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Three programs in the spirit of Earth Day 2010
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Thursday April 22, 2010
The Sweet Stuff: Software
Thursday April 22, 2010
Today is
Earth Day
, a day when we celebrate this place we all call home. Computers have a positive impact on our lives, but they also have a negative impact on the Earth. By simply doing a few little things, we call all help reduce the impact of computers on our environment. So, this week I'm looking at some sweet software to help each of us do our part!Download this episode now
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Show Notes
GreenPrint World Edition
- GreenPrint installs itself as your printer.
- When you go to print the program comes up and shows you what will be printed.
- You can tell it not to print specific pages.
- You can have it print text but not images.
- You can also have it save to PDF rather than printing.
- GreenPrint saves paper, toner, and trees.
- Auto Shutdown Manager
- Lets you control and schedule when your computers shutdown.
- You have lots of criteria you can set to prevent shutdown if needed.
- You can also set time limits on individual users.
- Tell AutoShutdown not to turn off the computer if certain applications are running.
Edison
- Edison is a great way to control power usage on your computer.
- A handy slider makes it easy to make quick adjustments to your settings.
- You can have work hours and non work hours.
- Edison keeps track of your savings in money, power and CO2.
- GreenPrint installs itself as your printer.
- When you go to print the program comes up and shows you what will be printed.
- You can tell it not to print specific pages.
- You can have it print text but not images.
- You can also have it save to PDF rather than printing.
- GreenPrint saves paper, toner, and trees.
- Auto Shutdown Manager
- Lets you control and schedule when your computers shutdown.
- You have lots of criteria you can set to prevent shutdown if needed.
- You can also set time limits on individual users.
- Tell AutoShutdown not to turn off the computer if certain applications are running.
Edison
- Edison is a great way to control power usage on your computer.
- A handy slider makes it easy to make quick adjustments to your settings.
- You can have work hours and non work hours.
- Edison keeps track of your savings in money, power and CO2.
App of the day
City Maps 2Go - Lite iPhone
Offline map app with one free download out of over 3,100 maps.
