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5 Top Green Laptops

March 28th, 2009 by admin under Computers, Laptops and Accessories. No Comments.

One of the growing concerns in the tech industry is the problems we face with e-waste. You know all those used up and old computers
and other technological wonders we are constantly upgrading from and are full of all kinds of toxic wonders. Everything from arsenic to lead and mercury being leached into the ground and table water from improper disposal.

So many computer companies who don’t want to appear to be contributing to this growing mess are starting to paint themselves green. Well not literally painting themselves green but rather trying to produce products that are more ecologically responsible. Emilia Johansson from over at EcoGeek took some time to put together a list of the top 5 green laptops on the market

Lenovo Thinkpad X301
The Lenovo Thinkpad X300 was one of only 15 notebooks to receive the EPEAT Gold certification, a sophisticated standard by which a device’s components pass evaluation in terms of eco-friendliness. Its successor, the X301 follows the same standards, but comes with faster and even more efficient components – all in a professional-looking and highly portable package.
For starters, this laptop features mercury-free LEDs in the display. Its low-voltage processor
can stretch battery life with the aid of special efficiency software, and the package that the notebook comes in is now 90 percent recyclable. Additionally, the packaging doesn’t include any cadmium, lead or arsenic.

Toshiba Portégé A600
The Toshiba A600 is Gold EPEAT certified and Energy Star 4.0 compliant; it boasts a few green attributes that set it apart from other eco-friendly notebooks. For instance, the laptop uses a processor that runs on extremely low voltage, but processes at 1.4GHz.
With an LED backlit screen, the Toshiba Portégé A600 is thin (less than an inch) and weighs only 3.2 pounds. Toshiba also earned praise from environmental groups with a promise to cut down dramatically on the use of harmful chemicals in their PCs over the next several years.

HP 2730p Tablet
HP stepped into the green laptop market with the HP 2710p Tablet. This eco-friendly notebook’s claim to green fame is a longer battery life, estimated at around six hours. The laptop is Energy Star compliant and comes with low voltage Intel processors at speeds ranging from 1.2GHz to 1.6GHz.

ASUS Eee PC 1000HE
This revolutionary laptop is one of the quaintest, greenest and most aesthetically pleasing notebooks on the market. The 1000HE model has a 10-inch screen and weighs just two pounds.
The super-efficient Atom processor uses no more than three watts and the intelligent “Super Hybrid Engine” can automatically sense changes in the power needs of the CPU and components, adjusting voltage and LCD brightness to maximize energy efficiency.

Apple MacBook Air
This gorgeous laptop is also one of the greenest available. The display on the MacBook Air is without arsenic or mercury and the case is made from recyclable aluminum.
While it does have a very powerful processor, which runs on approximately 14 watts, the laptop does qualify for the EnergyStar 4.0 certification. Apple also paid attention to the MacBook Air’s packaging, reducing the amount of potential waste by roughly half.

Source: Inquisitr.com

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Introduction to Outlook 2007

March 26th, 2009 by admin under Softwares. No Comments.

Keeping track of many sides of your life is much easier when Outlook lets you maintain multiple calendars. The ability to display those calendars is a different way depends on the needs of the moment that make great sense. So lets take a close look at exactly how to work with all your calendars.

The Basics

By default, Outlook displays multiple Calendars side-by-side. That means all you need to do is select the Calendars you want to view in My Calendars. Each Calendar is shown with a different color trim, which allows you to tell them apart more easily. Your main, or primary Outlook Calendar always appears on the left side. Your other (secondary) Calendars, are to the right of the primary one.

To view Calendars overlaid, you begin by selecting the Calendars you want to see in My Calendars. They will automatically start out side-by-side. You tell Outlook to overlay a secondary Calendar on the primary Calendar by clicking the left arrow next to the name of the secondary Calendar. This tells Outlook that you want the secondary Calendar to be overlaid on the primary Calendar.

Overlaying Calendars always entails overlaying one or more secondary Calendars on the primary Calendar, but beyond that, you have complete freedom to mix and match overlaid and side-by-side Calendars. Clicking the right arrow next to the name of a secondary Calendarcauses it to switch from overlaid mode to side-by-side. If you click the right arrow next to the name of the primary Calendar, all the Calendars go back to side-by-side.

Adjusting Calendar Options

While the default Calendar options generally work well, there are a few options you might want to adjust to adapt Outlook for your company’s workweek or your personal schedule and habits. Here’s an example. I am very much a morning person, and frequently begin my work day at 4:30 or 5:00 in the morning.

On the other hand, I have friends who don’t start working until 10:00 in the morning or later. The Calendar can be adjusted to accommodate these starting times and many other individual schedule variations. Follow these steps to see the options:

•    Click Tools in the Outlook menu bar, then click Options. The Options dialog box appears.
•    On the Preferences tabbed page of the Options dialog box, in the Calendar section, click Calendar Options. This opens the Calendar Options dialog box.
•    In the Calendar Work Week section of the dialog box, tell Outlook which days are part of your workweek by setting the appropriate day check boxes. You can also set the First Day Of Week, First Week Of Year, Start Time, and End Time to meet your needs as well.
•    Click OK when you’re done setting these options.

You’re now all set to take advantage of Outlook’s multiple Calendars.

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