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French NGOs file complaint against Samsung over Chinese labor practices

Posted February 27, 2013 - 1:17 pm

Three NGOs filed a complaint with a French prosecutor's office against Samsung's subsidiary in the country, saying that the affiliate should be held responsible for labor violations in China.
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Microsoft joins Open Data Center Alliance

Posted February 27, 2013 - 9:05 am

Microsoft has joined the Open Data Center Alliance, a user-led organization that aims to simplify the purchasing of data center and cloud services by promoting interoperability and common standards.
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Iceotope plumbs in immersively cooled servers for first customer

Posted February 27, 2013 - 5:02 am

Iceotope's immersively cooled server racks are now in production, and the company has named its first customer. The University of Leeds, in the north of England, has been using an Iceotope server since December to run computational fluid dynamics models -- and to warm the radiators in one of its laboratories.
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Intel releases Hadoop software primed for its own chips

Posted February 26, 2013 - 4:15 pm

Intel has released its own Hadoop distribution in a move intended to accelerate adoption of the big data platform while ensuring more of those workloads run on Intel's own Xeon processors.
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Apple supplier penalized for polluting nearby river in China

Posted February 22, 2013 - 5:54 am

An Apple supplier known for making iPads has been penalized by Chinese authorities for turning a nearby river in Shanghai "white" after dumping pollutants during the nation's Spring Festival holiday.
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HP's first 'Project Moonshot' server due next quarter

Posted February 21, 2013 - 9:22 pm

Hewlett-Packard's first low-power server for hyperscale computing environments, developed under a project it calls Moonshot, will go on sale next quarter, CEO Meg Whitman said on Thursday.
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HP to limit student labor in Chinese factories with new guidelines

Posted February 8, 2013 - 3:30 am

Hewlett-Packard has issued new guidelines to limit the use of student labor at its supplier factories in China, in what it claimed was the first of its kind for the IT industry.
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Students hurt by the digital divide

Posted February 4, 2013 - 1:05 pm

Millions of students in the U.S. don’t have access to high speed Internet services at home and it’s hurting their chances for academic success, but fixing the problem is not going to be easy or cheap
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Beijing's heavy pollution a boon for air quality monitoring apps

Posted January 31, 2013 - 4:58 am

On Jan. 13, local developer Wang Jun found that downloads for his app had suddenly skyrocketed, totaling 58,000 in a single day.
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Samsung investigates worker's death following chemical leak at chip plant

Posted January 28, 2013 - 11:53 am

A chemical leak at a Samsung Electronics plant in South Korea has resulted in the death of a contract worker, while four others have been discharged from a hospital after treatment, the company said Monday.
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Apple cut ties with Chinese supplier for hiring underage workers

Posted January 25, 2013 - 4:29 am

Apple found 11 facilities within its supply chain using underage labor last year, and went as far to sever ties with one Chinese component maker for failing to prevent the violations.
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How a private cloud saves money and the environment

Posted January 22, 2013 - 4:44 pm

When Ricoh Europe realized its IT environment was both spiraling out of control and environmentally unfriendly, it turned to a IT services provider for help. Working with Infosys, Ricoh developed a private cloud that helped it consolidate nine data centers into two, cutting infrastructure costs and reducing carbon dioxide emissions significantly.
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Obama takes forceful stand on climate and tech

Posted January 22, 2013 - 4:35 pm

In his second inaugural address, President Barack Obama on Monday argued with certainty and forcefulness about the dangers of climate change and the role of technology in fighting it.
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Networking air quality measurements

Posted January 22, 2013 - 3:37 pm

The Air Quality Egg provides accurate citizen-driven air quality tracking.
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The Weekly Hash - January 18, 2013

Posted January 18, 2013 - 11:48 am

A semi-serious look back at some of the top tech stories of the week, today featuring Lance Armstrong’s surprising confession to Oprah, a guy outsourcing his own job to China and the Mexican Army getting hacked
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Facebook pushes a new model for buying servers

Posted January 16, 2013 - 10:19 pm

Facebook has proposed a new model for designing servers that it says will give businesses more choice in selecting components and a smarter way to upgrade systems when needs change, though it remains to be seen how widely its method will be adopted.
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Cadillac electrifies line up with ELR hybrid

Posted January 15, 2013 - 5:39 pm

Cadillac introduced a high-end hyrbid electric vehicle called the ELR at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit Tuesday.
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Tablets to get Energy Star ratings

Posted January 14, 2013 - 5:26 pm

Tablets will be rated based on the Energy Star specification in the future.
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Workers strike at Foxconn supplier in China

Posted January 13, 2013 - 11:26 pm

More than 1,000 workers reportedly went on strike at a Foxconn supplier in China demanding better pay. Riot police are said to have responded by suppressing the protest.
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The Weekly Hash - January 11, 2013

Posted January 11, 2013 - 11:14 am

A silly review of a bunch of tech stories from this past week, today featuring intelligent flatware at CES, John McAfee acting even crazier and the programming language of the year’s newest lady friend
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Google invests $200 million in Texas wind turbine project

Posted January 9, 2013 - 7:58 pm

Google will invest US$200 million in a wind farm project in west Texas, part of the Internet giant's continuing interest in funding renewable energy projects, the company said Wednesday.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook visits China, meets with official

Posted January 8, 2013 - 11:57 am

Apple CEO Tim Cook is visiting China and met with a government official on Tuesday, about 10 months after his last visit to the country.
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How companies keep us buying new stuff, and how to recycle the rest

Posted December 28, 2012 - 8:57 pm

It's okay to crave new gadgets, just ditch the old gear responsibly.
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Santa goes green

Posted December 26, 2012 - 9:38 am

Naughty folks now get punished in a more eco-friendly way
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Foxconn, Samsung face dilemma of cutting overtime hours at Chinese factories

Posted December 24, 2012 - 10:05 am

Assembly line workers are logging 12-hour days to churn out the latest handsets for Samsung Electronics at a factory in Huizhou, China.
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