Is it reasonable to ask IT companies to compare their carbon emissions against a 1990 baseline? Green campaigners want to see it, but Peter Judge is not so sure
September 29, 2009
HP Claims Oil Profits Don’t Tarnish Green Image
Computer maker Hewlett-Packard says its environmental practices date back 50 years although it only began measuring carbon emissions in 2005
Tesco Adopts CA Software For Carbon Audit
Retailer Tesco is using CA's ecoSoftware to manage its carbon emissions worldwide, with cap-and-trade laws due in the UK
Cheap Energy Leads To Waste, Warns Green Guru
The only way to curb emissions is to put up energy prices, former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer told an HP event
Vodafone Gets UK iPhone, But Don’t Expect A Price Crash
By next year, three operators - O2, Orange and Vodafone - will have the iPhone in the UK. But the price competition won't be fierce, say analysts
Enron Broadband Boss Jailed For Wire Fraud
Joseph Hirko, former co-CEO of Enron Broadband Services, gets 16 months in prison and is ordered to pay $7 million in restitution after pleading guilty to wire fraud.
Ballmer Admits Mistakes Over Windows Mobile
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer suggested during the company's Venture Capital Summit that it had made mistakes in the execution of its Windows Mobile operating system, according to attendees at the closed-door meeting
Xerox Follows Dell and HP With ACS Purchase
Xerox's proposed $6.4 billion (£4bn) purchase of ACS is part of a trend of major tech vendors buying services companies to expand their offerings
Microsoft Releasing Security Essentials AV Software
Microsoft confirms it is releasing Microsoft Security Essentials, its free anti-malware product.
Google Contacts Overload Caused Gmail Outage
The downtime for Gmail and Google Contacts last week was caused by high load to Google Contacts