6 posts and columns on energy efficient

Confirmed! Secret Microsoft Plans to Improve Windows!

in News on June 29, 2010 at 8:15 am PT

So those purported confidential Microsoft documents describing Windows 8? Totally legit, sources close to the company tell me. Also totally uninteresting as far as eyes-only “vision” documents go. Improved energy efficiency! Faster start-up! An app store! Support for slates!

New Freescale Chip Could Herald Cheaper Kindle

in News on March 1, 2010 at 9:01 am PT

Freescale Semiconductor, an ARM licensee and the company responsible for the chips used in the majority of e-book readers, has developed some new silicon that it claims could help drive prices of the devices below $150 before the end of this year.

Oracle CEO to IBM, HP: Don't Get Your Hopes Up. We're Keeping Sun's Hardware.

in News on May 8, 2009 at 4:55 am PT

Larry Ellison’s got some news for skeptics predicting Oracle will dump the Sun Microsystems hardware business when its $7.4 billion acquisition of the company closes: It’s not gonna happen. In an interview with Reuters subsequently filed with the SEC, the Oracle CEO said he plans to maintain that part of Sun’s business.
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Oracle CEO to IBM, HP: Don’t Get Your Hopes Up. We’re Keeping Sun’s Hardware.

in News on May 8, 2009 at 4:55 am PT

Larry Ellison’s got some news for skeptics predicting Oracle will dump the Sun Microsystems hardware business when its $7.4 billion acquisition of the company closes: It’s not gonna happen. In an interview with Reuters subsequently filed with the SEC, the Oracle CEO said he plans to maintain that part of Sun’s business.
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Consumers Willing to Open Their Wallets to Go Green

in News on April 16, 2009 at 1:01 pm PT

Environmentally friendly products from appliances to dry cleaning are all the rage these days. But one issue has remained less clear, at least in the tech business: Are consumers willing to pay more for energy-efficient consumer electronics?