widget of the week: CO2 saver

If you’re a Windows XP or Vista user who wants to save electricity and, thus, carbon dioxide emissions coming from your office or home, there’s a new app to track your progress.

CO2 Saver manages your power use automatically, cutting down on energy use, especially when your PC is idle. It also tracks how many pounds of carbon you’ve saved from being released into the atmosphere so you can give yourself a pat on the back at the end of a day for hard work and a good deed done.

When looking for a new PC desktop, Ecogeek’s got some ideas of more energy efficient models like the Zonbu and Shuttle to help you save all kinds of green.

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