Free, lightweight application adjusts users' computer power settings to reduce power consumption, thus reducing emissions

PASADENA, CA – July 18, 2007 – Snap Technologies, Inc. today announced that CO2 Saver – a free, lightweight application that allows computer users to quickly and easily start saving electricity when away from their computers – has collectively reduced its users’ power consumption and prevented more than 125,000 lbs of CO2 emissions from entering the atmosphere. CO2 Saver calculates the amount of energy it saves, converts it to prevented emissions from power plants, and displays the amount of CO2 an individual user has saved, as well as all other CO2 Saver users combined.

"We’re thrilled to see such a significant milestone achieved in such a short amount of time," said Tom McGovern, CEO of Snap Technologies. "It’s a testament that even small changes like this can have a meaningful and significant impact on our environment."

CO2 Saver resides on the desktop and immediately adjusts user's Windows Power Management settings to reduce their computer’s energy use when idle, saving energy and decreasing the demand on their power utility. Users have the added flexibility of adjusting the level of power management at any time and can position the toolbar anywhere on the desktop. CO2 Saver is available as a free download from http://co2saver.org/

Snap.com continues to work with environmental organizations to deploy the CO2 Saver or a custom version that allows the group to keep a running total of their group's cumulative CO2 savings.

"CO2 Saver is completely in line with Earth 911's mission to provide information to the Earth's citizens enabling them to take action to help protect the environment. CO2 Saver really allows people to do something to make a change. Not just talk about it," said Mark Rappaport, program manager, Earth 911.

About Snap Technologies
Snap Technologies, Inc., operator of Snap.com, is dedicated to getting users to results they really want faster. Snap.com delivers superior relevance and visual, rich and interactive search results to broadband users, and offers risk-free, flexible Cost-Per-Action advertising with unmatched ROI to advertisers. The company’s Snap Shots service is an open platform for delivering contextually relevant content such as stock quotes, streaming audio or video, product information and more, directly to users as they browse the web. Snap Technologies is a network company of Idealab, a creator and operator of technology businesses, with additional funding from Mayfield Fund. Snap.com builds on Idealab’s achievements in the search industry, including its creation of the paid search model through its former network company Overture Services, which was acquired by Yahoo! in 2003. Snap Technologies is based in Pasadena, CA.

Snap Technologies and Snap.com are trademarks or registered trademarks of Snap Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. ©2007 All rights reserved

Press Contacts
Teresa Bridwell
Idealab for Snap.com
(626) 535-2886
teresa@idealab.com

Stephan West
Idealab for Snap.com
(626) 685-4934
stephan@idealab.com

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I am very impressed with this concept of helping to save the environment, especially with all of the scary implications of Global Warming and other phenomena impacting our planet. Kudos to you for doing something about it to make the Earth a better place to live for many more years to come. If everyone will just do a small part, then the worldwide effect would be astonishing. Together we can!

 

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