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Ecosia is being endorsed by the WWF and billed as an "eco-friendly" search engine but it is also based on Microsoft technology
A search engine project backed by the World Wildlife Fund, and based on technology from Microsoft and Yahoo, heavily criticises the carbon intensity of Google's search infrastructure and also contains a sly dig at Apple.

The Ecosia search engine announced this week in the… Continue

The Green Grid's John Tuccillo and Zhal Limbuwala from the British Computer Society argue that consuming less IT and upgrading less frequently isn't necessarily the most sustainable approach

IT vendors are very keen on discussing environmental and low-carbon approaches to IT in terms of energy efficiency. The idea that new technology will be more efficient and "greener" than older kit fits nicely with the perpetual upgrade mantra that has been the mainstay of the computing industry since… Continue

In the same week that the UK updated its electronics recycling laws, a Nigerian national has been questioned by police over the illegal export of waste technology
The UK has updated its main regulations governing the environmental disposal of used IT and other tech hardware but cases are still emerging of electronic waste being shipped illegally to developin… Continue

Skirting carefully around the fact that fossil fuels contribute to climate change, IBM has plenty of advice for how oil and gas companies can respond to the threat from global warming

Along with other large IT companies such as HP, IBM appears to have an extremely pragmatic take on climate change.

Keen to be seen to be green with a rash of carbon-cutting services and "green" hardware, the vendor is also happy to profit from the lucrative contracts available from oil and gas companies' continui… Continue

Microsoft is encouraging adoption of its Windows 7 operating system - even if that means replacing working XP machines - but is still critical of unbridled consumption

While on the one hand Microsoft is pushing consumers and businesses to trade in functioning PCs for shiny new devices running Windows 7, on the other the computer giant is characterising the boom years that preceded the current recession as unsustainable and unrealistic.

In a statement released this week, designed to push the ef… Continue