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Microsoft to phase out toxic plastics

Microsoft to phase out toxic plasticsMicrosoft to phase out toxic plasticsGood job Microsoft! I'm glad to see Microsoft extending their contributions beyond just a single entity and looking out for the whole world. We need a lot less toxins in this world. Although I'm not...

Tags: PVC, plastics, toxic plastic, Microsoft Corp., ABM

Discussion threads 2005-12-07

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Apple declares its environmental credentials

Newsweek ArticleNewsweek recently had a list of the top 100 "green" companies. HP was surprisingly #1, with Dell at #2. Microsoft was in the top half as well. Interestingly enough, Apple wasn't anywhere in the top 100 that I saw.PR BS!What Apple fails to show is the mountains of toxic...

Tags: Public relations, Apple Inc., climate change, aluminum

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

Plastic floats forever? Maybe not

There's some new research into the man-made continent of floating trash, plastic and styrofoam, that swirls in the North Pacific. Seems some of it breaks down pretty quickly. Sounds good, right? Biodegradable. But it degrades into chemicals like biphenol-A which is toxic. Oops. You...

Tags: North Pacific Corp., Ocean, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-27

Tsk, tsk: Greenpeace scolds HP, Lenovo and Dell on latest green electronics listing

Tsk, tsk: Greenpeace scolds HP, Lenovo and Dell on latest green electronics listingGreenpeace is irrelevantDoes it really matter what they say or do?Greenpeace are scumFor example: "Nintendo works to eliminate harmful substances from its products right from the initial stages of material selection, but does not refer to the Precautionary...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., electronics, Lenovo Group Ltd., Greenpeace

Discussion threads 2009-07-10

Tsk, tsk: Greenpeace scolds HP, Lenovo and Dell on latest green electronics listing

Yes, Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Lenovo have been doing plenty in the area of power management. But all three just got dinged on the latest of Greenpeace's ongoing Guide to Greener Electronics. The link that I've just given you provides very details specifics on why each company has received the company...

Tags: Greenpeace, Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Lenovo Group Ltd., Electronics, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-07-10

Teflon: is it safe?

Teflon: is it safe?And? If it does much more good then harmthen we have to live with it. CRT monitors and cell phones "may" cause tumors, but they are both used in the process of saving lives. Should they disapear, too? It is like saying that some heart medication that...

Tags: teflon, Teflon, plastics

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

Outsourcing in this recession: will it increase?

Outsourcing in this recession: will it increase?Given that the bleeding of local jobs has helped lead TO this recession,and if people are sincere about ending this recession, then we need to look at the larger scheme and not diddle around with huff'n'puff pieces like this. I mean, doing...

Tags: Free trade, Taxes, Personal finance, recession, Obama, regulation, tax, outsourcing

Discussion threads 2009-04-26

Greenpeace: Tsk, tsk to HP, Lenovo and Dell

The environmental organization has released its latest guide on greener electronics and Fast Company has written a down-and-dirty analysis of the results. The net-net is that some companies like the ones in the headline are slower to ditch toxic chemicals and materials than promised. Others, including Apple, have jumped up...

Tags: Greenpeace, Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Lenovo Group Ltd., Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-03-31

With Vista SP2, Microsoft is back on track

With Vista SP2, Microsoft is back on trackFinaly Someone who get itit's Fashonable to bash MS for reason at all. The facts are in fact realy simple:1. Vista is great OS and a this point in time is perfect for every who actually want to use their computer2. Macs are...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-12-01

China and the e-waste industry it doesn't want you to see

60 Minutes this Sunday will air an interesting project--tracking e-waste from Denver to China to a refining center that's one "of the most toxic places on earth." Correspondent Scott Pelley and crew was jumped as they were recording a black market that was dismantling e-waste. Technically, these...

Tags: E-waste, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-07

Medis 24/7 fuel cell Power Pack

The Medis 24/7 Power Pack is among the first consumer devices that uses a fuel cell to charge portable gadgets. For being the first of its kind, it's a novelty, but the Power Pack is more essential than other digital accessories, should you need to fire up a dying cell...

Tags: Fuel cells, Media players, DVD, Consumer electronics, Handhelds, fuel cell, Power Pack, MedIS

Product reviews 2008-10-24

Moixa Energy USBCell AA NiMH batteries

Moixa Energy USBCell AA batteries are practical for an on-the-go gadget addict. These attractive, compact batteries resemble other nickel metal hydride AAs, except for a bright green cap covering the USB plug. Instead of tossing them in the trash or nestling them into a recharging unit when out of juice,...

Tags: Engineering, Call2Recycle, Moixa, Moixa Energy, battery, USBCell, USBCell battery

Product reviews 2008-10-08

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

Do you know where your computers are being recycled?

I have almost 200 really old iMacs that are supposed to be recycled by Apple before school opens in September. I have an abandoned school building closed last year due to budget cuts with another 100 or so badly battered PCs that are in really sad shape, too. ...

Tags: boy, e-waste, nigeria, computer, productivity, christopher dawson

Blog posts 2008-08-10

Lemon-filled odorless socks?

According to the latest American Chemical Society ACS Weekly PressPac, Portuguese researchers have developed a new type of microcapsule filled with perfume and embedded in fabric for production of scented suits, socks, undergarments and other clothing. This PressPac contains a very short note titled 'Toward perfumed-clothing: Fabric-friendly microcapsules hide unpleasant...

Tags: Technique, Researcher, Agent, American Chemical Society, Productivity, Real Estate, Business Operations, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-07-07

Bottled water and baby bottles: maybe not so good

Bottled water and baby bottles: maybe not so goodIf given directly to small mammals in large quantities.If you follow the trail to the original research, it was actually a study on mice who were given large quantities of the chemical directly.As far as I know, however, the studies on humans...

Tags: baby bottle, Bottled Water, not-so

Discussion threads 2008-04-16

Bottled water and baby bottles: maybe not so good

There's at least one kind of plastic bottle that is NOT so good for you, or the environment, or the baby. It's the one with the little triangle and the number 7 inside it. The chemical that is under suspicion is popularly known as BPA, that's Bisphenol A,...

Tags: Bottle, Nalgene, Food & Beverage, Government, Branding, Manufacturing, Marketing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-04-16

Why won't my teachers stop printing?

Why won't my teachers stop printing?RE: Why won't my teachers stop printing?It is not an easy solution, the tangible contact of paper carries a weight for our generation that is not easily replaced. But with new cheaper technology (UMPC, OLPC, EEEPC) we might be able to train the next...

Tags: Document management, Printers, Nothing, printing

Discussion threads 2008-01-10

A smart VC should eat this one up: what's in my food?

There're actually a few problems technology can handle. And I think I've run across one recently. There's a growing move that combines green tech and personal health. And it's starting to gain momentum in many countries as a combined social and political trend. We've come a...

Tags: Food, Michael Pollan, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-01-07

Can chemicals in iPhone headphone cable ruin your sex life?

According to "independent laboratory" tests cited on Greenpeace's International's website this morning,about half of 18 tested internal and external components of the iPhone contain bromated compounds. "An independent scientific laboratory tested 18 internal and external components of the iPhone and confirmed the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Headphone, Chemicals, Headphone Cable, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-10-15