To celebrate the launch of Windows 7, we have launched a new online competition called 7 Ways to Change the World . It encourages people to create a two minute video explaining how they believe a Windows PC could help a nonprofit to make a greater impact...

Windows 7 has officially arrived and is available in retail or for download online at the Microsoft Store . We’ve posted earlier about the power management improvements in Windows7, and as we stated energy efficiency was a core principle in the design...

Through a campaign called Digital by Choice , Microsoft has offered its Volume Licensing customers the option to download Microsoft software rather than receive DVD/CDs.  To show the environmental benefits, Microsoft recently commissioned Accenture...

Microsoft announced it has developed a software reference architecture to help the Utility industry take a significant step in smart grid development. Called Microsoft Smart Energy Reference Architecture (SERA), this reference architecture addresses technology...

This year’s Tech•Ed Europe 2009 in Berlin, Germany (November 9-13) will for the first time have a Green IT virtual track that covers a spectrum of Microsoft technologies that you can use to improve efficiency, save money and reduce your organization’s...

Today Seattle City Light became the first utility to announce that it is offering customers the ability to link their electricity consumption data with Microsoft Hohm , an online application that tracks energy use and provides personalized energy conservation...

Microsoft recently updated our computer purchasing standards to make sure that all the PCs we buy for our employees meet the latest energy efficiency standards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Microsoft now requires that all PCs purchased...