Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/technology/06green.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin

The New York Times has an article about the non-profit Climate Savers Computing Initiative and their free software to help computer owners cut down on energy use.

In its drive to go green, the technology industry has so far focused mainly on big targets like corporations and especially computer data centers, the power-hungry computing engine rooms of the Internet economy.

Next come the hundreds of millions of desktop and laptop personal computers in households worldwide.

Microsoft, the nonprofit Climate Savers Computing Initiative and a start-up called Verdiem are combining to put a spotlight on the energy-saving opportunity in PCs, and distributing a free software tool to consumers to help them do it.