Gartner

Who Cares About the Carbon Cost of a Google Search?

Chris Dannen — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:42:09 -0500

On Sunday, the UK's Times reported that performing two Google [GOOG] searches uses about as much energy as a kettle takes to boil. But Google says that estimate is inflated.

2009: Year Of The Linux Revolution

Chris Dannen — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:50:36 -0500

As our software becomes more Web-centric and our devices cheaper, Linux is becoming the operating system on everyone’s lips for 2009. Sorry, Microsoft [MSFT]. If this week’s news is any indication, you’ve been served.

Noted Gartner Analyst Steven Prentice Updates His Predictions on Virtual Worlds

Donald Schwartz — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:01:29 -0400

Steven Prentice, the noted Gartner analyst who predicted that by "by the end of 2011, 80 percent of active Internet users (and Fortune 500 enterprises) will have a ‘second life’, but not necessarily in Second Life" added to his predictions on the future of virtual worlds today. Prentice delivered his keynote remarks as an avatar at the opening session of Clever Zebra’s Vbusiness Expo, July 30, 2008 (http://vbusinessexpo.com). The event took place on a virtual world platform created by Forterra Systems Inc (http://www.forterrainc.com).