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US Congress Ready to Act on Human Rights Crisis in Tech Industry Supply Chains

US Congress Ready to Act on Human Rights Crisis in Tech Industry Supply ChainsGood newsAnd you don't get enough talkbacks.I can think of a number of reasons why people might oppose such a thing, though, starting with the possibility that it could be considered undue interference with free trade.Lots of...

Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), Tech Industry Supply Chains, supply chain, U.S. Congress, Human Rights

Discussion threads 2009-05-21

A bloody connection to the Congo in every pocket . . .

A bloody connection to the Congo in every pocket . . .What Will Make You Give a Damn?How many people read the article? I am not sure but only three had voted on it. A simple question, was favorable or unfavorable? I was the fourth person to rank...

Tags: Congo, tech community

Discussion threads 2008-11-15

A bloody connection to the Congo in every pocket . . .

We live in a global community where there is little happening in the world that we aren't all connected with in some way. The current global financial crisis underlies that point but also, the bloody conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The "civil war" that has...

Tags: Civil War, Mineral, Capacitor, Cell Phone, Congo, Coltan, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-11-03

The Cassiterite Crisis - How Tech Boom Fuels Human Rights Risk in Africa

The Cassiterite Crisis - How Tech Boom Fuels Human Rights Risk in Africa...The corps don't care how or at what cost, so long as they get their profits up. There are atrocities around the world all in the name of greed and profit. While I personally don't condone these behaviors...

Tags: Vertical industries, government, Congo, Cassiterite Crisis

Discussion threads 2008-03-08

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News to know: Microsoft; T-Mobile Cliq; MotoBlur; @facebook; Oracle

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft founds, funds a new open-source foundation Is Microsoft stalling on its GPL Linux drivers? ...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Oracle Corp., Mobile, T-Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Motorola Inc., Identity Theft, Phishing, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Communications, Smart Phones, Security, Spam And Phishing, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-11

AMD Tigris, Congo mobile platforms target multimedia, battery life

Sounds goodAny ballpark idea of when this will be on the market and about what the price range of the product will be? I have several friends who have laptops with AMD CPU and they all like them very much. I have good memories of an AMD Athlon...

Tags: Processors, multimedia, battery, mobile, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

AMD Tigris, Congo mobile platforms target multimedia, battery life

AMD on Thursday announced its 'Tigris' laptop platform, intended for mainstream applications and offering full 1080p, DirectX 10.1 support and offloading video encoding to the Radeon HD 4200 GPU. With new 45nm dual-core Caspian processors (speeds up to 2.6GHz), AMD manages a 42 percent improvement in...

Tags: Multimedia, Mobile, Battery, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Corporate Communications, Notebooks, Engineering, Microsoft Windows 7, Processors, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-09-10

Telcos: stop wasting our time & money!

The NYTimes' David Pogue suggests that its time for the telcos to give up their lucrative and time wasting instructions: At the tone, please record your message. When you have finished recording, you may hang up, or press 1 for more options. To leave a callback...

Tags: Message, Telecommunications Company, Verizon Communications Inc., David Pogue, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Netbook or notebook? Confusion reigns at 12 inches

Market researcher NPD says that consumers are confused about the difference between a netbook and a notebook. It's no wonder. In the world according to Wintel, the distinction would be fairly clear: Netbooks have 10-inch or smaller displays, use Atom processors and 1GB of memory, and run...

Tags: Memory, Microsoft Windows, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Laptop Computer, Netbook, Gateway LT3100, Dell Mini 12, Notebook Price, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Time for Plan B?

One planet-watcher thinks we've blown it with Plan A. Out of the Earth Policy Institute comes Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization by Lester R. Brown. Brown believes there is only one globally deadly horseman in the apocalypse: famine. "The biggest threat to...

Tags: Nation, Lester R. Brown, Government, Vertical Industries, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-05-22

US Congress Ready to Act on Human Rights Crisis in Tech Industry Supply Chains

Following on from yesterday's riff on traceability technology for Vietnamese fisheries, it turns out Silicon Valley may yet be its own best customer. Despite common knowledge of serious human rights abuses relating to the mining of cassiterite in the Democratic Republic of Congo the industry has not gone far enough to guarantee...

