Iceland hopes to export energy via datacentres

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...inting out your flaws, that would surely... I think he's referring specifically to Android apps, as Apple do regulate their App Store, but Google seem to let any old crap onto the Android store! Keep the crap apps out?! How will they compete wit... (Read Full Article)

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Nebraska Woos Huge ‘Project Edge’ Data Center

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...roject and the the fact that three of the huge companies best known for secretive site selections – Google, Microsoft and Yahoo – already operate major data centers in the region. Google and Microsoft each have facilities in Iowa, while Yahoo has its data center in La Vista. These comp...... sense. What companies are on the cusp of this type of network growth? One possible candidate is Apple, especially given its $1billion ... (Read Full Article)

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Will clean power and microgrids be the future of data centers?

Explore GigaOM (Feb 2 2012) Construction , Data Center Outages , Carbon Footprint , Solar

...r mixes, to both help them control their energy sources and also to reduce their carbon footprints. Google has invested close to a billion into clean energy projects, while Apple has started building a solar farm at its data center in North Carolina. Related research and analys... (Read Full Article)

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Cloud server shipments to skyrocket in 2012

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...r this report, IHS analyst Peter Lin included servers used to run consumer-oriented clouds like Apple iCloud, Google services, and Amazon Web Services as well as more enterprise-oriented cloud platforms that target b... (Read Full Article)

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How "Bring Your Own Device" Is Greening The Enterprise

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...p, which uses only about 30 watts: one-quarter of the energy of a desktop. Tablet computers such as Apple’s popular iPad use even less: the iPad 2 has a 25 watt-hour battery, making the device even more en......he two devices share an operating system. (Computerworld points out that the same cannot be said of Google’s Android, since that operating system varies so wildly from device to device ... (Read Full Article)

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2011: The Year Data Centers Turned Green

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...nergy efficiency — and no two data centers are alike. Out of necessity, the huge Internet players — Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, Yahoo, and Apple — are finding ways to use greener energy and get more out of the energy they use. Google has continued to earn praise for its energy and environmental practices, and Facebook is actually s... (Read Full Article)

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Facebook Recruits Google Green Energy Czar for Sustainability Push

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...omputing services, Greenpeace estimated Facebook's reliance on coal at 53.2 percent, second only to Apple's (at 54.5 percent) and far higher than Google's (34.7 percent) or Amazon's (28.5 percent). Greenpeace based its estimates on published figures fo... (Read Full Article)

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Phones and Tablets Getting Game Power In the Cloud

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... plans to release software that will let people play the richest, most graphically intense games on Apple’s iPhone and iPad, as well as on Amazon’s Kindle Fire and other devices based on Google’s Android software. In the past, these games have been far beyond the relatively anemic computing p... (Read Full Article)

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Greentech struggles are business as usual for the Valley

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...ir families, two companies implode, a trade war escalate between China and the U.S. over solar and Google cancel its program to develop technology that can producer power cheaper than coal. Only one bright...... same skills required to succeed in computers would directly map to green. Mitch Mandich, a former Apple exec, served as CEO. Few people would now think, “Fuel additives, all-in-one desktops that come in ... (Read Full Article)

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10 Things To Be Thankful For In Greentech This Year

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...energy efficiency and clean power are important parts for the modern data center. While last year Google was the main proponent of next-gen energy tech and data centers, in 2011 Facebook and Apple also joined the fray in paying attention to clean power and energy efficiency. Facebook’s open comp... (Read Full Article)

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Apple’s iCloud Will Attract A Host Of New Developers

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...d-party mobile services. J. Gerry Purdy explores whether the iCloud will have the same effect When Apple launched its iPhone 4S and the new iOS 5 on 4 October, the company also detailed its effort to brin......ore useful. There will be a lot of activity in this area during the next year. You can be sure that Google and Microsoft are going down the same path and will provide ... (Read Full Article)

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U.S. Tech Giants Become Alternative Energy's Fairy Godfathers

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... without the willingness to finance the kind of speculative, adventurous clean energy projects that Google seems happy to fork out cash for, organizations like Facebook and Apple are still bringing practical alternative energy solutions forward faster and more economically – an... (Read Full Article)

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why Moonshot matters - by peter judge

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... delivering web services, social media and simple content delivery applications”. In other words, Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, all the big players where the data center action is. If Moonshot hits its target, it cou... (Read Full Article)

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Green Q&A: What impact does online time have on the environment?

