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Dell 24-inch G2410 Green monitor gets White LED backlit, cuts 60% power

By Daniel Lim on Thursday, Feb 26th 2009 No Comments

monitor dell g2410 overview2 Dell has today unveiled its greenest monitor display with the launch of the G2410, a 24-inch white LED Full HD LCD with EPEAT Gold rating and many power saving promises to deliver great images at 60% less power consumption.

The display features 250 nits of brightness, 5ms panel response time and provides 1000:1 of contrast with ability to extend up to a whooping 1 million:1 dynamic contrast ratio. Panel is TN type with 16.7 million colors and 160/170 viewing angles rating. It’s unfortunately not a better e-IPS panel type we would like to see.

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LG’s Xcanvas Eco LCDs consumes 70-percent less power

By Daniel Lim on Wednesday, Feb 11th 2009 No Comments

LG korea has launched a trio of Xcanvas LCDs today, dubbed LH30FD. The LCD version of LG’s Xcanvas is unlike their ‘bobos’ Plasma launched less than month ago, it advertised none of extreme contrast ratio and high frequency panel, but it did feature a host of power-saving modes to help cutting down your power bill.

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Hitachi gone Green with two-platter 500GB CinemaStar C5K500

By Daniel Lim on Thursday, Feb 5th 2009 No Comments

cs c5k500 Green storages are in higher demand in consumer market, evidence can be seen from Western Digital coughed up its first 2TB single disk device in a much eco-friendly Green Caviar, instead of the Black Caviar performance series. So does Hitachi GST, their 4-gen CinemaStar now packed an EcoTrac classification, halogen-free design with 22-percent lower operation power requirement than previous model.

The newest CinemaStar C5K500 family is a 250GB per disk design consumer electronics hdd with capacities start from 160GB to a dual-platter 500GB 2.5-inch form factor mobile drive. The drive spins at 5400 RPM, and only requires a low power of 1.4 watts to get data out and written on its disks. It’s targeting digital video applications such as DVR recording, digital video streaming or surveillance.

Hitachi has not made pricing available for the CinemaStar C5K500, but shipment is expected to deliver worldwide in the second quarter of 2009.

Western Digital to ship 2TB Caviar Green hdd this week?

By Daniel Lim on Tuesday, Jan 13th 2009 No Comments

Leak hints Western Digital is set to unveil its 2TB version Caviar Green, the WD20EADS, possibly by the end of the week. We are taking about a 3.5-inch format hdd with 500GB per platter design here, squeezing 2TB of capacity onto one single disk drive, not the raid version of My Book external drive with multi drives device.

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Yamaha Japan about to roll out more electric bikes

By Staff Editor on Tuesday, Dec 30th 2008 No Comments

The past few months have really seen a lot of new ways to help the world go green if only to save money at the pumps. One way that people are making the attempt is by walking or riding a bike to work. Not all of us are in the best shape to ride a bike to work, especially if you live in a place with several hills such as San Francisco.

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Shiro SQ-S PMP runs off of solar energy

By Brenda Stokes on Tuesday, Dec 9th 2008 No Comments

shiro sqs1 In case you don’t think there are enough PMPs out in the world, then here’s another one that might suit your fancy. It’s called the Shiro SQ-S and it actually offers something a little bit different than the norm. In fact, you can charge up this PMP with solar energy.

This PMP doesn’t require a wired charging method in order to get it going. That really places it at an advantage, because how many times have you found yourself out and about, only to have your music player run out of battery? It does take six hours to completely charge the device however, and that’s with “full sun.” Even so, you could always plug it into the USB port of your computer and charge it in 4 hours, instead.

Even so, I could see how if you’re out without any means of charging a device this would come in handy. A full charge makes for up to 38 hours of audio and 10 hours of video playback time. There isn’t a price tag or any availability information just yet, but we’ll keep you posted.

Greenpeace not giving Apple enough green credit

By Brenda Stokes on Monday, Dec 8th 2008 No Comments

green apple According to a new article by BusinessWeek, Apple might be getting a bum rap from Greenpeace when it comes to their environmental standing. In fact, Apple’s score on their overall “greenness” has barely inched upward. And this is accounting for their big new green initiative. So if their scores haven’t improved and Apple is greener, what’s the deal?

It seems Greenpeace may actually be singling out the company unfairly. The latest changes made by Apple have turned almost all of their computers Energy Star 4 compliant. They feature smaller packaging and have worked to reduce toxins. By contrast, Dell ships a considerably fewer number of its computers with the Energy Star sticker, but have surpassed Apple in the Greenpeace rating.

It seems Greenpeace has been using only the published wording of each company as their guideline for environmental ratings rather than the efforts actually taken. It’s interesting to say the least, especially since many people these days are purchasing more products based on greenness.

Black & Decker Thermal Leak Detector saves energy

By Brenda Stokes on Friday, Dec 5th 2008 1 Comment

We all could use a few extra ways to save money right now. But what if you could save cash and help the environment, too? This new Black & Decker Thermal Leak Detector can help you find drafts in your home so they can be repaired and you won’t have to deal with wasteful heating and cooling bills anymore.

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Brother introduces two new green printers

By Brenda Stokes on Tuesday, Dec 2nd 2008 No Comments

brotherhl4040cdn1 Brother has long been a trusted brand in printing technology and their latest printers continue that tradition. In fact, the HL-4040CDN and the MFC-9450CDN all-in-one printer models are actually much greener than previous models and help you save energy and resources.

Both printers use an automatic duplex printing feature. This makes it so the amount of paper you use is lessened and it allows you to print on both sides of paper. The models do differ, however. the HL-4040CDN features a max print quality of 2400 x 600dpi, 21ppm print speeds and more. You can get this model this month for about $400.

The MFC-9450CDN model on the other hand, features a 21 ppm print speed, a copy speed of 17 ppm and a max print resolution of 2400 x 600. It also has an Ethernet port and USB 2.0 ports. This model will ship in January for about $650.

ASUS U6V-B1-Bamboo ultraportable laptop up for pre-order on Amazon

By Brenda Stokes on Tuesday, Nov 11th 2008 No Comments

If you want an environmentally-friendly laptop, it can be hard to find a product that is sufficiently green. However, at the very least, you can be assured that the exterior of your notebook is eco-conscious with the ASUS U6V-B1-Bamboo laptop.

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