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eWEEK Europe UK: IBM Hopes To Trigger UK Nuclear Renaissance

Smarter information management systems will be a crucial part of efforts to push the development of cheaper and safer nuclear power in the UK, according to IBM.




The tech company released details of a survey this week which it claims reveals a more positive attitude to nuclear power in the UK, with consumers more amenable to the technology

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Posted by Andrew Donoghue on February 9, 2010 at 11:30am

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Business Green: How to draw up a green travel policy

In a perfectly sustainable world, drafting a green travel policy document would involve little more than grabbing a sheet of A4 paper and scribbling the words "all business travel is banned henceforth" in bright green felt-tip pen.

The simplest and most effective way to make business travel more sustainable is to take a default position that it shouldn't happen and then make anyone who disagrees justify why a business trip is necessary.

Unfortunately, back in the real world, some sort of busin… Continue

Posted by Andrew Donoghue on January 27, 2010 at 1:30pm

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eWEEK: Toxic Tech Group Slams Avatar 3D TV Upgrades


A US environmental group has criticised the companies behind science fiction film Avatar for promoting 3D technology, which the charity believes will lead to consumers unnecessarily upgrading TVs and consigning the old technology to the waste stream.
In a blog posting late last week, Silicon Valley Toxic Co… Continue

Posted by Andrew Donoghue on January 27, 2010 at 1:22pm

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eWEEK: $100 Laptop Project Recruiting Haiti Volunteers

The earthquake-hit country is just one of the destinations where the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organisation wants to send interns and volunteers

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, which has developed a low-cost notebook computer to help children in developing countries improve computer and learning skills, has announced that it is looking for volunteers and interns to help out with projects in countries including Afghanistan and Haiti.

The OLPC organisation announced this week that it… Continue

Posted by Andrew Donoghue on January 27, 2010 at 1:19pm

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eWEEK: MOD Deploys Green Driving Tech

The UK's Ministry of Defence (MOD) has announced that it is adopting technology which should help cut road accidents and also improve the sustainability of the organisation's own vehicles.

The MOD announced late in December that it has signed a contract with sustainable driving technology specialist GreenRoad, which will cover around 4,500 vehicles in the MOD fleet for the next three years. Although the deployment is being discussed mainly in terms of reducing accidents from reckless driving, G… Continue

Posted by Andrew Donoghue on January 27, 2010 at 1:16pm

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eWEEK UK: Free Software Campaigners Disrupt iPad Launch

Apple has been criticised by free software campaigners over the way it controls music and other content on platforms including its newly launched iPad tablet device. Launched on Wednesday at a event in San Francisco, the Apple iPad is expected to be released in the UK in March equipped with Wi-Fi access only with larger capacity [...]

Apple iBooks is a complete red herring

The idea that Apple is going to disrupt publishing with iBooks (and iPad) in the same way it did the music industry with iTunes is to completely misunderstand how the market for books is going to develop. I have tried the e-reader software on the iPhone and other devices and no matter how good it [...]

Silicon.com: How to talk to your CEO about technology

Getting the board to approve IT projects requires not only good presentation skills but also the ability to speak the same language as the rest of the business, says Andrew Donoghue. While it’s debatable whether IT leaders are actually any less articulate than senior managers from other areas of the business, the idea that [...]

How to manage your CIO: What every CFO needs to know

More and more CFOs are becoming responsible for businesses’ IT function. Andrew Donoghue explains what they must know to manage CIOs. Financial chiefs are only going to become more involved in IT decision-making in the future, recent research from analyst Gartner shows. Around 23 per cent of CIOs surveyed last year said they currently report to the [...]

eWEEK Europe UK: Experts Question Hungary’s Role As European Open Source Leader

Ingres claims the central European country should be an example to other states but Hungarian open source experts disagree Open source database company Ingres has held Hungary up as an example to the UK and other European countries of how government should be championing the use of non-proprietary software in the public sector. But some Hungarian experts [...]
 
 

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IBM Hopes To Trigger UK Nuclear Renaissance

IBM says smart information systems could help improve the image of nuclear energy, but green groups claim such efforts are a dangerous distraction from…


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Consumers Unsure About Value Of Apple iPad

The Apple iPad is less coveted by consumers, now that they know what it is, says retailer…


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China Shuts Down Hacker Training Site

China officials have shut down Black Hawk Safety Net, the country's biggest hacker training Website, and arrested three people for making hacker tools available…


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IBM Releases Energy Efficient Power7 System

IBM launches a set of Power7 systems that it says deliver up to four times the energy efficiency and twice the…


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SAP Announces New Management Team

SAP's new management team will have the task of getting the company growing again and restoring a sense of…


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Microsoft Denies Windows 7 Battery Problems Due To OS

Microsoft has been exploring complaints of poor battery life for some laptops running Windows 7, and claims that in every case the operating system is not at…


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Linux Founder Endorses Nexus One Smartphone

The creator of the Linux operating system, Linus Torvalds, has backed the Nexus One after he used the device for its Google Maps Navigation…


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Nokia Investor Hits Phone Maker With Class Action Suit

Nokia has been slapped with a fresh lawsuit, although this time the class action complaint was filed by an investor and not a business…


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Apple Awarded Top Marks For Tech Support

Apple has once again beating the likes of HP and Dell in the customer satisfaction stakes, after it topped a technical support…


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Plastic Supercapacitor Points To End Of Batteries

British boffins may have signalled the end of the traditional battery as we know it, after they developed a composite plastic that can store and release…
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