Tags: Enterprise Software, Finance, Financial Accounting, James Farrar, Mineral, Software, Supply Chain Management (SCM), U.S. Congress

Blog posts 2009-05-21

IBM & FXA Helping Assure Safety of Vietnam Seafood Exports

IBM's vision of a smart planet is proving to be an interesting intellectual platform from which to invite all actors to think how best to improve sustainability performance with smart use of IT. Yesterday's announcement hat tip James of a partnerhsip between IBM, FXA Group, the Vietnam Association...

Tags: Crisis Management, Farm, Food, Food & Beverage, IBM Corp., Ireland, James Farrar, Management, Manufacturing, Meat, Strategy

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Win Titration 1.1 (Windows)

WinTitration - Acid base titration equilibrium with pH curve and color indicator variation. 4 types of valoration: Strong acid with strong base / (*) Weak acid with strong base. (*) Strong base with strong acid / (*) Weak base with strog acid. (*) Only available in the registered version. 27...

Tags: Indicator, Acid, VaxaSoftware, Fluorescein, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-04-24

AMD: Tough first quarter; Ready for Intel encroachment for thin, light notebooks

Advanced Micro Devices reported a first quarter net loss of $416 million, or 66 cents a share, on revenue of $1.17 billion, down 21 percent from a year ago. However, CEO Dirk Meyer said Tuesday that AMD is "more nimble" following the spin-off of its manufacturing assets, but the company...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Semiconductors, Notebooks, Operational Accounting, Network Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Finance, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-21

G20, London Loony Lamposts and Banking Undue Diligence

As a national past time, Spank the Banker has become almost Monty Pythonesque in its common expression. As G20 gets ready to roll into London for the most important such conference since the great depression, even hapless university professors such as Chris Knight from the University...

Tags: Bank, Sustainability, Banking, Government, Financial Services, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-03-29

Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfare

Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfareTaiwanI think an impetus for Red Flag Linux wqas the inability of Beijing to secure Windows against Taiwan, but my memory might be faulty.Cyberwar? You must be kiddind...I thought that word "war" is applicable for some serious events that have catastrophic consequences...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, Hacking, Saakashvili

Discussion threads 2008-08-12

The Cassiterite Crisis - How Tech Boom Fuels Human Rights Risk in Africa

A disturbing article this week in the FT reports how cassiterite sourced through the use of child and slave labour has made it into the supply chains of global electronic goods manufacturers. Cassiterite is a derivative of tin ore necessarily used in circuitry and its use has, ironically, enabled...

Tags: Cassiterite, Enterprise Software, James Farrar, Management, Microsoft Corp., Safety Condition, Software, Strategy, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Blog posts 2008-03-07

Happy Halloween ScreenSaver 1 (Windows)

Used to think that Halloween should be scary? No way. It should be Happy. You can celebrate Happy Halloween with your children. You will delight in cheerful pumpkins flying around kind magicians and fairies playing with merry ghosts. Festive sounds and solemn music become a hymn of your Happy Halloween....

Tags: Magician, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-10-23

U.S. general laments Google Earth capability

U.S. general laments Google Earth capabilityOn the other hand...I'm sure that US intelligence takes full advantage of the same data to figure out the military capabilities of potential enemies.Disney more secure than US military?I don't get it. When I was preparing for a conference in Orlando, last year, I looked...

Tags: U.S. Government, Google Inc., Google Earth, satellite

Discussion threads 2007-06-22

Terrorism: The Medical Response - MobiPocket Version 2008 2008 (Mobile)

Topics include: Biological & Chemical & Nuclear weapons. Nerve Agents. Radiation. Acute Radiation Syndromes and tx''s. Biotoxins. Civilian Defense Recommendations. Decontamination Procedures. Odors and detection. Infection Control Protocols. Respiratory Protection. Explosions and Blast Injuries. Management of Mass Casualty Situations per 2006 CDC Recommendations. Mass Trauma Casualty Predictor. A complete synopsis...

Tags: Mobile, Radiation, Terrorism, Pacific Primary Care, Homeland Security, Corporate Governance, Government, Business Operations, Corporate Law

Software downloads 2007-03-21