Green computing
Energy saving adaptor for your P.C (19 February 2008)
You plug your PC into the master socket on the adaptor, and then your peripherals, monitor, speakers, printer into the secondary outlets.
World Environment Day ( 5 June 2007)
Don't forget to switch off your P.C when you leave your office!
The Internet, It's Junk (21 April 2007)
Apparently after four decades of getting the existing Internet moving, researchers have decided it's junk, and we need to build a new one. it seems a little ominous - according to the article "Industry is playing a bigger role this...
Got any old Gizmos you don't need? (15 April 2007)
Support International Earth Day and donate all your old computer gadgetry.
Prisoners Smash Computers (11 April 2007)
Did you know that inmates in the US are being afforded the opportunity to recycle eWaste? The program has been running since 1994, through an arm of the government-run corporation UNICOR which opened its first eWaste 'business' in Florida. Since...
Five Things You Might Have a Hand In ( 1 April 2007)
When it comes to implementing sustainable computing solutions, most IT departments are now getting down to action items. The biggest drivers right now are energy consumption, and proper disposal of used equipment. To some extent, the solutions to these issues...
CGO Goes Mainstream (23 March 2007)
It's nice to see an idea go mainstream. Ted from InfoWorld expanded on the idea of the CGO which I have written about a few times, here and here. Obviously the position is being framed out, and doesn't even exist...
Built on Guilt - Carbon Offsets (17 March 2007)
Carbon offsets are making the rounds. The idea is to balance out the carbon generated by an electronic device by paying for an effort to reduce that carbon; the most common offset method is to plant trees, although you can...
Sharing - Its the Party Line ( 7 March 2007)
Sharing is defined as non-exclusive access to a resource. As expected, sharing pops up pretty much everywhere - Chimps share meat, teenagers share music, toddlers teach themselves to share as they move out of parallel play. My grandma had a...
Please, No More IT Charity ( 1 March 2007)
There seems to be this unshakeable belief in Western culture that Africa and ilk are simply dying to get a hold of our used electronic gear. With a few exceptions, nothing could be further from the truth; everyone who wants...
Risk is Part of the Job (27 February 2007)
Is the CIO a manager or a leader? Remember, managers optimize existing processes, and leaders invent new ones. Seems like most think that CIO are mostly managers because they don't take risk. I'm not surprised; no CIO got fired for...
We Are Dealing With Addicts Here (22 February 2007)
Addiction is not a pretty word. It's onomatopoeic in that its pronunciation, like 'sizzle' or 'zip', reflects its underlying meaning. And yet it appears that every day we are dealing with more and technology addicts.Who are these people? Well, they...
The Six Percent Solution (18 February 2007)
Did you know that 94 percent of all email is spam? Let's do a little math; 100 percent minus 94 percent... that leaves only 6 percent of this data stream as legitimate. Spam increased 147 percent in 2006, and caused...
Everybody Wants a Piece of eWaste ( 9 February 2007)
There's been lots of movement on the eWaste front, as ruling body after ruling body starts getting serious about the issue. Oregon is trying for the third time (the charm) to get an electronics recycling bill in place, with obvious...
Now's Your Chance ( 2 February 2007)
If you are worried about the massive surge in eWaste that upgrading to Vista will produce, you're not alone. One study found that 50 percent of all business computers cannot run Vista Basic, and 94 percent can't run Vista Premium.What...
It's a Breeze to Go Virtual ( 2 February 2007)
with VMWare's Converter, that is. This handy tool will convert your Microsoft server into image files that work with VMWare. Also converts other formats like Virtual PC, Live State Recovery, and Ghost. Two editions available, one free and one not.Now...
IT Managers are Not IT Leaders (27 January 2007)
Paul Murphy hit on a few points here that touched off a fuse. In talking about the proverbial Joe mid-level IT manager, Paul hits the nail the on head; it's not that these guys fail to plan, it's that they...
Email Bouncing to Greener Pastures (20 January 2007)
The New York Times has an interesting article that illustrates how certain technologies are becoming as efficient as they can be, and how natural it is. Take email, for example. Apparently IT staffs are having fits because savvy workers are...
Audit Your IT Department for Greenery (13 January 2007)
With all of the recent changes in enviro regs and the push to run IT like a business, it's definitely time for your company to consider auditing your IT department with the green goal in mind - doing so will...
eWaste, China, and your Basement ( 9 January 2007)
I was reading an article this morning that summarizes a paper on how the EU directives on eWaste will affect the entire world. Pretty good piece, but I noticed that it kept using the 'C' word which bothered me. I...
Juggernaut ( 5 January 2007)
A Juggernaut is defined as a force that will crush everything in its path. I think that Green Technology is that force, and like the pod on the right, it's just about to burst open. Others agree; it's an "unstoppable...
Our Dirty Secrets ( 1 January 2007)
Green Supplyline has an interesting article on the concerns on how environmental legislation may reveal secrets that are protected under intellectual property rights. Of particular concern is China, as their "RoHS-like" regulations will require that electronic devices undergo testing at...
Vistasaur ( 7 December 2006)
Could Vista be the last operating system ever produced for profit? Dean Takahashi thinks so. I particularly like the economic arguments for his case. For example, According to Dean, Microsoft put 10,000 people on this project for 5 years; at...
Getting Virtualized (30 November 2006)
There are some good signs that server virtualization has gotten out of the early adopter phase and into the mainstream. Generally, this change happens when the exchange of pieces of papers with pictures of dead presidents on them can be...
Supercomputers Under the Green Lens (21 November 2006)
Supercomputers have been around since 1920, when IBM built custom tabulators for Columbia University. Nowadays they do just about everything from predicting weather to playing the stock market. High-performance computing has (obviously) always been performance oriented. However, environmentalism is sneaking...
Regulations Coming Fast and Furious for IT (14 November 2006)
You don't often think of environmental regulations when it comes to purchasing electronic equipment. But they're coming, and they are coming fast. The WEEE directive is one of the big daddies that is getting the ball rolling. WEEE is mandated...
Frugal Computing ( 9 November 2006)
Computer use has rocketed in the last decade, and has gained a lot of momentum in the process. I often think the industry is similar to a tractor trailer full of watermelons barrelling towards Nebraska; it just keeps moving along,...
