Technology Mashup

The Economist poses an interesting question on the viability of future cheating techniques based on gene therapy.

"On the eve of the Beijing Olympics, we examine the prospect of athletes using gene therapy to enhance their performance, and of catching them if they try..."

IBM Announces IT Carbon Strategy Assessment Service - ARMONK, NY IBM (NYSE: IBM), today announced a new service, the IT Carbon Strategy Study, to help clients starting on their green transformation identify the most rapid areas of reduction in IT carbon emission across the infrastructure.

[IBM Newsroom]

BT launches major drive to cut CO2 emissions -

By 2016, the telecoms giant hopes to reduce its 1996 global CO₂ emission levels by 80 percent...

[ZDNet UK Green IT Toolkit]

NHS faces challenge to cut carbon emissions -

Greater use of IT could help the health service reduce its environmental impact, according to a draft strategy produced by the new NHS Sustainable Development Unit...

[ZDNet UK Green IT Toolkit]

Progress at UN biodiversity forum - Nearly 200 countries agree on measures to protect the world's most threatened wildlife at a UN conference.

[BBC Science News]

MPs back personal carbon credits - The government should go ahead with a scheme for personal "carbon credits", a committee of MPs says.

[BBC Science News]

IBM Unveils New Carbon Management Analysis Tool to Optimize Supply Chain Efficiencies - IBM today announced the Carbon Tradeoff Modeler, a first-of-a-kind tool that enables organizations to analyze and manage the climate impact of their supply chains. The tool allows organizations to understand the outcome of critical tradeoffs to make smarter energy choices and better economic decisions by optimizing on service levels, quality, cost, and carbon dioxide emissions.

A very positive outlook for the Green Tech 'sector'. The fact that it is so commercially attractive will no doubt drive many interesting developments that will have positive 'environmental' impact. It's hard not to be cynical though as this sector is something of the 'bandwagon' of 2008 and has its fair share of charlatans.

Techies told: Green IT is a goldmine, not a burden -

Child web-safety guide launched - New teaching resources aimed at helping primary school children surf the web safely are launched. [BBC UK Technology News]

Biotechs new frontiers - Indias biotech companies have two new opportunitiesto help create a second green revolution and to assist the government in the fight against disease. The mood [Technology Today: Biotechnology]

Gene therapy, genetic engineering, gene swops. Lastest research. Animal and human science of genes. How genes are reprogrammed. How scientists use genes to cure disease or create new plants and animals.

HP announces Sustainable IT Ecosystem Lab - The company's facility will investigate 'green' concepts including swapping out copper for fibre within PCs and making advertising hoardings from electronic paper [ZDNet UK Green IT Toolkit]

Without being overly cynical about Green IT as a marketing vehicle it is very interesting to note the enormous change in corporate outlook on this matter, although I think we have a 'way to go' before the CIO is the new eco-warrior.

IBM unveils 'green' energy tools for datacentres - The products are designed to measure power consumption and reduction across energy-hungry datacentres that run corporate networks and websites [ZDNet UK Green IT Toolkit]

Supermarket trials carbon labels - Tesco announces that a range of its products will carry a label showing the size of the goods' carbon footprints. [BBC Science News]