Education

Weili Dai, co-founder of Marvell, has become a key ally of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) founder Nicholas Negroponte. She talks technology in education and R&D.

October 7, 2010 5:51am | By Larry Dignan

Networking giant uses social network to associate itself with green behavior at home.

October 6, 2010 1:29pm | By Heather Clancy

Cisco's new Umi brings lifelike, high-definition telepresence to the home, the hospital room and the classroom. It may change these industries forever.

October 6, 2010 10:37am | By Andrew Nusca

What are the secrets to pursuing corporate sustainability? Experts from SAP, Lexmark, REI and Duke University offer 35 pieces of advice for your company.

October 5, 2010 10:56am | By Andrew Nusca

Seventy percent of the buildings in North America aren't automated. They're running wild, according to Cisco smart buildings chief Ed Richards -- and that spells opportunity.

1 | October 1, 2010 1:20pm | By Andrew Nusca

When One Laptop Per Child threatens with to build a tablet computer for developing markets, private companies' ears perk up, says founder Nicholas Negroponte.

1 | September 30, 2010 1:08pm | By Larry Dignan

How to keep our reliance on software from coming back to bite us.

3 | September 30, 2010 12:01am | By Joe McKendrick

The city's sustainability director says no matter how many light bulbs we replace, the climate is still changing--enough that ski resort operators are worried. Some cities are figuring out how to...

9 | September 29, 2010 2:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

The group estimates $15 billion is spent on tobacco marketing each year, and ads are linked to one-third of the smoking done by teenagers.

26 | September 28, 2010 5:36am | By Dana Blankenhorn

Zero-carbon city; rating the oil spill; inconvenient youth; dumping clean energy; tiny airport rooms.

September 27, 2010 1:59pm | By Andrew Nusca

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is giving the city of Newark $100 million to improve its schools. But without checks and balances, is the project doomed to fail?

1 | September 24, 2010 11:44am | By Andrew Nusca

The U.S. pledges more than $50 million at the UN 2010 Millennium Development Goals Summit to bring cleaner burning stoves into the world's poorest kitchens.

2 | September 23, 2010 4:00am | By Melissa Mahony

A company you've never heard of, ACS, was recently acquired by Xerox. We sat down with their executive team for a roundtable discussion of the future of smart systems.

September 21, 2010 1:15pm | By Andrew Nusca

At Boston Latin: a network of green-minded individuals, partnerships in the community, testimony at public hearings, climate summits and solar panels. The leaders? Most of them aren't even old...

1 | September 15, 2010 2:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

Deloitte survey shows lack of confidence in stemming enterprise data theft; but weaknesses can be overcome.

1 | September 11, 2010 2:10pm | By Joe McKendrick

An industry watchdog called Smart-Electronics Initiative wants to stem consumer electronics energy consumption.

1 | September 10, 2010 1:14pm | By David Worthington

Nine in 10 federal employees say that the ability to telecommute would make working for an organization more reliable, according to a recent survey.

1 | September 8, 2010 11:21am | By Andrew Nusca

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Jeff Raikes says now is the time to eradicate polio. Plus, a breakdown of the foundation's top 10 investment areas in 2009.

6 | September 8, 2010 8:17am | By Andrew Nusca

Mayor Mark Stodola says only 35 percent of Little Rock's households recycle. Would providing them some monetary incentive increase participation?

5 | September 8, 2010 2:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

Thoughts about major shifts away from pre-conceived notions of work.

3 | September 6, 2010 7:02pm | By Joe McKendrick