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4 Free Software Tools to Save Energy on Home Computing

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Microsoft’s Edison Debuts, Joining Tools from Google, the EPA and Snap.com

Lowering energy use on your home and business computers not only lowers greenhouse gas emissions, it also LOWERS YOUR UTILITY BILLS saving your hard earned money. Here’s the story from The Daily Green that will tell you all about it.

The Daily Green “4 Free Software Tools to Save Energy on Home Computing”
http://www.thedailygreen.com/green-homes/eco-friendly/pc-energy-efficiency-47080703?src=nl&mag=tdg&list=dgr&kw=ist

Here are the direct links to the free downloads.

Edison from Verdium or Microsoft’s environment page.
http://verdiem.com/
http://www.microsoft.com/environment/campaign_edison.aspx

Energy Star’s EZ-WIZARD
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=power_mgt.pr_power_mgt_ez_wiz

Snap.com’s CO2 Saver
http://co2saver.snap.com/

Google’s Energy Saving Gadget
http://desktop.google.com/plugins/i/energysaver.html

Remember, no matter what the political debate says, being kind to the Earth saves you money.

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