What are effects of energy used from social networking sites and web surfing?

Oct. 8, 2011   Leave a Comment  

The environmental impact of so much online time really boils down to energy usage, which in turn affects the amount of greenhouse gases we pump into our atmosphere. Google, which has been carbon neutral since 2007, has been a real leader in the building of green data centers, even powering them with renewable energy. (Media credit/Jurgen Plasser via Flickr)

Is tweating a green activity?

Shiny things: Sun’s energy efficient data centers

Oct. 12, 2007   Leave a Comment  

Sun Microsystems' Santa Clara Datacenters

Sun Microsystems recently completed energy efficient data centers in US, UK and India, reducing Sun’s energy costs by 60 percent and earning the company nearly $1 million in rebates and awards, a company statement said in August. They’re also shiny. “Put into operation between January and June of this year, all three data centers were [...]

Shiny things: 10-Gigabit fiber optic devices

Oct. 5, 2007   Leave a Comment  

Shiny things: 10-Gigabit fiber optic devices

I’m pleased to announce a new component to Blast Magazine. For a bonafide nerd, there’s nothing exciting than a bunch of circuits, wires, boards, lights and plugs — especially when you have no idea what they do. That’s just what we’re going to celebrate. Our new feature “Shiny Things” looks at all things in the [...]