Times Online ran an article citing several studies about Internet use and the consumption of energy. Information used for this report suggested that Google searches are responsible for a large amount of CO2 emissions.  The article reads:

Amazon.com announced Monday an initiative to reduce the amount of packaging materials some of its products are shipped in with the idea to make them easier for customers to open and to be better for the environment.

Google could have promoted energy conservation by lighting up gigantic "save electricity" billboards.  Instead, in at least one country, the search giant has taken the equally unproductive path of turning its homepage black.

About three months ago, Ask joined a tree-planting program created by Dell to offset carbon emissions.  Those trees are presumably doing just fine.  The bigger piece of news relates to energy-efficient servers the two companies discussed, and those are also on track.

From the Playboy perspective with Christie Hefner – that true brands represent attitude and a point of view, that can be moved from one product to another. It can play in different spaces.

Shopping search engine thefind.com has launched a shopping search Web site for finding products from eco-friendly retailers and brands. The site is inclusive of products that are organic, created using ecologically conscious processes, or those offered by retailers who are committed to preserving the environment.

Search engine Ask.com and Dell have partnered to protect the environment with custom energy efficient servers.

Google’s well known for its environmentally friendly leanings, and Yahoo launched a “Be a Better Planet” campaign just last week.  Now Microsoft has joined the usual suspects by launching its own endeavor; oddly enough, former president Bill Clinton was also involved.

A comp.unix.shell newsgroup post asked a neophyte question about how to run a script in the background.

Line56 published an article Monday talking about presence becoming a more important part of IBM’s collaborative environment.

The first six months of 2006 have been a period of expansion, growth and significant change in the search marketing universe.

Andrew McAfee, who first mentioned the term Enterprise 2.0 to me on December 1st 2005, provides a definition:

There are a lot of pre-compiled binaries available for Mac OS X, but sooner or later you will need to compile something from source.

Publicis, a massive conglomerate of advertising and PR agencies, has formed a new standalone consultancy to help clients “exploit the rapidly changing digital, interactive and mobile communication environment.”

Flash Player will be updated to version 8.5, and will be accompanied by the company’s Flex 2 product line.

In the hours leading up to the press conference, speculation permeated the tech world over the news Sun Microsystems and Google collaborating on something miraculous.

In its 18 July edition, Red Herring magazine has a good feature article about RSS in the enterprise, focusing in particular on NewsGator and what Red Herring says is its emerging market leadership …

The process of Web application development is critical to the success of web-based projects.

The adoption of collaborative applications and knowledge management technologies by the legal profession has proceeded far less rapidly than many people would have expected or hoped.

Deployed by Radiance Communications with Equipment from Cisco Systems, Republic Polytechnic’s IP Telephony System Delivers Voice over Wireless LAN.

Sellers have the mistaken belief that by presenting, pitching, and positioning their product effectively, by being nice-nice-nice, and by showing ‘care’ and ‘concern’ for ‘needs’, a buyer will buy.