The monitor's Power Saving Mode uses 50 percent less power, and Standby Mode uses only 0.1w.

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After disastrous 2012 results, Rio is in a cost saving mode and has promised to focus on shareholder returns.

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By default, the Smart Saving mode is enabled on the PadFone 2, which has a set of predefined conditions for certain scenarios.

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That has sent households and corporations alike into extreme energy-saving mode, a trend that could weigh on the nation's economy for years to come.

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When used with power-saving mode, the researchers found that E-MiLi is capable of reducing energy consumption by around 44 percent for 92 percent of mobile devices in real-world wireless networks.

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The researchers have found that this kind of energy-taxing "idle listening" is occurring during a large portion of the time phones spend in power-saving mode---as much as 80 percent on busy networks.

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Somewhere near 53rd Street I remembered a saving grace: ECO mode, achieved by pushing and holding down the Drive knob in the center console.

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Monday, data showed Americans' incomes picked up during December, but that more people chose to increase saving instead of spending, a sign the U.S. economy could remain in slow-growth mode this year.

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