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		<title>SetPower Schedules Your Computer&#8217;s Power Management</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/09/setpower-adjusts-your-computers-power-management-on-a-schedule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Pash</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[power management]]></category>
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Windows only: Windows ships with some solid power management options, but it misses the mark on one issue: Most of us need different energy-saving schemes at different times of the day. SetPower adjusts your power management settings on a user-specified schedule.
Once you&#8217;ve downloaded and installed SetPower, just fire it up and start scheduling different power [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MonitorES Updates, Pauses Any Media Player When You Lock Your PC</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The How-To Geek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows only: Tiny, portable utility MonitorES not only turns off the monitor when you lock your PC, it also pauses almost any media player and even sets your Google and Yahoo IM status to away.
We&#8217;ve written about this utility before, but since then it has updated with support for nearly any media player, added support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MonitorES Pauses Media, Turns Off Monitor When You Lock Your PC</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/06/monitores-pauses-media-turns-off-monitor-when-you-lock-your-pc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The How-To Geek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows only: Tiny utility MonitorES pauses your media player, turns off your monitor and sets Google Talk to away whenever you lock your PC.
Using the utility is a no-brainer: just start it up and choose whether to start the screensaver or turn off the monitor when you lock the workstation&#8212;the options for pausing media or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hidden Windows 7 Tool Troubleshoots Sleep Mode Problems</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/05/hidden-windows-7-tool-troubleshoots-sleep-mode-problems/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/05/hidden-windows-7-tool-troubleshoots-sleep-mode-problems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The How-To Geek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows only: Ever wonder why your laptop&#8217;s battery seems to die too quickly? The Windows Help blog points out a hidden command-line switch that generates a report with loads of helpful troubleshooting information.
The report lists all of the devices that are causing problems with sleep mode, explains the different power saving modes your computer supports, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PushMonitOff Links Hot Key Combo To Monitor Power Switch</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/03/pushmonitoff_links_hot_key_combo_to_monitor_power_switch-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/03/pushmonitoff_links_hot_key_combo_to_monitor_power_switch-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Fitzpatrick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[monitors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multiple monitors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows only: PushMonitOff is a nifty little stand-alone executable that instantly turns your monitors off with a hot key combination, allowing you to flip them back on when needed. Why would you want to turn off your monitor by keyboard instead of using the the physical monitor button? If you manually turn off the monitor, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NoSleepHD Stops External Hard Drives From Shutting Down</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/03/nosleephd_stops_external_hard_drives_from_shutting_down-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/03/nosleephd_stops_external_hard_drives_from_shutting_down-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lifehacker US Edition</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Windows only: Tiny utility NoSleepHD stops external hard drives from powering down, bypassing the mandatory sleep mode built into many USB drives&#8212;and eliminating the delay while the drive powers back up. Using the utility just requires launching, selecting an external hard drive, and starting NoSleep mode&#8212;which writes to a file every minute so the drive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worried About Your Computer Overheating?</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/01/worried_about_your_computer_overheating/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/01/worried_about_your_computer_overheating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[au]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hardware]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat management]]></category>
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With proper (that is, hideous) summer temperatures swamping most of the country, it seems timely to remind the Lifehacker community of some of the useful techniques you can use to make sure your beloved PC isn&#8217;t a victim of heatstroke. Beyond keeping your working environment cool and ensuring decent airflow, there are more specific steps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Does Your Notebook&#8217;s Power Really Go?</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/01/where_does_your_notebooks_power_really_go/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/01/where_does_your_notebooks_power_really_go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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A post on Microsoft&#8217;s Windows 7 blog offers some interesting insight into how power consumption works on a current notebook. As the graph shows, your display consumes almost half of the total power, with the combined efforts of the chipset and processor running a close second. Improving those numbers is one of the targets for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Computer Power Management Myths Debunked</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/12/computer_power_management_myths_debunked-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/12/computer_power_management_myths_debunked-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina Trapani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you think booting up and shutting down your computer negates the benefits of turning it off to begin with, or that your screensaver is saving you energy, get thee to Ted Samson&#8217;s rundown of five PC power myths and why they&#8217;re wrong. Save yourself and your company some cash and compute more sustainably by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows 7 Offers Command Line Battery Use Assessment</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/11/windows_7_offers_command_line_battery_use_assessment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/11/windows_7_offers_command_line_battery_use_assessment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the main development goals for Windows 7 is improving battery performance on laptop systems. Much of that is down to the manufacturer who builds the machine, but Windows 7 also includes a new command line tool for identifying power problems. As demonstrated in this morning&#8217;s WinHEC keynote, you can type powerconfig /energy duration:20 [...]]]></description>
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