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Technology predictions for 2014: smarter cities, bigger games

Technology predictions for 2014: smarter cities, bigger games | Green IT | Scoop.it
From connected cities, drones and patent wars to cheaper tablets, monster games and smart wearables. By Charles Arthur, Jemima Kiss, Samuel Gibbs, Alex Hern and Siraj Datoo
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December 14, 2013 8:30 PM
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'This is not a good place to live': inside Ghana's dump for electronic waste

'This is not a good place to live': inside Ghana's dump for electronic waste | Green IT | Scoop.it
At Agbogbloshie, young people scavenge for scrap metal amid the smoke from plastics fires. The health risks are obvious – but the money is too good to ignore
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November 28, 2013 1:10 PM
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Explaining Green Computing

When it comes to being green, computing is both part of the problem and part of the solution. This video therefore looks at the environmental aspects of comp...
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November 26, 2013 10:19 AM
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Microsoft Green Blog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

Microsoft Green Blog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs | Green IT | Scoop.it
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November 16, 2013 10:49 AM
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Motorola teams up with Phonebloks to create modular mobile phones

Motorola teams up with Phonebloks to create modular mobile phones | Green IT | Scoop.it
Google-owned communications company Motorola is working with Phonebloks creator Dave Hakkens to develop open-source modular mobile phones.
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November 13, 2013 3:38 PM
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Just Eat heads to the cloud for IT stability boost

Just Eat heads to the cloud for IT stability boost | Green IT | Scoop.it
Google Apps provides online takeaway ordering service with improved uptime, IT head claims
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November 13, 2013 2:02 PM
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Further education college graduates to near all-virtual with Dell Compellent SAN

Further education college graduates to near all-virtual with Dell Compellent SAN | Green IT | Scoop.it
College of North West London replaced ageing EMC SAN with tiered storage for virtual machines and apps on Dell Compellent SC040s
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November 9, 2013 7:40 PM
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HowStuffWorks "How Wind Power Works"

HowStuffWorks "How Wind Power Works" | Green IT | Scoop.it
When air moves quickly, that motion means kinetic energy, which can be captured. Learn how the simplest possible wind-energy turbine works.
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August 16, 2013 9:08 AM
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Read our beginners guide to virtualization

We have created a complete beginners guide on the topic of virtualization. Read and learn everything you need to know about it.
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March 8, 2013 6:16 AM
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Power Management Settings : BIOS for Beginners

Power Management Settings : BIOS for Beginners | Green IT | Scoop.it
This area of the BIOS seems to be the most misunderstood. When these settings are not properly configured, the result can be systems that do not shut down correctly, or that enter or awaken from the Standby or Hibernate modes improperly.
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February 26, 2013 3:38 PM
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Yahoo chief bans working from home

Yahoo chief bans working from home | Green IT | Scoop.it
Marissa Mayer has ordered an end to 'remote' work as all staff are told to be in the office as part of a new era of collaboration
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February 14, 2013 11:09 AM
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Top five virtualisation security issues

Top five virtualisation security issues | Green IT | Scoop.it
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January 2, 2014 4:29 PM
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Dell Project Ophelia Android TV stick coming this summer for $100

Dell Project Ophelia Android TV stick coming this summer for $100 | Green IT | Scoop.it
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December 15, 2013 8:12 AM
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Electronic waste: we must design gadgets that don't poison the planet

Electronic waste: we must design gadgets that don't poison the planet | Green IT | Scoop.it
Observer editorial: We discard huge amounts of electronics every year, creating a toxic wasteland – often in the poorest countries
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December 2, 2013 4:10 PM
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Further information | Schools | Practical Action

Further information | Schools | Practical Action | Green IT | Scoop.it
Information on renewable energy from Practical Action's website and other recommended sites
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November 28, 2013 12:46 PM
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Climate change is simple: David Roberts at TEDxTheEvergreenStateCollege

David Roberts is staff writer at Grist.org. In "Climate Change is Simple" he describes the causes and effects of climate change in blunt, plain terms. On Apr...
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November 21, 2013 7:14 AM
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Everything you need to know about climate change - interactive

Everything you need to know about climate change - interactive | Green IT | Scoop.it
Our one-stop guide to the facts of global warming, from the science and politics to economics and technology
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November 14, 2013 11:13 AM
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Microwave signals turned into power

Microwave signals turned into power | Green IT | Scoop.it
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November 13, 2013 3:28 PM
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RAM drive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

RAM drive

A RAM drive (also called a RAM disk) is a block of RAM ( primary storage or volatile memory) that a computer's software is treating as if the memory were a disk drive ( secondary storage).

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November 9, 2013 7:42 PM
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Gigha watts: Scottish island tests batteries for wind farms

Gigha watts: Scottish island tests batteries for wind farms | Green IT | Scoop.it
Battery project involving 75,000 litres of sulphuric acid will allow Scottish island to store wind power it cannot transmit
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August 24, 2013 6:37 AM
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Technology firms to spend $150bn on building new data centres

Technology firms to spend $150bn on building new data centres | Green IT | Scoop.it
Google in latest results, revealed that it invested $1.6bn on building data centres just in the three months from April to June
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May 16, 2013 5:45 PM
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Griff Rhys-Jones ignores the fact that someone has to live near solar farms

Griff Rhys-Jones ignores the fact that someone has to live near solar farms | Green IT | Scoop.it
Jeremy Leggett: Comedian opposes Tattingstone solar farm but it's not clear how he'd keep the lights on and tackle climate change
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March 5, 2013 5:19 PM
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Embrace the cloud computing revolution – with caution

Embrace the cloud computing revolution – with caution | Green IT | Scoop.it
Dan Gillmore: Google's Chromebook Pixel is the latest device pushing cloud data storage, but I'm not convinced it's safe enough
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February 19, 2013 2:44 PM
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CoolROM.com - Frequently Asked Questions

CoolROM.com - Frequently Asked Questions | Green IT | Scoop.it
Download from the largest and cleanest ROMs and emulators resource on the net. Mobile optimized. Systems include N64, GBA, SNES, NDS, GBC, NES, MAME, PSX, GCN and more.
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