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Greenpeace today released the latest edition of its Guide to Greener Electronics, and once again PC makers were given low marks. The nonprofit organization ranked 18 global PC and mobile manufacturers on their policies and practices related to energy, chemicals and e-waste. On a scale from […] Read more »

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With the explosion of low-cost chips, from Intel’s Atom processor to low-power Wi-Fi sensors, just about everything is “getting smart” these days. There are known environmental benefits to this kind of cheap-and-easy digital intelligence, many of them heavily promoted by IBM as part of its “Smarter […] Read more »

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The first quarter of 2009 went pretty much as planned in the cloud computing and web infrastructure market. The sector continued to mature, with new announcements by big players such as Sun, Google and Amazon, as well as new entrants to the space. Enterprise adoption of ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »

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Tangent, a company that makes computers for fields like healthcare, business and education, has just rolled out a new computer model dubbed the “Evergreen 17.” The $1,195-computer has been designed from the ground up to be highly-efficient and uses 24 watts, or 72 percent less energy […] Read more »

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A recent study by computer retailer CDW shows that most IT decision makers believe in making their technology infrastructure greener and more energy efficient. But more than half of those surveyed cite cost as the main obstacle, and see the impact on the environment and on […] Read more »

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Dwight Silverman of TechBlog has penned 10 predictions about the iPhone that are so spot on they’re uncanny.  They are tongue-in-cheek but all ten are probably right on the money.  My favorite: 5. Apple will sell a lot of iPhones, regardless of how good, mediocre or […] Read more »

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Like its devices, network digital music device maker Slim Devices is moving up in the world. The company has just moved to slick new digs in Mountain View, right next to AOL and VeriSign. Though not exactly Fifth Avenue, it’s a definite upgrade from their last […] Read more »

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Microsoft has recently upgraded the free synchronization tool SyncToys to version 1.2. New features include: The ability to type in a UNC path; Support for longer folder pair names and ability to widen the left pane to see those longer names; The ability to support the […] Read more »

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I’ve spent the last four days toying with the Samsung P207, and it has convinced me that soon I will never physically type another text message again. Otherwise an unremarkable EDGE-capable, $79 clamshell phone—the Samsung P207 comes bundled with some innovative voice recognition software that translates […] Read more »

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