Microsoft Boasts of Tiny Energy Saving With IE

judgecorp writes "Microsoft has sponsored research that indicates that its Internet Explorer browser uses less power than the competition, Firefox and Google (there's no explanation of what causes the difference). However, the difference in power use is not really significant — it's about one Watt when browsing. Browsing for 20 hours at this rate, the IE user would save enough power to make a cup of tea, compared with Firefox and Chrome users. That Microsoft commissioned and published the report seems to indicate a certain desperation to Microsoft's IE marketing efforts."

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Re:Is the power saving feature PATENTED ??

[crutchy]

if there is any clever code in IE, microsoft probably stole it from open source

and the only place where every single watt counts is on your electricity bill, and not only because it is probably one of the few places where individual watts are actually counted