http://www.greencomputingnews.com Latest News of Green Computing Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:03:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en March 8, 2010 -- Event organizer BroadGroup announced on Monday that industry leaders in the European data center sector will gather at the sixth annual Data Centres Europe Conference and Awards, held April 22 to 23 at Sophia Antipolis near Nice, France. More: continued here http://www.greencomputingnews.com/european-data-center-leaders-to-gather-at-dce-2010-web-host-industry-review/ The peace silk used to make Jillian Granz's Oscar dress may be expensive and hard to find, but Kalamazoo-area stores offer a variety of natural fabrics. Dick Dapson, co-owner of Fabrications in Richland, said the natural and sustainable trend in fabrics has gone through an ebb and flow over the ... http://www.greencomputingnews.com/kalamazoo-area-stores-offer-earth-conscious-materials-fabrics-the-kalamazoo-gazette/ Solar start-up 1366 Technologies is working on a technology that promises to dramatically cut the cost of solar cell manufacturing. More: continued here http://www.greencomputingnews.com/1366-tech-leaps-from-pure-silcon-to-solar-wafer-cnet/ It's just the latest technological field that the Silicon Valley computing giant decided to revolutionize. More: continued here http://www.greencomputingnews.com/google-isnt-lost-in-translation-minneapolis-st-paul-star-tribune/ EMERYVILLE, CA and CAMBRIDGE, MA--(Marketwire - 03/09/10) - News Facts -- BigFix, Inc. and Neocleus have signed a technology licensing agreement, which enables BigFix to deliver Neocleus' client virtualization technologies via the BigFix Unified Management Platform. -- BigFix will leverage Neocleus NeoSphere technologies to create the industry's only enterprise-class distributed ... http://www.greencomputingnews.com/bigfix-licenses-neocleus-technology-to-lead-industry-to-enterprise-class-virtual-client-computing-marketwire-via-yahoo-finance/ According to Conservation International, online events can eliminate over 300 tons of CO2 per 1000 attendees. More: continued here http://www.greencomputingnews.com/green-building-virtual-expo-may-19-20-2010-buildingonline/ He's only in his 20s and his invention is receiving major national attention. Jason Lucash from Danville used recycled materials to play a new tune. He invented fold out speakers made from recycled paper and cardboard. More: continued here http://www.greencomputingnews.com/young-danville-inventor-gets-national-attention-cbs-5-bay-area/ Ken Adler, an academic computing coordinator at Lyon College, hopes to take his views to Washington. More: continued here http://www.greencomputingnews.com/profiling-the-candidates-college-professor-ken-adler-kthv-little-rock/ Here's a great dessert to serve on St. Patrick's Day; since it's creamy and delicious (and not green), it can be served anytime there's a need for a fancy dessert. More: continued here http://www.greencomputingnews.com/irish-cream-chocolate-chip-cheesecake-recipe-bellaonline/ Microsoft's take on the future of the datacenter brings with it the danger of useful benchmarking metrics becoming meaningless marketing bullets. Understanding how complex systems work and interoperate is more than just a game of speeds and feeds. by David Chernicoff More: continued here http://www.greencomputingnews.com/my-pacs-better-than-your-pod-or-is-it-zdnet/