Oct. 6, 2008 - A new web-based mortgage loan processing and document management system is being billed as the industry's chance to get some positive press for a change; it gives mortgage companies a chance to save reams of paper.

Aug. 29, 2008 - Cray has developed a new liquid cooling technology that it says will allow computers to operate at petaflop speed (one quadrillion of calculations per second) while delivering significant energy savings.

Aug. 5, 2008 - Data storage firms now have help verifying the energy savings of their products, making them eligible for energy-efficiency rebates.

July 31, 2008 - Dell has launched what the company is calling its "most environmentally responsible consumer PC" yet - a desktop whose CPU takes up 80% less space and uses 70% less energy than comparable models.

July 9, 2008 - European datacenter operator TeleCityGroup has signed on to test a new IT efficiency technology - a three-dimensional "weather map" that tracks air streams and heat releases within datacenter facilities.

June 25, 2008 - A Dell power supply unit has become the first to achieve 80 Plus Gold certification, which requires that server power supplies achieve a minimum 92% energy efficiency at 50% output capacity.

June 12, 2008 - IBM has unveiled standardized (or "modular") datacenter units that it says can cut energy use 50% compared to custom-designed IT environments. The new offerings are part of the tech giant's Big Green initiative to deliver more environmentally preferable datacenter products and services.

May 29, 2008 - Verdiem has upgraded its popular Surveyor power-management software to cut IT energy waste and reduce PC energy consumption by as much as 60%.

May 29, 2008 - Dell has unveiled an energy-efficient PC designed exclusively for small businesses, which the computermaker says uses about half the energy of comparable models.

May 20, 2008 - Fujitsu Siemens Computers says it has developed the world's first monitor that requires no electricity at all while on standby.

May 14, 2008 - Cisco has unveiled two new versions of its TelePresence videoconferencing system spanning both ends of the meeting-size spectrum, from one-on-one conversations to large training sessions.

May 8, 2008 - Miercom, an independent network product tester and consultancy, has unveiled a green certification program for IT equipment to help datacenter managers make smarter purchasing choices.

May 2, 2008 - IBM has launched a free, web-based benchmarking tool that allows IT managers to measure their datacenter energy-efficiency score against other organizations worldwide.

April 10, 2008 - IBM has unveiled a new supercomputer that is cooled by water instead of air, cutting energy use by up to 40%.  The new "Hydrocluster" supercomputer uses water-chilled copper plates located above each microprocessor to remove heat.

April 7, 2008 - Researchers at Ecos, an energy-efficiency consulting firm, have built an office desktop that consumes up to 70% less energy than Energy Star-labeled computers - no fancy electronics required. The machine uses only technologies that are currently available.