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- Wi-Fi power management: Road warriors beware
- Given: Road warriors hoard battery reserves by using power adapters whenever possible. If you don't believe me, just try to find an open power outlet at an airport. Most road warriors are aware of notebook power-saving features such as the display and hard drive timers. Something that's not well known...
- Tags: Power Management, Traffic, Client, Access Point, Timer, PSPM, Delivery Traffic Indication Message Beacon Frame, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Michael Kassner
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- Poll: Do you centrally manage the power of the PCs on your network?
- In the most recent episode of the Tech Sanity Check podcast, we talked to Verdiem about the latest version of its centralized power management utility that several enterprises have adopted to save energy costs. Do you monitor and manage the energy consumption of the PCs on your corporate network? Take...
- Tags: Power Management, Network, PC, Podcasts, Internet, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- Verdiem simplifies, centralizes IT power management for big savings
- The average business computer wastes two-thirds of its energy. While there are built-in software and hardware tools to help computers and monitors cycle-down when they are inactive, they often don't fully work as intended. That's why Verdiem launched its power management product to help IT departments better manage power on...
- Tags: Power Management, Information Technology, Verdiem, Podcasts, Internet, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- The Osborne 1 is now in a Cracked Open Photo Gallery
- Recently, I published an entry in the TechRepublic Classics Rock blog on the Dinosaur Sightings Photo Galleries of the Osborne 1 and the TRS-80 Model 4P personal computers. Well, now I have taken the next step -- I have just published a Cracking Open Photo Gallery of the Osborne 1....
- Tags: Power Management, PC, Photograph, Chip, Osborne 1, TRS-80 Model 4P, Desktops, Productivity, Semiconductors, Hardware, Mark Kaelin
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- 10 good ways to use your remaining IT budget before the end of the year
- Do you have a small pocket of IT budget money that you may lose as the calendar year ends? Take a look at these 10 tips for ideas on how to use your remaining funds in ways you may not have thought of. You might be able to make small...
- Tags: Power Management, Information Technology, Battery, Training, LCD, Computer, Monitors & Displays, Data Centers, Engineering, Productivity, Workforce Management, Hardware, Components, Storage, Data Management, Human Resources, Rick Vanover
- Blog posts 2007-12-13
- Pack-in utilities: helping or hindering?
- I’m sure that you’re all aware of the habit that Windows PC manufacturers have of installing a number of bundled applications with their computers. At one point this may have risen out of a genuine intent to provide users with a better experience, but lately these inclusions are the result...
- Tags: Power Management, Network, Laptop Computer, Computer, QuickSet, Network Card Power Management, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Notebooks, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, William Jones
- Blog posts 2007-12-12
- battery causing laptop to freeze?
- Just bought a laptop last week, but I've noticed it's constantly freezing when it isn't plugged into a wall thus defeating the purpose of a laptop. If it's plugged, I could leave it on for hours, but on-the-go, it would last, maybe, ten minutes before I have it lock...
- Tags: Engineering, BIOS, Notebooks, jatie001@..., battery, Dell Inspiron, power management, Dell Computer Corp., laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2007-11-13
- Automating shutdown when your OS doesn't support your UPS
- In the article, "Protect your computer and your data with a UPS," I made reference to the importance of protecting against file system corruption when the power goes out. If you leave computers running when no one is sitting in front of them, a key component of this protection...
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Power Management, Operating System, Power Supply, Uninterruptible Power Supply, Computer, Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2007-10-28
- 3rd party power management utilities for Windows 98.
- Hi everyone!I need to help finding 3rd party power management utilities for a Windows 98 system we use as a kiosk. I already flashed BIOS but the update did not have any ACPI features.
- Tags: luiscuradelli@..., power management utility, power management, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-07-30
- Power becoming a major issue as energy costs rise
- Residents of Maryland were recently challenged by their governor to cut their energy consumption by 15% over the next eight years as he pledged to reduce the use of energy by government offices and to increase the energy efficiency of government buildings. This and other energy conservation projects (a quick Google...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Power Management, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Power Consumption, Gartner Inc., Energy Consumption, Energy Cost, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Andy Moon
- Blog posts 2007-07-05
- Tech giants going green
- Google and Intel have joined forces to form an alliance with the goal of reducing computer power consumption and ultimately greenhouse gas emissions. One of the group's recommendations is to replace inefficient power cables with beefier, more efficient cables that will cost $20 for a desktop or $30 for...
