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NEWS ABOUT: shipping container

shipping container stories: 2 news summaries

 Somalia Piracy Hampers 
 Food Aid: UN 

Danger of hijacking has raised costs dramatically, WFP official says

Apr 9, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Piracy off the coast of Somalia is making relief organizations' work even more difficult, Reuters reports. The UN’s World Food Program  today decried both the hijacking of ships bearing aid supplies—the Maersk Alabama, for example, had 232 WFP containers on board when it was seized this week—and... More »

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Somalia • United Nations • piracy • shipping container • insurance • shipping • food aid • World Food Program • international aid

Mobile Servers Save Energy, Add Capacity

Sun packages extra processing power
in steel shipping containers

Jun 22, 07 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sun Microsystems has a solution for the booming demand for network space, and as a bonus, it lowers energy use: packing servers into steel shipping containers that can be parked wherever they're needed. It's called Project Blackbox, and Sun says it reduces power consumption by 20%. The giant 20-foot boxes... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Internet • Stanford • Microsoft • Stanford University • shipping container • network • online videos • data centers • servers • Sun Microsystems • watts • power supply • storage • particle accelerator

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