ecoINSITE

  • Search

iPhone 4G battery still not user replaceable

April 20, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez

Not that I’m shocked, but Apple is still intent on not letting folks swap their own batteries on its iGadgetry. It’s one of the dings against the iPad when it earned a “B” grade from yours truly. Hopefully, the new…

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Apple, battery, iPad, iPhone, non-user replaceable battery

Fannie Mae's LEED data center turns five, saves $1.7M

April 20, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

As strange as it sounds, the first LEED-certified data center didn’t belong to an IT giant, not Google, not Microsoft and not even Apple. Five years ago, Fannie Mae had the distinction of having the first LEED-certified data center. Now,…

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: Data Center, datacenter, Fannie Mae, LEED

Green IT News Roundup – Monday, April 19

April 19, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Today’s highlights in green computing, data center energy efficiency and eco-friendly gadgets. Fanara to leave US EPA for OSIsoft – DatacenterDynamics The EPA’s public face for its Energy Star for the Data Center initiative leaves for the San Leandro, Calif.-based…

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: Green IT, News, roundup

Ubisoft to Eliminate Paper Manuals

April 19, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Shedding some plastic in game cases isn’t the only way video game makers are going green. Ubisoft has announced that the company is going to stop the practice of including game manuals with its Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 games….

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: games, Playstation 3, Ubisoft, xbox 360

It's Official: Nook Lands at Best Buy

April 18, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

It’s true! Barnes & Noble’s Android-powered e-reader, the Nook, is officially available at Best Buy. Unfortunately, the in-store pickup option is a no-go, so that means you’ll have to trek over to your local big-blue-box for instant gratification. And while…

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: amazon, Barnes & Noble, e-readers, ebook, ereaders, Kindle, Nook

Data Centers: Watch the Water

April 9, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

Here’s an interesting stat from Data Center Knowledge this week. A 15-megawatt data center can use up to 360,000 gallons of water for cooling… each day. That’s enough to fill 7,200 standard-sized, 50-gallon bathtubs. It’s for this reason, and…

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: Data Center, data center cooling, IBM, Oracle, water management

TechTurn

March 26, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Company Profile: TechTurn IT Asset Returns IT Recycling Secure Data Wiping Find Related Coverage: E-waste & Recycling Search TechTurn URL: http://www.techturn.com/ Helpful Links About Management Team Services HQ: 2214 West Braker Lane Austin, TX 78758 512.997.7974 View Larger Map…

Filed Under: Company Profiles Tagged With: e-waste, ewaste, IT recycler, recycling, TechTurn

The E-waste & Compliance Overlap

March 26, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Here’s a message from customers that nearly every company is taking to heart. “Keep my data off your e-waste!” During my years of covering enterprise IT, regulatory compliance (think HIPAA, Sarbanes Oxley and PCI DSS) and its effect on…

Filed Under: E-Waste & Recycling Tagged With: compliance, e-waste, ewaste, IT recycler, recycling, security, TechTurn

Earth Hour 2010

March 26, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

It’s that time of year again. Tomorrow, Saturday March 27 marks the arrival of Earth Hour, the World Wildlife Fund’s climate change awareness campaign. To participate, just turn off the lights for an hour starting at 8:30 pm. That’s…

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: Earth Hour, World Wildlife Fund, WWF

Smart Grid Industry Steps Up

March 22, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

While utilities are taking lumps from disgruntled customers, it doesn’t take a genius to know that the ill will eventually to trickle down to smart meter makers and smart grid infrastructure providers in a way that can really affect their…

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: SGCC, Smart Grid, Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative, smart meter

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • …
  • 76
  • Next Page »

Categories

  • Business
  • Cleantech & Renewable Energy
  • Cloud Computing
  • Company Profiles
  • Data Center
  • E-Waste & Recycling
  • ecoSocial
  • Environment
  • EVs & Green Transportation
  • Featured
  • Gadgets & Mobile
  • Green IT
  • Industry Voices
  • Living
  • Servers
  • Smart Grid
  • Stats & Figures
  • Storage
  • Uncategorized
  • Virtualization

Keeping good company

1E Blogs
TreeHugger
GreenBiz.com
NYT Environment
Inhabitat
Data Center Knowledge
Triple Pundit
SmartPlanet

About ecoINSITE

Visit the ecoINSITE.com About Page

This work by Pedro Hernandez is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Creative Commons License

ecoINSITE RSS Feed RSS Feed
Site Map

Alltop. Bribes work.

Nuts n’ Bolts

Powered by Wordpress
Supercharged by Genesis
Hosting by Linode

Social

Visit ecoINSITE’s Facebook Page
Follow us on Twitter @ecoINSITE
ecoINSITE on Google+

© 2025 · ecoINSITE