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- Social media explosion powered by dirty energy, report warns Thu, 1 Jan 70, 10:00amGreenpeace singles out Amazon Web Services and Twitter for siting data centres in coal areas and failing to reveal energy useThe rise of social media is being powered by dirty forms of energy such as coal, a report from the...
- Amazon’s Biodome Greenhouses Receive Green Light From Seattle’s Design Review Board Fri, 25 Oct 13, 8:30amNBBJ and Amazon have been hard at work for over a year on a compelling, sustainable and publicly accessible design for the internet giant's new headquarters in downtown Seattle...
- Ireland is cool for Google as its data servers like the weather Sun, 23 Dec 12, 11:08amComputer multinationals are finding that the chilly Irish climate helps with the cost of cooling their giant processor farmsJust like their neighbours across the sea, the Irish enjoy nothing more than whingeing about the...
- Mike’s Amazon Trick Sat, 8 Sep 12, 3:30amOver at Bishop Hill, there’s an eye opening story by Shug Niggurath about the orchestration of book reviews for Michael Mann’s Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars using John Cook’s “secret” forum...
- Apple defends green credentials of cloud computing services Wed, 18 Apr 12, 12:02amGreenpeace report named Apple among worst offenders for using highly polluting coal to power their data centresApple disclosed sensitive information about energy demand at the data centre housing its iCloud service for the...
- Justice Department Files Antitrust Suit Against Apple for eBook Pricing Thu, 12 Apr 12, 6:59amToday the US Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and five major book publishers over the pricing of eBooks. The Justice Department claims that Apple and the other publishers named in the suit colluded...
- Amazon Acquires a Robot Company to Improve Working Conditions In Its Warehouses Fri, 23 Mar 12, 2:20amOn Tuesday, Amazon announced the purchase of Kiva Systems, a company that makes warehouse robots like the ones already being used in inventory and logistics heavy retailers like Zappos and Staples...
- Michael Mann’s new book is out Thu, 9 Feb 12, 6:14amTom Nelson reports: I just bought the Kindle version of Michael Mann’s “The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines” I hate the idea of spending $9.99 on a climate hoax book, but...
- WWF in denial over Donna Laframboise’s new book Mon, 24 Oct 11, 11:37pmSo upset they issued a press release. That’ll show ‘em. Funny how they couldn’t delineate the title of the book in the text. You can get the full story here at Marketwatch. But I see this as a rousing endorsement,...
- Donna Laframboise’s new exposé book on the IPCC Sat, 15 Oct 11, 6:30amHere’s some reviews: Blooming brilliant. Devastating” – Matt Ridley, author of The Rational Optimist “…shines a hard light on the rotten heart of the IPCC” – Richard Tol, Professor...
- Would You Use Amazon’s Preemptive Return Tool for Gifts You Don’t Want? Thu, 30 Dec 10, 3:22amWe’ve all got relatives that seem to be missing the gift giving gene — remember those horrible holiday sweaters and itchy scarves of your childhood? Well, Amazon.com has a plan to curb unwanted presents and they’ve...