In addition to expanding ite e-waste takeback program, the company has reached record levels of materials recycled, growing 410 percent by weight since 2009.
A new report from the nonprofit concludes much of the cloud is powered with dirty energy sources by companies that often fail to disclose how much energy they use,
The 150 million pounds of electronics waste Dell recovered in fiscal 2011 puts the company about two-thirds of the way to its overarching goal of recycling one billion pounds of e-waste by 2014.
The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General plans to consolidate four of its data centers into a single, energy-efficient facility that will be built in 10 months.
New rules implemented by an industry trade association and spearheaded the two computing companies went into effect this month, slowing or stopping purchases of minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo, currently embroiled in civil war.
National Telework Week 2011 saw nearly 40,000 employees work from home, boosting productivity and saving workers and companies costs; the number of remote workers is on the rise, according to a study from the week.
Researchers at Rice University have trimmed away little-used circuits on microchips to improve energy efficiency and computing speed by sacrificing accuracy.