Tuesday, 12 July 2011

AT&T becomes the first telco to use energy-efficient Bloom Box servers, will power 11 sites in California

Remember Bloom Energy servers, those low-cost, energy-efficient fuel cells born out of a scrapped NASA project? The company made a splashy debut last year, starting with a spot on 60 Minutes and a long list of early-adopting corporate heavyweights like FedEx, Walmart, Google, Coca-Cola, Staples, and eBay. Since then, we haven't heard much from the company, but today she's back -- AT&T says it will be the first telco to use these refrigerator-sized servers to power its operations. For now, the company's planning on using the technology to run 11 sites in California, a move AT&T says will cut its carbon dioxide emissions in half and virtually eliminate SOx, NOx, and other smog-forming particles. All told, its servers should produce 62 million kWh of power annually -- once all of these servers are fully up and running sometime in the middle of next year, that is. We say good on AT&T, though we'll really be stoked when these things start lighting up more average Joe homes.

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Opera 11.10 includes improved power saving features

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Just recently, the Opera 11.10 release candidate was made available for download. It brought a handful of important feature additions -- like HTML5 File API support and IMAP enhancements -- and loads of bugfixes. Nestled in amongst the other details in the Opera team's announcement is one more interesting tidbit: Opera 11.10 offers improved battery optimizations.

The timing here is certainly interesting, what with Microsoft's recent report on how much power the top five Web browsers consume. In its findings, Opera 11 was fairly low in the standings. While we've not seen any new benchmarks yet, we're curious to know whether the Opera 11.10 RC offers any significant gains.

If you're running Opera 11.10 on a laptop, let us know if you're seeing an improvement in your battery life while browsing!

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Open Source and the Democratization of IT

The latest BriefingsDirect podcast discussion centers on how the role and impact of integration has shifted, and how a more comprehensive and managed approach to integration is required, thanks to such major trends as cloud, hybrid computing and managing massive datasets.

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Monday, 11 July 2011

The Significance Of Obtaining The Right Purifier For Your Home

Considering the environmental concerns that we have today, nothing is as serious as the concern for air quality. If you journey abroad a lot using the main airline carriers, you know what the effects are of having poor air quality. Sitting in the middle of rush hour traffic will certainly provide the same poor quality of air. Your general health can be influenced by the quality of the air in the vicinity that you live. A lot of people have no concept as to how clean or dirty the air is in their own home. If you stay in a major city or live in the surrounding area, you should seriously look at how good or bad the air quality is and how it maybe affecting your health. Whenever you breathe, you are bringing into your body toxins and other nasty stuff without you being aware of it. Things you need to read :


The sad aspect is that many of us could not simply move to a place where there is clean air, so what are the other options? One choice is to get an air purification system but many people think that these systems are expensive and don't work as well for the price you pay. It was correct that these air purification systems were high priced and didn't work well, but they are more advanced and more affordable today. You may be surprised at exactly how these systems these days can easily purify the air in your home without breaking the bank.

If you are having trouble breathing or waking up in the middle of the night coughing, it could be due to the fact that the air in your home is not clean. Of course, it is a major worry if you have children as well. For the sake of your children's health, obtaining an air purifier is actually a good investment. Things that are identified in poor quality air are dust and dead skin which are effortlessly removed with an air purifier. Of course, having poor quality air in the big city is inevitable, but at least it's possible to have clean air in your home.
If you are considering getting an air purifier system, you may well be wondering which one to buy. Presently there are different varieties of air purifiers that have unique ways of cleaning and filtering the air in your home. The styles that are most common are those that use special substances like charcoal to filter the air. Another type that is gaining interest is the air ionizer, which filters and deodorizes the air with electricity. These types of ionizers literally burn particles in the air consequently greatly reducing the allergens in the air.


When you are all set to get an air purification system, there are certain things you will need to do. The most obvious thing you should really think about is how much do you want to spend on an air purifier. This will give you a concept of the level of air purification system you should examine. Consider what exactly you need, how much upkeep there will be, where you want to locate your purifier, and then you are ready to find the right air purifier.