The title of this tip is taken directly from an article on EcoGeek.org with the same name. I found this article rather interesting because many advertisements now tout how ‘green’ their products are. Personally, I don’t take any facts on an advertisement at face value because you can manipulate/stretch them any way you want so this article...

Something I stumbled across a while ago was this awesome power strip which allows you to selectively switch off certain outlets. As with standard power strips, you can shut off power to the whole device, but this only gives the flexibility to just turn off selected outlets with a similar switch. I started using this recently on my computer stuff at home,...

China, one of the world’s oldest civilizations (far older than the United States), has had its troubles over the years trying to handle this thing called internet. Recently the powers that be in those parts mandated that every single new computer sold must have net-filtering software on it. The people didn’t take too kindly to this and protested the...

A big buzzword in any industry to do with electronics right now is “green”. Green, green, green. What does it mean, old bean? [/end corny rhyming here.] It means anything that is less destructive to Mother Earth. However there’s two parts to this. The first part is that the whatever-it-is must be less destructive now and less destructive as...

Recently, I reported here on PCMech that PC Magazine was ending it’s print publication. Not long after I published that, I got an email about a really cool initiative online which would allow you to get a free subscription to the digital edition of PC Magazine (among others). It is called the Read Green Initiative. More or less, this is a promotional site for...

Here are some absolutely awesome products I came across today, portable solar power sources. These items are a great way to recharge your cell phone or laptop anywhere (hint: use it in your house too instead of a wall plug). Item number 4 seems to be the most attractive option of all the models available, but would run you $300: This foldable charger is small...