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As I have written before (and here), the trend to more green computing is picking up steam. Here's yet another sign: The Environmental Protection Agency has boosted its standard for its Energy Star program for PCs. To get the Energy Star seal, PCs, notebooks and laptops will have to possess 80 percent efficient power supplies and a sleep mode that kicks in after 30 minutes, according to The Wall Street Journal's OK Computer blog. That's the "equivalent of taking 2.7 million cars off the road each year," the blog reports.

Hat tip: Gearlog