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Chinese researcher details vulnerability of West Coast power grid

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IEEE launches smart-grid standards project

Intel will host the first conference on P2030 standards in June. How the industry is working towards interoperability between the power system, meters and other devices.

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Despite some scary news reports claiming Chinese hackers planted software on components of the American power grid, there is no indication that cybercriminals could use the Internet to sabotage embedded systems controlling power distribution here

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Speed demons. The past several months have seen a number of start-ups and lesser-known firms touting screaming-fast data-loading speeds, some exceeding 4TB and hour, both in the lab and in the field

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Free green power for Canadian government IT

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