Your iPod has been a faithful travel companion, guardian of your most sacred digital music and status symbol among today’s technorati. So what will you do when it reaches its golden years and the screen begins to flicker or the battery begins to fail? Repair or Upgrade? You have more options than Apple might like you to know. More...

If you followed my advice from last week, you’ve managed to get yourself a sweet new laptop that’s also easy on mother Earth. But choosing a socially responsible computer is just the beginning. Computers (and the people that sit in front of them) are notorious for binging on a high carbon diet of energy, paper and printer toner. So today I’ll cover ways you can curb your computer’s gluttony or as I like to say, reduce your carbon mouseprint.

Okay, let’s start with energy. We’ve all been guilty of leaving our computer on when we’re not using it. The good news is that most computers and their peripherals come pre-set to save energy by going into “sleep” mode after a period of inactivity. The bad news is that this tricks us into thinking they’re off, when in fact they’re still sucking energy. More...