PC World's "carbon PC" PC World has released more information about its forthcoming green PC. It will have a recycled aluminium case and use sustainably forested wood in the screen bezel, mouse and keyboard.
The company says that at around 40W, its PC will use between 13 and 17 per cent of the energy of a standard desktop and will retail for around £399, with the screen costing an extra £100. PC World also claims that the screen, mouse and keyboard casings will be made from sustainable beech, ash or sapele, making them the first mass-market wooden computer accessories.
In addition, the case is designed to act as a heatsink for the processor, and by using an external power supply the computer will be fanless. PC World also claims that despite the energy efficiency, the machine will have the same capacity as a standard desktop.
BBC iPlayer More than 10,000 people have signed an e-petition on the 10 Downing Street Web site urging the BBC to make its iPlayer available to non-Windows users.
At the time of writing, 10,006 people had signed the petition calling for the Prime Minster to instruct the BBC to provide the iPlayer for other operating systems, such as Linux or Apple's OS X.
iPlayer is the BBC's online on-demand television service that was launched last month. It will be available for public download on 27 July -- but only for Windows XP users.
