FREMONT, CA (April 22, 2008) In celebration of Earth Day 2008, ASUS®, worldwide leader in component and notebook design and manufacturing, today previewed the P5Q series of motherboards equipped with the exclusive ASUS EPU (Energy Processing Unit). This energy-conserving series is based on the upcoming Intel® P45 chipset, and features full support for the latest Intel® processors and memory technologies. Thanks to the inclusion of the exclusive ASUS EPU, the P5Q series claims the leadership position as the most energy efficient motherboard on the market.

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Berkley, CA - March, 24 2008 - Better Energy systems is pleased to announce the availability of it’s newest Solio® model, The Solio Magnesium Edition^TM (Solio Mg). The Solio Mg is the most powerful and efficient hybrid solar charger on the market, with one hour of sunlight providing Solio users with an additional 25 minutes of cell phone talk time or 50 minutes of MP3 music. It’s max output of 8 watts is more than three times that of the older Solio Classic model. 

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Taipei, Taiwan – December 21st, 2007 – Amid rising global energy concerns, leading-edge PC component brand Cooler Master is launching its Green Guard Program in an effort to bring focus to PC power supplies and the environmental effects of modern desktop computing. As energy waste is on the rise, it’s time to ensure the efficiency of PC power supplies and make sure that they are living up to their promises.

Cooler Master has taken this one step further by encouraging everyone to be environmentally conscious and get a chance to win a BRAND NEW 2008 TOYOTA PRIUS!

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Staples, one of the US’s most prominent office supply and business hardware stores is making a bold statement about their commitment to the environment.  Customers can now drop off their computers and monitors (for a $10 fee) at any one of their 1,400 US stores during normal business hours to be recycled.  The retailer is also taking in smaller electronics like cell phones and digital cameras for free. The only thing that they won’t take are floor model photocopiers and televisions, but it appears that everything else is fair game. Now that was easy!

Source:  USA Today

For those who saw the 1959 movie Voyage To The Center Of The Earth, with the scene where the protagonists take a walk in a forest of 7-foot tall mushrooms, this will not come as a big surprise. However, scientists had been debating for over a century about the true nature of what was quite possibly the largest organism of the Devonian era. Neither a plant, nor a lichen, this fungus went extinct some 350 million years ago, most probably because of its slow growth and inability to recover from regular disturbances.

Scientists at the University of Chicago and the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., have produced new evidence to finally resolve the mysterious identity of what they regard as one of the weirdest organisms that ever lived.

Source: NewsWise