TV & Internet
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
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
Six Simple New Years Resolutions for Greener Electronics January 1st, 2009
Hey, it's a New Year! And with it comes all of those little vows we always make -- lose 5 pounds, call your mom more often, get a promotion ... and live a greener life. Well,...more
Survey Shows Consumer Electronics Industry Thinks 25% of Consumers Don't Want Green December 26th, 2008
The consumer electronics industry isn't quite embracing going green. That's the lesson learned from a poll in a recent issue of CEA Smartbrief, a newsletter of the Consumer Electronics Association. According to poll respondents, 25.82% believe...more
Now that You've Unwrapped Your Gifts... December 25th, 2008
Take the Next Green Step with Your Technology
Ahhh...Christmas day. The gifts are unwrapped, dinner is in the oven, and the credit card bills are in the mail. What next? Well, if you bought any electronics this holiday season, there are several things you...more
Put Your Computer to Use for Good When You're Not Using It December 23rd, 2008
Grid Computing Project Aims to Discover Next-Generation Solar Materials
You're probably using only a fraction of your computer's computing power when it's on. When it's idle, you're using even less. But now you can put that unused processing power to good use coming and...more
Start Saving Power in Your Datacenter -- Before It's Too Late December 9th, 2008
Study: Datacenters Face Critical Power Shortages by 2011
Businesses are going to have to start thinking about ways to conserve power in their datacenters immediately, according to a new report which says that two-thirds of all datacenters will not have enough electricity to...more
Greenpeace Grades the Electronics Makers on Climate Leadership December 4th, 2008
Nintendo and Microsoft Rank at the Bottom
For the tenth time in the last two years, Greenpeace has ranked electronics manufactuers according to their policies and manufacturing procedures to come up with a list of the "greenest" electronics makers, but also to...more
Do You Know How to Recycle Your Old TV? November 21st, 2008
New Report Grades Manufacturers' Take-Back Programs
A whole bunch of TVs are likely to be replaced over the next few months. Not only will retailers be dropping their prices in a desperate bid to reduce their inventory, many TVs will need...more
A Real TV Star: New ENERGY STAR Rules for TV Efficiency November 11th, 2008
How many hours a day do you use your TV? One? Two? Five? More? Okay, let's ask a more important question: is your TV energy efficent? Don't know the answer? That's okay, because until now it...more
