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Windows 8 Innovations to Reduce Power Cost Associated with Software

The next major iteration of Windows introduces three innovations designed, among other things, to also cut down the power cost associated with software. Increasing Windows 8’s efficiency in terms of power consumption, as well as that of the programs running on top of the platform, automatically generates a nu...

9 November 2011
02:59 GMT

IE9 Outgreens Rivals

Internet Explorer 9 is outgreening rival browsers, including Chrome 10, Firefox 4.0, Opera 11 and Safari 5 according to tests performed by Microsoft. The software that users run on their computer has a direct impact on power consumption, and it’s obvious to see that the two are connected through hardware. The ...

30 March 2011
13:41 GMT

More Details About Radeon HD 6900 GPUs Emerge

It seems that news regarding AMD's Radeon HD 6900 series graphics cards abound lately, the very last bits of information about the Cayman core making their way onto the Web detailing the GPU's typical power usage as well as its die size and transistor count. While details about the Cayman architecture ha...

10 December 2010
08:48 GMT

Samsung Promises to Double AMOLED Displays' Lifetime

Samsung Mobile Display has just announced its plans to improve white efficiency, as well as the lifetime of AMOLED displays from 50.000 hours to 100.000 hours. Samsung Mobile Display is leading the innovative evolution of displays based on its display technology and production capability that are among the best in th...

1 July 2010
11:38 GMT

Windows 7 Significantly Reduces PC Power Consumption

When it launched Windows Vista at the start of 2007, Microsoft applauded the advantages related to power consumption that the operating system delivered over its precursor. The Redmond company is doing the same thing now, except that this time around it is focusing on Windows 7. The next iteration of the Windows clie...

17 June 2009
04:46 GMT

Browsing Habits Can Save Energy Too

Respected security researcher Robert Hansen has published a study of how web technologies impact the energy consumption on the web client side. The study outed Flash rotating ads as being the most power-hungry website elements. Robert Hansen is the founder and CEO of the SecTheory security company, and a known figure...

2 December 2008
08:20 GMT

From QRAM to Quantum Internet Searches

The Random Access Memory modules inside a typical personal computer are amongst the most energy consuming devices while working. A Quantum Random Access Memory on the other hand, would not only bring advancements in terms of quantum computing but could also be applied to classical computing to create low-energy quant...

7 May 2008
04:41 GMT

Slow Internet Cuts Down on the Energy Bill

The computer networks that make the Internet are the biggest energy powerhogs worldwide. As the price of energy increases, more and more signals point to the fact that energy savings across the Internet will be the key to a greener Earth.According to a New Scientist report, Intel and Microsoft are already looking for...

7 May 2008
03:34 GMT

Use Your iPhone to Manage Power Consumption throughout the House

Kaleidoscope's private and eco-friendly initiative, The Greener Grass, has quite an interesting system on offer for iPhone owners. Current State is something which iPhone owners can use to monitor power usage in their house, but also manage it, by a touch of the iPhone's screen.The Usage screens focus on en...

20 February 2008
05:10 GMT

Cisco Turns Green With Router Business

Cisco, the networking giant, plans to introduce a new technology that would allow server and storage vendors collect critical data about equipments and send it to Cisco via the manufacturer's networking devices. Cisco will use open standards in order to collect essential data, such as power consumption, operati...

28 December 2007
02:56 GMT

European Servers Will Eat Up More than the US Ones

Taking care of the environment has become the year's trend. We have energy-aware devices to shut down in order to preserve power, and more recently, we have entire datacenters fueled by Zero Carbon-Dioxide energy back in Iceland.US is not one of the countries to be proud of when it comes to energy savings. A rec...

12 December 2007
11:41 GMT


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