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Green IT, also known as Green Computing, is the movement towards a more environmentally friendly and cost-effective use of power and production in technology. The crux of Green IT is to double or triple the bottom line investment costs by converting existing structures and systems to this more conservative mode of operation in green computing. Some common Green computing concepts are Virtualization, Recycling, Telecommuting and Power Management through the use of efficient devices. So help save the environment, save yourself some money and "go green" with green IT computing.
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Twice delayed in June, NASA again scratches its mission to the International Space Station after 11 lightning strikes are recorded in the launch area. After a check of all systems, NASA hopes to finally get the mission under way July 12.
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Launch weather conditions continue to threaten the Endeavour space shuttle's planned July 11 liftoff for its journey to the International Space Station. The mission to deliver the final permanent components of Japan's Kibo exposed space laboratory was scratched twice in June due to a launch-pad hydrogen gas leak that NASA thinks it has solved. Now, if only the weather will cooperate.
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NASA says all systems are go for a July 11 liftoff to the International Space Station but predicted showers and thunderstorms may postpone the 16-day mission to deliver the final permanent components of Japan's Kibo laboratory complex. Forecasters predict only a 40 percent chance for Endeavour to hit the launch window.
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NASA and University of Washington scientists use the space agency's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite to determine older, thicker Arctic ice has shrunk by 42 percent over the last four years. The changes in the overall thickness and volume of Arctic Ocean sea ice is blamed on recent warming and anomalies in patterns of sea ice circulation.
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With a launch pad hydrogen gas leak that twice postponed the space shuttle Endeavour's mission to International Space Station in June fixed, Endeavour's crew arrives for a July 11 liftoff. The mission primarily focuses on delivering the last hardware for Japan's Kibo laboratory complex, a literal "front porch" on the ISS for space-exposed science experiments.
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Microsoft launches Hohm, a Website for monitoring and regulating home energy consumption. Hohm is designed for consumers, but Microsoft has also created a green IT application for energy monitoring within the enterprise, competing with Google's PowerMeter software tool.
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After five years and a five-mile trek across Mars, the rover Spirit is now hub-deep in the Martian soil and has been unable to move for almost two months. If NASA engineers are unable to maneuver Spirit out of its current jam, it may be the end of the line.
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As we do at six- or 12-month intervals here at eWEEK, we offer a short list of key continuing trends in data storage, based upon daily conversations with storage vendors, analysts, data center managers, CIOs and CTOs -- even a few former industry executives now blissfully retired and simply watching this evolution with continued amazement.
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The moon? Been there, done that.
Count former astronaut Buzz Aldrin among those who think NASA is off target with its current plans to reach the moon by 2020. Aldrin calls the new race to the moon a "glorified rehash of what we did 40 years ago." Instead of the moon, Aldrin envisions an ambitious manned space flight plan that targets a 2025 manned landing on the Martian moon Phobos.
Here's an eWEEK look at Buzz Aldrin's Martian mission.
Count former astronaut Buzz Aldrin among those who think NASA is off target with its current plans to reach the moon by 2020. Aldrin calls the new race to the moon a "glorified rehash of what we did 40 years ago." Instead of the moon, Aldrin envisions an ambitious manned space flight plan that targets a 2025 manned landing on the Martian moon Phobos.
Here's an eWEEK look at Buzz Aldrin's Martian mission.
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Similar to what it is doing with the delivery of power through its Smart Grid project, Cisco is now turning to its networking capabilities to help drive down power consumption in buildings. At its Cisco Live event, Cisco launches its Smart Connected Buildings program and rolls out the first deliverable, the Network Building Mediator, which will monitor energy systems throughout a building and give managers the information they need to make those buildings more energy-efficient.
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The U.S. Department of Energy is developing several training certificate programs for data center managers that will focus on energy efficiency. Goals of the new program are grand: Save Energy Now aims to reduce energy use in U.S. data centers by a full 10 percent in only two years.
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TerreStar Networks launches what it claims will be the next generation of satellite mobile communications, delivering 3G voice, data and video communications to devices as compact as an iPhone. With a roaming agreement with AT&T and a new Windows satellite phone deploying chip sets capable of both cellular and satellite communications, TerreStar plans to offer its first services by the end of 2009.
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After 18 years of reliable duty, engineers from NASA and the European Space Agency are pulling the plug on Ulysses, a nuclear-powered solar orbiter. Surviving almost six times longer than predictions, Ulysses has finally succumbed to the harsh space environment.
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Proclaiming it as the world's most complete topographic map, NASA and Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry make data sets available from the Japanese Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer mounted on NASA's Terra spacecraft.
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In the face of turbulent economic times and calls for belt tightening, IT departments need to take steps to reduce costs, while ensuring that their network meets business needs. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Charles Thompson outlines some immediate and long-term steps IT departments can take to better their network efficiency and reduce IT costs.
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