The announcement of the new Google Android Mobile phone raises some web design questions.

As designers we have to face the fact that the way a page is constructed is vital.

With the release of new mobile devices, that have the operability of a PC, the web will be increasingly viewed on them, thus a web page will look completely different on a smaller display.
Therefore we must design for the web, using a simple layout with clear and concise content, so people can find what they are looking for, even on smaller screens.

Soon we will find that websites will be developed specifically for smaller displays, this shows the constantly changing environment of the web world.

The Google powered phone will possibly be released later this year, it is said to be an improvement on Apple’s I Phone.

We look forward to testing it!

Presidential candidate Barrack Obama has stormed the election race, utilising the power of the internet.

The senator has used blogs, Facebook, and YouTube, resulting in what some believe to be the key to his lead in popularity.
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The groundwork for Hewlett Packard’s Sustainable IT Ecosystem Lab was set in place in March 2008 when the company restructured its Research and Development division known as HP Labs, to intensify its focus on fewer project. To aid in this endeavor, 23 labs were set up all over the world with an attention to “information explosion,” dynamic cloud services, content transformation, and intelligent infrastructure.

HP has identified their immediate problem as pursuing a green agenda, predicting a possible conflict between IT departments and facilities teams – productive workers utilizing more powerful servers and PCs vs. requirements that often pay the energy bills. Common ground may be reached before focusing on the wider business needed to save costs in the datacenter. Rising power requirements will force some companies to relocate their datacenters due to power shortages with some relocating as far as Norway for their wind energy and Iceland for its geothermal energy.

United States companies are criticized for over-cooling their datacenters because the cost of cooling has surpassed the cost of powering the actual equipment. A recent survey found that 44% of United Kingdom-based IT leaders believe that sustainability is a board-level issue and 30% anticipate increases in their budget for technologies that support this issue. Sustainable practices include virtualization and datacenter consolidation.