28 Oct 08 Ixia, Juniper Networks, Berkeley Labs unveil telecom energy efficiency metric
Ixia and Juniper Networks have unveiled the formation of the Energy Consumption Rating (ECR) Initiative in conjunction with Lawrence Berkeley National Labs (LBNL). The ECR is a framework for measuring the energy efficiency of network and telecom devices.
Tagi: juniper networks, telecom devices, lawrence berkeley, ixia, energy efficiency, ecr, initiative
05 Oct 09 D2S, Advantest speed up e-beam lithography
The eBeam Initiative, a forum for the promotion of chip manufacturing using e-beam lithography, has said that two of its leading members Direct2Silicon Inc. (San Jose, Calif.) and Advantest Corp. (Tokyo, Japan), have collaborated to enhance throughput. 
Sponsored Topics: San Jose California - Tokyo - Advantest - San Jose - Japan
Tagi: advantest corp, e beam, san jose california, tokyo japan, lithography, throughput, initiative
05 Nov 09 PayPal Introduces Open API
m2pc writes "PayPal has just announced the availability of their Open API under the 'PayPal X Program.' This enables developers to integrate PayPal payment processing services without forcing users to redirect to PayPal's website to enter payment information. This new initiative is designed to allow the company to better compete with the likes of Google and Amazon, which offer similar services. I wonder how much they paid for their domain: x.com?"Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Tagi: payment processing services, open api, amaz, google, paypal, similar services, initiative, developers
06 Jan 10 CIA Teams Up With Scientists To Monitor Climate
MikeChino writes "The CIA has just joined up with climate researchers to re-launch a data-sharing initiative that will use spy satellites and other CIA asets to help scientists figure out what climate change is doing to cloud cover, forests, deserts, and more. The collaboration is an extension of the Measurements of Earth Data for Environmental Analysis program, which President Bush canceled in 2001, and it will use reconnaissance satellites to track ice floes moving through the Arctic basin, creating data that could be used for ice forecasts." Even though the program is "basically free" in terms of CIA involvement, the Times notes: "Controversy has often dogged the use of federal intelligence gear for environmental monitoring. In October, days after the CIA opened a small unit to assess the security implications of climate change, Senator John Barrasso, Republican of Wyoming, said the agency should be fighting terrorists, 'not spying on sea lions.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Tagi: senator john barrasso, spy satellites, climate researchers, cia involvement, ice floes, earth data, asets, arctic basin, federal intelligence, slashdot, president bush, deserts, forests, climate change, measurements, cia, republican, scientists, initiativ
07 Mar 10 Group seeks to open source data-center design
A new industry group is trying to apply open-source principles to the design and construction of data centers, which it says could accelerate the use of new technologies and increase competition in the industry.
The Open Source Data Center Initiative, announced this week, will act as a repository and test bed for mechanical and engineering advances in data-center design, which it hopes will be submitted by small engineering firms, graduate students doing research with federal grant money, and others.
Tagi: source data, engineering firms, federal grant, mey, industry group, test bed, doing research, graduate students, repository, open source, initiative, data center design
