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Followup with Greenpeace - "recycling" your computers

Followup with Greenpeace - "recycling" your computersNot sure about the whole pledge idea.I in no way have any clue about the actual state of ethics in the recycling business; but if I pledge to not export to developing countries, and instead export to, say, a company in Germany, and then...

Tags: Business ethics, recycling, Greenpeace, job, computer

Discussion threads 2008-08-12

Followup with Greenpeace - "recycling" your computers

Yesterday I posted an article on the environmental and human rights disaster that computer "recycling" is creating in countries like Ghana and Nigeria. Today, I contacted Greenpeace's Casey Harrell from their Toxics Division to follow up and determine if we can do anything within Ed Tech to dispose of...

Tags: Greenpeace, Recycling, Product, E-waste, Computer, Individual Producer Responsibility, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-12

Environmentally responsible hi-tech companies - and those that aren't!

Greenpeace has updated their "Green Electronics Guide", a list which Who knows, maybe a year from now the companies that are at the bottom of the list will change their ways and be at the topranks the major mobile and PC manufacturers on how well they take care of this...

Tags: Greenpeace

Blog posts 2006-08-30

Additional Resources

Truevert stands on Yahoo!'s shoulders; learning to search for Green issues

Joining the growing band of search solutions built on top of Yahoo's Build Your Own Search Search Service BOSS initiative, Truevert seeks to apply semantics in providing a particular slant on searches across Yahoo!'s index. Topically, Truevert "is focused on green, environmental...

Tags: Taxonomy, Yahoo! Inc., Ontology, Search Result, Truevert, Search, Strategy, Management, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-06

You can now purchase a technology trade-in plan when you buy a gadget from TigerDirect or CompUSA

If you're buying a new consumer electronics product from either TigerDirect or CompUSA, you can now lock-in a trade-in strategy and some moolah or store credige by buying a Guaranteed Buyback plan from TechForward at the time of purchase. To refresh your memory, TechForward is an...

Tags: Plan, CompUSA Inc., TechForward, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Panel: How to sell SOA governance to a skeptical audience

Panel: How to sell SOA governance to a skeptical audiencePanel: How to sell SOA governance to a skeptical audienceGood stuff. SOA is like recycling. Get people on board with the general idea and its benefits to the whole, then make it really easy to do, then only start...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), cloud computing, Web services, skeptical audience, SOA governance, SOA

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Toshiba: Feel free to trade in more gadgets. Lots more.

Can't figure out what to do with your old laptop, tablet PC, monitor, projector, camera, camcorder, server, home audio receiver, mobile phone, car audio system, home electronics device, global positioning satellite receiver, MP3 player, personal digital assistant or game system? (Whew.) Toshiba Digital Products says it now will take it...

Tags: Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Digital Products Division, Branding, Tablets, PDAs, Projectors, Notebooks, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Handhelds, Components, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-01

Toxic Mac Pro's emitting benzene?

Toxic Mac Pro's emitting benzene?So what is the source of the issue?It's one thing to make such a spectacular claim it's another to provide some real evidence. Why would they be emitting a toxic smell? Might this be the case with other computers too?No wonder MBP fans love...

Tags: benzene, MAC Pro, Apple Inc., toxin

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

In court: iPhone suit dismissed, Qwest conviction reviewed

In court: iPhone suit dismissed, Qwest conviction reviewedDon't buy anything with built in batteriesI would never buy anything that required the manufacturer to replace the battery. I have three batteries for my trusty old Nokia 6310i which by itself has fantastic battery life. But then, I use it as a...

Tags: Engineering, battery issue, Qwest Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, battery

Discussion threads 2008-09-26

Apple cuts iPhone 3G build plan; Suppliers to take a hit

Apple cuts iPhone 3G build plan; Suppliers to take a hitBack again?Always to be found around here bashing Apple. He's just upset that Microsoft is becoming increasingly irrelevant. (Its value as a company peaked NINE years ago!)Not to mention that Windows Mobile is going down the tubes since developers are...

