Archive for the ‘Science & Technology’ Category

• New Technologies: The way to save the planet

  Nowadays the concerns about the environment are very present in the minds of more and more people. Maybe because of the huge amount of information that circles on the internet in site and blogs like this one, because they saw …

• Edison: Free Energy-Saving Software

  Edison is a new and free energy-saving PC software from the developers at Verdiem. The software makes it a lot easier for you to control your computers power saving features helping you save electricity and money. Edison doesn’t shut down …

• EarthDrive: The Worlds First Eco-Friendly USB Drive?

  The ATP 8GB EarthDrive claims to be the world’s first eco-friendly USB drive. The EarthDrive is made from bio-recycled plastics and is designed to be fully recyclable at the end of its life. A portion of all sales will be …

• SimpleTech [re]Drive: Bamboo External Hard Drive

  The [re]Drive from SimpleTech is an eco-friendly external hard drive that would look great by the side of the new Studio Hybrid from Dell, or by any computer for that matter. The [re]Drive is Energy Star Level 4 qualified and …

• Studio Hybrid: Dell’s New Green Computer

  Earlier this May I reported that Dell was going to sell a “never before seen” eco-inspired computer with a bamboo casing later this year. We could also see an early design concept of the computer. And now Dell has released …

• Research shows that PlayStation 3 uses 500% more energy than a refrigerator

  The Australian Consumer Association recently published a list on Computer Energy Costs for various home gadgets such as your computer screen, DVD player, cordless telephone, gaming console, laptop etc. Interesting with this list is that it shows how much energy …

• Dell to sell eco bamboo computer later this year

  Michael Dell, the chairman and CEO of Dell, announced at the Fortune Green conference that the computer company will start selling a “never before seen” eco-inspired computer with a bamboo casing later this year. The computer will be, according to …

• The Nokia Eco Sensor Concept

  Nokia seems to be trying hard to gain the top green spot among mobile developers these days. For example, they recently released 3110 Evolve, an eco-friendly mobile phone. And now they are trying to introduce another gadget that will help …

• How green is your computer?

  Consider this statement: “The EPA’s Energy Star efficiency criteria only consider the energy a PC uses while it’s in standby mode, which means that almost all current PCs qualify as Energy Star compliant.” Is that statement true or false? What …

• Change your Windows XP Power Profile to save energy

  Yesterday we got this email from Matt Bentley: Changing Microsoft XP power scheme settings determines whether or not power-saving CPU features are activated in a machine when idle. All modern desktop CPU’s past the AMD Athlon XP and the Intel …