There is only one thing that’s better than keeping e-waste out of landfills and that’s getting paid to do it.
It may be hard to believe, but that is exactly what you get with BuyMyTronics - a company that pays you hard cash for new, used and even broken gadgets. How much cash? That depends on [...]
With services like RideSearch quickly emerging as Internet’s green driving guides, local governments and non-profits try too keep up with their own versions of eco-friendly transportation programs.
DrivingChange is an example of Denver’s city-sponsored environmental initiative and a green Internet solutions firm Enviance working to together to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The pilot program will [...]
Coming out of the Green Grid Technical Forum, we know that energy infrastructures of data centers and other enterprise-level IT operations are in dire need of a major overhaul. Now it appears that similar changes may be required in the area of Ethernet distribution equipment.
Delving into energy consumption and other green issues facing the IT [...]
In the midst of unpredictable weather patters and out-of-control oil prices, you’ll be happy to know that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
The leading clean-tech research and publishing firm Clean Edge has just released its annual Clean Energy Trends report, which finds that alternative energy markets are on the rise. It concludes [...]
It may be hard to believe that one of the most modern cities on the face of the planet is still using perpetually burning gas lamps to illuminate its streets. But, alas, there is something primal about Las Vegas. And I am not just talking gambling.
To save the city from itself, help is now coming [...]
Now, before you grab your socks and hose and pull, keep in mind that this is somewhere between gossip and unofficial news. Still, the report of Toyota’s celebrated hybrid possibly becoming a separate trademark was published in Motor Trend and originated in the Toyota shop.
Short of offering any confirmations, the automaker’s R&D executive vice president [...]
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc plans to make an unspecified number of job cuts at DoubleClick Inc following the closing of its $3.1 billion acquisition of the advertising technology company, Google said on Tuesday.
In a statement on Google’s Web site, the Internet leader said it has been limited by law from making detailed integration [...]
House Judiciary members on Tuesday pushed for an antitrust approach to net neutrality rather than a regulatory structure that would allow the Federal Communications Commission to weigh in on the controversial topic.
In what could turn out to be a jurisdictional battle, Republican Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin urged the committee to maintain its jurisdiction over net [...]
Big tech companies are going green, but what about the off-brand subcontractors that actually make their components?
by Eric Griffith
How much do you care about the eco-friendliness of your electronics? Would you pay more? Switch to a vendor that’s greener? More than 50 percent of respondents to a recent Forrester survey claimed to want [...]
