Green Pastures for Your Old PC
By Missing Manuals July 24, 2008Sometimes, it seems your computer has about the same life span as a goldfish: No sooner have you loaded up your PC with your favorite programs, photos, videos, and music than it's time to upgrade to a more powerful system, with more...
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Homegrown Solutions for Earth-Friendly Computing
By Missing Manuals July 09, 2008As PC manufactures scramble to meet the demand for energy-efficient, toxin-free computers, your next system will surely be greener than the one you use today.
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What to Look for In a Green PC
By Missing Manuals June 30, 2008Every day it seems that another product comes out in a green version. Green cleansers, green homes - even green cars. Not surprisingly, PCs have gone green, too. And none too soon: PCs are energy hogs.
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Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Printer Supplies
By Sylvia Flores June 20, 2008Most of us have a habit of using far more paper than we need to-from newspapers that capture our attention for only an hour or two, to printed copies of documents that we could just as easily read from a screen.
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Be Smart About What You Do With Your Old Computer
By Sylvia Flores June 19, 2008So you're thinking about getting a new computer, but have you thought about what you're going to do with the old one?
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Printing Documents as PDF Files
By Mark Frauenfelder April 24, 2008I don't insist on keeping a "paperless office" but I do try to keep the amount of stuff I print to a minimum.
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Green Tech: Save the Planet the Easy Way
By PC World February 22, 2008Going green is in, but how easy is it to do? Many small changes that you can make in your everyday life will add up to a big impact on the environment--and you don't have to buy a Toyota Prius to accomplish them.
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Recommended Power Management Settings
By Climate Savers February 20, 2008
When enabled, power management places your monitor, hard drives and computer into a low-power "sleep" mode after a period of inactivity.
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