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    Electricity utility Country Energy said this week that the due date for completion of its smart metering roll-out was 2017, despite plans to reveal the locations of a trial of the technology with IBM in the next two weeks.

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    Datacentres are consuming power at a rate that can no longer be sustained, a new report warns.

  • Nanotech golf ball corrects its own flight

    Scientists are trying to use nanotechnology to cure diseases, ameliorate the energy crisis and reduce golf scores.

  • Picture imperfect for LCD market

    Experts are predicting that the huge surge in demand for LCD monitors will continue to grow this year--eventually causing sporadic shortages and higher prices.

  • Sun chief carries flashlight amid power crisis

    In fear of the unpredictable power outages in California, Scott McNealy, the chief executive at computer giant Sun Microsystems, has resorted to carrying a flashlight with him at all times.

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  • Green your datacentre or it may go dark

    Being green, in terms of IT and datacentres, only very superficially has anything to do with saving the environment. In reality it is about cold, hard cash and how to spend less of it.

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