Here are links to videos of my interviews with HP and Panasonic execs at the Greener Gadgets 2010 conference:
Maria Tate, Senior Industrial Designer, HP
Peter Fannon, VP Corporate and Government Affairs, Panasonic
“Hey Joe, where you goin’ with that gadget in your hand?”
Here are links to videos of my interviews with HP and Panasonic execs at the Greener Gadgets 2010 conference:
Maria Tate, Senior Industrial Designer, HP
Peter Fannon, VP Corporate and Government Affairs, Panasonic
What a bummer when I discovered I couldn’t run the over-clocking utility eeectl on my new ASUS Eee PC 1005PE to increase the netbook’s display brightness level beyond the limited (and way too-dim) maximum brightness level ASUS enables. ASUS purposely locks out maximum brightness in order to make super-long battery life claims like 11- to 14-hours on its latest 1005PE and 1001P models.
Running eeectl and choosing the “ultrabright” setting on these latest “Pine Trail” Intel Atom N450-based models has no effect on the display.
Thankfully ASUS’s recently released BIOS update (0804 – 02/05/2010) fixed my 1005PE’s dim-bulb brightness limit by installing two tweaks: “Update Brightness table” and “Modify thermal policy” (as shown in figure).
Although the BIOS 0804 update carries an early February release date, the downloadable file is no where to be found on ASUS’s Eee PC support site.
To get the update, run your netbook’s ASUS Update for Eee PC utility, choose and run the BIOS 0804 option, reboot, and low and behold, a brighter display.
(For me, this update came just in the nick of time because I was just about to return the netbook because of the dumbed-down brightness limitation.)
Talking about “green-er gadgets” on Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane | WHYY.org
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 | Hour 2
What do you do with your old cell phone when you’ve bought your upgrade? Are you using your home computer in the most energy-efficient way? Technology enthusiast JOE HUTSKO explains how to use our home entertainment devices in a more environmentally-friendly way in his new book, Green Gadgets for Dummies.
Listen via Green Gadgets | Radio Times | WHYY.
Had a great time speaking with Marty Moss-Coane about greener gadgets at the WHYY studio in Philadelphia. Special thanks to Patty and Denis for the invite and proper care and feeding of this on-air guest.
Links to green gadget-related websites
Some handy links to green gadget-related websites: Green Gadgets For Dummies.
via gGadget.org.
From Radio Netherlands Worldwide:
With the future of digital reading undeniable, we decided to speak to someone who knows gadgets. Joe Hutsko joins Marnie to talk about e-readers vs. books, the advantages, disadvantages, and which of the two is greener.
Listen to interview via gGadget.org via Mud graffiti and book pulp | Radio Netherlands Worldwide.
From Green Gadgets For Dummies, by Joe Hutsko:
Ten Green Gadget Money Savings Tips
Here are some quick tips that can help you save money by using gadgets the green way:


While everyone’s following the blogs covering Apple’s announcements today, I checked iTunes to see if there might be an iPhone update available before the show’s over.

Low and behold, I’m downloading the iPhone OS 3.1 Software Update and installing it on my iPhone 3G as I write this.
Here is what appears in the dialog after you click Download, or Download and Install:
iPhone OS 3.1 Software Update
This update contains bug fixes and improvements, including the following:
iPhone
iPhone 3G
iPhone 3GS
The update completed just as I finished writing this post, and now when I check Settings > General > About I see Version 3.1 7C144) and Carrier AT&T 5.0. Stay tuned for more details.
It happens all the time: You’re using an iPhone app and you accidentally press the Home button, which takes you home whether you like it or not. Here’s an easy trick to undo an accidental Home key press:
Keep the Home button held down, then touch and hold on the screen for two seconds then let go of the Home button. You stay in the app rather than go home.
UPDATE: Listen to the segment here The Rude Awakening 07-01-09.
On Ocean 98.1 The Rude Awakening (98.1 FM WOCM in Ocean City, MD) at 8 AM to talk about Green Gadgets For Dummies.
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