US companies spend $2.8B a year powering unused PC's

Just about to head off to bed and I saw this article (via slashdot).

http://weblog.infoworld.com/sustainableit/archives/2009/03/pc_power_manage_2.html

Only caught my eye as I have not turned my home PC off for some weeks now. Time to turn over a new energy and cost saving leaf...although it will have to wait until my downloads have finihsed and the temperature has increased outside ;-)

Joe