Tag: SAVINGS

Waking up is never fun (unless it's Christmas and you're four). We like our transition from dreamland to reality to be as relatively brainless and painless as possible, so we're always skeptical of anything that attempts to inject rational thought into the maelstrom that is our morning routine. That said, we support innovation, and we will give this new version of the alarm clock a fair shake. ...

With layoffs continuing and unemployment rates hitting record highs, companies have been radically cutting costs since last fall. A new report reveals an unexpected way to cut costs that doesn't involve any firings: Turn off company computers at night. Conducted by 1E (an energy-management software company) and the Alliance to Save Energy, the 2009 PC Energy report estimates that U.S., U.K., ...

Your local coffee shop or cafe probably has a tip jar hanging out by the cash register with a few odd coins and crumpled bills tossed in for the baristas and sandwich makers to split. Take a look inside and you'll realize it's probably not enough to help anyone pay for college. A new online tip jar also isn't going to give you any extra funds to pay down your debt, either, but it might just give ...

Last week at CES, 4Home Inc. showed off its new 4Home Energy system that lets you track and control the amount of heat and electricity used by any device in your home. The outlet modules and thermostat all report back to a base unit which can be accessed via a Web browser. From there, consumers can see not only broad energy use reports, but can drill down and see how much electricity a ...

We're all feeling the pain of the economic crunch, and being frugal is quickly becoming the newest national fad. One area that would be easy for many Americans to start cutting costs would be on entertainment, yet subscriptions for satellite and cable TV have not dropped off. But unless you absolutely have to watch live sports you can ditch the pricey TV packages for free or cheap Web-based ...

Buyers save billions of dollars a year on eBay. You knew that, and you probably didn't need a pair of researchers from the University of Maryland to tell you that, either. But just in case there was any lingering doubt, a pair of statisticians who looked at financial data from 2003 and 2004 came up with the numbers $7 billion and $8.4 billion in consumer savings each of those two years, ...