Gadgets
Share Your Ideas on the Environmental Defense Fund's Innovation Exchange February 12th, 2009
Does your company have a unique method of saving energy or acting in an eco-friendly manner? If you answered yes, then share your idea! The Environmental Defense Fund has created a forum where you can do...more
Green Your Nokia Cell Phone with Energy-Saving GreenPhone App February 6th, 2009
Cell phones can use a lot of energy to run applications like Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. But they don't have to. A new app for Nokia Series 60 phones can help control energy usage, making them...more
A Blow to Cell Phone Recycling? Recycled Phones Found to Still Have Your Data February 3rd, 2009
Follow These Tips to Wipe Your Data Clean Before Donating Your Old Phones
Hundreds of thousands of new cell phones are sold every year. Most of them go to replace older phones, which can end up being donated, refurbished and resold, thereby keeping them out of landfills and...more
AT&T's U-verse TV Gets Green Certification January 27th, 2009
Set-top Boxes Use Less Electricity, Save Customers Money
Subscribers to AT&T's U-verse digital TV service got good news this week: all of AT&T's set-top boxes (the devices that empower the Internet-based TV service) exceed the energy requirements of the U.S.'s ENERGY STAR program,...more
Ritz Camera Introduces 100% Recyclable Rechargeable Battery January 23rd, 2009
Looking for a better rechargeable battery? Ritz Camera has started selling what it calls "the first rechargeable battery that's nearly 100% recyclable and completely non-toxic and non-combustible." It's called the Quantaray Super Z, and it...more
Drive Smarter, Greener with ecoRoute from Garmin January 20th, 2009
Free Program Helps Select Fuel-Efficient Routes
If you own a Garmin GPS unit, and you're looking to make your driving just a little bit greener, then the company has something just for you. Their new ecoRoute program -- announced recently at the...more
Eco-Friendly Batteries? January 16th, 2009
Fuji Launches 'Landfill Safe' Disposable Batteries
At last week's Consumer Electronics Show, Fuji announced a new line of disposable batteries that the company says are so eco-friendly, they are "landfill safe." The Fuji EnviroMAX batteries are free of cadmium, mercury and PVC,...more
GreenTech 101: WaterSense Helps You Save Water January 15th, 2009
Every product that claims to be green seems to come with a half-dozen logos on the package to back up their eco-claims. But what do they all mean? Well don't worry, we're going to tell...more
Motorola Introduces First Phone Made From Recycled Water Bottles January 13th, 2009
At last week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Motorola introduced its new MOTO™ W233 Renew phone -- what it billed as "the world’s first mobile phone made using plastics comprised of recycled water bottles." Of...more
Dell to Cut 20 Million Pounds of Packaging January 6th, 2009
Aims to Decrease Packaging by 10% Over Four Years
I just ordered a new Dell laptop, and I was pleased to find that it came in a box barely bigger than the computer itself. This seems to tie in nicely with Dell Computers' recent...more
