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The Day’s Tech Headlines: China Hackers, Google Energy, Photoshop iPhone App

Published on February 19, 2010 By Lansia

What can I say? It’s a Friday… the week has finally dragged on and there isn’t much longer until the weekend officially starts. Rather than writing on one topic, I thought I’d share the best of what was going on today, in the world of tech and software at least… Chinese Schools Spurred Online Hacking [...]

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Intel Greens Up Eight Locations with Solar Power

Published on January 28, 2010 By Lansia

A few days ago, Intel announced new contracts in place to incorporate “approximately 2.5 megawatts worth of new solar power projects at eight U.S. locations.” These eight locations spread over four states: Arizona, California, New Mexico and Oregon. Brian Krzanich, vice president of Manufacturing and Supply Chain for Intel tells us, “Intel is committed to [...]

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Adobe Goes Green(er), Installs Wind Power

Published on January 15, 2010 By Lansia

Powerhouse Adobe just installed 20 wind turbines at their San Jose headquarters! Pretty awesome… I love that giants like Adobe, Google, Dell and Intel are taking huge steps in the green movement. Green is good. Green is great. Green is also sexy. Okay, maybe I can’t pull off that last one without a giggle and [...]

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Bike (2.0) with Real-time Traffic Conditions

Published on December 16, 2009 By Lansia

Are you feeling the economic squeeze around your bank account? Are you feeling the polluted air contaminating your lungs? Are you feeling the fat build on your body? Stop paying for that car. Stop contributing to carbon emissions. Stop letting those calories store into fat. And start commuting more economically. Start doing more for the [...]

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Greener Printing: Savings for You and the Environment

Published on November 12, 2009 By Lansia

I sometimes cringe at the output of paper being printed these days. Did that really have to be printed? Did it really have to take so many pages? It couldn’t be cut down somehow? I snickered when I heard the ghosts of carbon footprints whispering their guilt to me as I discovered  PrintWhatYouLike.com’s bookmarklet. What [...]

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Everyone is Doing (Green) IT

Published on October 27, 2009 By Lansia

Brad Pitt is doing it with houses and architectural design. Rachel McAdams is doing it by bike. Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins did it while touring the US. Now, Microsoft is doing it with it’s latest Windows release. More companies are also getting their IT departments to jump on the bandwagon, and there’s proof! A recent [...]

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Do You Save Energy by Turning Off Your Computer at Night?

Published on April 13, 2009 By Kevin

Recently there has been a lot of debate surrounding the issue of turning your computer off at night. USA Today ran an article stating that US companies waste almost $3 billion a year in energy costs by leaving PC’s on when nobody is using them. That’s about 20 million tons of carbon dioxide emitted into [...]

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Punch Home & Landscape Design Suite – First Impressions

Published on March 9, 2009 By Kevin

Today I had the opportunity to try out the new Home & Landscape Design Suite by Punch! Software. I am an experienced CAD user with a background in many technical, engineering based software platforms, so I know how much time it takes to learn a new modeling software. I was definitely curious and a little [...]

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