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IOGEAR Fined $208,000 By EPA For Germ-Free Mice Claims

IOGEAR's Germless Portable Laser Mouse isn't quite so germless after all, which is why the Environmental Protection Agency levied a fine of $208,000 on the company for "unsubstantiated public health claims regarding unregistered products, and their ability to control germs and pathogens." In other words, these things aren't killing any germs, and you probably shouldn't be buying them in hopes that they will. And as a result of the fines, IOGEAR's also stopped claiming that their germ-killing mice (now just "mice") kill germs. [IOGEAR via Crave via Gadgetell]

12:00 PM on Sat Mar 15 2008
By Jason Chen
1,581 views, 10 comments

Latest by barfoo: This was probably part of a bigger recent case in which a lot of companies were caught up: a lot of these products are coated in a surface made with silver nanoparticles, which supposedly make for a very inhospitable environment more »

energy saver

Lenovo Cranking Out Energy Star 4.0 Qualified Laptops Early

The Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star 4.0 revision hits July 20th, but Lenovo isn't worried about making the cut. Three days before the revision, Lenovo plans to have the T61p, its first Energy Star 4.0 configured machine, out on shelves. The T61p won't skimp on power to save energy, either. It has a suite of features seen across the Lenovo lines before, but never in the same machine: Santa Rosa platform, NVIDIA Quatro FX 570M, a 15.4-inch screen, and ultra-wideband, all for under $2,000. Those specs are an easy way to get us excited about saving energy. More »

10:40 AM on Tue Jul 10 2007
By kevinhall2
2,980 views, 5 comments

Latest by thirdheat: All the x60 and x60s models are Energy Star 4.0 compliant, so the T61p may be their first non-X series that is Energy Star 4.0 certified, but not the first. It is listed on the Lenovo site on the X more »