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More energy must go into making devices efficient
Insight perspective Technology exists to make devices far more efficient, but a number of factors are standing in the way, says ARM executive.
Tags: Green IT, Consumer Technology, Electronics, Device, Carbon Footprint, Europe, device manufacturer, Brussels, carbon dioxide, manufacturer
Panasonic edges closer to smart home reality
News While other vendors are hammering out interoperability standards, Japanese electronics firm Panasonic said it will start sales of a "smart home" system that--among other features--lets users control household appliances through mobile phones.
Matsushita, Hitachi to ally on parts procurement, technology
News Matsushita Electric Industrial Co and Hitachi Ltd, two of Japan's biggest electronics makers, will ally on parts procurement and development of technology for home appliances.
Texas Instruments to launch energy-efficient chips
News The chipmaker says the Piccolo line of microcontrollers can reduce power consumption in home appliances, hybrid cars, LED lighting and solar panels.
Tags: Processors, Texas Instruments Inc., Chip, Air Conditioner, solar panel, energy efficiency, LED lighting, hybrid car, pollution, marketing
Google crashes the smart-grid party
News Company introduces PowerMeter software for tracking home energy use, part of smart-grid plan to make energy data available on the Web in real time in standard formats.
Tags: Green IT, Web sites, Google Inc., Utility, General Electric Co., Renewable Energy, Hardware, software, energy efficiency, industry
Intel, Korea's LG team on home networking
News Chip giant Intel has joined forces with Korea's LG Electronics to develop technologies for the wired home of the future.
Smart technology no longer a dumb idea
News Smart devices might be fun stuff for Bill Gates--but do they really perform functions that can make people's lives more efficient and productive? Guest columnist Michael Nelson takes a look.
Create a power management strategy
Techguide Give more thought to the preservation and conservation of power beyond buying uninterruptible power supplies for the server room.
Talking Shop: Presenting multiple options to smooth the client's path
Insight In consulting, as with life, we rarely stumble across the "perfect" answer. Instead, we face many choices with varying degrees of desirability. Yet one of the most common mistakes we make is to present our clients with only one option.
Hitachi to speed up on smart home gadgets
News Hitachi Ltd has said it would speed up its development of "smart" home appliances designed to work as part of a home computer network.
Cisco partners with Chinese appliance maker
News The networking giant has made a pact with one of China's largest appliance maker Haier to develop home networking gear.
Tags: Networking
Local PC maker makes Microsoft OEM partner list
News Local PC manufacturer I-Berhad has been apppointed a Microsoft original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partner, the first Malaysian public-listed firm to meet the software giant's stringent standards.
3 Fujitsu S'pore units to merge
News Fujitsu will merge three of its Singapore units by next month. The three entities are regional software research and development center Fujitsu Singapore, the Asia Pacific operations headquarters Fujitsu Asia, and Fujitsu Computer.
Fujitsu to merge 3 local units
News Japanese electronics maker Fujitsu will merge three of its Singapore units by next month.
Philips eyes more money from green IT
News The consumer electronics company wants its Green Products to contribute 30 percent of total revenues by 2012, up from its current 15 percent.
Tags: Product development and design
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