Pink, Green, Blue Asus Eee 2G PC ship in time for Holidays

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The spring colored Asus Eee 2G PCs are already shipping and you can still get them before the 24th as last minute Christmas gifts.

The Asus Eee 2G PC in Sky Blue, Plush Pink, and Lush Green was expected for early 2008. Coming as a bit of surprise, retailers NewEgg and J & R have this colorful low-end Eee PC in stock and ready to ship for $299.99. Read more

Posted on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:50:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

GreenPlug to show Universal Power Protocol Chip at CES 2008

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GreenPlug will show the first environmentally-friendly DC power hub at the CES 2008.

GreenPlug will show an Universal Power Protocol (UPP) Chip called the GreenPlug.
GreenPlug wants to get rid of the device-specific external DC power supplies and replace it with an intelligent universal one. To optimize the power consumption of any connected device to GreenPlug, the power supply is 'talking' to the gadget via a protocol called GreenTalk. Read more

Posted on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Greenpeace Clash of the Consoles

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Greenpeace mobilizes against video game console makers Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft. Greenpeace argues that consoles contain toxic chemicals and can contribute to the massive growth of electronic waste that's often dumped, causing widespread environmental pollution and health problems for unprotected workers.

Greenpeace wants Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft to clean up their products by eliminating hazardous substances and to take back and recycle their products responsibly once they become obsolete. Read more

Posted on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:27:56 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Green Asus Eee PC 4G Surf appears and ships

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An unannounced green Asus Eee PC 4G Surf is apparently shipping in Taiwan. We reported about a spring colored Asus Eee 2G Surf to be hitting the shelves in early 2008. A colored 4G Surf Eee PC was unknown.

Two Taiwan based sellers offer the green Asus Eee PC 4G (4G SSD and 512MB RAM) on the German eBay. Read more

Posted on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:31:19 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia Siemens sees Profit from "greener" Networks

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HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia Siemens Networks aims to cut the energy consumption of some of its mobile base stations by up to 40 percent by 2010 in a move that should also boost profits, the telecoms network group said on Tuesday. Read more

Posted on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:49:56 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Western Digital's Green Hard Drive

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Western Digital announced its latest enterprise hard drive today which reduces energy usage and lowers costs for data centers. The new GreenPower family of HDDs range from 500GB to 1TB storage capacity.

The drives are reliability rated at 1.2 million hours mean time between failure in high duty cycle environments. WD says these drives can reduce power usage by 40%. "Delivering up to 40 percent savings in hard drive power consumption, Western Digital's new RE2-GP hard drives are an excellent choice for customers deploying Rackable Systems' newest generation of Eco-Logical storage systems -- enabling even greater efficiency and performance," said Tony Gaughan, chief products officer of Rackable Systems. Read more

Posted on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:09:15 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Asus Eee PC 2G Surf comes also in Pink, Green and Blue

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Other than black and white the low-end Asus Eee PC Surf is apparently also coming in such lovely colors as blush pink, lush green, and sky blue.

The $299 Asus Eee PC 2G Surf is apparently scheduled for early 2008. Read more

Posted on Thu, 8 Nov 2007 09:02:39 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Walgreen sees movie-burning DVD Kiosks at Stores

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By Sue Zeidler

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walgreen plans to put kiosks that can make DVDs of popular movies in drugstore photo departments next year, using a new system that would increase selection while avoiding piracy. Read more

Posted on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:18:05 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Trolltech Qtopia Linux Greenphones sold out

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Trolltech announces that they sold out of their Linux developer mobile phones and will not re-stock it. Trolltech introduced the Greenphone in August of 2006.

