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"Napping" data centers could cut energy use by 75%

Researchers at the University of Michigan have announced a plan to save up to 75 percent of the energy that power-hungry computer data centers consume by putting idle servers to sleep when they're not in use. Thomas Wenisch, assistant professor in the department of Electrical Engineering and...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Data Center, Server, Power Supply, PowerNap, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-03-05

PowerNap: Forty Winks Anywhere 1.0.0.0 (Mobile)

PowerNap alarm clock was designed specifically to let you take short naps away from home. In the library, for example, I don't want to bother my fellow readers by needlessly setting off an alarm when a simple vibration may have been adequate, so PowerNap vibrates for 25 seconds before sounding...

Tags: Alarm, Mobile, Jim Rohrer, PowerNap, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-08-21

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PowerNap 1.0 (Mobile)

I designed the PowerNap alarm clock specifically to let you take short naps while away from home. In the library, for example, I don''t want to bother my fellow readers by needlessly setting off an alarm when a simple vibration may have been adequate, so PowerNap vibrates for 25 seconds...

Tags: Alarm, Mobile, It', Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-01-18

Dell supersizes its LED monitors

More extraneous product news: Dell is prepping 22-inch and 24-inch widescreen flat-panel monitors that rely on LED technology and recycled materials. They will use roughly half the energy of comparable technology, responding dynamically to ambient lighting conditions in order to adjust screen brightness. Here are some key...

Tags: Monitor, Dell Computer Corp., Light-emitting Diode, Watt, Monitors & Displays, Engineering, Hardware, Components, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-01-14

YourAlarmClock 1.2 (Windows)

Alarms - can define up to 3 alarm times per day, can define up to 3 optional daily alarm times Alarm Files, can define up to 2 files to choose from, can open any file on your local computer or network. Windows Media Player Playlist, MP3 file, Word Document Automation,...

Tags: Clock, RK Designs, Microsoft Windows, Digital Music, Digital Media, Microsoft Word, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Microsoft Office, Office Suites

Software downloads 2008-04-29

More on the MacBook Air battery

More on the MacBook Air batteryRE: More on the MacBook Air batteryIn all the notebooks that I have owned over the past 15 years, I have never ever physically removed a battery from any one of them. I simply limited myself to the available battery time or made sure I...

Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, Apple Inc., battery, MacBook Air, Apple MacBook

Discussion threads 2008-01-15