It’s easy being green

By Brian Won, Ars System
The color green
For years and years, computing was all about performance. Faster CPUs, better video cards, more RAM—all to make sure you had the biggest and baddest box on the block. Recently, we’ve seen a new trend, focused mainly on lower-energy, more efficient computing. The marketing buzz says that a green [...]

Small steps to fight high oil prices

By Christopher Tan, ST
Whoever said what goes up must come down probably did not have pump prices in mind. When crude oil prices rise, pump prices follow suit shortly. But when crude prices soften, oil firms are painfully slow in lowering pump rates.
That has been one of the perennial peeves of motorists here. To add [...]