For Trolltech the mission of jump starting the open phone developer community with hardware has been accomplished. Trolltech will continue to support the Qtopia Greenphone community with new software releases in the coming months, but recommends the Neo 1973 from FIC as developer handsets. Read more

Posted on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Greenpeace tracks Whales Online

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By Michael Perry

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Environmental group Greenpeace is satellite tracking 19 humpback whales as they travel from the South Pacific back to Antarctic waters this whaling season, to prove Japan does not need to kill whales to study them. Read more

Posted on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:44:27 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Public indifferent to green Overtures at IFA Fair

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By Georgina Prodhan and Amanda Bensen

BERLIN (Reuters) - Manufacturers at Europe's biggest consumer electronics touted their green credentials in vain to customers more interested in bigger and brighter screens. Read more

Posted on Tue, 4 Sep 2007 02:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Shrek 3 evergreen at foreign Box Office

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By Frank Segers

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Shrek the Third" reclaimed the No. 1 spot at the foreign box office with an estimated weekend haul of $17.2 million, lifting its overseas total to $436 million. Read more

Posted on Tue, 4 Sep 2007 00:48:47 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

DiCaprio brightens up on gloomy green Outlook

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By Bob Tourtellotte

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tired of global warming doom and gloom? Here's something new from Hollywood's king of green, Leonardo DiCaprio: there is hope for a brighter future. Read more

Posted on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:27:42 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Greenspan Group presses Case to buy Dow Jones Stake

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Internet entrepreneur Brad Greenspan said on Monday he has gained the support of five investor groups interested in buying a stake in and investing in Dow Jones & Co. Inc. to thwart News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion buyout offer.

A source familiar with the matter said the five possible investors are Intel Corp's, Intel Capital, Apex Partners, Jana Partners, a unit of Softbank Corp and Trafelet. Read more

Posted on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Dragonlasers Viper Series 35mW Green Laser Pointer Review

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Today’s review is looking at a green laser pointer from Dragonlasers called the Viper 35mW. This laser pointer is great for general pointer needs, but lacks the power needed to burn, melt or slash anything.

If you give lots of lectures or just want to mess with your kids or your pets, the Dragonlasers Viper 35mW laser is great fun to play with. Read more

Posted on Fri, 6 Jul 2007 08:48:36 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

LG Green Banana Phone LG-SV280

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LG introduces the so called Green Banana Phone LG-SV280 in Korea. The company introduced the first LG-SV280 in plain white early April.

This LG slider has a curved shape similar to the Motorola Z8.

The MOTORIZR Z8 has a way better feature set compared to the LG-SV280, which is more like a fashion phone. Read more

Posted on Wed, 30 May 2007 08:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New York Yellow Cabs go Green with Hybrids

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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced to have all cabs in New York would be hybrid cars by 2012.

There are 13,000 licensed yellow cabs in the big Apple. This will not be an easy feat to replace all of them within 5 years with hybrid cars like the Ford Escape Hybrid. Read more

Posted on Wed, 23 May 2007 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Burning Man 2007 goes Green

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The cult Burning Man festival has a green theme this year.

The Green Man celebrates nature and will feature several environmental friendly installations.
Artist Jim Mason created the Mechabolic. Mechabolic will be converting the festival's garbage into clean energy as people walk around inside it to see the process in action. Read more

Posted on Mon, 7 May 2007 09:10:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Jasper Keynote Green Laser Pointer with Integrated RF

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The Jasper Keynote is an handheld green laser pointer with built-in RF transmitter.

Paired with a USB receiver, the Jasper Keynote allows you to laser-point and control your PowerPoint slides at the same time.

The Jasper Keynote is a real laser and has an outdoor visibility of several miles. Be of course very careful with it and avoid direct eye exposure.
Read more

Posted on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Apple offers Pink, Green, Blue and Orange iPod shuffle

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Just in time for the Valentine's Day mini shopping spike Apple offers new color variations of the clip-on iPod shuffle.

I am not sure what color will sell out first and will be selling for triple the price on eBay. Even if it is cliché, my bet is on pink.
Read more

Posted on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:10:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Evergreen Allows You to Connect Two HDMI Devices to One HDMI Input on the Cheap

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If you are the owner of a HDTV, even a mere year or so old you may be stuck with a problem you haven’t even noticed yet, one HDMI port. A while back, one HDMI port was enough and many HDTVs shipped with a single.

However, as any one who has jumped into the HD age can tell you one HDMI doesn’t really cut it. You need one for your HD Cable or satellite converter and one for your Blu-ray or HD DVD player at a minimum. Unless you enjoy making trips to the TV to change your HDMI cable form the cable box to your high def DVD player you are going to need something like this switch from Evergreen. Read more

Posted on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:47:13 CST | by Shane McGlaun