Manage Your PC's Power Consumption (and Save $$$) with Edison

Hoping to reduce your office electric bill? Verdiem's Edison application for Windows helps you manage your PC's power settings and shows your estimated annual savings for every tweak you make.

The free program includes separate settings tabs for both work and non-work hours (which you can designate using the Schedule tab). Using a slider, you nudge your PC toward "save less" or "save more" -- Edison makes corresponding adjustments to the display, hard drive, and suspend settings. As you drag the slider, you get instantly updated annual-savings figures, which you can make even more accurate by plugging in your office's actual kWh costs.

This is a brilliant, easy-to-use little application I hope everyone will try. Sure, you can tweak the same power settings without it, but there's something very satisfying about seeing how much money you'll save at the same time you're conserving energy. [via Crave]