Energy

Wed, January 18, 2012 - Cisco this week expanded its smart grid portfolio for utilities with a reference architecture, products and services intended to modernize the electric grid.

Tue, December 20, 2011 - Can a new-fangled iPad app really change the way a 100-year-old energy company sells hydraulics equipment? Eaton Corp. says its new app has already led to more sales.

Tue, December 20, 2011 - With private equity fund KKR, Google has acquired 88MW of generating capacity around Sacramento, California

Sat, October 01, 2011 - Meet the people who will get the call when the next Stuxnet worm strikes

Wed, September 21, 2011 - The idea sounds simple enough: you can go to your utility's Web site, click a green button and you get information about your household energy use.

Wed, August 24, 2011 - Two researchers at the University of Wisconsin in Madison have discovered a novel way to generate enough energy from walking to keep small electronic devices powered.

Mon, August 22, 2011 - Why Portland General Electric deployed Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) technology and what they've been able to accomplish as a result.

Mon, August 08, 2011 - How does the federal government go about implementing green IT? According to a report out today from the Government Accountability Office, the feds have adopted a number of practices that are useful not just for government IT but all manner of private and public company IT groups as well. These include everything from dedicated funding for green products, to improved employee training and reducing use of paper.

Thu, August 04, 2011 - The night before the start of this week's Black Hat hacker conference here in Las Vegas, security researcher Dillon Beresford gave a demonstration to a small audience in his room at Caesar's Palace. The topic: how a hacker could take over the Siemens S7 computers that are used to control engines, machines and turbines in tens of thousands of industrial facilities.

Fri, July 01, 2011 - Intel is developing a Windows application, Personal Office Energy Monitor (POEM), that will allow workers to monitor in real time the energy consumed by their PC, printer, heating and lighting.

Fri, June 17, 2011 - Two vulnerabilities found in industrial control system software made in China but used worldwide could be remotely exploited by attackers, according to a warning issued on Thursday by the U.S. Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT).

Thu, June 16, 2011 - As the power grid becomes more intelligent, it also becomes more dangerous.

Fri, June 10, 2011 - Siemens has fixed bugs in its Simatic S7 industrial computer systems, used to control machines on factory floors, power stations and chemical plants.

Mon, June 06, 2011 - A security researcher who says he's found serious problems with Siemens computers used in power plants and heavy industry is now expecting to go public with his research at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas.