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Digital Entertainment Thursday, January 04, 2007 2:25 PM PT Posted by Steve Bass Recent Posts Archives Spyware & Security Cleaning House With Two Robots View posts from: Upgrading Save Energy: Unplug Your Cell Save Energy: Unplug Your Cell Select a month Tech at Work Charger (and more) Charger (and more) PCW's Greatest Hits Clean PCs Are Happier (And Faster) Holiday Gift Guide I Turn Off my PC at Night. How About You? PC World Video From the e-mail I received about Tuesday's "I Turn Off my PC at Night. How About You?" blog, I must have hit a nerve -- at about the to Special Bloggers: Freebie Vista-Loaded Laptop same time you got your utility bill. Partner Product Centers Vista Upgrade: The Not-So-Rosy Picture Mobile Computing There are plenty of worthwhile sites to help you figure out ways to $10 Billion Refund on Improved IT Management reduce your power consumption. For instance, in Mobile Industry Long-Distance Fed Tax Aims for Greener Phones, I like the bit I read about unplugging your Most Popular Search Terms cell phone recharger and how much it electricity it could save. Spyware & Antivirus (According to Nokia, electricity to power thousands of homes. Loose Laptops numbers, I agree, but the concept is rock solid.)

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From Power Splurge, an article I discovered in a San Diego newspaper, I found out that my big HDTV, along with the TiVo, DVD player, and all the rest of my gear, are chewing up lots of power. 1 of 2 Luckily, my HDTV is a DLP, so the power consumption is lower than 1/6/07 11:05 PM Steve Bass's Tips & Tweaks Save Energy: Unplug Your Cell Charge... http://blogs.pcworld.com/tipsandtweaks/archives/003413.html

You might also take a minute to read Becky Waring's Power-Saving Tips: Save Money by Putting Your PC on a Power Diet. She gives you a handful of smart ways to cut back on power use. One of Becky's suggestions is to switch to an energy saving PC. You can find out more about these machines in two articles: Dell Unveils 'Green' Servers and New Energy-Efficient Laptop To Be Sold At Wal-Mart

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