Saturday, February 16, 2008

Energy-Saving Open-Source Software Developed by the EPA, EZ GPO provides a way to control power management settings using resident APIs. Snohomish Public Utility District. The Snohomish Public Utility District, ranked as the No. 5 Green-IT organization, puts its more than 1,000 desktops to sleep when they become inactive, through the use of customized software originally developed by the EPA .[Computerworld Breaking News] Their IT staff decided to use an open-source tool called EZ GPO (Group Policy Objects) to shut down computers when they're not in use. The EPA's free software worked well on some PUD equipment. Still, applications installed on many of the computers would override EZ GPO's attempts to put them to sleep, even though the devices weren't in use. 9:35:45 PM    comment [] Green IT The Green Maze. Reducing IT's energy bill is the easy part, but going green gets complicated when you try to master issues such as renewable energy and responsible recycling. [Computerworld Breaking News] 9:30:41 PM    comment [] Counting the Vote With improvements, e-voting could be good, says researcher.. Researcher who found vulnerabilities in California's e-voting systems looks ahead to better auditing. [CNET News.com] California's recent vote is still being counted. So for the future timely election results evoting needs improvement. The link mentions a keynote at ShmooCon. The Shmoo Group is a non-profit think-tank comprised of security professionals from around the world who donate their free time and energy to information security research and development. 9:26:20 PM    comment []

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