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Monday, November 02, 2009 12:48 PM

Intel: Windows 7 improvements gain laptop users an additional 1.4 hours of battery life

Joakim Lialias, a Microsoft Alliance Manager for Intel recently wrote on the Windows Partner Blog about our work with Intel to “Make PCs Run Faster and Longer.” We’ve talked a lot about the work we did around power management in Windows 7, but Joakim
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Friday, October 23, 2009 11:57 PM

7 Ways to Change the World Competition

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
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Thursday, October 22, 2009 5:58 PM

Top 5 Environmental Considerations to make the move to Windows 7

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
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Thursday, October 08, 2009 3:33 PM

Environmental Sustainability at Tech·Ed Europe 2009

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
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009 7:02 PM

Green Electronics Council Founder Talks Green PCs

The Windows Team just posted a very interesting Q&A with Jeff Omelchuk, founder and executive director of the Green Electronics Council (GEC) . The interview focuses on the the work that he, Microsoft, and the PC industry are doing to make sure that
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009 2:26 AM

New Microsoft Environmental Practices video

I just wanted to let you know that we’ve just posted a brand new video highlighting some of Microsoft’s corporate environmental practices. This is a short video that will give you a brief overview of our efforts around reducing our waste stream; reducing
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Friday, July 24, 2009 6:01 PM

Windows 7 Released to Manufacturing

On Wednesday, Microsoft released Windows 7 to manufacturing (RTM) which means that it has passed all of its validation checks and requirements and was signed off for release by Microsoft management. The RTM code will be delivered to our partners within
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009 7:00 PM

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 4.0 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Now Available!

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 releases just around the corner.  Are you thinking about deploying these new operating systems to take advantage of new energy efficiency features ?  Get a head start with Microsoft Assessment and Planning
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 3:44 PM

Windows 7 and Power Management

With the upcoming release of Windows 7 we wanted to provide you with more information on the new power management features in the product and ways that we’re driving energy efficiency across the PC ecosystem. Microsoft recognizes that software can play
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009 8:32 PM

Green IT webcast series

As I mentioned in a previous blog post , Microsoft is kicking off a Green IT webcast series on TechNet. We now register for the first 5 in the series. Here’s the full list and direct links to find out more and register: · Transforming the Data Center
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Friday, March 27, 2009 4:43 PM

In the news this week

I wanted to share some of the news coverage that we’ve seen this week following Rob Bernard’s visit to San Francisco for the Green:Net 09 conference. CNET News Daily Podcast: Getting Windows 7 to use less power http://news.cnet.com/8301-11424_3-10204409-90.html
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Monday, November 03, 2008 5:57 PM

Windows 7 Energy Efficiency session at PDC

Last week at PDC , Microsoft gave a first glimpse at the next release of Windows - Windows 7. All sessions from PDC have been posted at https://sessions.microsoftpdc.com/public/timeline.aspx for your viewing pleasure. I’ve highlighted a session that goes
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