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Cern IT gets new home as servers suck grid dry
News The centre's 8,000 servers - which house about 40,000 processor cores - now consume the same amount of power and generate the same amount of heat as about 2,500 hairdressers' shops. The lab cracking data from the Cern... [06 Oct 2008]
ID cards, driverless buses and virtual shipwrecks
Photo Solar thermal collectors on the roof are one of a number of methods used to heat the water supply of building-services company NG Bailey's showcase facility near Glasgow. The MoD showed off the computer games it uses to... [02 Oct 2008]
Photos: Dreaming of a Bluetooth Christmas
Photo As with Polaroid cameras of old, the printer does not use ink, rather crystals are embedded in the paper and activated by heat to produce dinky full colour prints. Bluetooth trade association, the Bluetooth Special... [22 Sep 2008]
Photos: Tomorrow's tech showcased by inventors
Photo The so-called "magnetocaloric" metals, such as gadolinium alloys, heat up when exposed to a magnetic field. The heat is then removed from the materials and the magnetic field is weakened by moving the... [18 Sep 2008]
US, Europe tighten IT spend as India, China boom
News IT budgets are being slashed in the US and Europe as bullish growth in China, India and Russia leaves the Western tech industry in the shade. Just under half - 43 per cent - of Western companies are cutting back their IT spend and nearly... [11 Sep 2008]
Photos: Scots HQ is green office of the future
Photo Solar thermal collectors on the roof of the building are one of a number of methods used to heat the building's water supply. According to one NG Bailey executive, the system provides 60 per cent of the energy needed to... [10 Sep 2008]
Key Ingredients of the IT Service Desk
White Paper Learn how HEAT® Service & Support? This insightful Gartner Consulting white paper investigates the characteristics and key elements required to operate and effective and efficient service and support center. [02 Sep 2008]
Google digs deep for geothermal energy
News Google is investing $10m in "enhanced" geothermal systems - essentially technology for tapping underground heat - which it says is one of most promising forms of renewable energy. Through its philanthropic arm... [20 Aug 2008]
Photos: Some creative uses for USB ports
Photo It responds to changes in electro-magnetic turbulence, heat, light and biometrics to predict imminent paranormal activity. The Force is strong in this four-port R2-D2 USB hub. The loveable rust bucket will spin his head... [18 Aug 2008]
Photos: Lenovo launches netbook range
Photo They have also been designed to reduce heat on key contact areas including the bottom of the PC, the palm rest and the keyboard. Lenovo is to enter the netbook race with the launch of new IdeaPad S9 and S10. [05 Aug 2008]
Private IP Lays the Groundwork for Growth at Modine
White Paper Modine Manufacturing makes automotive heat exchangers and parts for Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) systems. Modine had been operating with a hub-and-spoke frame relay configuration, in which remote... [04 Aug 2008]
Improving the Energy Efficiency of Ethernet: Adaptive Link Rate Proposal
White Paper Reasons for this push include reducing heat dissipation, improving battery lifetime, and reducing environmental impact. There is a major push for chip, component, and system vendors to improve the energy efficiency of... [04 Aug 2008]
palmOne Case Study: Northline Elementary School
White Paper In an effort to achieve this, all of the students received a Palm handheld, ImagiProbe, Vernier light, heat sensors, and David Bray's Earth&Sun software. The benefits of which were it enabled students to detect... [03 Jul 2008]
South Pacific Tyre Drives Success with Integrated B2B and B2C Platform
White Paper Feeling the heat of competition were market leaders such as South Pacific Tyre (SPT), an A$1 billion (US$514.2 million) supplier of tires and related products to dealers in Australia and New Zealand. An obvious first... [03 Jul 2008]
Cooling Design: Walking The Path To A Cool ProLiant Server
White Paper This technology brief explains how heat is generated in computing systems, traces the path of heat flow from the source to the final exit from the system, and identifies factors that affect server cooling. [03 Jul 2008]
