Net ad group to unveil new billing rules
The new guidelines to be introduced Tuesday are aimed at settling a dispute over how online ad bills are tallied, but friction remains over unresolved details.
The new guidelines to be introduced Tuesday are aimed at settling a dispute over how online ad bills are tallied, but friction remains over unresolved details.
Wind farms and server farms, energy-efficient couple. That's according to a study from a British academic.
In response to yesterday's Tech Shakedown of McAfee's personal firewall product for issuing a useless dialog -- one that asks me to allow or block some behavior but that doesn't give me any idea, clues, or hints as to which of those two options to pick -- one ZDNet reader has reminded me of the need or lack thereof for outbound blocking in a personal firewall.
Many of us who write about green technology issues often get dinged for focusing just on case studies that involve BIG companies. So, here's some information about a much more modestly sized company in Baltimore that was able to get greener AND save a bunch of money on its power costs, by moving the majority of its data center equipment offsite.
Notable headlines:Mary Jo Foley: HP to wait for Microsoft Home Server update before shipping MediaSmart Server. And on the Microsoft legal circuit...
Is there anything more depressing than being forced to consider just how uselessly some professional lives have been spent? I just heard from an old acquaintance and his problems today, and his ideal solutions, really haven't changed in 15 years. Sysiphus had nothing on this guy: he keeps pushing the rock, the rock keeps rolling back and he absolutely refuses to consider either dynamite or a bobcat.
OK, this week seems to be the week for carbon offset related hoohah. I spoke last night with TerraPass, the well-known consumer-faced offset provider, about a new program they're offering for business types.
A new group will try to settle the differences among competing methods of thwarting spam with a kind of caller ID for e-mail.
When is a click really a click? A standards body is set to resolve the dispute that's caused many migraine headaches for Web publishers and advertisers.
High lease prices, limited space and a lack of power may be combining to make the capital increasingly unattractive as a data-centre location