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Daylight Saving Time Jump May Actually Waste Energy

It may not require 1.21 gigawatts of electricity for you to spring forward tonight—that is, tomorrow at 2 a.m.—but a new study does show that rather than save energy, Daylight Saving Time may very well lead to added energy consumption, potentially costing the country many billions of dollars. More »

7:00 PM on Sat Mar 8 2008
By Wilson Rothman
17,066 views, 96 comments

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New Daylight Saving Time Rules Will Ruin Your Gadgets' Clocks

The new daylight saving time rules that Congress passed in 2005 could screw with many of your precious gadgets. DST starts three weeks earlier than last year, on March 11, and ends one week later than before, on November 4. While not pulling a Henny-penny quite yet, analysts are warning people to make sure to grab any updates for their gadgets lest they be an hour off schedule. Smartphone users are particularly vulnerable since they need to update both their phone and computer in order to keep their schedules events on time. More »

9:25 AM on Fri Feb 16 2007
By Gizloco
2,604 views, 26 comments

Latest by madderhatter: Yeah it is a big deal in a corporate environment. We're busting ass on this one. The only pushable patches are XP and 2003 Server. Win2000 is manual (server) and NT isn't even going to have a more »