Data Doctors Radio Program
The latest on Green Computing
In 2006, the EPA estimated that personal computers consumed 2% of all the electricity in the United States.
3 years later, you can bet that number has gone up, because the number of computers in use has gone up.
If we all made some small adjustments to our computing devices and behaviors, we could collectively safe a substantial amount of power and acres of trees.
Listen in as the Data Doctors put on their Birkenstocks and wrap their arms around a few trees while discussing power saving tips as well as some common misnomers about technology and power.
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Original Air Date: Oct 24, 2009
This Week's Links
- Green Computing defined
- Basic tips for Green Computing
- Vampire Energy: It Sucks!
- Personal Carbon Footprint Calculator
- Power Management in Windows XP
- Change, create or delete a power plan in Windows Vista
- How Windows 7 will cut energy consumption
- Energy Saver sleep and idle modes in Mac OS X
- Tips for saving trees when printing from the web
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Wall wart: Tech slang for a small transformer with a plug attached (usually a charger for an electronic device), that hangs off of your electrical outlet. Wall warts are one of the most common consumers of phantom power (they consume power even when nothing is being charged).
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