Green Computing News

Goodness Reigns Launches Its First 'Mini Contest' on Natural Family Planning

admin — Sat, 19 May 2012 08:05:04 +0000

LOUISVILLE, May 18, 2012 / Christian Newswire / — It's green. It's scientific. It's holistic and builds strong marriages. Explore these and other reasons for Natural Family Planning — a pivotal teaching and lifestyle choice — while making a short video.

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Rangers' preferred bidder Charles Green meets Scottish football chiefs

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 06:05:42 +0000

THERE is only a short distance between the offices of the SFA and those of the SPL on the sixth floor at Hampden but, for Charles Green, it must have felt like he was visiting different planets.

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Apple to use only green power for main data center

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:05:14 +0000

Apple Inc plans to power its main U.S. data center entirely with renewable energy by the end of this year, taking steps to address longstanding environmental concerns about the rapid expansion of high-consuming …

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Supermicro® Highlights Latest GPU SuperServer®, SuperBlade® and …

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 05:05:12 +0000

New Generation X9 GPU Platforms Accelerate Research, Scientific, Engineering, Computational Finance and Design Applications SAN JOSE, Calif. - Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), a global leader in high-performance, high-efficiency server technology and green computing, will showcase its latest graphics processing unit (GPU) enabled X9 server and workstation solutions at the NVIDIA GPU …

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Swimming Pools are Going Green and Going Chemless

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:05:22 +0000

Using Green Technology to Reduce Chemical Exposure in Swimming Pools with Go ChemlessFort Lauderdale, Florida (PRWEB) May 18, 2012 Go Chemless Inc, the company known for developing and offering swimming pool owners a healthier choice to sanitize their swimming pool with the use of natural ions and modern day computing power, unveiled the newest member of their swimming pool Bio Sanitizer line at …

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Hybrid computing just like FLESH-EATING bacteria

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:05:21 +0000

A scholarly comparison HPC blog Hybrid computing (using CPUs plus GPUs to accelerate processing speed/throughput) and necrotizing faciitis (a flesh-eating bacterial* infection) have more in common than is typically thought. Both exhibit high growth rates, and both are incredibly difficult to stop once they get started.…

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Mesa del Sol Unveils First Smart Grid in the Nation

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 08:05:47 +0000

Partnership between NEDO of Japan and U.S. PartnersAlbuquerque, NM (PRWEB) May 17, 2012 Mesa del Sol, Albuquerque’s visionary mixed-use, master planned community in the southern part of the city, once again made history when it unveiled its new Smart Grid System – the first of its kind in the nation. The Smart Grid System, in conjunction with the PNM Prosperity Energy Storage Project,the nation …

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DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. Receives LEED Gold Certification for Its Santa Clara Data Center

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:05:40 +0000

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (DFT) today announced it has earned LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for its SC1 data center …

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The Biggest Cost of Facebook's Growth

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:05:12 +0000

Running the world's largest social network will be a technical and financial challenge as it grows. Facebook is the gateway to the Internet for a growing number of people. They message rather than e-mail; discover news and music through friends, rather than through conventional news or search sites; and use their Facebook ID to access outside websites and applications.

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Way up high, green(ery) is breaking out

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 05:05:52 +0000

Spring sunshine has seared the last snow from the heights of the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson - ushering in the season of green. It's a perfect time for a trek in lush woodlands a vertical mile above the city.

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