After recommending Sandy Bridge last year, we weren't particularly impressed by the new Ivy Bridge-based Core i7-3770K as an upgrade. But are Intel's more mainstream third-gen Core i5 processors any more attractive? We grab four models to find out.

The special substrate, which came from the Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, is currently expensive and difficult to obtain, but you can't argue the results and potential

NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 680 has become famous not just for its performance, but for how it manages to be powerful while also boasting a pretty low power draw and price.NVIDIA decided it should speak, or write, about this matter a bit, so it took to its blog to explain ...

Social-networking giant opens its second green facility for storing online data for its 845 million users. [Read more]

By offering financing and software-based energy assessments, SolarCity seeks to expand from solar in home energy efficiency upgrades. [Read more]

Toshiba gained recognition during a competition recently held in Japan, by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy from the Energy Conservation Center, Japan (ECCJ).The agency conducted some tests to see which solid state drives really excelled at power saving, and the results led to Toshiba's MKx001GRZB b... (read ...

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers asked that some credits be given to automakers that improve technology to meet 2012-2016 requirements

CNET tests the 2012 Ford Edge with its Ecoboost engine. With only 2-liters of displacement, this engine produces more than adequate horsepower while getting excellent mileage.

Industry cost leader First Solar says it expects to bring thin-film solar panels to market with an efficiency between 14 percent and 15 percent in three years, as competition heats up.

AMD’s FX processor line-up was supposedly designed with efficiency in mind, according to AMD. We're putting this claim to the test, assessing the Bulldozer architecture at a number of different clock rates and comparing the results to Intel's CPUs.

Gains to quantum efficiency could yield around a 35 percent gain in conversion efficiency, the key metric

Fuel consumption ratings in Canada show that vehicles use significantly less gasoline than U.S. estimates indicate. CBC News and the Automobile Protection Association selected 13 popular 2012 models from seven vehicle classes and compared the Canadian and American fuel consumption ratings.