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Manage entire network to go green
News To achieve 'greener' next-generation networks, operators should scrutinize network investment and focus on product lifecycle management, urges expert.
Tags: Green IT, Next-generation technology/networks, Network infrastructure, Nokia Corp., Infrastructure, SingTel, network, Green IT, Fiber, radio network
S'pore mulls 'three-strikes' law against piracy
News Country evaluating new law to curb online piracy from persistent users who refuse to heed repeated warnings, cutting Internet access to violators.
Tags: Piracy, Regulations, Piracy, Internet Access, IPO, Singapore, Internet Service, intellectual property, movie, Internet Service Provider
Amazon goes global with new Kindle
News New edition of the e-book reader that can wirelessly download books in more than 100 countries. Also: a price cut for U.S. consumers.
Tags: Handhelds, Forrester Research Inc., e-reader, e-reader sale, eReader, Sony Reader, U.S., Amazon.com Inc., Sales, online retail company
AMD to trim 1,100 jobs, initiate temporary pay cuts
News Chipmaker plans to reduce workforce by about 9 percent and institute salary cuts of up to 20 percent, as it struggles to manage amid economic meltdown.
Tags: Processors, Layoffs, Sales/revenue, Autodesk Inc., Cut, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip Company, 401(k) plan, Worker, search engine company
Microsoft cuts 800 more jobs
News The latest workers to have their jobs eliminated are being notified, in what Microsoft said completes personnel reductions announced earlier this year.
Tags: Layoffs, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Money, Microsoft Corp., job, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, Small Business, layoff, Silicon Valley
Hollywood hunts The Pirate Bay; site down again
News Sources say lawyers in Sweden working for copyright owners are tracking down whoever provides bandwidth to The Pirate Bay and then forcing them to cut off service.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Digital rights management (DRM), Site, Web 2.0, Web sites, BitTorrent, Blackout, attorney, Ukraine
Amazon paces holiday tech discount drive
News Deep, early price cuts on tech gadgets by electronics makers and retailers may be good for consumers and bad for profits.
Tags: Web sites, Unit Sale, Amazon.com Inc., Web sites, TV, Consumer Electronics Association, Electronics, Price, E-book Reader, flat panel
France pushes ahead with 'three strikes' Internet law
News Anti-piracy legislation, which calls for persistent file-sharers to have their Internet connection cut off, is a revised version of earlier legislation struck down by the courts.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Law, IP, IP Address, Wi-Fi connection, Wi-Fi, File-sharing, Internet, Wi-Fi access
Adobe to cut 9 percent of workforce
News Elimination of 680 full-time jobs comes as the software maker tries to align costs in the face of lagging sales. They follow a 9 percent reduction within the Omniture unit
Tags: Business development/management, Business structures, Adobe Systems Inc., Omniture Inc., Web analytics company, restructuring, software, job, Workforce, Sales
Sun to lay off another 3,000 employees
News In preparation for its takeover by Oracle, server maker says it expects to cut about 10 percent of its global workforce over next 12 months.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, IBM Corp., restructuring, European Commission, restructuring charge, job, Business Strategies & Functions, Larry Ellison, Workforce, Sun Microsystems Inc.
Microsoft cutting price of high-end Xbox 360
News Microsoft drops price of high-end Xbox 360 console by US$100 to match Sony's price cut for the PlayStation 3.
Tags: Game players, Sales, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, console, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox, game, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Game players
France adopts three-strikes law for piracy
News Soon, those in France accused of illegal file sharing multiple times could lose Internet access for up to a year, if they don't heed warnings.
Tags: Piracy, Web services, Law, U.S., job, ACTA Member, Piracy, Internet Access, European Union, antipiracy
IBM's North Carolina smart-grid trial shaves power
News Electricity use drops by an average of 15 percent in a pilot test of a smart-grid system among 100 commercial and business customers.
Tags: Green IT, Verizon Communications Inc., IBM Corp., Conference, Wireless, HVAC, 3G, adjustment, Washington D.C., PC
ICT causing UK govt to miss green targets
News A report has pointed to information and communications technology as one cause of the U.K. government's failure to meet its own carbon reduction targets.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, IT Governance, Carbon Emission, Information And Communication Technology, computer, Server, public sector, carbon dioxide, sustainable development
It's down to you to save the world, IT industry
News Brussels calls on tech to cut its own carbon--and help everyone else do the same.
Tags: Green IT, Commission, Information Technology, Carbon Emission, Green IT, Video Conferencing, Information And Communication Technology, Europe, public sector, industry
