Innovation

IT Consumes Ten Percent Of The World’s Electricity – Report

Data centres and TVs are hungry for power and growth sees no limit

11 years ago

Video: How To Overcome Green Fatigue

Users might be fed up with the Green IT buzzword, but they still need to get more efficient, says Microsoft's…

11 years ago

Government Selects Favourites For The Smart Meter Roll-Out

Capita, Arqiva, CGI IT, Telefonica and Gemserv are about to board the gravy train

11 years ago

At Least London’s Snooping Bins Save Carbon Emissions

London's recycling bins snoop on Wi-Fi devices. At least they still save on carbon dioxide emissions, says Peter Judge

11 years ago

Research Finds Latest Wi-Fi Networks Consume Up To 75% Less Power Than Their Predecessors

802.11n wireless protocol is a lot less hungry thanks to ‘frame aggregation’

11 years ago

City Of London Bins Recycling Firm’s Phone Tracking Test

Renew's recycling bins identify smartphones with Wi-Fi switched on, but the London startup says it isn't snooping

11 years ago

IBM Provides Modelling Technology For Renewable Energy System

IBM's big data analytics technology will help utilities predict the availability of renewable energy resources

11 years ago

IBM Creates Programming Model For Brain-Like Computing

Super smart IBM researchers are creating a high level language that will let anyone build brain-like applications

11 years ago

The End Of The Phoney Cloud War

Amazon and the rest talk about competition. Peter Judge thinks it hasn't really started yet

11 years ago

Seagate: Hybrid Drives Don’t Need More Than 8GB Of NAND

In the future, all hard drives could feature a chunk of Flash memory

11 years ago

Samsung Smart Watch Patent Names ‘Galaxy Gear’

Samsung’s attempt to crack the wearable computer market is revealed in a patent filing for the ‘Galaxy Gear’ smart watch

11 years ago

Bristol’s XMOS Joins EU Project For Efficient Chips

The European ENTRA project will build energy awareness into the chip design stage, to make gadgets more efficient

11 years ago

Cyber Attacks Strike Zimbabweans Around Controversial Election

Zimbabweans knocked offline and see data wiped because of slew of cyber attacks last week during the elections, TechWeekEurope learns

11 years ago

Apple Offers £6.50 Replacement For Dodgy Third Party Chargers

iPhone and iPad users can swap third-party kit for official Apple chargers for a limited time

11 years ago

Warmer Data Centre, Cooler Planet?

Let your servers heat up, and your data centre could combat global warming, says Peter Judge

11 years ago

The Sinofsky Deal: Or How Microsoft Is Terrified Of Losing The Cloud Race

Microsoft isn't letting Sinofsky run off to competitors, and it is largely because of its fears over cloud, says Tom…

11 years ago

Nokia 301 Joins O2 “Chargers Out Of The Box” Range

Nokia 301 is the first mass-market handset to ship without a charger on O2

11 years ago

DataKind UK Helps Charities Make Informed Choices Using Analytics

The first DataDive event sees over 100 volunteers consulting four non-profit organisations

11 years ago

Another Apple Supplier Accused Of Violating Worker Rights

China Labour Watch claims it found 86 violations at three Pegatron factories in China

11 years ago

Greening Up The Data Centre: How to Identify Big Resource Drains

Professor Ian Bitterlin gives his tips on how to save energy in your data centre by identifying the biggest resource…

11 years ago

ARM Reports Stellar Second Quarter, Expects Good Times To Continue

British chip designer beats analyst expectations, reporting pre-tax profit of £86.6 million

11 years ago

Intel Announces 14nm Chips For An Efficient Datacentre

Intel reveals energy-efficient versions of its Xeon chips, its first products under new CEO Brian Krzanich

11 years ago

IBM Lets Android Users Donate Computing Power To Science

Under a new IBM project Android users can allow their devices' computing power to be used in aid of scientific…

11 years ago

UK Tech Sector 40 Percent Bigger Than Government Estimates

Research suggests that the old business classification system hides the true number of digital companies in Britain

11 years ago

Research: TechWeek Readers Give Thumbs Up To Startups

Are IT people wary of trendy startups? No, our Tech Club survey found that you love them!

11 years ago

Facebook Finds Data Centre Disclosure Is A Mixed Blessing

Peter Judge gives Facebook full marks for sharing its energy data. It's a shame no one seems to be interested.

11 years ago

Scientists Invent Mobile Phone Charging Powered By Urine

Boffins assure sceptics they are not taking the proverbial after revealing a mobile phone charged by urine

11 years ago

Google Gives UK Charities Free Enterprise Apps

Google's Nonprofits programme offers tools and services to qualified charity organisations in England and Wales

11 years ago

Big Data Charity Announces First London Event

DataDive, organised by DataKind UK, will help organisations like Oxfam and HelpAge take advantage of analytics without any risk

11 years ago

Why Matt Smith Isn’t On Facebook

The Doctor talks about milkshakes - and warns against Facebook's "surrogate" world

11 years ago