- Tags: Google Inc., Power Management, PC, Power Consumption, Greenhouse Gas, Texas Instruments Inc., Climate Savers Computing Initiative, Desktops, Hardware, Andy Moon
- Blog posts 2007-06-13
- Screen Locks spontaneously, mouse unable to gain focus
- There has been something truly weird happening with my PC over the last couple of days and its driving me crazy trying to figure it out.Periodically my screen locks spontaneously (like someone pressed Window-L) and I have to Cntrl-Alt-Del to log back in. After logging back in, my mouse...
- Tags: Keyboards, Mice, kpeoples@..., keyboard, mouse, power management, computer
- Discussion threads 2007-05-24
- Set up S3 sleep state in Vista for significant power savings
- Unlike older power management modes, S3 sleep state knocks your computer out almost cold, maintaining just enough alertness for you to wake it up. Your computer will typically draw only about 2 to 3 watts of power while it sleeps, and it will take only a few seconds to pick...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows Vista, S3 Inc., power management, watt, cold calling, computer
- Image galleries 2007-05-21
- What's new in Vista Group Policy?
- Vista offers 800 new Group Policy settings, some that pertain to added features and others that enhance control over features carried over from Windows XP. Deb Shinder offers a detailed look at some of Vista's more interesting Group Policy additions: access to removable media, power management, and User Account Control...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), group policy, Microsoft Windows Vista, power management, media, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows
- Image galleries 2007-05-16
- Windows Vista sucks the life out of notebook batteries
- The Aero Glass interface in Windows Vista is pretty cool to look at, but it will suck your notebook battery dry faster than previous Windows operating systems. Understandably, consumers aren't happy with the decrease in battery life, and PC companies are scrambling to customize the default power management...
- Tags: Notebook, Power Management, Battery, Microsoft Windows Vista, Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Engineering, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2007-05-04
- XP power management issues & risks
- HI - as part of energy efficiency initiatives we're considering power management for PCs and laptops. What are the risks to users (losing data, lost connections, hardware failure, etc) in implementing an energy efficient profile in windows xp power management. Are there additional/different issues to consider regarding PCs?...
- Tags: Desktops, georgina.kriketos@..., Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2007-03-25
- Power Management Via Group Policy
- I work for a company that has a fairly large number of public users that come in and user a set number of computers. These computers are having some issues at the moment with their Power Settings. After 10 minutes, they go to Screen Saver which is fine...
- Tags: ctmcswain
- Discussion threads 2007-02-19
- Re install of windows XP
- I have taken the drastic action of wiping my laptop clean and starting again, but when i tried to reinstall windows xp, when it comes to the part when you have to type in your product key number then about 4 letters on the keyboard which now strangely do not...
- Tags: external keyboard, carlctat@..., BIOS, windows, software, keyboard, reinstall, Microsoft Windows XP, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2007-02-06
- Reviewing data centre power: APC Smart-UPS RT gets a rave
- What about power management beyond the UPS?Have you considered looking at power management solutions beyond UPS's such as those that provide remote power management? I'm asking because as networks are becoming more distributed, IT support staffs need more intelligent devices to actually manage and control power remotely. ...
- Tags: management solution, United Parcel Service of America Inc., sandmay24@..., security, software, it management, networking, American Power Conversion Corp., Uplogix, network
- Discussion threads 2007-02-01
- XP Power Management group policy tool
- Microsoft Vista will have new centralized group policies for managing power save mode that can save companies a lot of money in their electric bill. Windows XP users have some ability to do this too with command line tools in Group Policy but it isnt easy...
- Tags: Desktop, Energy efficiency, group policy, Hardware, Microsoft Windows XP, tool
- Blog posts 2006-12-05
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