I have written a couple of posts in the past about ways you can reduce vampire power drain around your house to save some energy and money, so to add to this collection check out the Outlet Regulator. The premise is simple: when the plugged in device is fully charged, the Outlet Regulator physically ejects the plug from the wall to stop power draw. There is a...

In recent years web browsing has become a rather CPU intensive task. The javascript used for scrolling menus, Flash based ads and other (usually) unnecessary junk running behind the scenes on certain websites, can put your CPU to the test. Of course, whenever your CPU spikes it has to pull more energy which produces more heat which, for laptop users, can drain...

I have posted several tips pointing to programs which can help power management on Windows machines, but today’s utility is specifically for Mac users. The program is called Power Manager 3 for Mac OS X. Reduce the energy costs of Mac computers with Power Manager 3. Use Power Manager to control when your Macs are available and when they are switched...

You may have heard the statement that having a black background uses less power than a non-black background. Google even switched to a black ground a while ago to attempt to save energy. Logically, this seems true because your screen doesn’t light up as much, however this is not the case. For proof, check out this video (ignore the advertisement)…...

Vampire power usage can be a real drain on your power consumption and, in turn, your check book. Wikipedia defines vampire power as: [T]he electric power consumed by electronic appliances while they are switched off or in a standby mode. Basically it is a device which uses power “waiting” for you (i.e. in standby mode). 99% of the time this is wasted...