Explore Home - San Jose Mercury News (Oct 29 2011) Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers

...e gas emissions by an amount equivalent to taking some 2 million cars off the road. For its part, Google has been a real leader in the building of green data centers, even powering them with renewable ene......npeace examined energy sources for the 10 largest IT companies involved in cloud computing, finding Apple, Facebook and IBM especially guilty of getting significant amounts of power from coal-fired power p... (Read Full Article)

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Why Siri Is a Google Killer

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...of art and artificial intelligence. It’s that 2nd part that’s so tough to replicate and that’s why Apple bought Siri last year. It’s true Google has experience in the voice rec space and doing some simple voice apps but they do not have the per... (Read Full Article)

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Facebook to build server farm: Q&A

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...ere kept in dedicated rooms at individual companies. But with the growth of the web, companies like Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon have started building giant centralised server farms, each containing hundreds of thousa... (Read Full Article)

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Apple building solar farm for data center

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...ve an opportunity to have a big effect on how utilities source their electricity. If a company like Google or Apple ask for clean energy from utilities — or even build their own clean power farms — then the web comp... (Read Full Article)

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What's behind Iceland's first major data center

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... giant data center outside the town center of Luleå,” in Sweden. It was around this time, too, that Google announced the opening of its data center in Hamina, Finland. And it was around this time, too, that......he sea in southeastern North Carolina with her two children. abennett shared This week in pictures: Apple gets Siri-ous on LinkedIN mavis19 asks What's your favorite Siri voice feature on the iPhone ... (Read Full Article)

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Bits Blog: At Long Last, Facebook Releases an iPad App

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...ose an iPad over competitors, as there is no Facebook app specifically tailored for tablets running Google’s Android software. At Long Last, Facebook Releases an iPad App By NICK BILTON DESCRIPTION Facebo...... DESCRIPTION Photos are a prominent feature in the Facebook iPad application. So what took so long? Apple and Facebook have been in talks for months trying to resolve issues that came up last year when the... (Read Full Article)

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Buildings house secret servers that keep net humming

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...amples of the new economy rising up in the footprints of the old," he says. Giant companies such as Google, Facebook, Apple, Yahoo and Amazon often build their data centers in rural areas. "They're looking for cheap power a... (Read Full Article)

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Akamai, eBay, Google Set Bar for CO2 Reporting by Internet Giants

Explore GreenBiz.com (Sep 13 2011) Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Cloud Computing

...ook, Netflix, Priceline, Salesforce, Tencent and Yahoo! under the microscope in addition to Akamai, Apple, eBay and Google. "You have in the study a number of firms that have a very high global profile, and you would have... (Read Full Article)

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Study: Internet Firms Lagging On Green Strategy

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...networking firms, including Chinese companies Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent along with Akamai, Amazon, Apple, eBay, Expedia, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Priceline, Salesforce and Yahoo. Study: Internet Firms Lagging On Green Strategy Septembe... (Read Full Article)

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14 Cloud Services Players Scrutinized For Green Credentials

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Only four companies, Akamai, Apple, eBay and Google, disclose global emissions information for the data centers driving their SaaS applications, cloud ... (Read Full Article)

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Facebook, Amazon Panned on Energy Management and Transparency

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...al networking firms, including Chinese players Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent alongside Akamai, Amazon, Apple, eBay, Expedia, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Priceline, Salesforce and Yahoo!. Most of these need to adopt a more strategic approach t... (Read Full Article)

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