Vendors haven't been slow to hype the benefits of green computing. It's become one of the all-pervasive buzzwords that the industry's famous for and has already spawned an industry in its own right: there have been at least two Green...

I recently saw something that I don't think I've ever seen before - a wireless router with a power button. The whole idea of broadband Internet was that it would be always-on as well as fast, but in these energy-conscious...

Let's be honest, talk to the average Brit and he or she is unlikely to have much of a good word to say for BT. With a reputation for poor customer service and an obstructive attitude (to say the...

I spent the morning at the Green IT conference and exhibition and very disappointing it was too - not so much for the content of the conference itself but the attendance ...or rather lack of it. Given that according...

One of the purposes of this blog is to track the way in which companies are beginning to hijack the word "green" and use it to pump out all sorts of spurious marketing messages. We saw a classic example...

Last week's European Green IT summit showed how much interest there was in the subject ... and at the same time how there is to go before green issues start penetrating the IT mainstream. There was a healthy attendance...