Archive for February 10th, 2009

Google Earth ‘helps man find buried Spanish treasure ship’ (Daily Telegraph)

A treasure hunter who claims to have found a buried ship filled with treasure using Google Earth the popular satellite imaging service is fighting a legal battle to excavate the site.

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Google introduces power meter software to reduce electricity use (Daily Telegraph)

Search giant Google is developing new monitoring tools to help families reduce the amount of electricity they are using.

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Google PowerMeter tracks home juice use (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Google wants consumers to have direct access to real-time electricity information, and has developed plans for a PowerMeter tool while setting forth its latest agenda for the development of a "smarter" electricity grid.

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Google’s PowerMeter lets you know if the lights are on (Macworld UK)

Google is testing software that will let consumers get detailed information on how much electricity they're using, which could help households reduce consumption by as much as 15 per cent, the company said on Monday.

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Google PowerMeter tracks home juice use (vnunet.com)

Rosalie Marshall, vnunet.com , Tuesday 10 February 2009 at 17:04:00 Consumers will have real-time access to energy consumption data Google wants consumers to have direct access to real-time electricity information, and has developed plans for a PowerMeter tool while setting forth its latest agenda for the development of a...

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009