Group ratifies next-generation EPC specs
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The global standard will drive commercialization of RFID and EPC worldwide, according to EPCglobal.
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Regulatory News:  Technip (Paris:TEC) (NYSE:TKP) (ISIN:FR0000131708) has been awarded by  CEPSA a lumpsum engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)  contract, worth approximately &#8364;60 million, for  a hydrogen plant to be built at the Huelva refinery, Spain.
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(InfoWorld) - The European Commission is considering introducing a voluntary code of conduct on energy efficiency for datacenter operators. Next week, the Renewable Energies Unit of the Commission's Joint Research Center will meet in London to discuss the idea. If adopted, a code of conduct would be voluntary, said Antonia Mochan, spokeswoman for the science and research unit of the Commission. Those organizations that adopt it would agree to abide by certain principles or standards, she said. The London meeting will include a session on the technical capabilities for reducing datacenter energy use and what a code of conduct -- if one is to be adopted -- should include. Participants will include hardware manufacturers, including Intel, datacenter designers and datacenter operators. The Commission has made few regulations about computer energy consumption, said Kevin Fisher, Intel's standards and regulations manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, earlier this week. Environmental agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol, which placed limits on greenhouse gas emissions for countries, are driving government interest in reducing energy consumption, Fisher said. Enterprises are interested in reducing utility costs. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)Â Energy Star programÂ is used internationally as a specification for energy-efficient desktop computers, but the specification does not address servers. Part of the problem is a lack of metrics for establishing efficient server power consumption, although several efforts are under way, Fisher said. The Standard Performance Evaluation Corp., a nonprofit group based in Warrenton, Virginia, is developing a first-generation benchmark for evaluating the energy efficiency of servers. The benchmark will measure energy use in conjunction with performance metrics. In December, U.S. PresidentÂ George Bush authorized the EPAÂ to study datacenter power consumption. The Lawrence Berkeley National Lab at the University of California is also study energy issues with servers, and a report is due to the U.S. Congress in June, Fisher said. The Renewable Energies Unit meeting is a day after the UK Energy Summit organized by Datacenter Dynamics at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London and will be held in the same venue. Â
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The DVD Forum moved a step further toward the advent of HD DVD media and drives with the approval of key physical specifications at a meeting of the organisations steering committee last week.
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New regs based on Energy Star Public sector buyers of office equipment will have to apply strict energy efficiency criteria after MEPs passed new procurement rules.â¦
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At a meeting in London next week, the European Commission will discuss the technology available for reducing data center energy use and what a code of conduct -- if one is to be adopted -- should include.
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NEW YORK -- A wireless industry group, worried about incompatibilities among next-generation routers and network cards, will start certifying products next year without waiting for the completion of technical standards.
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The new PC motherboard meets U.S. Energy Star requirements for efficient power consumption.
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The European Union has taken a step closer to tough new chemicals rules after EU lawmakers and governments hammered out the details of one of Europe's most ambitious and disputed legislative packages in years.
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The HyperTransport Technology Consortium today announced the first HyperTransport technology expansion connector specification. The new EATX Motherboard/Daughtercard
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today announced a preliminary regulation requiring electronic stability control technology on all new vehicles.
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Ziff Davis - Its next test center will be in Scotland, the company said at EPGglobal, where it also announced its first RFID toolkit and an RFID warehouse management solution.
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The revised team of European commissioners headed by Jose Manuel Durao Barroso was approved by the European Parliament (EP) on Thursday.
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The Trusted Computing Group plans to unveil a new specification to secure mobile devices at next month's CTIA show.
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GREENVILLE, S.C., Dec. 19  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ensuring it remains on the forefront of technology, today KEMET Corporation  announces the creation of an Advanced Technology Group that will act as an incubator for the identification and proliferation of electronic capacitance technology.
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Backers say a new electrical specification will see the speed of the data-interfacing standard rise from 800Mbps to 3.2Gbps.
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IBM, HP, Sun and Manhattan Associates head the list of vendors launching new products and services at this week's EPCglobal U.S. Conference 2004 in Baltimore.