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Pinterest growth driven by Amazon cloud scalability
Pinterest operations engineer Ryan Park believes the explosive success of the social network would not have been possible without the scalability of the Amazon cloud services.
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Apple contests Greenpeace's coal-fired data centre claims
Apple is one of several companies given poor marks in a new Greenpeace report released on Tuesday called "How Clean Is Your Cloud," which analysed electricity consumption by data centres.
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Apple carbon footprint increased massively in 2011
Apple has published an overview of its carbon footprint for 2011, breaking down how factors such as manufacturing, transportation, product use, recycling, and its facilities influence its effect on the environment.
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Greenpeace awards Vodafone and Google favourable 'Cool IT' rating
Vodafone were among the companies receiving the most favourable ratings in the latest Greenpeace 'Cool IT' index of the technology sector's energy practices.
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Facebook recruits Google green energy czar for sustainability push
Facebook has hired Google?s former ?green energy czar? Bill Weihl, in a move designed to demonstrate the company's commitment to low-carbon computing and renewable energy. Weihl will begin the new post in January 2012, Facebook confirmed.
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Facebook ditches coal and befriends Greenpeace
Greenpeace has ended a long-running campaign calling on Facebook to "unfriend coal" as a source of energy for its data centres after Facebook agreed to promote clean and renewable energy, the companies announced yesterday.
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Energy giant EDF used Trojans to spy on Greenpeace
The head of nuclear security at French energy giant EDF has been given a prison sentence and his company fined a stinging 1.5 million euros (£1.3 million) after being found guilty of spying on environmental campaigners Greenpeace using Trojan malware.
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Cycling star Landis sentenced for alleged Trojan attack
Former US cycling star Floyd Landis has been handed a suspended 12-month prison sentence by a French court for his part in an alleged plot to steal documents from the country?s national anti-doping laboratory (LNDD) using Trojan malware.
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Greenpeace rewards HP and Dell in annual eco rankings
While some consumer electronics manufacturers have cleaned up their act, making more energy efficient gadgets with fewer toxic materials, others are continuing to make fine promises but no changes, according to Greenpeace.
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Trojan hack lands cycle star Floyd Landis with suspended sentence
Disgraced former Tour de France cyclist Floyd Landis should be given an 18-month suspended prison sentence for his part in an alleged plot to hack the French national anti-doping laboratory (LNDD) using Trojans, a prosecutor has said.
