That PC on your desk could be a major energy hog. It's not so much the electricity it takes to use it, but the fact that it might be wasting energy while you're not using it. As Verdiem CEO Kevin ...

If you use a PC, you must have faced the dilemma of choosing between shutdown and sleep. Here's a breakdown of what makes ...

I'm sure you've heard that shutting down your computer too frequently could negatively affect its software and limit its lifespan. Or that leaving your computer on all the time also hurts its battery ...

Personal computers in enterprise environments save energy and money by "sleep-working," thanks to new software called SleepServer created by computer scientists from the University of California, San ...

When you enable Wake-On-LAN through a setting in the computer's BIOS, the computer goes to sleep instead of completely powering off. While it's sleeping, it listens to the Ethernet port for a magic ...

Sleep mode, shutdown, awake mode…and sleep talking mode? A new hardware prototype from UC San Diego and Microsoft Research computer scientists introduces the energy-saving state–a middle ground ...

You've probably noticed your cell phone and computer give off an eerie blue color in the dark. One sleep specialist says something that small may be keeping you up at night. It's late, and you should ...

You can put your computer in any of several different power-saving states, depending on whether you value your time or your electricity bill. Know your power modes: Windows PCs support six different ...

Windows 7 Sleep mode stores open data in system memory and places your computer into a power-saving state. If you regularly alternate between computer and hands-on work at your business, your computer ...