Through its involvement in a new Windows 7 Professional beta program called Ignite, the eMazzanti Technologies is discovering ways to work more efficiently while reducing its carbon footprint on the environment. Features in the new operating system such as Trigger Start Services, Power Management, Problem Step Recorder and a host of enhanced navigation tools like [...]

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Do you want a better way to manage your PC’s power consumption, maybe switch the monitor off or put your PC into hibernate mode when you move away from the keyboard.  Well maybe a new piece of software from VeryPC could be the answer.

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We already know the effects of so called vampire energy drainers, these are the devices that in the background secretly suck your electricity supply whilst you not using the device. An awful lot of electricla devices we use use pretty much the same amount of energy in standby mode as they do when they are [...]

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Software and the internet can play a great part in efforts to help the environment — as they did in winning the U.S. Presidential election for Barack Obama.
This was the message of Jan Meuhlfeit, Microsoft’s European chairman, when he spoke at a conference bringing together global business leaders in London this week.
Speaking at Green Strategy [...]

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Individual gamers and console makers could significantly reduce energy use from video games, according to study that identified the Nintendo Wii as the industry’s most efficient “juice sipper.”
Gamers waste a lot of energy simply because they don’t turn their machines off when they’re not playing, according to environmental advocacy group the National Resources Defense Council [...]

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Want to cut down on your utility bills? You may want to take a second look at your Wii, Play Station and X-Box. A video game console can suck up as much energy as two refrigerators. Alex Cohen talks with Noah Horowitz, consumer electronics expert with the Natural Resources Defense Council, about the organization’s new [...]

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Bill Gates’ investment firm is funding Sapphire Energy, a company that intends to make auto fuel from algae.
Sapphire Energy said Wednesday that a series B round will bring the total amount it has raised to more than $100 million. Investors include Gates’ investment firm Cascade Investment, as well as Arch Venture Partners, Wellcome Trust, and [...]

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Jason Renfro to Open First Gamer Doc Video Game Store In California – Highland Park Store will be Eco-Friendly
The store design is eco-friendly, incorporating solar panels and 80% recycled building materials. Jason expects to open for business in mid-September. The Gamer Doc store will feature 20 HD gaming stations with full Internet access, a fully [...]

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Americans already have large carbon footprints: where the world average is 4 tons, the American average is 20. A study at MIT found that no matter what you do, if you live in America, you’re automatically going to have a large footprint – whether you’re homeless, a child or a Buddhist monk – because our [...]

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Greenpeace took the consoles and controllers apartSony, Microsoft and Nintendo are not doing enough to eliminate potentially harmful chemicals and metals from their games consoles, Greenpeace has said.
The body examined materials used inside the Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3), Microsoft Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii.
Greenpeace said that while all three machines complied with European laws, the [...]

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