Green Friendly Touchscreen Mobile Phone

Consumer cell phones are amongst the most environmentally damaging of electronic products. Each phone is made up of a bevy of toxic materials, and with dozens of millions sold and discarded to landfills each year, it’s no wonder that cell phone companies are square in the targets of green advocacy groups.

Samsung’s Blue Earth cell phone aims to diffuse some of the criticism labeled at the company by offering consumers a debatably green friendly handset. Announced back at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona earlier this year, the handset is made mostly of recyclable materials, including old water bottles, while the packaging is paper printed with soy ink, which sounds about as hippy dippy as it gets.

However, the Blue Earth appears to be a capable little phone. It’s a touchscreen device with a 3.2 megapixel camera, FM radio, Bluetooth, 3G support and a microSDHC slot, as well as the usual support for music and video codecs. The phone is also low power, sucking up only 0.03 watts in standby, and can be recharged via the solar panel on the back of the phone.

More info at the Samsung web site

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Realizing the Value of a Green Data Center

Integrate Facilities and IT. Realize the Value of the Green Data Center.


As data center costs continue to rise, green is the word of the day. What it means is cost savings through consolidation and lower energy usage, as this white paper shows. See the role energy consumption plays in today’s data centers, and how IBM Tivoli® solutions can help optimize energy use. Free White Paper from IBM here

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Cheap Linux Computer Runs on 2 Watts

From Michelle Bennet:
As far as green gadgets go, this little desktop computer will give Dell and (to a lesser extent) Apple a run for their money.

The CherryPal promises to be affordable, efficient, and powerful enough for the average PC user. At first glance, that stats on the system look modest, and for good reason. This design actually cuts out 20% of PC components to reduce energy usage. But fear not, despite being small (the size of a paperback), the CherryPal claims it can start up in 20 seconds, and cloud computing provides more power/storage when you need it. A Linux operating system (now more user friendly than ever), and cloud computing means you won’t need to worry about viruses or install protective programs that can slow down your PC.

On a more green note, the CherryPal is supposed to sell for under $400 (monitor, keyboard, etc. not included). It should hit the market on August 4th, 2008. For that price and low energy use, it will appeal to wallets as well as the environmentally conscious. Though there is some understandable skepticism, I’ll praise any manufacturer that lowers the bar on PC environmental impact.

I recently took a blow to all of my electronics in the same week (Murphey’s Law at work), so it’s nice to see alternatives on the market. I’ll definitely have my eye on this cute little computer that thinks it can.

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Sound Recorder Developer Donates 6$

To protect our environment, the software programmer Innoheim will be donate to the World Wildlife Fund, in the spirit of taking a stand and doing something to improve our global situation. As well, for every registered copy of liteRecorder Green and CamVerce Green sold, they will be taken $1 and $5 from your purchase as well as $1 and $5 from their profits to donate to the World Wildlife Fund.

The recorder software had following features:

- Record Streaming Audio While You Sleep: You can record a streaming lecture or Internet radio station while you're sleeping and then transfer the recorded audio file to your iPod or any of your MP3 players and listen to it during your daily commute. liteRecorder also has Timer Recording so there’s no need to stay up late to record anything, just set it and let it do the rest.

- Listen to What You’ve Composed: Got a beat in your head you don’t want to forget? You can connect virtually any audio device to your computer and start recording. Whatever you connect to your computer-whether it’s a guitar or a keyboard- liteRecorder’s Custom Settings will have you recording within seconds. You can share it with your friends.

- Think You’ve Got What It Takes to Be The Next American Idol? liteRecorder allows you to record your voice through a microphone and transfer the file to your iPod or your favorite MP3 players so you can listen to yourself all day long.


Setting Recording Devices with Single Click

liteRecorder has built-in Audio Setting Wizard which automatically detects your sound card for best recording for computer sound recording. You don't need to configure audio devices for Microphone recording and external audio device recording. liteRecorder enables you to select the best devices with single click! You don't need to open control panel to configure audio settings for all different devices anymore.

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