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The 2-year-old consortium of data center-related technology companies took a major step in defining the power-usage performance of a data center by publishing its first energy-efficiency reporting guidelines. - SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The Green Grid, a mere toddler at age 2, is beginning to put its permanent imprint on the IT industry.No other corporate or industry group has yet been able to define scientifically -- to the satisfaction of a majority of IT professionals -- how to measure the performance of ...

The move is part of a larger strategy to sell off noncore business so VeriSign can focus on domain registry and Internet security technology.

A Californian company has unveiled the world's fastest production electric motorbike, the Mission One.Manufactured by San Francisco-based Mission Motors, the bike is capable of 150mph - considerably quicker than the British-designed, pre-production TTX01 bike - and is on sale now to US customers, with deliveries due in 2010.The bike's history has echoes of Tesla Motors' Roadster, the luxury electric sports car that was conceived, designed and built in California with funding from clean technology investors including google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.Mission Motors' founder, Forrest North, is a former Tesla employee who, in 2007, began work on converting a petrol-powered Ducati motorbike into an electric model, with the aspiration of combining the performance of petrol with zero exhaust pipe emissions.'As a motorcycle enthusiast and engineer, I knew I could combine my passion for motorcycles with my passion for innovation and create a motorcycle that truly sets a new standard i

thefickler writes 'MIT researchers have combined a mobile projector with a webcam and mobile phone to create a device that draws information from the environment. For example, the gadget recognizes products on store shelves and can provide product and price comparison information. The sixth-sense device was cobbled together from common parts costing just $300. While the gadget is not being primed for mass release, it represents a forward-thinking way of blending technology with our environment.' of this story at Slashdot.

The technology would enable third-party iphone applications to run in the background, letting users immediately receive alerts, messages, and other content.

"iWeb '09 is an excellent program for anyone wanting a personal Web site to share stories, photos, home movies, videos, podcasts, and blogs," writes Deborah Shadovitz (macworld.com). "The addition of FTP capabilities and some powerful new widgets," give "home and non-professional users an easy way to create and update lively, personal Web sites without needing to know the harsh mechanics of complex Web building technologies."

Now you and your friends can play 'Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?' with google's new mobile technology called 'Latitude,' but you, or they -- all of you, as a matter of fact -- can be Carmen. All of your movements can be geographically tracked through cell tower signals, and everyone you let in on the game can potentially be your own personal stalker, following you by smartphone or regular old PC.

World markets fell Thursday, as the drumbeat of ugly corporate earnings undermined optimism over government stimulus measures and urged caution ahead of interest rate decisions later in the day.Sharp losses at Deutsche Bank, Swiss Re and a weak statement from consumer goods giant Unilever followed similarly grim reports from technology bellwether Cisco systems Inc. and China's Lenovo Group.But with interest rate announcements due later Thursday from the Bank of England and European Central Bank, stock movements were somewhat limited.

As IBM's president and chief operating officer and then CEO, Sam Palmisano has carried out its growth strategy focusing on faster-growing, higher-profit operations. Despite recent layoffs, the IT infrastructure and enterprise applications company continues to be a bellwether in the technology industry. Here's a look at some of Palmisano's big moves and what they've done for IBM. - ...

snydeq writes 'Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister argues in favor of Mono, asking those among the open source community who have 'variously described Mono as a trap, a kludge, or simply a waste of effort' to look past Miguel de Icaza and Mono's associations with microsoft and give the open source implementation of .Net a second chance, as he himself has, having predicted Mono's demise at the hands of open source Java in 2006. Far from being just a clone of .Net for Linux, McAllister argues, Mono has been 'expanding its presence into exciting and unexpected new niches.' And for those who argue that 'developing open-source software based on Microsoft technologies is like walking into a lion's den,' McAllister suggests taking a look at the direction Mono is heading. The more Mono evolves, the less likely Microsoft is to use patent claims or some other dirty trick to bring down the platform.' of this story at Slashdot.