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Over on my JOEyGADGET blog I wrote a small piece about the latest Xbox 360s, which are built around a chipset known as “Jasper.”

I’m pointing to it here because the new Jasper-equipped consoles draw less energy, which means they run cooler, quieter, and hopefully more reliably, unlike prior versions that suffered from a hardware failure known as the dreaded Red Ring of Death.

Link to the full story: One Minute Review: Jasper Xbox 360 | JOEyGADGET

Consumption Study Takes Aim at Game Consoles
By JOE HUTSKO

In a new study about how much energy video game consoles consume, the Natural Resources Defense Council found that consoles in use today consume “an estimated 16 billion-kilowatt hours per year,” which, the report goes on to translate, is “roughly equal to the annual electricity use of the city of San Diego.”

Link to full story: Consumption Study Takes Aim at Game Consoles – Green Inc. Blog – NYTimes.com.