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Sony Ericsson’s New Green Eco Cellphones


Sony Ericsson recently announced the addition of the GreenHeart phones to their list of models.
The new models are just slightly upgraded versions of the C901 and Naite models. The new features include a 15 percent smaller carbon footprint, an online-only manual to save paper, less packaging and the phones are made of at least 50 [...]

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New Green iPhone Application


A new, green iPhone application is in the works. An upgraded version of 3rdWhale, which provides users access to local green businesses, will now carry content from Creative Citizen, the wiki for green living. The application will offer users “Creative Solutions” for sustainable living. For the actions users pledge, Creative Citizen will track their environmental [...]

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ASUS U6V Bamboo Laptop


How’s this for a slick-looking piece of eco-friendly machine? Here’s a laptop that uses biodegradable bamboo used in its construction. The U6V Bamboo notebook’s panel and palm rest is composed of bamboo and measures 15.2 x 9.6″ with a 12.1″ wide-screen with the standard 1280×800 resolution.
The notebook uses a LED backlight wide panel for lower [...]

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Recycled USB Sticks


Why not go all the way when going green with the Recycle, a USB memory stick made from recycled newspaper?
The storage on this puppy ranges from 512 MB to 16GB and the simple design offers good size and shape so it doesn’t get lost - but don’t keep near your wine corks or trash, as [...]

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Apple Unveils Green MacBook


Apple has unveiled it’s greenest MacBook yet, producing a new system which is made from a single piece of solid, recyclable aluminum, as well as a display made of recyclable glass.
The company has also removed many of the harmful toxins found in computers including mercury, arsenic and PVC. And, to reduce energy consumption, the MacBook [...]

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IBM Offers Strategic Carbon Management Program


IBM has unveiled a new service that will allow corporations to analyze their CO2 emissions and energy usage at any level with the launch of Strategic Carbon Management.
IBM maintains that the Strategic Carbon Management program reduce CO2 emissions by as much as 50 percent – ranging from 15-20 percent for travel to up to 90 [...]

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IBM to Obama: Make All Government Data Centers Green


The Wall Street Journal reports that after the election, Barack Obama’s advisors held a meeting with IBM to find out what kind of impact federal funding for the IT industry would accomplish.
IBM CEO Samuel Palmisano made it clear that investment in IT would create jobs and even got pretty specific on it saying that $10 [...]

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New Apple Macbooks Boast Environmental Improvement


The latest line of Apple Macbook laptops have made some headway in reducing their environmental impact. They claim that they are significantly more recyclable and energy efficient.
The lighting system has eschewed the traditional notebook CCFL backlights for mercury-free LED technology as well as the arsenic that is typically found in a notebook’s glass. They also [...]

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Energy Costs of a Google Query


It all started when an article in the London Times took a few liberties with the work of Alex Wissner-Gross, a Harvard physics professor who had done research on the amount of energy used by search engines. The Times article stated that according to professor Wissner-Gross, a Google query created roughly the same amount of [...]

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Motorola W233 Renew Made of Recycled Water Bottles


If you prefer a simpler sort of phone gadget, the Motorola Renew might be just the ticket. The Motorola Renew is the first phone made of recycled products, made from plastic comprised of recycled bottles.  Twenty percent less energy is used during production, compared to standard plastic processes. The Motorola W233 Renew is also the [...]

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