Tags: Cellular phones, windows mobile, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, 3G, supplier

Discussion threads 2008-09-26

Should engineers fix climate change?

Should engineers fix climate change?Democracy and the Long ViewThey are, of course, famously incompatible.That said, there is an argument in favor of self-interested First World countries moving as rapidly as possible towards a lower carbon footprint. On the one hand, they're the ones with the most to lose from...

Tags: global warming, ice, climate change, Joe

Discussion threads 2008-09-25

News to know: Google and T-Mobile on G1; OpenWorld; SOA; Apple

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Andrew Nusca: T-Mobile G1: Specs, pricing breakdown UPDATED: T-Mobile, Google, HTC unveil G1 (with hands-on pics) Ed Burnette: Google releases Android 1.0 SDK Hands-On with...

Tags: Google Inc., T-Mobile, Apple Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Semantic Web, Web Services, Research & Development, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-24

Vendors plan to extend scope of recycling resource site

Confused about the dozen or so different state laws governing what to do with old computer and electronics products when you're done with them? You better be, as a whole bunch more of them kick in over the next two years. In any event, the Electronics Manufacturing Recycling Management Company...

Tags: Electronics, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-23

Out of our hands, but not out of our lives. New info on green tech dumping

Out of our hands, but not out of our lives. New info on green tech dumpingNot good is rightYah - not good is right. And who do we hold responsible?Recycling companies? Countries that don't enforce regulations? How about consumers that don't make sure they take their electronics to a responsible...

Tags: NEW INFO, green technology

Discussion threads 2008-09-19

E-waste regs are way too lax, GAO says

Greenpeace A new Government Accountability Office report slams the EPA for its "low priority" on e-waste. EPA regs only cover old cathode-ray tube TVs and monitors, John Stephenson, environmental director for GAO told a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee, News.com reports. Not only are the EPA...

Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, E-waste, General Accounting Office, CRT, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-18

Tech trade-ins: Two new options for extending the life of your mobile phone

Tech trade-ins: Two new options for extending the life of your mobile phoneAlways a sucker bet."it will pay up to $200 for a “light wear” iPhone 8 gigabyte and $300 for a 16-gigabyte model."Considering that people on Craigslist are routinely paying $250 for a used 4 gig iPhone, you're an...

Tags: new option, mobile phone, phone, mobile

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

Tech trade-ins: Two new options for extending the life of your mobile phone

Amid the iPhone 2.0 launch fervor of a few months back, I blogged about recycling options for your old cell phone. Fact is, even though the turnover on this particular piece of tech is pretty high AND there are plenty of charitable options for getting rid of your "old" handset,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Mobile, Cell Phone, Gazelle.com, Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-16

The "As close to $150 as you can get it" PC

The "As close to $150 as you can get it" PCThe cost of the OS is the issueWhen I bought my current system, 5 years ago, it was cheaper to buy a prebuilt system then build it myself if I wanted Windows.If I had wanted Linux, then it would have...

Tags: Desktops, Memory, Operating systems, PC, RAM, Microsoft Windows XP, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

Wall Street's meltdown and the potential technology hit

Wall Street's meltdown and the potential technology hitPC vs MacHmmmm... I wonder how this might affect the feud between Apple and Microshaft. As the economy lurches towards a cliff, many people are going to balk at shelling out $3,000 for a new MacBook Pro. On the other hand, would it...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Investment, potential technology, meltdown, iKe, tax

Discussion threads 2008-09-15

Zip Express offers door-to-door recycling

Zip Express offers door-to-door recyclingZip Express is not greenZip Express installation charges, they are doing it for profit not for sake of being green and it doesn't cost that much to do it. If you're looking for installation services try http://hdinstallers.com and they will do free recycling services as part...

Tags: Zip Express, installation service

Discussion threads 2008-09-14