As a consumer, you’ll be hard pressed to find a cold cathode fluorescent lamp CCFL backlit Viewsonic LCD monitor by next year, according to the computer display maker. The company says that it’s equipping its entire display line with LED backlighting. ViewSonic Americas’ vice president and general manager, Jeff Volpe, notes a green-tinged shift in […]
Green IT News Roundup – Friday, June 19
HP Takes Aim at Cisco with Alcatel-Lucent Alliance – eWeek HP’s networking capabilities primarily lie within the data center, with switches that enable such communications as those between racks of server or between PCs and remote offices. What it didn’t…
Ooh, Shiny… Samsung SyncMaster Monitors Get EPEAT Gold
Not all LCDs are the same, and Samsung is all too happy to remind you. The company announced today that four SyncMaster Monitors — 943BT, 943BWT, 2243BWT and 2443BWT (pictured above) — have achieved an EPEAT Gold rating. Federal…
Eizo Nanao Monitors Detect Humans, Go to Sleep When You Leave
Eizo Nanao has incorporated motion sensors called EcoView Sense in two new Flexscan monitors that detect when a user gets up. After 40 seconds, it go into power saving mode. Clever! The EPEAT Gold-rated displays, EV2023W-H and EV2303W-T, go on…
Federal Agencies Meeting 95 Percent EPEAT Goal
As of last year, agencies within the federal government were required to make 95 percent of their IT purchases Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) certified. How are they doing so far? According to Government Computer News, surprisingly well. “Thirteen…
