Sign in / up

back to article Hohm - save energy the Microsoft way

Household energy conservation is a task typically handled by fathers peevishly moving from room-to-room, turning off lights and closing doors whilst grumbling over the barnyard behavior of his offspring. But now Microsoft wants a piece of the racket. The Redmond giant on Wednesday said that it's launching a free web-based …

COMMENTS

House rules Send corrections
This topic is closed for new posts.
  1. Anonymous Coward
    Gates Horns

    "It looks like you're trying to turn off a light."

    "Would you like some help with that?"

    0 0
  2. Goat Jam
    Gates Horns

    Browser support

    Anyone wanna bet whether it'll work on non MS browsers?

    Mind you, with a cheezy name like "Hohm" and the associated Microsoft branding I won't be signing up to use it anyway.

    0 0
  3. Additives
    Alert

    "Your copy of hohm is not genuine"

    Please wait 30 second and then click here to access you house.

    0 0
  4. John Robson Silver badge
    Alert

    HoHum

    At least I presume that's how it's pronounced

    0 0
  5. Kent Brockman

    or...

    you could sign up with http://www.imeasure.org.uk/ and record your details there to compare with other punters, or perhaps if your a little crazy, even use a spreadsheet!

    0 0
  6. N2
    Grenade

    It looks like you are trying to turn off a light?

    What would you like me to:

    Re-wire your house?

    Remove all the light bulbs ?

    Blow a fuse?

    Or just break it anyway?

    0 0
  7. Anonymous Coward
    Grenade

    Do you think that...

    I'd have any hope of getting my main energy supplier, The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, to share details of my consumption with microsoft?

    No; me neither.

    I'd even go so far as to wonder what American energy companies feel about this long-term expectation.

    0 0
This topic is closed for new posts.

Other stories you might like