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Published online 12 June 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070611-5

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Throw away your PC

Power savings for those willing to relinquish control over home computing.

Household computers are under threat from a UK government scheme. But the programme, which involves trading in personal computers for low-tech access points and relying on network-based applications for everything from playing video games to doctoring holiday snaps, could help to save the planet in return.

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