Topic: How green is your CE?
While many media companies are demonstrating their so-called "commitment" to the environment by changing their logo colors to green for one week, the consumer electronics industry this year -- typically considered one of the most self-interest-oriented sectors of the economy -- is compelled, or perhaps even forced, to show a genuine interest in re-engineering electronic equipment for power reduction. The trick this year will be to make coolness, if you will, cool.
CES has been the scene of "environmentally sensitive" consumer electronics fare from its beginnings. But this year, more corners of the show than ever are going green.
Posted January 7, 2009, 3:46 PM ET
Toshiba has released two ultraportable notebooks intended to be ecologically friendly -- but they're not ultra-low-price.
Posted January 7, 2009, 2:38 PM ET
At CES this week, iGo will introduce a surge protector, a laptop charger, and an electrical outlet, all designed to conserve on power by temporarily stopping the flow of electricity to plugged-in devices once they've been fully recharged.
Posted January 7, 2009, 12:41 AM ET
At CES this week, a company called "The Power Mat" will roll out a slick portable "mat" designed for charging up to about six mobile phones at a time.
Posted January 6, 2009, 11:54 PM ET
In the latest attempt to assuage consumers into buying more new stuff by telling them it's good for the environment, Motorola has announced a cell phone that it says is made out of recycled water bottles and is carbon-neutral.
Posted January 6, 2009, 5:42 PM ET
At this week's Storage Visions 2009 Conference on Tuesday, Samsung announced that it's preparing to ship a 100 GB solid-state drive with fresh green credentials.
Posted January 6, 2009, 1:00 PM ET
Vendors at CES 2009 will be displaying some interesting new workarounds to the persistent issue of short battery life, ranging from an "ECO On Mode" in MSI's Wind U115 netbook to a solar battery charging gadget from Energizer.
Posted January 2, 2009, 11:06 AM ET
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