This weekend, Google posted a message on its Mobile Blog referring to a new mobile phone concept device that Google’s employees had been given to test. This new device, the blog said, “combines innovative hardware from a partner with software that runs on Android to experiment with new mobile features and capabilities.” According to reports, [...]

GreenMeter computes a vehicle’s power and fuel usage characteristics to help drivers increase efficiency, reduce fuel consumption and cost, and lower environmental impact. Results are displayed in real time while driving, to provide instantaneous feedback, and can be shown with U.S. or metric units. Version 2.0 adds three new eco-driving efficiency displays. Hunter Research and [...]

Already available in the US, via Sprint, the Samsung Reclaim M560 will soon be launched in Canada too, by Bell Mobility. Presented by Bell as being “eco-friendly without sacrificing technology”, Samsung Reclaim is made from bio-plastic materials and comes with an Energy Star-approved charger. The phone’s features include a 2.4 inch QVGA display, full QWERTY [...]

Sony Ericsson recently announced the addition of the GreenHeart phones to their list of models. The new models are just slightly upgraded versions of the C901 and Naite models. The new features include a 15 percent smaller carbon footprint, an online-only manual to save paper, less packaging and the phones are made of at least [...]

A new, green iPhone application is in the works. An upgraded version of 3rdWhale, which provides users access to local green businesses, will now carry content from Creative Citizen, the wiki for green living. The application will offer users “Creative Solutions” for sustainable living. For the actions users pledge, Creative Citizen will track their environmental [...]

How’s this for a slick-looking piece of eco-friendly machine? Here’s a laptop that uses biodegradable bamboo used in its construction. The U6V Bamboo notebook’s panel and palm rest is composed of bamboo and measures 15.2 x 9.6″ with a 12.1″ wide-screen with the standard 1280×800 resolution. The notebook uses a LED backlight wide panel for [...]

Why not go all the way when going green with the Recycle, a USB memory stick made from recycled newspaper? The storage on this puppy ranges from 512 MB to 16GB and the simple design offers good size and shape so it doesn’t get lost – but don’t keep near your wine corks or trash, [...]

Apple has unveiled it’s greenest MacBook yet, producing a new system which is made from a single piece of solid, recyclable aluminum, as well as a display made of recyclable glass. The company has also removed many of the harmful toxins found in computers including mercury, arsenic and PVC. And, to reduce energy consumption, the [...]

IBM has unveiled a new service that will allow corporations to analyze their CO2 emissions and energy usage at any level with the launch of Strategic Carbon Management. IBM maintains that the Strategic Carbon Management program reduce CO2 emissions by as much as 50 percent – ranging from 15-20 percent for travel to up to [...]

The Wall Street Journal reports that after the election, Barack Obama’s advisors held a meeting with IBM to find out what kind of impact federal funding for the IT industry would accomplish. IBM CEO Samuel Palmisano made it clear that investment in IT would create jobs and even got pretty specific on it saying that [...]