If you never turn off your computer, are you really hurting anything?

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Computers need not be turned off for any technical reason, as long as they are installed with a screen saver or screen shutdown mode. In fact, it may be best to leave them on to avoid thermal cycling, which is one of the chief reasons behind the failure of semiconductors. Under the concept of thermal cycling, things become bigger as they are heated and become smaller as they cool. However, keeping computers on can add 25 to 50 cents a day to energy costs and will require increased air conditioning, which uses large amounts of electricity. To remedy this problem, Microsoft has come up with a device that allows computers to go into a 'sleep' state of minimal energy use.

Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Analog & Hybrid Computers, World, Product specifications, Computers, Microcomputers, Digital computers, Maintenance and repair

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Chinese portal company helps open the door to outside information

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SINA.com of Beijing, China, is the company that is bringing the world, unedited, into China. The company, China's top Internet portal or search engine, claims to receive nearly 2.7 million requests for Internet pages from the Chinese mainland alone. SINA.com is owned by 31-year-old Beijing University alumni Wang Zhidong, the developer of RichWin 97, an enhanced version of Chinese Windows that is used on 80% of China's personal computers.

China, Strategy & planning, Management, Column, Online information services, Information services, Information services industry, Internet/Web search services, Search engines, Sina.com

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