Top 10 Phat Startups of 2012

Explore GigaOM (May 8 2012) Wind

...idge affiliated companies and they’ve been designated with NBVP.) 1. Heartland Robotics: iRobot and MIT alum Rodney Brooks’ Heartland Robotics is making robots flexible and cheap enough to do manual task......gas” out of biomass. As GigaOM reported last December, it has some pretty potent backers in BP, GE, Google and ConocoPhillips. The Camarillo, Calif. company builds tractor-trailer sized machines, that are c... (Read Full Article)

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2011 – the year Ireland became ‘home of the cloud’

Explore siliconrepublic.com (Dec 22 2011) Cloud Computing

...at Greenhills Industrial Estate in Dublin 24 to expand its cloud footprint in Europe. In September, Google revealed it will invest €75m in a new data centre that will generate 30 full-time and 200 construct......r and new RTÉ 'Dragon' Sean O'Sullivan was recognised by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Technology Review as being the co-creator - along with George Favaloro - of the term 'cloud comput... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Amazon.com   Europe   Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Google’s Greener Energy, Products & Scrapbook

Explore Technorati (Dec 21 2011) Construction , Emissions

...estments will approach nearly $1 billion for 2011. According to Axel Martinez, Assistant Treasurer, Google has recently provided a $94 million equity investment in a portfolio of solar energy projects being......e your Top Green Searches for 2011? As a Fortune 500 and startup executive, Ed Valdez leverages his MIT background to provide wireless and eco-tech insights. He is Chief Eco Officer of Ecotech Ventures, ... (Read Full Article)

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Looking forward: energy efficiency from the computer to the cloud

Explore Scientific American Blog Network (Oct 16 2011) Cloud Computing

...______________________ ____________________________________________________________ Send Last month MIT’s Technology Review reported on a new development that the energy efficiency of computers doubles r......increasingly relying on data centers for many services (Netflix streaming, Apple iCloud, Facebook, Google search, etc.), how important is energy efficiency in a data center, and have there been any major b... (Read Full Article)

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Facebook Turns to A Little Solar For Its Data Center

Explore GigaOM (Apr 17 2011) Solar

Facebook Turns to A Little Solar For Its Data CenterGigaOmAt Green:Net Google and Yahoo will discuss their green data center plans. Register for our awesome event here. The sola......rison’s sake (these aren’t apples to apples, but just to give you an indicator) according to a 2009 MIT study, 16,000 servers used by eBay are thought to use 60,000 MWh per year. Forty thousand servers ... (Read Full Article)

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GE Completes Lineage Power Deal

Explore peHUB (Mar 2 2011) Cloud Computing

...and 4G/LTE wireless networks that enable the Amazon(R) Kindle(TM), Apple(R) iPhone(R) and iPad(TM), Google(R) Android(TM) smart phones and other mobile devices. We also are bringing to GE exciting new solut...... phone address book may well be the answer. Gary Halliwell was joined in constructing this piece by MIT associate professor of comparative media studies Ian Condry. The proposed “do not track” bill ... (Read Full Article)

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Big Data Is Big Business

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Oct 19 2010) Cloud Computing

... and development behind the casino card counting systems, taking in data from all sources including MIT grads featured in the book titled Bringing Down the House and later the movie, 21. Jonas shares som......yer of value to the data also, if processed properly. Look at the recent expansion of the duties of Google’s Marissa Mayer, who is the vice president of search product and user experience. In addition ... (Read Full Article)

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Does Google Instant Mean More Energy Use?

Explore Salon.com (Sep 10 2010) Carbon Footprint

...ware and software will mean in terms of energy costs. According to last year’s research report from MIT, Carnegie Mellon and Akamai, Google spends over $38 million per year for electricity to power its infrastructure. Google has long been conscientious about its energy use and carbon footprint. With the launch of Google Instant — the super fast, interactive new search feature — I couldn’t help but wonder if the search... (Read Full Article)

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