development at Micron Technology; and it looks like AT&T is getting serious about getting […]
Kiva + Kickstarter = 33needs?
Kickstarter’s hot, but not the only game in town. Mashable published a great profile on 33needs, a crowdfunding startup that specializes on projects that promote social good. In fact, it’s an outright requirement. Unlike Kickstarter, where any entrepreneur with a vision can solicit funds, 33needs strictly caters to projects and enterprises with strong social missions. […]
Today’s Ten – Tuesday, Feb. 15
The next Linksys? Cisco-branded Control4 products are coming. Also, CipherCloud tackles cloud security with a token-insertion appliance that sits between you and your cloud app provider; Intel signals that it won’t cede the mobile chip market to ARM; and what the shrink to 25nm means for NAND solid-state storage. Plus, Texas Instruments bridges Zigbee and […]
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