googleblog.blogspot.com - 1/12/2009
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Not long ago, answering a query meant traveling to the reference desk of your local library. Today, search engines enable us to access immense quantities of useful information in an instant, without leaving home. Tools like email, online books and photos, and video chat all increase ...
technology.timesonline.co.uk - 1/12/2009
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technology.timesonline.co.uk —
Click here for how to reduce the footprint
of the Web Performing two Google searches from a...
desktop computer can generate about the same amount of carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle for a cup of tea, according to new research. While millions of ...
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Revealed: the environmental impact of Google searches
youtube.com - 1/8/2009
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youtube.com —
Robert Shiller visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters
to discuss his book "The Subprime Solution: How Today's...
Global Financial Crisis Happened, ...
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Authors@Google: Robert Shiller (video)
technewsworld.com - 1/13/2009
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technewsworld.com —
A story in the Sunday Times of London
sent Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) More about Google public relations...
machine into an advanced search for answers. The Times reporters wrote about a new Harvard study that examines the energy impact of Web searches. The ...
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Technology News: Green Tech: Harvard Physicist Sets ...
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Tempest in a Tea Kettle: CO2Stats Founder Caught in Frenzy Around Environmental Costs of a Google Search
Xconomy —
... The Times story and stories about it have dominated technology news aggregators like Techmeme and (ironically) Google Blog Search for the last day or more.Late last night, Google itself posted a response, noting that the figure cited in the Times was “*many* times too high.” ...
Valley Buzz: Google DOES TOO Love the Planet, RIP Portals, and Investment in VC Funds Falls Off a Cliff
Yahoo! Finance: Tech Ticker —
... . Everything has a carbon footprint, and, clamored the Valley pundits this morning, at least Google is making investments in alternative energy to do something about it. (Google's official response is here .) In other news, the Holy Grail of the late 1990s - the almighty one-stop-content-shop of the Internet portal - is finally dead. Or at least that's the contention of one of its former champions, AOL. A ...
Scientist: CO2 Report Didn't Name Google
Breaking News: CBS News —
... takes on average about 20 milligrams of CO2 per second to visit a Web site." So where did The Times get the kettle stat? "I have no idea where they got those statistics," said Wissner-Gross, who acknowledged and defended making the statements about Google. "Everything online has a definite environmental impact. I think everybody can agree on that, including Google." Google, which the newspaper described as "secretive about its energy consumption and carbon footprint," was swift to respond to the reported statistics in a blog late Sunday: We thought it would be helpful to ...
Is Google endangering our planet?
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... Google was quick to react to this with an article on their blog. The article details rather minutely how seven grammes is too high an estimate. I quote: ...
Carbon Footprint of Spam: Hello, the Internet Uses Energy
Earth2Tech —
... about 0.2 grams of CO2 emissions (while there were some issues with the original Google carbon search report, that’s their official figure). Always-on web services like our dearly-beloved ...
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Google: Earth Killer? —
The Big Money 1/12/2009
OK, do a Google search; say, for "chris thompson is so damn sexy." Now, search for "sexy? him? you gotta be kidding." You've just pumped as much carbon dioxide into the air as you do when you boil yourself a cup of tea.
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Google's Overseas Problems —
The Big Money 1/12/2009
Google is finding that its overwhelming dominance in American search doesn't exactly translate to easy success in some of the biggest foreign markets. Take China, where the government recently announced a crackdown on pornography on the Web and ...
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