Tag: CONSERVATION

Share Mozilla may have struck marketing gold by recently adopting a pair of red pandas. The adorable raccoon-like creatures (also known as fire foxes in Chinese) were adopted from the Knoxville Zoo and are now the central characters in a campaign to raise awareness about their vulnerable status in the ecosystem. As an added bonus, Mozilla picks up some good PR and publicity for its Firefox ...

As street art moves closer and closer to the mainstream, is it possible that the changing conditions of its display will shift the style's very nature? British living legend Banksy has lately come to the U.S., "visiting" cities by stenciling up some of his trademark works, which have been fanatically chronicled and archived by his growing fan base. (Lesser-known artists in New York, at least, did ...

Some new faces are set to hit Facebook and Twitter, and they're not your average social network users, either. With hopes that folks will go 'bananas' over the idea, the Uganda Wildlife Authority created Facebook and Twitter accounts for some of the mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. According to USA Today, animal lovers around the world can visit FriendAGorilla.org, or ...

Wall warts -- those blocky black power adapters for cell phones, PDAs and the like -- actually waste more power than they produce, and account for 6% of the national electric bill. And yes, they still suck power when they are plugged into the wall and not charging anything. To save power, unplug them when they aren't being used, or look for Energystar branded chargers. ...

LCD monitors have a lifespan, and, while they likely won't die completely until they're 20 years old or so, their backlights can begin to dim appreciably within just a couple years of use, leaving you squinting. To greatly slow their fade, turn down brightness and contrast levels to a tolerable level. Click here for more Tech Tips. ...

In-home power consumption monitors are trendy pieces of kit lately, with a new one popping up every few months. But, while they're all happy to just kick back and tell you what a wasteful pig you're being, a new service from UK security company AlertMe could actually make you more efficient. Subscribers to the company's monitoring plans, which start at about $260 plus another $17.50/month, will ...

Research sponsored by The Nature Conservancy has determined that as people spend more time surfing the Web and playing video games indoors, they are less interested in experiencing the outdoors and less caring about what happens to the environment. The study was conducted in the United States and Japan and tracks the rise of video game play in the early 1980s along with a decline in visits to ...

If you're not familiar with AT&T's billing practices you might be a bit shocked to receive your first iPhone bill. Justine Ezarik was less-than amused when her 300-page bill was delivered in a box. AT&T makes sure to take note of every single text message, every data transaction, and every phone call and print each on a separate line. That means that every time you hit that Safari web ...