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Google, Intel, other tech companies, launch initiative to improve energy efficiency

January 30, 2023 By Rhiza Sanchez 7 Comments

Climate Savers Computing IntiativeInternet search leader Google Inc and top semiconductor maker Intel Corp frontlines a group of some of the largest technology companies in the industry in what is called to be the Climate Savers Computing Initiative, with goals to improve energy efficiency and ultimately, promote global warming awareness.

This initiative is participated by technology giants such as Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, eBay, Hitachi, NEC, among others, as well as environmental groups, government agencies, and educational institutions, with hopes to encourage all Fortune 500 companies to eventually join as well.

The plan is to improve the efficiency of power sources for computers, servers, and other equipment they create and use, and to educate users about power management and encourage them to buy products labeled as energy efficient. Climate Savers will initially follow the Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star guidelines for this year, requiring a minimum of 80% efficiency in PC power supplies, but aims to achieve 90% efficiency by 2010.

Google co-founder Larry Page said, in a brief appearance at the news conference to lend his support, “The amount of power that computers are using is increasing, and the amount of importance they have in our lives in also increasing. By getting everybody focused on that we can probably make great strides going into the future.. I think this can really help the world.”

Climate Savers Computing Initiative is part of the World Wildlife Fund’s Climate Savers program, whose objective is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Originally posted on June 12, 2007 @ 8:12 pm

Filed Under: Environment, Technology, Web

Open source Galleon for Tivo being resurrected?

January 30, 2023 By Nino Marchetti 1 Comment

galleon-tv.jpgIf you happen to own a Tivo and love all of the cool things you can do with it, you’ll be happy to know the long dormant Galleon project may be coming back to life.

Galleon, for those that don’t know of this, is an open-source project which runs software on your PC. This software hosts applications which you can view through your Internet-enabled Tivo DVR. These applications, usually developed by individual third-party programmers, let you do a variety of cool things from your Tivo such as instant messaging, watching streaming video, reading your email and playing iTunes playlists.

Galleon has been dormant for awhile. It is been noticed though a post in the Galleon forum which suggests development is now restarting. It looks also as if a new person is perhaps taking the side project over from its previous owner – that or the person who ran it before is now posting under a different handle. Either way it will be nice to have this valuable third-party Tivo application being worked on again.

[via Tivo Blog]

Originally posted on June 4, 2007 @ 3:50 pm

Filed Under: Technology, Television

Microsoft unveils its “Surface” computer

January 30, 2023 By Minic Rivera 2 Comments

Microsoft Corp. unveiled its new computer called Surface. It’s a coffee table shaped computer that responds to touch and to special bar codes attached to everyday objects.

Surface is essentially a Windows Vista PC tucked inside a shiny black table base, topped with a 30-inch touchscreen in a clear acrylic frame. Five cameras that can sense nearby objects are mounted beneath the screen. Users can interact with the machine by touching or dragging their fingertips and objects such as paintbrushes across the screen, or by setting real-world items tagged with special bar-code labels on top of it.

The machines are set to arrive in November in T-Mobile USA stores and properties owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. and Harrah`s Entertainment Inc.

Originally posted on May 30, 2007 @ 7:27 am

Filed Under: Microsoft, Technology

On2 buys Finish mobile video company

January 30, 2023 By Thord Daniel Hedengren 1 Comment

On2Ever heard of On2? If you have worked with Flash you might have, as they have great conversion software for just about any video format to Flash files. I’ve used their cheaper products for a few products and own a few licenses actually. They’re good, I recommend them…

Anyway, they’re stating in a press release that they’ve bought Finish mobile video company Hantro, which I’ve never heard of. Hantro obviously works with video and various compression implementations for Nokia, Sanyo and a bunch of other companies. Mobile stuff, but not only mobile phones it would seem.

So why are On2 buying Hantro? Well, it’s pretty obvious, right? They’re after the Finish company’s technology so that On2 can further push into the handheld market with their software. That’s worth over $58 million, right? Well, it might, as Hantro seems to be thriving with expected 2007 revenues over $8 million according to the release.

Originally posted on May 22, 2007 @ 3:56 am

Filed Under: Business, Online Video, Technology

Google Reader for the Nintendo Wii

January 30, 2023 By Thord Daniel Hedengren 5 Comments

Via recently launched Read/WriteWeb sibling last10 I found the Wii version of the Google Reader, my RSS feedreader of choice. Naturally I couldn’t resist checking it out and it looks decent enough. You can watch it in your browser, on your Wii of course, or thanks to Youtube below.

Oh, and there’s a post on it on the Google Reader blog as well. Splendid.

Originally posted on May 22, 2007 @ 4:03 am

Filed Under: Google, Technology

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