Technology Mashup

Leaves me wondering what kind of penal system we have when they have access to this stuff anyway...

Prisons to ban adult-rated games - Adult prisoners in England and Wales are to be banned from playing 18-rated computer games.

[BBC UK Technology News]

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]

The world seems to be getting weirder...

Rackspace opens wood-powered datacentre -

Rackspace has touted the 'green' credentials of its first European datacentre, fuelled by a wood-burning power station

Epson aims to cut CO2 emissions by 90 percent -

The company has pledged to cut its CO₂ emissions by 90 percent by 2050, through a variety of strategies, including shrinking its printer parts...

[ZDNet UK Green IT Toolkit]

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 -

Burma's scandal continues with telecoms engineers now prevented from entering the country. Foreign aid (as has been widely publicised) is being prevented from reaching areas where it is direly needed to save lives. The Burmese military junta seems to fear that foreign assistance and presence might further upset their control over the country. The situation is an absolute disgrace.

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

An Excerpt from CNN explaining the use of RFID.

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]

I'm not convinced that the ramifications of Emergency 2.0 have fully been thought through. It would be a service highly susceptible to spamming, hoaxes and general nuisance. There needs to be quality of service, which is well thought through and tested. Ultimately there needs to be an integration point to regional emergency services and some kind of traceability with punitive action taken against those who would use it to indulge their own malevolence.